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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-02-15

Voices, The Peoples News

February 15, 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
Federal judge green-lights firing of unvaccinated NYC municipal workers.
A federal judge on Friday gave New York City the green light to fire as many as 4,000 municipal workers for refusing to get vaccinated [allegedly] against COVID-19 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/02/11/federal-judge-green-lights-firing-of-unvaccinated-nyc-municipal-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufbXnzF3p$

California bill would make vaccine mandatory for employment. Democratic California officials have introduced a bill which would force businesses to require their employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or face fines and other penalties.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2022-02-11/california-bill-would-require-vaccines-for-all-employees__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufV1crLmJ$

Medical Company CEO Suggests No Public Health Care for Unvaccinated. The CEO of a major medical equipment maker said that those who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine should be “automatically considered” to have forfeited the right to obtain COVID-19 treatment in a public hospital.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/medical-company-ceo-suggests-no-public-health-care-for-unvaccinated_4271937.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufUt5tawa$

Omicron-specific shots offer no advantage. Early tests show that Omicron-targeted vaccines do no better than standard ones.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00003-y__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufVT597Z7$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Can monthly cash payments make our economy more equitable? Two guaranteed income projects in New York City and Atlanta are showing how modest monthly cash payments to low-income women of color can make a huge difference in alleviating race and gender-based economic inequities https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2022/02/11/guaranteed-income-projects-economy-more-equitable__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XuffjR_-iJ$

# Education / Schools
Silicon Valley Super-Rich Fund Brutal School Recall Election. Those who oppose the recall are calling the effort a power grab by billionaires and right-leaning Silicon Valley investors, some of whom oppose mask mandates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/silicon-valley-super-rich-fund-san-francisco-school-board-recall-election-to-oust-progressives__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufXV8lRCm$

During Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, the family of Christine Blubaugh, a Grand Prairie teen who was killed by her ex-boyfriend in 2000, highlighted a new state law named in Blubaugh’s honor that requires school districts to teach middle and high school students how to identify dating violence and child abuse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/02/14/family-of-murdered-texas-teen-marks-new-dating-violence-law-at-grand-prairie-school/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufWK-MIrQ$

# Employment / Labor
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi sue Biden over minimum wage hike for federal contractors. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration again Thursday, this time for requiring federal contractors to pay a $15 an hour minimum wage. It’s the 21st lawsuit the attorney general has filed against the https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/texas-louisiana-mississippi-sue-biden-over-minimum-wage-hike-for-federal-contractors/article_bf775e2c-8abb-11ec-b192-33c541589b32.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufQLZBiZn$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical How Texas’ power grid failed in 2021, and who’s responsible for preventing a repeat.
In the state’s power grid, electricity and natural gas are codependent.
Here’s how the winter storm last year broke the system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/15/texas-power-grid-winter-storm-2021/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufQVzJBXw$

Satellite Detects Giant Methane Cloud Over Louisiana, Cause Remains a Mystery. Geoanalytics firm Kayrros SAS estimates an emissions rate of
105 tons of methane per hour was needed to generate the plume, which could have the same short-term climate impact as the annual emissions from more than 1,900 cars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/methane-leak-louisiana-satellite.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufR_dUQYe$

# General Information / Other News
What are PFAS? PFAS are a group of manmade chemicals used in a vast number of consumer and industrial products.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-explained__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufSoyDoFQ$

Investigation: PFAS on our shelves and in our bodies: Testing finds concerning chemicals in everything from sports bras to ketchup, including in brands labeled PFAS-free.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/pfas-chemicals-2656535588.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufTtIOHkD$

IN DEPTH: First-of-its kind testing points to dangers and unknowns of PFAS in clothing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/pfas-clothing-2656587709.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufZTTkuMh$

# Gov / Politics
Did GOP Senate Candidate Misuse Charity for a Political Hit? End Citizens United is filing a complaint that Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt’s nonprofit group violated the law by engaging in a political attack campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-gop-senate-candidate-adam-laxalt-misuse-a-charity-for-a-political-hit-job__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4Xufe6npRjM$

Clinton Campaign Lawyers Paid Tech Company to Infiltrate Trump White House Servers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/02/13/hillary-clinton-campaign-paid-tech-workers-to-dig-up-donald-trump-russia-connections/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4Xufc64XNqK$

Hillary Clinton’s Other Dossier. Another stunning abuse by her 2016 campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-other-dossier-11644852226__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufYWqeEKV$

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will depart for Eastern Europe on Tuesday to meet with NATO allies in the region as it braces for a possible Russian military incursion against Ukraine that U.S. officials say could happen as soon as this week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/594164-pentagon-chief-heads-to-eastern-europe-amid-possible-russian-invasion-of-ukraine?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=47040__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufX7tAbHC$

Biden’s $7 billion Afghan heist: “We can’t bring our loved ones back, but we can save the lives of people in Afghanistan by advocating that the Biden Administration release this money to its rightful owners: the Afghan people.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/02/14/bidens-7-billion-afghan-heist/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufRQUHMas$

# Law Enforcement
Bodycam Footage Shows Capitol Police Striking Unconscious Trump Supporter Who Died on Jan. 6: Heavily redacted bodycam videos provide a glimpse into conditions at the time Rosanne Boyland lay unconscious, including the sound of her being beaten with a large wooden stick by police.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/we-dont-need-to-do-this-protester-shouted-as-rosanne-boyland-was-beaten_4270117.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XuffrNe90W$

‘Objectively reasonable’: DC cop cleared for beating unconscious Jan. 6 protester in the head. She died.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/objectively-reasonable-dc-cop-cleared-for-beating-unconscious-jan-6-protester-in-the-head-she-died/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufUNpyCwx$

Why 4 hunters in Wyoming were charged with trespassing on land they never touched.
A checkerboard pattern of parcel ownership complicates public land access in the West.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wyofile.com/corner-crossing-bill-emerges-as-gf-commissioner-pulls-license-donation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufcFzHmg9$

Kansas Death in Custody Spurs Call for Youth Justice Reform: Cedric “CJ”
Lofton, 17, died in September after he was forcibly restrained by staff at Wichita’s Juvenile Intake and Assessment Center. Advocates say his death underlines the failure of juvenile justice systems to deal with youth experiencing trauma.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ourcommunitynow.com/wichita-ks/kansas-death-in-custody-spurs-call-for-youth-justice-reform__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufUNgw1s4$

Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace documents in clear and compelling prose how the financial products and services marketed to individuals and families entangled in the criminal justice system “too often contain exploitative terms and features, offer little or no consumer choice, and can have long-term negative consequences for the individuals and families affected.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ccresourcecenter.org/2022/02/02/cfpb-documents-the-financial-burdens-imposed-on-justice-involved-individuals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4Xufd5ljgGg$

# Legal / DOJ
Engineer Admits He Tried to Swap Nuclear Secrets for Crypto. Jonathan Toebbe faces a prison sentence of up to 17 and a half years under the terms of his plea agreement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.barrons.com/amp/news/us-navy-engineer-admits-trying-to-sell-nuclear-sub-secrets-01644883208__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XuffM2p04V$

Investigations Into Trump Are Good News, But Won’t Rid Us of Trumpism.
There are currently at least 19 legal actions against Donald Trump. More than a billion dollars in debt, with half of that coming due within the next few years, “Trump is only a few short years away from being subsumed by a tidal wave of red ink that will wash him out of most of his properties and leave him stranded on the beach like some strange orange whale.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/there-are-currently-19-legal-actions-against-donald-trump/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufeIRiFpM$

# Medical / Health Care
Woman of Mixed Race Becomes Third Person Ever Cured of HIV. The patient is also the first woman to be cured of the deadly virus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/hiv-cure-woman-race-55f49832-7791-4816-9469-cd3dfcc4bae0.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4Xufa9Lku_H$

# Military / DOD
The Pentagon is looking to get military aid to Ukrainians via ground delivery to help Kyiv with a resistance effort from within the country should Russia invade https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/594207-pentagon-mulls-new-way-to-arm-ukrainians-if-russia-invades__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufQMzi3xC$

# Military / Global
Russian Claims of Ukraine De-Escalation Met With Skepticism. Russia said in a surprise announcement it was sending some troops back to base after the completion of military exercises.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6148230/russia-military-forces-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufeWuHndd$

Russia Withdraws Some Troops from Ukraine Border, Says It’s Open to More Diplomacy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/15/russia-ukraine-border-troops-withdrawal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufSZoqG35$

# Nuclear
Robot photos appear to show melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima reactor:
The fuel at Unit One is submerged in highly radioactive water as deep as two metres (6.5 feet). Details of how the highly radioactive material can be safely removed, stored and disposed of at the end of the cleanup have not been decided.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gizmodo.com/possible-globs-of-melted-nuclear-fuel-detected-inside-d-1848535426__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufQaF1BLe$

Nuclear Fusion, a ‘Near-Limitless’ Source of Clean Energy, Gets Closer to Reality After Record-Breaking Experiment: European researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) set a heat record for the highest sustained nuclear fusion reaction ever recorded at 59 megajoules of heat, more than twice the previous record.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/nuclear-fusion-clean-energy.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4Xufd_0iWOY$

# Social
An Asian woman was stabbed to death in her apartment, as anti-Asian hate crimes rise across the US. Demonstrators gathered to mourn and protest anti-Asian hate crimes following the brutal killing of a 35-year-old Korean American woman in her apartment on Sunday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolefallert/christina-lee-new-york-stabbing-death__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4XufbrCbonI$

Attacks on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders rose by 361% between
2020 and 2021, according to the New York Police Department.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/592191-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-us-spiked-339-percent-in-2021-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4Xufe2JeDYf$

# Sports
This Rams Legend Is Hellbent on Tackling the NFL’s Racism. The Hall of Fame running back loves football so much, he is willing to go toe-to-toe with anyone to rectify the racism and health issues the league has wrought.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/eric-dickerson-the-rams-legend-hellbent-on-tackling-the-nfls-racism__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hSjWGdjiUQinxBxz0NF4w-SNpAoiM2XSlZg94uDhHC0jnNyd8syfeWF1f4Xuffb8-9pX$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-02-14

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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“Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government,
have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign
to shield from accountability those who abuse their office.”
– Louise Slaughter
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This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Oklahoma’s Muscogee (Creek) Nation and conservationists are seeking to create the first national park and preserve in Georgia https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://maconmagazine.com/preserving-our-past-protecting-our-present-planning-for-our-future-the-muscogee-nation-speaks-out/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDzo3daNC$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Beloved Symbol of Australian Wildlife, Koalas Officially Become Endangered Species The Australian government has declared the koala, a symbol of Australian wildlife throughout the world, “endangered” following a drastic decline in their population due to bushfires, drought, disease and loss of habitat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/koalas-endangered-species.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD2LcIm_2$

# Archaeology
British archeologists uncover 5,000-year-old stone drum in the grave of three children.
It’s one of only four objects of its kind discovered so far.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/stone-drum-stonehenge-grave-375378234/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD3GKhBzX$

# Covid / Pandemics
New US COVID cases have sharply declined. Cases have dropped about 75% since their peak in mid-January. Hospitalizations are also on a downward trend, although the 7-day-rolling average still hovers at around 93,000 in the US.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/coronavirus-deaths-cases-world-us-maps-charts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD0YdEHhv$

A small island nation has cooked up not 1, not 2, but 5 COVID vaccines.
It’s Cuba!
In the early days of the COVID pandemic, Cuba decided it was going to make its own vaccine. It didn’t want to rely on the whims of foreign governments or international pharmaceutical companies to immunize its people. At a time when many other low- and middle-income nations continue to struggle to get enough doses, Cuba is exporting vaccine to Iran, Venezuela, Mexico, Nicaragua and Vietnam.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/01/1056952488/a-small-island-nation-has-cooked-up-not-1-not-2-but-5-covid-vaccines-its-cuba__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD4k7wIkX$

Hong Kong to Vax 3 Year Olds as 5th COVID Wave Ravages City: Yet another wave of the pandemic has strained hospitals as the Chinese-led government imposes new restrictions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/hong-kong-to-vaccinate-3-year-olds-as-fifth-wave-of-coronavirus-ravages-city__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD3GP28wD$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
America’s real adversaries are its European and other allies: The U.S.
aim is to keep them from trading with China and Russia. Today’s sanctions regime is aimed inward, to prevent America’s NATO and other Western allies from opening up more trade and investment with Russia and China. The aim is not so much to isolate Russia and China as to hold these allies firmly within America’s own economic orbit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/11/americas-real-adversaries-are-its-european-and-other-allies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD9kQihos$

# Employment / Labor
Democrats, Speak to Working-Class Discontent, It’s the one way to mobilize Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, not just white workers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/democrats-speak-to-working-class-discontent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDwnRFDGF$

Oshkosh Corporation Seeks Non-Union Labor to Build Postal Trucks. The controversy over locating a manufacturing plant could impact upcoming postal legislation, White House climate goals, and a high-profile Senate race.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/oshkosh-corporation-seeks-non-union-labor-to-build-postal-trucks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD6zCRw8z$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Proposed Canadian rules would allow coal mines to release more toxins in their effluent. The federal government has bowed to provincial and industry lobbying in weakening proposed standards for coal mining effluent, critics say.
Critics say federal government has bowed to provincial, industry lobbying https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/proposed-federal-rules-would-allow-coal-mines-to-release-more-toxins-in-their-effluent-1.6350205__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD6FyNIFL$

Renewable natural gas could help slow climate change, but by how much?
Also known as biomethane, it can reduce fossil fuel emissions, but warms the planet when it leaks https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/renewable-natural-gas-1.6346783__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD4kD4tYl$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Trump-appointed judge just dealt a blow to Biden’s climate efforts. The order blocks federal agencies from basing decisions on the global “social cost of carbon.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/02/trump-appointee-judge-strikes-down-biden-administration-climate-social-cost-carbon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD86BEXvD$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other / Global China approves gene-edited crops. Researchers in China have welcomed the government’s approval of gene-edited crops. China’s new rules are more conservative than those in the United States, which does not regulate plants that incorporate small changes similar to those that could occur naturally.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-drafts-new-rules-allow-gene-edited-crops-2022-01-25/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD3eY9PRq$

# General Information / Other News
Mitch McConnell Is Now at Odds With Trump. That Doesn’t Mean Mitch Is Good.
The enemies of our enemies aren’t always our friends. Case in point:
McConnell’s stealth battle against Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mitch-mcconnell-is-now-at-odds-with-trump-that-doesnt-mean-mitch-is-good/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD9Wj1eQx$

Accounting Firm Drops Trump Org Over Dubious Financial Docs. The Trump Organization’s longtime accounting firm Mazars said it no longer wants Trump’s business, as it doesn’t trust the financial documents the Trump Org has given them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/accounting-firm-mazars-drops-trump-organization-over-dubious-financial-docs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD5xAz4PR$

Ex-DNI: Proof exists to indict MULTIPLE people in Trump-Russia probe:
Ex-Director of National Intelligence claims Biden and Obama KNEW ABOUT Hillary campaign plot to hack Trump servers: ‘Enough evidence in Durham’s Russia probe to indict MULTIPLE people’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10511033/Ex-DNI-told-Durham-evidence-indict-MULTIPLE-people-Trump-Russia-probe.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDzTB4Wor$

# Global Politics
British Government Laundered Fake U.S. ‘Intelligence’ On Ukraine https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/01/british-government-laundered-fake-us-intelligence-on-ukraine.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD1Djf4Ts$

The Ultimate End of NATO: Russia’s goal is not to destroy Ukraine, this could be accomplished at any time. Rather, the goal of Russia is to destroy NATO by exposing its impotence, writes Scott Ritter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://consortiumnews.com/2022/02/11/the-ultimate-end-of-nato/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD-oz1qiS$

Wanting Peace With Russia To Focus Aggressions On China Is Just Being An Imperialist Warmonger. This insanely imperialist and white supremacist doctrine is still being cited by high-profile politicians https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/02/09/wanting-peace-with-russia-focus-aggressions-on-china-just-being-an-imperialist-warmonger/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD5vJppXx$

Ukraine’s President Demands Proof From US Over Alarmist Russian Invasion Claims https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/ukraines-president-demands-proof-from-us-over-alarmist-russian-invasion-claims_4276178.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD_v61bJq$

Ukraine replies to Russian demands: The Ukrainian foreign minister has accused Russia of making “unacceptable” demands https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/27/russia-weighs-us-nato-responses-to-security-demands-liveblog__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD_ZDhLHb$

Voters Want Alternatives to Biden and Trump in 2024 Election, Poll Shows. Only 50 percent of GOP-leaning voters say they want Trump to run in 2024, while only 45 percent of Democrats want Biden to run.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/voters-want-alternatives-to-biden-and-trump-in-2024-election-poll-shows/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDz4PFOEm$

Afghans decry ‘theft’ of government reserves. As Afghanistan edges closer to mass starvation and financial collapse, citizens across the country’s political divide, from the Taliban to the government they defeated, are outraged by a Biden administration plan to essentially expropriate the country’s currency reserves, which are held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/11/theft-afghan-americans-decry-decision-to__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD4zVy1Zm$

# Gov / Politics
How Can the US Accuse Any Nation of Violating ‘Rules-Based International Order’?
The implication is that if Congress approves an illegal war or act of war, that makes it legit. Sometimes the hypocrisy of the U.S.
government, especially when it comes to foreign affairs, it just too much to let pass.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/09/how-can-the-us-accuse-any-nation-of-violating-rules-based-international-order/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD2_wHKJ5$

Georgia Republicans Are Trying to Undo Democracy in Local Elections. GOP lawmakers in Georgia are seeking “total control” by targeting key election boards and posts to remove Democrats.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-republicans-are-trying-to-undo-democracy-in-local-elections/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD-a_Nhrf$

Dystopia disguised as Democracy: All the ways in which freedom is an
illusion: We think we have property interests in our homes and our bodies, but there can be no such freedom when the government can seize your property, raid your home, and dictate what you do with your bodies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dystopia-disguised-democracy-all-ways-which-freedom-illusion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD_fO6PoR$

Will Congress Reform the Electoral Count Act? And would that make a difference?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/will-congress-reform-the-electoral-count-act/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD4Fax28H$

# Law Enforcement
The San Francisco Police Department is investigating why its Twitter account liked a tweet promoting racist, troll-y George Floyd NFTs. The creators of the NFTs say it’s a “unique and progressive way to celebrate the monumental life of George Floyd” and that owning one comes with an “N word pass.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/san-francisco-police-department-racist-nft-george-floyd__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD78GSqH_$

Deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse. As the climate crisis fuels bigger storms, deteriorating prisons are making flood risks worse. With floodwaters rising, prisoners wait for help in floating feces https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2022/02/12/prison-climate-crisis-flood/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD1CLGuFX$

In Texas, prisons without air conditioning are getting hotter. The Intercept mapped climate risks for 6,500 detention facilities. In some already miserable places, the suffering is set to intensify.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2022/02/12/prisons-texas-heat-air-conditioning-climate-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD8IZaWaI$

This Prison in California Forced Incarcerated People to Drink Arsenic for Years Thousands of people were forced to consume arsenic-laced water for years at Kern Valley State Prison.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/this-prison-in-california-forced-incarcerated-people-to-drink-arsenic-for-years/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD8cwsLZB$

11 Stabbed in Seemingly Random Spree Across Albuquerque: “There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason at this point,” a spokesperson said of the attacks, which left nearly a dozen people wounded.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.abqjournal.com/2469751/several-people-stabbed-on-central-apd-says.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDyGQpFYi$

Banning the type of police raids that killed Amir Locke is just a start.
Police violence expert Samuel Sinyangwe says it’s time to rethink more common types of raids, too.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/02/no-knock-police-raids-amir-locke-police-violence-reform/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD_YKGwCd$

Alabama cop arrested on drug and domestic violence charges. The drug charge is a felony and the domestic violence charge is a misdemeanor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/14/alabama-cop-arrested-on-drug-and-domestic-violence-charges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDzgmEHQf$

# Legal / DOJ
A new version of the Mueller report reveals that Mueller declined to charge Donald Trump Jr. and Roger Stone with computer crimes https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/revealed-mueller-rejected-charging-donald-trump-jr-and-roger-stone-with-computer-crimes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD0Qf5UUX$

The Department of Justice released a new version of the report on Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Friday afternoon. This version contains nearly a dozen new unredacted passages and was released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by BuzzFeed News in 2019.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/robert-mueller-declined-charge-trump-jr-roger-stone__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD793hkuq$

# Media
Attacks on Journalists Are Just One Looming Threat to Press Freedom in the U.S.
Trump weaponized the term “fake news,” but corporate news media has always had deep, structural flaws.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/attacks-on-journalists-are-just-one-looming-threat-to-press-freedom-in-the-us/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD_im2bm9$

Watchdog host Lowkey is joined by investigative journalist Matt Kennard to discuss how the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has infiltrated foreign media in an attempt to export obedience to the United States government and promote Washington’s interests around the world. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxv4hIuA2YU__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD8vrcDj_$

# Medical / Health Care
New HHS Rule Threatens To Ignore the Law That Protects the Healthcare System To protect consumers from surprise medical bills, Congress passed the No Surprises Act in December 2020 after lengthy bipartisan negotiations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/new-hhs-rule-threatens-to-ignore-the-law-that-protects-the-healthcare-system/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD3-JZZaA$

Why Millions on Medicaid Are at Risk of Losing Coverage in the Months Ahead. The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing their Medicaid benefits when the pandemic health emergency ends.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/news/article/why-millions-on-medicaid-are-at-risk-of-losing-coverage-in-the-months-ahead/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDy-BNrqk$

“Theragrippers” are tiny, shape-changing machines that deliver medicine efficiently to the GI tract. Inspired by a parasitic worm that digs its sharp teeth into its host’s intestines, Johns Hopkins researchers have designed tiny, star-shaped microdevices that can latch onto intestinal mucosa and release drugs into the body.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/11/25/theragripper-gi-tract-medicine-delivery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDwfX7_c5$

# Military / DOD
Almost 500 U.S. service members have been discharged so far for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. But that number is likely to climb as the various military branches continue the process of dealing with those who are refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or have requested exemptions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/almost-500-service-members-discharged-refusing-covid-vaccine-1673611__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD_LEgw5b$

# Military / Global
Military campaign to influence public opinion continued after defence chief shut it down. Portions of a military information campaign meant to influence the Canadian public during the COVID-19 pandemic continued to operate months after the chief of the defence staff at the time ordered it shut down in the spring of 2020. The Canadian military recently conducted four reviews of controversial initiatives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/psychological-warfare-influence-campaign-canadian-armed-forces-1.6079084__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD4fvNUXG$

US: Over 130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to President Joe Biden for about an hour, insisting that Ukrainians had the country under “safe and reliable protection” against feared attack by a far stronger Russian military, aides said afterward.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wral.com/flights-to-ukraine-halted-redirected-as-crisis-brews/20135696/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD1kVIYtC$

# Science
‘Amazing’ nanoparticles from maize: A potent and economical anti-cancer therapeutic https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02241-y__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD2Rvwf2l$

# Space
Four years ago, Elon Musk sent a Tesla to space. What happened to it?
The Tesla Roadster has so far traveled over 2 billion miles, way past its warranty mileage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/four-years-ago-elon-musk-sent-a-tesla-to-space-what-happened-to-it/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jDz5LRSuB$

# Water
Climate crisis and systemic inequities drive push to reform California water laws https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-13/climate-systemic-inequity-drive-california-water-law-reforms__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j5kFVx5SuOhJsKsP2pjmPe36dAEIvg_ayJXtvAtvH7BwjV1SCrN1m8o_6n1jD_aC0_xI$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-02-13

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous / Global
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Seals are dying along South Africa’s west coast. What’s killing them remains a mystery. “In all the years that I’ve been doing this I’ve never in my life seen so many starving animals,” said Krynauw, who runs the Hout Bay Seal Rescue Centre. “I have no words to describe what we’re seeing at the moment.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mg.co.za/environment/2021-11-01-thousands-of-thin-cape-fur-seals-die-on-west-coast-beaches/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhwX8xAbC$

# Covid / Pandemics
An ‘endemic’ COVID doesn’t mean we stop fighting: Certainly SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will eventually become endemic. But suddenly claiming the virus is endemic, without a serious campaign to encourage worldwide vaccination and mitigation, is asking us to accept — or forget — inadequate public health policies, misuse of COVID relief funds, and the staggering morbidity and mortality that this virus has wrought.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/593894-an-endemic-covid-doesnt-mean-we-stop-fighting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhwb0w8MY$

The impact of Covid-19 on young people with mental health needs. Read our reports on the impact of coronavirus on the mental health of young people. A recent poll conducted by UNICEF shows that the COVID-19 crisis is having a significant impact on the mental health of adolescents and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/impact-covid-19-mental-health-adolescents-and-youth__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhzpxDnHB$

Omicron is creating new havoc in our criminal justice system. Vaccine mandate feud intensifies as staff infections increased 212% in January with only 69% of prison workers fully vaccinated https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/11/omicron-covid-california-prisons-staff-cases-surge-us__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhy7Mmd0R$

‘The risk was everywhere’: New heart research shows long-term health effects of Covid “Research shows that COVID-19 can cause heart and vascular damage …
risk for complications – including prolonged hospitalization and death https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newsroom.heart.org/news/heart-disease-likely-to-remain__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh49mruzC$

Study finds coronavirus can mutate inside infected person’s body: Study finds coronavirus can mutate inside infected person’s body https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-695753__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh3fgnNfB$

Woman Died of Allergic Reaction to Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, Autopsy Confirms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kshb.com/news/coronavirus/autopsy-confirms-kansas-woman-died-of-allergic-reaction-to-covid-19-vaccine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh3PgaOuP$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Inflation Crisis Is Being Resolved on Backs of Workers. It Doesn’t Have to Be. Workers must unite to demand wage and benefit increases, and price freezes on vital goods and necessities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/inflation-crisis-is-being-resolved-on-backs-of-workers-it-doesnt-have-to-be/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh8IFomve$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical States Are Considering Laws That Penalize Banks for Fossil Fuel Divestment. The American Legislative Exchange Council is driving a surge in state laws modeled on anti-BDS legislation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/daily-on-energy-republican-state-lawmakers-look-to-penalize-banks-for-cutting-off-fossil-fuels__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhylGpvi3$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of chemicals. Researchers in the College of Copenhagen have discovered a number of completely different chemical substances in faucet water saved in reusable plastic bottles.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newsactive.net/reusable-plastic-bottles-shown-to-release-hundreds-of-chemicals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh60zjvYC$

A California Water Board Assures the Public that Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation, But Experts Say the Evidence Is Scant https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06022022/a-california-water-board-assures-the-public-that-oil-wastewater-is-safe-for-irrigation-but-experts-say-the-evidence-is-scant/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhxWLU39p$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Study shows Mycobacterium bovis risk from raw milk: Prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis in milk on dairy cattle farms: An international systematic literature review and meta-analysis https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1472979222000038__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhyQdOTf5$

Quesos La Ricura Ltd. is recalling nearly 2,500 units of Mi Ranchito Fresh Cheese with Hot Peppers because of elevated levels of coliform.
The recalled product was distributed in Massachusetts, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Iowa, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/02/mi-ranchito-fresh-cheese-recalled-in-11-states-because-of-coliform/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhw5qkkt2$

A few days ago, we warned you about the El Chavito candy recall after the manufacturer discovered potential lead contamination. It turns out that’s not the only candy recall that involves a lead poisoning risk.
Other companies issued similar recalls for the same type of candy: dried salted plums. If you own any of the recalled candies from El Super Leon Ponchin Snacks, La Fiesta Food Products, or Rojas, you should stop eating them right now.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/urgent-candy-recall-this-dangerous-candy-can-poison-you-and-your-kids/ar-AATEMiY?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhx97KS3i$

# General Recalls / Alerts
Urgent children’s clothing recall: Parents need to read this right away. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published three children’s clothing recalls for various types of nightwear. The different clothing items fail to meet the US flammability standards.
Therefore, they pose a risk of burn injury to children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bgr.com/lifestyle/urgent-childrens-clothing-recall-parents-need-to-read-this-right-away/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh2Xi0PEZ$

# General Information / Other News
Bridge Still Closed After ‘Freedom Convoy’ Trucks Removed. It’s now a standoff between a few dozen protesters on foot and cops.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/ambassador-bridge-still-closed-after-canadian-freedom-convoy-trucks-removed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh9IRFpJp$

Blockbuster Kirby Sommers: Donald Trump and One of Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘Girls’ – A Special Report: The Ghislaine Maxwell case and subsequent trial was part of an on-going cover up in the child and human sex trafficking ring https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/11/blockbuster-kirby-sommers-donald-trump-and-one-of-jeffrey-epsteins-girls-a-special-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh839959I$

The Republican Embrace of Trumpian Fascism Is Complete and Now Must Be Defeated. The question is no longer whether Trump and the MAGA movement are fascist, but where they are taking the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/2022/02/trump-fascist/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhzOQFfEk$

Police have started moving in to clear out protestors blocking a major Canada-US bridge for five days over COVID-19 vaccine mandates https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/freedom-convoy-truckers-police-clear-out-canada-us-bridge-protestors-2022-2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh9E-eS0I$

Police in Canada, France Deploy Snipers, Tear Gas Against ‘Freedom Convoys’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/police-canada-france-deploy-snipers-tear-gas-against-freedom-convoys-1678704__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh6-WFaaf$

Trump Ripped Up So Many Docs Aides Knew His Shredding Style. The ex-president was also allegedly prone to flushing documents down White House toilets, often clogging them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/07/politics/trump-rip-documents-white-house-national-archives/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh6BOWun4$

Meet the guys who tape Trump’s papers back together. The president’s unofficial ‘filing system’ involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they’re supposed to be preserved.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh3xMx6xA$

# Global Politics
Can the two Koreas find common ground on halting deforestation? Seoul hopes collaboration with Pyongyang on environmental issues will help open doors for dialogue and save the Peninsula’s forests.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4434642__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhydoTw-s$

Why Russia is bolstering ties with North Korea: Angry with the West’s response over Ukraine and eager to diversify its options, Russia is cosying up to North Korea. For Pyongyang, the timing couldn’t be better, https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/russia-bolster-ties-north-korea__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh8xWs9TQ$

North Korea comes to Russia’s defense over Ukraine conflict. The North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday published an unsigned online column criticizing the U.S. role in heightened tensions in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-02-11/north-korea-russia-ukraine-conflict-kim-jong-un-putin-4969677.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh_NujynH$

Russian Official Denounces ‘Peak Hysteria’ Following Putin-Biden Call Over Ukraine “We don’t understand why false information about our intentions is being passed to the media,” said Yury Ukshakov, a top foreign policy advisor to the Russian president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/12/russian-official-denounces-peak-hysteria-following-putin-biden-call-over-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh7fEA-fh$

Russia assembles unprecedented grouping of warships in the Black Sea.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-warships-black-sea-ukraine/31692995.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh44Mz9aX$

Russian Navy Amphibious Group Enters Black Sea as Warships Mass in the Mediterranean https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.usni.org/2022/02/08/six-ship-russian-navy-amphibious-group-attack-sub-approach-black-sea-as-warships-mass-in-the-mediterranean__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhxeb3nfS$

Russia Menaces And Ukrainians Heed Calls For Civil-Defense Training.
There’s Just One Thing. “We’re in a war situation now…. We have to know how to act if Russia attacks,” said Anna Kuksa, a student at a Kyiv medical college.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-civil-defense-training-paramilitary-groups/31680052.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh8CfzFXC$

# Gov / Politics
McConnell-McCarthy split heading into November: McConnell and McCarthy have different political considerations – namely the political makeup of their conferences and how they deal with former President Trump – even as they work to accomplish a shared goal: winning back the majority in November.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnell-mccarthy-split-heading-november-105027239.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhy5hgBP6$

Rep. Ilhan Omar Slams Biden Plan to Seize Afghan Assets to Give to 9/11 Victims The congresswoman noted “there wasn’t a single Afghan among the [9/11] hijackers.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/rep-ilhan-omar-slams-biden-plan-to-seize-afghan-assets-to-give-to-9-11-victims/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh3FayXnv$

Afghan Central Bank Calls US Theft of $7 Billion ‘Injustice to People of Afghanistan’
“The real owners of these reserves are people of Afghanistan,” the bank declared in response to the seizure of over $7 billion by the U.S.
government.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/12/afghan-central-bank-calls-us-theft-7-billion-injustice-people-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh3E8egpS$

Supreme Court Ruling on Alabama Voting Map Has Voting Rights Advocates Worried The court’s ruling likely sends a message to states that they can pass whatever maps they want before the 2022 midterms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/593942-advocates-fear-supreme-courts-alabama-moves-could-weaken-minority__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhyjjxqaE$

Trump Has ‘Hijacked’ GOP, Is ‘Unfit for Office,’ Says Republican Lawmaker https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/trump-has-hijacked-gop-unfit-office-says-republican-lawmaker-1678714__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh4CkDXfr$

White House uses GOP’s own rhetoric to rebut Supreme Court criticisms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/593779-white-house-uses-gops-own-rhetoric-to-rebut-supreme-court-criticisms__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh5XPE872$

The Supreme Court’s ruling this week to allow Alabama to move forward with redistricting maps that underrepresent Black voters is worrying advocates who say it may be a preview of the conservative majority’s threat to protections against racial gerrymandering and other discriminatory elections practices.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/593942-advocates-fear-supreme-courts-alabama-moves-could-weaken-minority__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhyjjxqaE$

Democrats in a fury as Trump docs revive trauma of Clinton emails:
Accusations that former President Trump improperly took government documents are stirring outrage among Democrats and resurfacing years-old political trauma stemming from the GOP’s attacks on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/593931-democrats-in-a-fury-as-trump-docs-revive-trauma-of-clinton-emails__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh12h2JgG$

House races where redistricting is pitting Democrats against one another. Redistricting is pitting a number of Democratic incumbents against one another in what will likely be a handful of competitive and grueling House primaries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/593952-house-races-where-redistricting-is-pitting-democrats-against-one-another__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh18eMU31$

US says diplomacy still open to end Ukraine standoff with Russia. The United States said the diplomatic path remained open to end a standoff with Moscow over Ukraine but said the risk of Russian military action was high enough to warrant pulling U.S. embassy staff out of Kyiv.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-says-diplomacy-still-open-end-ukraine-standoff-with-russia-2022-02-13/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh40e-otZ$

US says no breakthrough in ‘frank and forthright’ talks with Russia over Ukraine border crisis https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/us-russia-ukraine-meetings-geneva-intl/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh02vjmzI$

# Law Enforcement
Video shows deputy emptying gun, shooting suspect after he collapsed.
Edward wasn’t a threat to any deputy. He needed help, but instead, the deputies escalated the situation and killed him.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/body-camera-video-deputy-shooting-suspect-riverside-county/2823792/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh7lXjVc9$

A deputy fatally shot a Black homeless man during a jaywalking stop. He won’t face charges. The deputy believed that Kurt Reinhold was reaching for his partner’s gun during a Sept. 23, 2020, struggle and posed a danger to the deputies and other people nearby, according to a review by the county district attorney’s office.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2022-02-11/deputy-who-shot-homeless-black-man-wont-face-charges__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh7r19eH1$

‘Make Murder Legal Act’: Prosecutors oppose proposed change in Missouri self-defense law: ‘Make Murder Legal Act’: Prosecutors oppose proposed change in Missouri self-defense law. Missouri state Sen. Eric Burlison backs the bill that presumes ‘reasonableness’ in self-defense. Under current law, the burden of proof is on the defendant to show actions were reasonable. Supporters say the bill fixes a weakness.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/13/missouri-bill-self-defense/6702795001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh5RuwXo-$

# Legal / DOJ
DoJ is giving Trump special treatment on felony possesion of secret documents. Why?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/11/doj-is-giving-trump-special-treatment-on-felony-possesion-of-secret-documents-why/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh7qjrRNM$

Lawyers say Black FedEx driver was chased and shot at in Mississippi, drawing comparisons to Ahmaud Arbery’s murder https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/11/dmonterrio-gibson-black-fedex-driver-shot-white-men-ahmaud-arbery__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh9UfKEHD$

The US supreme court is letting racist discrimination run wild in the election system. The US supreme court, in a 5-4 decision, used the ruse that it was too close to an election – three months away – to scrap a racially discriminatory, Republican-drawn legislative map in Alabama.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/12/us-supreme-court-racist-discrimination-election-system__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh3g4ujF0$

First Black federal judge in Alabama asks Biden not to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court. The first Black federal judge in Alabama spoke out against one of President Biden’s potential Supreme Court picks in a letter addressed to the commander in chief https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/black-judge-clemon-biden-letter-dismissing-ketanji-brown-jackson-nomination-2022-2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh3brkObv$

# Media
‘Nothing More Grotesque Than a Media Pushing for War,’ Says Edward Snowden The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill similarly notes that “the talking heads on cable news are almost drooling over the prospect of a ratings-boosting war.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/11/nothing-more-grotesque-media-pushing-war-says-edward-snowden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh5okltGZ$

The Outrageous Story About the Postal Service Too Many Know Nothing About Following a 16-year bet Republicans laid down in 2006 to block Postal EVs, DeJoy just told Biden to go screw himself: he’s going to buy fossil-fuel vehicles for 90% of the fleet instead of electric.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/12/outrageous-story-about-postal-service-too-many-know-nothing-about__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhydSkzGx$

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
THC is the active ingredient of cannabis, and it’s become more popular for medical and recreational use in recent years. Differences in form and chemical makeup produce different effects in users, ranging from the calming effects of CBD to the euphoric effects of marijuana, also known as delta-9 THC. Somewhere between these two cannabis products is one relatively new to market: delta-8 THC. What is delta-8, and is it safe to consume?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/what-is-delta-8/ar-AATCxlV?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh7a091B2$

# Military / DOD
Presumption of Innocence: Does it Still Apply in the Military Justice System and How Can you Protect Yourself Against Allegations of Misconduct? Due to the uniquely coercive factors present in the military, many times, those who are accused of misconduct feel pressured to speak up to give their side of the story.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/02/presumption-of-innocence-does-it-still-apply-in-the-military-justice-system-and-how-can-you-protect-yourself-against-allegations-of-misconduct/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh51zgN-6$

# Military / Global
ALL OUT WAR Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi militia preparing to ‘fight to the death’
in Russia war with guerrilla forces & ‘Mad Max’ tanks. Neo-Nazi militias (Azov Battalion) in Ukraine are preparing for all-out war with Russia and pledging to fight to the death, as they arm themselves for the fight against Vladimir Putin’s forces https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/news/4544729/neo-nazis-russia-ukraine-war-mad-max/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhzbocbvo$

# Space
Moon-crashing SpaceX rocket will create new crater – here’s what we should worry about. It’s not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the moon can be predicted, but it’s going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.space.com/spacex-rocket-crashing-into-moon-crater__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKh2rI6z6f$

# Technology
Password stealing malware posed as a Windows 11 download: Installer targets passwords, credit card and crypto wallet. Be careful before you download from an untrusted source. RedLine is not especially sophisticated malware but can steal passwords and sold as an online service for $150 a month to people who want to steal cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or Ethereum.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-password-stealing-malware-posed-as-a-windows-11-download/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nC6Uimly4cmGotkipjE1FzZLF2pJxOQv5mV6l0grdtuP8-lFiWjK5qAvKHyKhwu9gEak$

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Voices, The Peoples News

February 11, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Biden Should Grant Executive Clemency to Leonard Peltier Now: Leonard Peltier is a 77-year-old Anishinabe-Lakota Native American activist imprisoned for 46 years for a crime he says he did not commit. Amnesty International calls him a political prisoner.
Leonard Peltier recently wrote. “No phone, no window, no fresh air — no humans to gather — no loved one’s voice. No relief. Left alone and without attention is like a torture chamber for the sick and old.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/10/biden_should_grant_executive_clemency_to__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5TyeCewT$

# Indigenous / Global
Alberta’s response to Coutts blockade proof of discriminatory double standard, First Nations say. When rail lines were blocked in 2020, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney drafted a new law in response, but it hasn’t been used at the Coutts barricade. That leaves First Nations leaders ringing alarm bells, again, about racism in protest policing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/coutts-border-blockade/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5e0a2-5B$

Journalists across the country covering these blockades have been subject to threats, intimidation and harassment. The Narwhal stands with the Canadian Association of Journalists in denouncing these attacks. The Canadian Association of journalists (CAJ) is deeply concerned about the alarming rise in harassment and threats against journalists covering the Ottawa occupation protests and similar demonstrations across the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/caj-sounds-alarm-over-continued-rise-in-attacks-against-canadian-journalists-875704052.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5cqBZW3Q$

Wait, Now the Right Loves Traffic-Blocking Protesters? Conservatives rallying behind the Canadian trucker blockade were passing laws a year ago allowing motorists to run over protesters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/wait-now-the-right-loves-traffic-blocking-protesters__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5c3LeWMl$

In Their Legal Victory over Shell, South Africa’s Indigenous Communities Continue to Assert Their Power: South Africa’s High Court sided with Indigenous communities citing, in part, their deep cultural connection to the ocean.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/d144ead82115fac09aab8a3d41ca9f18-After-legal-victory-over-Shell-South-Africas-Indigenous-communities-continue-to-assert-their-power__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5YolPEeP$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Wolf hunting: Judge orders protection for gray wolves be restored:
Wildlife advocates had argued state-sponsored hunting threatened to reverse the gray wolf’s recovery over the past several decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/outdoors/2022/02/10/judge-orders-federal-protection-for-gray-wolves-be-restored/6739998001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5T4sxXlx$

Koala listed as endangered after Australian governments fail to halt its decline No recovery plan for the Australian marsupial was in place despite it being identified as a requirement nine years ago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/11/koala-listed-as-endangered-after-australian-governments-fail-to-halt-its-decline__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5dbOsChW$

As African Penguins Go Hungry, a Debate Rages in South Africa: Who Gets the Fish?
They’ve been robbed of eggs and guano, soaked in oil, and stung by killer bees—now a dispute about numbers could clinch their future.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sahyadrimedia.com/science-technology/new-launch/as-african-penguins-go-hungry-a-debate-rages-in-south-africa-who-gets-the-fish-hakai-magazine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5QzYh6lq$

# Covid / Pandemics
Nearly a dozen states move to end masking mandates as COVID-19 infection rates fall, via ABC News. But nearly 99% of U.S. counties are still reporting high community transmission.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/Health/dozen-states-move-end-masking-mandates-covid-19/story?id=82806903__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5TbX4qzz$

What Are Taxpayers Spending for Those ‘Free’ Covid Tests? The Government Won’t Say. Prices for some test kits cracked the hundred-dollar mark.
And the government vowed that its purchase could provide the tests faster and cheaper so people, by simply swabbing at home, could quell the spread of covid.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/news/article/what-are-taxpayers-spending-for-those-free-covid-tests-the-government-wont-say/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5ZFC06VE$

COVID increases long-term heart risks, study of U.S. veterans finds. A large-scale scientific study found that coronavirus patients were at “substantial” risk of heart disease one year after their illness https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.science.org/content/article/covid-19-takes-serious-toll-heart-health-full-year-after-recovery__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5ZNYbWtU$

CDC study: Booster wanes after 4 months
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/02/11/covid-booster-protection-likely-wanes-after-4-months-cdc-says/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5dKw59Ce$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Americans do not need a government report to tell them they’re paying a lot more for groceries, gasoline, rent and utilities, thanks to inflationary pressures that on Thursday set a record, a 7.5 percent rise in consumer prices not seen for 40 years https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/593652-annual-inflation-reaches-75-percent-highest-rate-since-february-1982__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5fTmKQWP$

Taliban’s Frozen Billions to Be Handed to 9/11 Families: Half the money will go to relatives of people in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and the other half will fund humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/talibans-frozen-billions-will-be-split-between-911-families-and-afghan-aid-report-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5RvzKxsI$

Re-Engineering Our Supply Chains: It’s time for a coherent national logistics system, regulating and coordinating what has been privatized.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/re-engineering-our-supply-chains/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5T5Ghc0y$

# Education / Schools
Texas schools are majority Hispanic. There’s been a shortage of bilingual teachers since 1990, and the pandemic made it worse. The pandemic is driving educators away from the profession, including key areas such as bilingual education.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/11/texas-teacher-shortage-pandemic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5aoHIoZg$

Texas educators say billions in federal emergency COVID-19 relief intended to help school districts safely reopen schools are not being used to prioritize safety.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/now/texas-got-2-4b-safely-093756068.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5Qr-thtP$

‘All the shelves would be bare.’ Once again, librarians are in the center of the culture wars. Parents questioning the teaching of racism, sexual identity and gender are bringing increasing numbers of challenges to books in school and sometimes public libraries that they say aren’t appropriate for children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/inside-publici/newsletters/watchdog-newsletter/banned-books-all-shelves-bare/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5bzSPkdH$

‘She looks like a baby:’ Why are 5-year-olds being arrested at school?
It seems inconceivable: Educators calling cops on elementary school kids for typical child behavior, from temper tantrums to stealing crayons. A USA TODAY analysis of federal crime reports, part of our Criminalizing Kids partnership, identified more than 2,600 arrests in schools involving kids ages 5 to 9 between 2000 and 2019. It’s almost certainly a vast undercount.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/education/criminalizing-kids/young-kids-arrested-at-schools/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5d_WcCXJ$

How a rare college course on critical race theory changed the mind of a conservative law student. Critical race theory had become a flashpoint of national politics in 2021 as conservative media latched onto the term, deeming it “hostile, academic, divisive, race-obsessed, poisonous, elitist, anti-American.” In speeches, both House Speaker Philip Gunn and Gov. Tate Reeves had vowed to ban the theory from being taught in schools.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mississippitoday.org/2022/02/02/mississippi-only-critical-race-theory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5dkwtLRS$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Why Texas’s power grid still hasn’t been fixed: After last winter’s deadly failures, regulators promised solutions. But who would profit?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/why-texass-power-grid-still-hasnt-been-fixed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5XMDvT8g$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Fears of oil spills as ExxonMobil seeks to drill at the mouth of a Brazil river: ExxonMobil wants to drill 11 wells in a marine area near the estuary of the São Francisco River, in Northeastern Brazil. In the event of an accident, at least 52 conservation units would be affected, including a barrier reef that’s a priority for conservation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rnanews.eu/fears-of-oil-spills-as-exxonmobil-seeks-to-drill-at-the-mouth-of-a-brazil-river-220522.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5WsTx5ab$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Republicans urge states to ignore infrastructure guidance: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Environment and Public Works ranking member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) yesterday sent a letter to the nation’s governors urging them to disregard federal guidance on how states should use funding for road and bridge projects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/republicans-urge-states-to-ignore-infrastructure-guidance/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5RxTgnIa$

# General Information / Other News
Some Trump records taken to Mar-a-Lago clearly marked as classified, including documents at ‘top secret’ level. The number of top secret documents is unknown, but the Post also reported that some documents were marked with classifications above top secret, which is information that few high-level officials would be authorized to view.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/top-secret-trump-records-among-those-taken-mar-lago-report-1678224__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5XkK2p74$

Nixon on Steroids: Trump Hiding Records of ALL White House Calls During Terror/Insurrection/Coup-Report. Sources familiar with the investigation say they haven’t drawn any final conclusions, suggesting the gaps in the records may be explained by the use of personal cell phones https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/10/nixon-on-steroids-trump-hiding-records-of-all-white-house-calls-during-terror-insurrection-coup-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5QrRg9Ul$

Christian Nationalists Are Rewriting January 6 History. Alarmingly, It’s Working.
A new report shows Christian nationalist support for those who attacked the Capitol has doubled in the past year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2022/02/11/christian-nationalism-drove-jan-6-now-its-embraced-the-big-lie-and-wants-to-conquer-america/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5aQYLfb6$

# Global Politics
Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine have all begun 10 days of military drills, raising concerns that war is near. In recent days, Western leaders and diplomats have scrambled to try to avert new fighting that could be some of the bloodiest in Europe since World War II.
“At the end of the exercises is when [Russian forces] will be ready for some kind of attack,” predicted Andriy Zagorodnyuk, the former defense minister of Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/russia-ukraine-belarus-military-exercises__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5egtT5Td$

Putin’s planned Ukrainian invasion is just the beginning of his endgame.
According to Mark Galeotti, Putin wants to cement his place in history by restoring Russian control over its neighbor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/22917832/vladimir-putin-ukraine-military-invasion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5SIrN3hF$

# Gov / Politics
Americans should leave Ukraine immediately because of the risk of a Russian invasion, Biden told NBC News anchor Lester Holt during a Thursday interview. American citizens would not be the priority if Russia invades Ukraine. “That’s a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another. … We’re in a very different world than we’ve ever been,” he added.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-warns-americans-leave-ukraine-russia-troops-world-war-rcna15781?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=46957__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5ad-lBWG$
Interview video:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/nbc-news-exclusive-one-on-one-with-president-biden-132901957504?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=46957__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5YtYjdv3$

Mail-in ballot rejections: Hundreds of completed mail-in ballots for Texas’ March 1 primary have been initially rejected for not meeting the state’s new identification requirements. Absentee voters must now include a state ID number like a driver’s license number both when applying for a mail-in ballot and when returning a completed ballot, and that number must match the information on a voter’s record.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/10/texas-mail-voting-rejections/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5TTUHOL5$

A bipartisan group of senators pledged to protect future elections. But reform might not come for months or years. Both parties want to avoid a constitutional crisis. But figuring out how to resolve disputed elections is proving so complicated that a fix is nowhere close to ready.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/election-reform-senate-2024__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5dRA59rX$

Voting rights. The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to dismantle the federal Voting Rights Act ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/politics/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-2024-election/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5Uf-6koW$

The U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing majority has stepped in to block a judge’s order finding that Alabama’s congressional redistricting discriminates against Black voters.
Justices put on hold a lower court ruling that state must draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/07/supreme-court-lets-alabama-use-maps-decried-as-biased-against-black-voters__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5YVqoDKb$

Biden Warns U.S. Won’t Send Troops to Rescue Americans in Ukraine. The current tensions come eight years after Russia annexed Ukraine’s southern Crimea peninsula. Since then, Ukraine’s military has been locked in a war with Russian-backed rebels in eastern areas near Russia’s borders.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thestreetjournal.org/biden-warns-americans-says-troops-wont-be-sent-to-rescue-citizens-if-russia-invades-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5YZoOiXc$

The 5th Circuit Just Rewarded a Brazen Heist of President Power: The 5th Circuit was already the most radical appeals court in the country. Now it is complicit in anti-vaxxers’ corrupt quest to transfer a core executive power from the president to a single unelected judge.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/02/federal-vaccine-5th-circuit-executive-power-rogue-judge.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5XdLHFI-$

Two more House Republicans just went on Donald Trump’s hit list: Even as GOP leaders try to turn the focus of the country to President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump just keeps fighting the last war, going after Republican incumbents who either voted to impeach him or otherwise wronged him. Wednesday brought two such moves from Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/politics/donald-trump-gop-incumbents-impeach-votes/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5SYUqBaF$

# Law Enforcement
The EARN IT Act Would Give Criminal Defendants a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free
Card: EARN IT Act is back, and worse than it ever was before. Like the
2020 version, the proposal would still give child predators a get-out-of-jail-free card and would still undermine the fight against child predation online. Nevertheless, on Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee marked up and approved it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/technology/2022/02/earn-it-act-fourth-amendment-violation.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5eUhFM7l$

# Legal / DOJ
The Supreme Court’s ‘Dead Hand’: The Supreme Court has set itself on a collision course with forces of change in an inexorably diversifying America. The 6–3 majority-conservative Supreme Court is dangerously out of step with a demographically and culturally changing America.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/02/supreme-court-conservative-rulings/622050/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5cdbDkiG$

Twenty-nine-year-old Rebecca Hogue will be sentenced today for first-degree murder of her 2-year-old son, even though everybody agrees she never laid a finger on him.
Hogue’s boyfriend killed her son while Hogue was at work. Hogue’s partner gaslit her and hid the abuse up until the moment he murdered the boy and then hanged himself in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. At the scene of his suicide, law enforcement found the words “Rebecca is Innocent” carved into a tree.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/02/child-abuse-mothers-sexist-failure-to-protect-law-rebecca-hogue-oklahoma/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-02-11-2022__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5T8s1565$

# LGBTQ
A growing number of Republican-controlled states are banning books and curriculum that mentions LGBTQ people’s experiences.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055524205/more-republican-leaders-try-to-ban-books-on-race-lgbtq-issues__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5aZW51I-$

# Medical / Health Care
Toxic Weedkiller Chemicals Detected in Nearly 40% of People Tested in U.S. Study A new study has found detectable levels of toxic weedkillers in about 40% of respondents in a U.S. nationwide survey. The survey found levels of 2,4-D, an herbicide that has been linked to cancer, in one in three people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/09/toxic-herbicide-exposure-study-2-4-d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5dFA0Oyw$

Doctors Overlook a Curable Cause of High Blood Pressure. A hormonal abnormality is gaining recognition as a common cause of hypertension, but few patients are screened for it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2022/02/09/doctors-overlook-a-curable-cause-of-high-blood-pressure/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5QG6L19R$

# Nuclear
Nuclear Fusion, a ‘Near-Limitless’ Source of Clean Energy, Gets Closer to Reality After Record-Breaking Experiment https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/nuclear-fusion-clean-energy.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5d4n8unl$

# Security
CIA Runs Secret Program Saving American Data, Senators Say: The operation runs “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection,” two senators wrote in a letter to the agency.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-10/senators-cia-has-secret-program-that-collects-american-data__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5QPduJox$

# Technology
Lyra health provides therapy for Google and Facebook employees, is facing concerns over privacy and treatment. 18 users, therapists, and former Lyra employees voiced concerns about company’s business practices, including its productivity-based bonus structure for therapists. “This isn’t an assembly line. This is actually people,” said one former therapist.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/lyra-health-ethical-conflicts-google-facebook__;!!On18fmf1aQ!modD5ovzOfbCOCkWXjx8yvdBZ2QejKh-DRI8wbSduc7R2HLS1tnaJZtFPfYn5bDg62Vb$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-02-10

Voices, The Peoples News

February 10, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Standing Rock withdraws from ongoing environmental assessment of Dakota Access Pipeline. Tribal leaders say the decision was driven in part by a lack of transparency surrounding the pipeline developer’s oil spill emergency response plans. They also cite Lake Oahe’s recent low water levels, which they say could make cleanup of any spill into the Missouri River reservoir difficult.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bismarcktribune.com/community/mandannews/news/standing-rock-pulls-out-of-dakota-access-study-citing-oil-spill-response-concerns/article_1429ee39-3fe6-59f4-85d9-aa0e1f2d9ab0.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP4sM7zGW$

California redwood forest returned to Indigenous guardianship, conservation. A unique Northern California redwood forest sitting along the Mendocino coast has been returned to the tribe that has called it home for centuries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://activenorcal.com/unique-northern-california-redwood-forest-permanently-returned-to-its-indigenous-tribe/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP2W2Fw8M$

‘Stunning Jobs Report’ Ignores Acute Unemployment Among Native Americans Rosy labor market reports are ignoring the plight of Native American workers, who face “crisis levels” of unemployment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/stunning-jobs-report-ignores-acute-unemployment-among-native-americans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP_TGr3H_$

# Indigenous / Global
Cover-up: Brazilian government plot to open up uncontacted tribe’s territory revealed. An extraordinary plot to open up an uncontacted tribe’s territory for exploitation, and suppress evidence of the tribe’s existence, has been revealed in Brazil.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.survivalinternational.org/news/12711__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPzxbfqhe$

Constitutional Court has ruled that an Indigenous community’s right to free, prior and informed consultation was violated by oil projects, and called for stronger protections to guarantee Indigenous communities’
rights to decide over extractive projects in their territories.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/ecuadors-top-court-rules-for-stronger-land-rights-for-indigenous-communities/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP_loW0SG$

Indigenous community takes Guatemalan land rights fight to international court. After a decades-long fight against transnational mining interests and state repression, the community’s case could set a new precedent for Indigenous land and resource rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nacla.org/guatemala-maya-land-rights-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP_lURjxc$

# Border / Immigration
DHS Stops Deporting Many Illegal Convicted Felons, Says They’re Not
‘Priority’:
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has cancelled the deportations of a number of convicted felon illegal immigrants because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) no longer considers them to be “priority” removals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://policetribune.com/dhs-stops-deporting-many-illegal-convicted-felons-says-theyre-not-priority/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPxRNlzwn$

A government investigation into the death of a Guatemalan 16-year-old held in Border Patrol custody found that agents failed to follow a nurse practitioner’s recommendation to check in on the teen after he was diagnosed with the flu and had a 103-degree fever.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/internal-investigation-confirms-border-patrol-failures-leading-up-to-a-16-year-olds-death-on-the-floor-of-his-cell__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP0z_O5-n$

# Covid / Pandemics
Protest Is Protected By the Charter, Legal Group Supporting Truckers Tells Police. As police step up efforts to deter the Freedom Convoy demonstration in Ottawa, the legal group representing the truckers is urging the authorities to respect their charter right to peacefully protest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/protest-is-protected-by-the-charter-legal-group-supporting-truckers-tells-police_4267599.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPzWnS1j3$

Ottawa Police Brutalize 78-Year-Old Man for Honking: Ottawa police detained and brutalized a 78-year-old man identified as Gerry Charlebois on Monday for violating the ban imposed that day on honking car horns.
“He’s just 4-foot-10,” said his son Steve. “He wouldn’t hurt anybody.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/warmington-arrested-78-year-old-great-grandfather-meant-no-harm-by-honking__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP9vekYax$

Increasing global access to vaccines: Houston scientists are receiving praise for creating a cheap, easy-to-make COVID-19 vaccine that is widely accessible. The vaccine formula has no intellectual property rights attached to it, which drastically reduces its cost.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/10/corbevax-texas-coronavirus-vaccine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP9_Ag7gM$

Many States Dump Mask Mandates. Governors and other officials in at least five blue states took steps this week to dial back the requirements.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.route-fifty.com/public-safety/2022/02/dem-mask-mandate/361730/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP6vJoNcl$

CDC May Update Mask Guidelines As It Urges States To Move Cautiously.
The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is standing by the agency’s mask guidelines, emphasizing Tuesday that now is not the time to change the recommendations or loosen restrictions aimed at preventing Covid-19.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/health/covid-mask-guidance-cdc-director/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP_jBypVO$

Even Mild Covid Infections Could Affect Later Heart Health, Study Finds.
Cardiovascular care essential part of post-infection care https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220207124832.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP5Br793_$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Pandemic Makes U.S.-China Economic Breakup More Likely, U.S. Businesses in China Say. Survey finds fewer big companies calling ‘decoupling’
impossible in March than last October
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-makes-u-s-china-economic-breakup-more-likely-u-s-businesses-in-china-say-11587113926__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP0eyum7H$

Senators Consider Sanctions for Cyberattacks on Ukraine, Invasion or Not. Efforts to push back against Russian cyber aggression toward Ukraine are becoming more serious, with senators looking at sanctioning Russia and providing more cybersecurity assistance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/09/senators-consider-sanctions-russian-ukraine-00007529__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP1n90pPh$

# Education / Schools
Loudoun County parents and children serve affidavits to school board calling for them to end mask mandate https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/9a04d2aec038ca43034afd5eeddf2556-Loudoun-County-parents-and-children-serve-affidavits-to-school-board-calling-for-them-to-end-mask-mandate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPx5JQfNz$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Solar panels are coming to two California canals. The “Project Nexus”
follows research from the University of California-Merced finding substantial benefits for water quality and delivery, in addition to the benefits of renewable power generation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/solar-panels-california-canals.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP6OM53Jd$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Gulf of Thailand oil pipeline leak threatens reef-rich marine park. An oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand that began in late January threatens to impact coral reefs, seagrass beds and local livelihoods in a nearby marine park.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/gulf-of-thailand-oil-pipeline-leak-threatens-reef-rich-marine-park/*:*:text=An*20oil*20spill*20in*20the,in*20a*20nearby*20marine*20park.&text=Cleanup*20efforts*20are*20underway*20to,the*20slick*20have*20washed*20up__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPzxmQSVf$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Amazon losing far more carbon from forest degradation than
deforestation: Forest degradation was responsible for more carbon loss than deforestation. International team of researchers also found that deforestation rose nearly four-fold in 2019 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/30/brazilian-amazon-released-more-carbon-than-it-absorbed-over-past-10-years__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPw8M72k4$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other FDA addresses enforcement of ban on pesticide chemical chlorpyrifos: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a guidance document titled Questions and Answers Regarding Channels of Trade Policy for Human Food Commodities with Chlorpyrifos Residues: Guidance for Industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/02/fda-addresses-enforcement-of-ban-on-pesticide-chemical-chlorpyrifos/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP-ykvBxp$

Tyson Foods Uses Land Twice the Size of New Jersey to Feed Its Factory Farmed Animals. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists
(UCS) calculated that Tyson needs between nine and 10 million acres of farmland to feed all the animals it processes, an area almost twice the size of New Jersey.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/tyson-foods-land-use-factory-farming.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP8dJ0H5v$

# General Information / Other News
How a ‘dirty gambling company’ may have set the standard for habitat destruction in Cambodia. Conservationists, researchers and local residents interviewed by Mongabay worry that the sub-decree will mean that many other parts of Koh Kong province will follow in the destruction of Botum Sakor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/how-a-dirty-gambling-company-may-have-set-the-standard-for-destruction-in-cambodia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP11JYcE-$

# Global Politics
Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity. Laws, policies, and institutional practices all work to expel, fragment, and dispossess Palestinians of their land and property, and deprive Palestinians of their human rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amnestyusa.org/endapartheid/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjJOQBhCkARIsAEKMtO3SisO7_c9R4B91V5DVh6ysb9G6_wF8cRTgB9Vyz8gdvLuZ9QyBpXwaAsEJEALw_wcB__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP9qkobzl$

Tell me what’s untrue in Amnesty’s report on Israel: The world will continue to hurl the invective, Israel will continue to ignore it. The world will say apartheid, Israel will say antisemitism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-tell-me-what-s-untrue-in-amnesty-s-report-on-israel-1.10587114__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP6etSV0c$

China’s Getting What’s Needed for Invading Taiwan: We are so obsessed with Russian forces massed against Ukraine, with terrorism in the Middle East, with North Korea’s nukes and missiles, that we risk placing China’s threats against Taiwan somewhere down the list of all the crises around the world.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/chinas-getting-whats-needed-for-invading-taiwan/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP16O12EE$

Russia to ‘Probably’ Pull Diplomatic Staff From Ukraine: Russia’s foreign ministry said Moscow believes Western governments are plotting some kind of provocation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-says-it-will-probably-evacuate-diplomatic-staff-from-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP1EKlnYT$

# Gov / Politics
Sens: Iran briefing ‘sobering and shocking’: “That was a sobering and shocking briefing about where we are right now,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). “The information we got on breakout time is something we all have to really think about.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/593600-sobering-and-shocking-senators-raise-red-flags-after-iran-briefing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP6-sSEAp$

From Vietnam to Afghanistan, all US governments lie: The Washington Post has, after more than two years of investigation, revealed that senior foreign policy officials in the White House, State and Defense departments have known for some time that the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan was failing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/from-vietnam-to-afghanistan-all-us-governments-lie-128695__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP6kOYQuM$

Air wars: Kemp gets reinforcements from RGA: The ad launched days after Kemp’s top Republican rival, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, aired his own spot featuring former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. And it underscores a growing proxy war between mainstream GOP groups and Trump’s allies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/air-wars-kemp-gets-reinforcements-from-rga/RRDEHAWDU5ENNOMKOMYUYBXXOI/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP3TmadC0$

Point: U.S. Sanctions on Afghanistan Could Be Deadlier Than 20 Years of War.
Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of the most important tools of U.S. foreign policy. There are currently more than 20 countries subjected to various sanctions from the U.S. government.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.union-bulletin.com/point-us-sanctions-on-afghanistan-could-be-deadlier-than-20-years-of-war/article_4f341990-1a07-5e2b-a72f-fd896872fbe1.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP74A3AaU$

Foreign Diplomat’s Nose Broken in Brutal NYC Street Attack. The diplomat got a hard punch to the face while walking around on Fifth Avenue.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2511262566492/foreign-diplomat-s-nose-broken-in-brutal-manhattan-street-attack__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP8lT6RKK$

GOP candidates who participated in the Jan. 6 rally are raising millions. Nine Republican candidates who attended the Jan. 6 rally ahead of a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol raised more than $8.9 million in their runs for federal office.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/02/gop-candidates-jan-6th-raising-millions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPzXgSMft$

Congressional leaders consistently pulled in millions of dollars from donors in 2021, campaign finance disclosures show. Their campaigns and leadership PACs took in over $90 million during 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/02/congressional-leadership-raise-millions-ahead-of-this-years-midterms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPw6GWYk6$

# Law Enforcement
Dallas prosecutors ordered the arrest of two Dallas police officers accused of using excessive force against protesters during the racial justice protests spurred by the death of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/09/dallas-police-arrest-protests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP2qHEhdV$

Congressman’s Son Arrested for Slapping Miami Commissioner, Yes, we’re talking about grown men here.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/congressmans-son-arrested-for-slapping-miami-commissioner__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP2f-Gczv$

Her Boyfriend Killed Her Baby While She Was at Work. Oklahoma Might Lock Her Up for Life. Hundreds of women in the state have faced similar charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/02/child-abuse-mothers-sexist-failure-to-protect-law-rebecca-hogue-oklahoma/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP36aZz9f$

# Legal / DOJ
IG to probe claim Capitol Police took photos in lawmaker’s office: “Capitol Police leadership have put a target on my back, but my work in exposing the security failures on January 6th, the death of Ms. Babbitt, and the sham investigation into the events of January 6th will not be deterred,” Mr. Nehls said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/8/inspector-general-investigating-capitol-police-aft/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPx-T8jXR$

Sarah Palin took the stand in her libel lawsuit after an NYT editor said he has “regretted pretty much every day” his wording about her. Palin began testifying in her libel lawsuit against the New York Times over an editorial that falsely asserted a link between her political action committee and a deadly shooting.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/sarah-palin-testifies-new-york-times-trial?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=02*10*2022*20Incoming*20newsletter&utm_term=News*20confirmed*20list__;Ly8lJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPx4QHm7e$

A grand jury recommended murder charges against the man who shot Adil Dghoughi in Texas. Terry Turner admitted to fatally shooting Dghoughi as he sat inside a car, but wasn’t arrested until 11 days after the killing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/adil-dghoughi-case-murder-charges-recommended__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP21vJZWS$

The Trump Coup: Maybe We Can’t Handle the Truth. The January 6 committee has the challenge of portraying the enormity of Trump’s betrayal to the public.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/the-trump-coup-maybe-we-cant-handle-the-truth/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPzk6JhxR$

# Medical / Health Care
Skirmish Between Biden and Red States Over Medicaid Leaves Enrollees in the Balance https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/news/article/skirmish-between-biden-and-red-states-over-medicaid-leaves-enrollees-in-the-balance/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPykB79Sz$

# Military / DOD
Bloomberg named as new head of Defense Innovation Board: Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and presidential candidate, will lead the panel of tech and business experts tasked with advising Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://breakingdefense.com/2022/02/bloomberg-named-as-new-head-of-defense-innovation-board/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPyNboxsE$

US forces to help evacuate American citizens: The White House says it is not planning for a mass evacuation of American citizens in Ukraine if Russia were to invade the country, though it has given approval for U.S.
troops in Poland to potentially help with any individuals who wish to leave, multiple outlets reported.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/09/politics/white-house-plan-troops-help-americans-leave-ukraine/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPzInYf-_$

American military aircraft on the move in Europe amid ongoing Ukraine crisis. The U.S. Air Force is sending eight F-15 Eagle fighter jets to Poland to bolster NATO defenses amid ongoing fears of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-02-10/combat-aircraft-on-the-move-in-europe-amid-ongoing-ukraine-crisis-4927813.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPzQ9seFk$

# Military / Global
Russian commander in Belarus for war games: Russia’s most senior uniformed military officer arrived in Belarus on Wednesday for a large-scale war game with its neighbor amid fears the Kremlin will use the military exercise as cover for an invasion into Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/593598-top-russian-commander-arrives-in-belarus-for-war-games__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP5MTQ68G$

UK proposes sending troops to counter Russia: The UK will offer the US-led NATO to increase the number of British troops in Estonia, deploy additional Royal Air Force (RAF) jets to Southern Europe and Royal Navy ships to Eastern Mediterranean at the upcoming meeting between PM Boris Johnson and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/07/uk-to-send-troops-to-poland-amid-concern-about-russian-buildup__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP_CZs2cW$

Iran unveils ‘warhead’ missile amid indirect nuclear talks with US: The announcement comes one day after U.S. and Iranian officials resumed indirect talks in Vienna over Tehran’s nuclear program. The missile was unveiled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is owned by the IRGC, reported. The U.S.
designated the IRGC as a foreign terrorist organization in 2019.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/593486-iran-unveils-warhead-missile-amid-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPyqgChlJ$

North Korea says it can ‘shake the world’ with missiles able to hit US:
“In today’s world where many countries waste time dealing with the United States with submission and blind obedience, there’s only our country on this planet that can shake the world by firing a missile with the U.S. mainland in its range,” North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/593428-north-korea-gloats-about-missiles-that-can-hit-the-us__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP_EA781A$

IRGC unveils precision strike ballistic missile with range of 1,450 km:
The modern design of Khaybar Shekan has reduced its weight by a third in comparison with similar missiles, and the preparation time to launch the missile has apparently decreased to one-sixths compared to conventional projectiles.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/02/09/676474/IRGC-unveils-precision-strike-ballistic-missile-with-range-of-1,450-km__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP70Ey5_4$

# Murmurs of war
Opinion: The possibility of war looms over the Korean peninsula: Four weather fronts appear to be on a collision course that could lead to the outbreak of a second Korean war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/international/593204-the-possibility-of-war-looms-over-the-korean-peninsula__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP0DY4iBO$

# Science
6 New Animals, One Fungus and a Tree Added to 25 Most Wanted Lost Species List, Following Rediscoveries. The Earth is full of diverse and fascinating species, and more than 2,200 of them have been lost to science for at least 10 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/most-wanted-lost-species-list.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP3VSRWKz$

How Tongan eruption changed volcanology: The extraordinary power of the eruption that devastated Tonga on 15 January, captured by a range of sophisticated Earth-observing satellites, is challenging ideas about the physics of eruptions. The 15 January blast sent shock waves around the globe and defied scientific expectations. Researchers are now scrambling to work out why.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00394-y__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP4JZzm4v$

# Security
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance will discuss “Challenges and Opportunities of Black Women Within the Intelligence Community,”
with keynote speaker Debra Smith, former deputy assistant director for the FBI, at 11 a.m.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.insaonline.org/event/challenges-and-opportunities-of-black-women-within-the-intelligence-community/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=46920__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPwx-j34W$

# Social
Unhoused Texans weather another winter storm with little aid: Advocates say emergency communications have not improved much since last year, and people experiencing homelessness were less likely to seek help this year because of new state and local policies targeting them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/09/texas-winter-storm-homelessness/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBPwqEYfhR$

# Technology
Pittsfield board of health issues conditional cease and desist order to Verizon over cell tower. Amid ongoing litigation around the tower as well as a city council request for a state investigation into the situation, Pittsfield’s board of health waded into the fray with an official cease and desist order at its Wednesday meeting.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/massachusetts-verizon-cease-desist-cell-tower/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ihvaePSWYQlD3coT8IrEjF9jgbT-GoIElGrkR0KfE9JytdP7K1d6UFrXEpIBP1wFDxq_$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-02-09

Voices, The Peoples News

February 9, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
How Giving Legal Rights to an Indigenous Food Could Stop a Pipeline. The White Earth Band of Anishinaabe gave wild rice legal rights in 2018. Now they’re suing the state in tribal court to stop Line 3 on its behalf.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/food/2022/02/line3-wild-rice-bibeau-indigenous-rights-minnesota/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIXricUgH$

# Indigenous / Global
More unmarked graves found on the site of a former residential school.
Hundreds if not thousands of indigenous children in Canada were sent off to boarding schools by force and most describe the experience with much horror and consternation: “We didn’t know where we were going. We didn’t know what was going to happen to us.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57592243__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIU40fX8M$

More unmarked graves likely at former residential school site https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57855952__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIWZ7iptB$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Another highly pathogenic avian influenza strain invades southern states.
A new strain of Avian influenza that was present in Europe, only last year, is reported in the southern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Florida. It is another highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/02/another-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-strain-invades-southern-states/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIUaKsVRc$

# Border / Immigration
More Immigrants Are Waiting in Legal Limbo Than Ever Before. Why Is It So Hard to Fix the Backlog in the Courts? New data shows a record 1.6 million cases in the immigration court pipeline.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/how-to-fix-record-cases-immigration-courts-backlog/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIQ12iNiJ$

# Covid / Pandemics
Johnson & Johnson temporarily stops COVID vax production: report https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/02/08/johnson-johnson-temporarily-stops-covid-vaccine-production/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCITdGhoTl$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
The Fed is about to shaft American workers, for no good reason. Fed policymakers are poised to raise interest rates at their March meeting and then continue raising them, in order to slow the economy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/09/the-fed-is-about-to-shaft-american-workers-or-no-good-reason/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIcrbLnYE$

The disruptions, and the subsequent circumventions, have accelerated Amazon and Walmart’s takeover at the expense of independent retailers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/big-business-games-the-supply-chain/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIfllPebz$

# Education / Schools
A week after a series of bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S., public officials and university presidents are speaking out. The FBI is investigating the bomb threats as violent extremism and hate crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2022/02/08/1079294424/hbcu-bomb-threats-black-colleges__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIexr-tL5$

Oakland School Board Votes to Close at Least 7 Schools Despite Community Outcry. The school board made the decision early Wednesday morning after a heated nine-hour meeting https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/09/oakland-unified-school-board-votes-to-close-merge-or-shrink-11-schools-in-the-next-two-years/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIbVAKd-T$

# Employment / Labor
Peloton will lay off 2,800 people from their jobs as CEO John Foley steps down, as part of a corporate restructuring aimed at reversing the fitness company’s tumbling stock price.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/technology/593262-peloton-cutting-thousands-of-positions-ceo-stepping-down?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=46886__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIVjLHJtE$

Starbucks Fires Seven Union Organizers in Memphis, Sparking Outrage. The union has filed a complaint with the labor board saying that the move is illegal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailynews.com/2022/02/08/starbucks-fires-7-involved-in-memphis-union-push/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIZuY9jpf$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Paper trail reveals state of Nebraska approved unprecedented use of pesticide-laden seed corn. The plant in Mead, Nebraska, was shut down one year ago, after several environmental violations surrounding pesticide-laden water and corn byproduct created by the plant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ketv.com/article/documents-show-nebraska-approved-pesticide-laden-seed-corn/39013743__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIYEb6Wk7$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Erin Brockovich: This lawyer should be world-famous for his battle with Chevron – but he’s in jail. Chevron is accused of polluting the Amazon for 26 years. The only people who’ve paid the price are a human rights lawyer and those whose land was poisoned https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/08/chevron-amazon-ecuador-steven-donziger-erin-brockovich__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIdIHdYMN$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Date set for first youth-led climate trial in U.S. history. The first of its kind lawsuit’s trial date is scheduled for Feb. 6 of next year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/593389-date-set-for-first-ever-youth-led-climate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIQcvJN5h$

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest $1 billion in projects that encourage farmers, ranchers and owners of forested land to employ practices that help mitigate the effects of climate change by lowering greenhouse gas emissions or catching and storing carbon https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/usda-climate-grants.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIacQA3Qf$

Roadside trash is becoming a big problem, and we only have ourselves to blame. It has important economic, environmental and even safety consequences.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/roadside-trash-growing-problem-08022022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIblbc7jc$

# General Information / Other News
Gordon Duff in a speech considered historic: If you want a womb for terrorism, look for “Kabal”! Prior to Duff’s historic speech, no one dared honestly disclose this essential truth, namely, not only terrorism in the Middle East, but its repercussions and effects on international organized crime.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/07/gordon-duff-in-a-speech-considered-historic-if-you-want-a-womb-for-terrorism-look-for-kabal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIS50nnSZ$

# Global Politics
Europeans Pursue Diplomacy Amid Mixed Signals on Russian Aims in Ukraine President Emmanuel Macron of France said time was needed to solve the crisis, as the Kremlin refuted reports that he and President Vladimir V.
Putin of Russia had made progress toward de-escalation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://infonews.news/europeans-pursue-diplomacy-amid-mixed-signals-on-russian-aims-in-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIe5uLiPe$

Are Putin and Erdogan doing territorial swaps in Syria again?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/are-putin-and-erdogan-doing-territorial-swaps-in-syria-again/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIblJxxBW$

Blockbuster: General Ivashov – Erdogan Preparing to Attack Crimea Aided by Grey Wolves and al Qaeda: VT has been tracking the war plans hatched by Israel’s Ukrainian/Khazarian militias under Zelensky’s handler Kolomoisky and his partnership with Erdogan and the Grey Wolves.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/07/blockbuster-general-ivashov-erdogan-preparing-to-attack-crimea/?mc_cid=4c6587936f&mc_eid=3f7488d454__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIStPVhmJ$

# Gov / Politics
RNC Defended Riot as ‘Nonviolent, Legal’ in Scrapped Draft. The first draft of the resolution censuring Liz Cheney was even stronger in its defense of Jan. 6 than the final version.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-defended-riot-as-nonviolent-and-legal-in-scrapped-draft-of-cheney-censure__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIZKNdrF6$

Climate justice? Not without voting rights. If you want environmental justice, you need voting rights first. The same people who need voting rights protected also need climate justice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/politics/no-climate-justice-without-voting-rights/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Climate*news*3A&utm_campaign=TDC*Daily__;KyUr!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIddXjS7I$

The head of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles resigned on Monday after revelations that the agency’s security vulnerabilities led to the creation and sale of thousands of fake paper license plates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2022/02/07/head-of-texas-department-of-motor-vehicles-resigns-as-agency-grapples-with-fake-license-tag-problems/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIf4yk9FY$

‘Trump the document ripper’ emerges as another presidential historical first. Don the Ripper – Now we learn that the Presidential Archives Act has no enforcement provisions. It seems it was just generally assumed that all presidents would comply without the threat of penalties…
until Trump came along.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-ripping-white-house-docs-shows-what-little-respect-he-ncna1288530__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIUHUI6dD$

Heads of State Hold More Talks as U.S. Threatens Sweeping Sanctions Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/9/headlines/heads_of_state_hold_more_talks_as_us_threatens_sweeping_sanctions_amid_russia_ukraine_tensions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIfZZaGkn$

Congress Proposes $500 Million for Negative News Coverage of China: The effort to counter China’s ‘malign influence’ would fund negative coverage of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, while also beefing up the U.S.’s international lending.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/congress-proposes-500-million-for-negative-news-coverage-of-china/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIfoHRnim$

Echoing Antiwar Activists, Sanders Warns Against Sanctions and War on Russia. “I am extremely concerned when I hear the familiar drumbeats in Washington,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/echoing-antiwar-activists-sanders-warns-against-sanctions-and-war-on-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIbVXjG_l$

To Avert ‘Full-Blown War,’ Coalition Urges Biden to Rejoin Iran Deal:
“Biden must seize this opportunity, veer off the path to military confrontation with Iran, ease crushing sanctions, and restore the most significant agreement between the U.S. and Iran in decades.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/09/avert-full-blown-war-coalition-urges-biden-rejoin-iran-deal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIUaPK1fp$

# Legal / DOJ
[Unbelievable, must read] The FBI Keeps Pushing Junk Science to Win Convictions. Forensic firearms analysis is notoriously unreliable, but the FBI wants juries to keep hearing it as evidence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-fbi-keeps-pushing-junk-science-to-win-convictions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCId580F4n$

Criminal justice: Grand jury witnesses in a Dallas police brutality case were warned not to mention race while testifying. The grand jury chose not to indict police Sgt. Roger Rudloff, who was photographed shooting pepper balls at an anti-racism protester last year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2509097518979/how-a-ban-on-discussing-race-in-a-dallas-grand-jury-room-stifled-testimony-against-a-police-officer__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIf8Lynyy$

Jan. 6 Panel Interviews White House Aide Who Quit After Riot. Sarah Matthews was reportedly questioned about what took place within the White House during the attacks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-press-aide-appears-jan-committee/story?id=82777335&cid=social_twitter_abcnp__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIZQJsOZ2$

Black Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Take ‘Aggressive’ Action Against Voter
Restrictions:
More than 40 members of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote to U.S.
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday, urging the Justice Department to be “relentless” in challenging state laws that restrict voting rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congressional-black-caucus-doj-voting-rights_n_6202de6ce4b0d4230cc132da__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIUw-vfF0$

# Media
Amazon’s hit ‘Reacher’ has a secret, disturbing subtext: Close examination of the CVs of the creators of ‘Reacher’ reveals an alarming number of links to the US government and military https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thepressunited.com/updates/amazons-hit-reacher-has-a-secret-disturbing-subtext/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIRxRSCmM$

# Medical / Health Care
Is This the Beginning of the End for Parkinson’s Disease? If it works, it will forever turn the tide in our fight against the disease.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/clinical-trials-for-new-danish-stem-cell-treatment-could-usher-the-end-of-parkinsons?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIY13RGDE$

Biden’s Big Chance to Lower Drug Prices: A decision on whether to open a costly cancer drug to generic competition will be made shortly. It doesn’t require congressional approval.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/bidens-big-chance-to-lower-drug-prices/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIZG214_F$

# Military / DOD
100 US troops arrive in Romania: The first batch of US troops reinforcing NATO allies on the eastern flank following a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s border has arrived in Romania, Defence Minister Vasile Dincu said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/first-us-troops-arrive-in-romania-amid-ukraine-russia-tensions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIenoWqqg$

Strykers and soldiers from Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment mount up for open-ended Romania deployment. The Vilseck-based 2nd Cavalry Regiment soldiers will remain in Romania to shore up NATO’s eastern flank as long as the mission requires, said Col. Joe Ewers, the regiment’s commander.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/8c9b010515ca81efac19f757eba7be50-Strykers-and-soldiers-from-Armys-2nd-Cavalry-Regiment-mount-up-for-openended-Romania-deployment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIV9Kx3eM$

# Military / Global
Russia placed on the border with Ukraine 203-mm. Self-propelled guns capable of delivering nuclear strikes. A few hours ago, less than 15 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, residents of the Belgorod region noticed at least 10 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery mounts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBSxCwTaUGk__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIXajs3aT$

There Will Be No Winners: Latest Efforts To Preserve Peace: France, Germany, and Russia are trying to find common ground and avoid the outbreak of hostilities. The United States and Great Britain are striving to pursue their own warmongering agenda, without risking bloodshed within their own territories.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/macron-to-visit-kyiv-after-crisis-talks-with-putin-liveblog__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIfIzoKPI$

Russia’s navy on Tuesday dispatched ships off the Ukrainian coast in the Black Sea for what it called military exercises. Ukraine crisis: Russia warships heading to Black Sea for drills Russia announced last month its navy would stage exercises involving all its fleets in the latest show of strength.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/8/six-russia-warships-en-route-to-black-sea-for__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIQHWNMPl$

# Science
Soaring Methane Levels Has Scientists Concerned Climate Feedback Loop Is Here Atmospheric methane levels are currently higher than at any point in the last 800,000 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/09/scientists-fear-soaring-methane-levels-show-climate-feedback-loop-has-arrived__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIbocy3tR$

# Veterans / VA
VA secretary vows to boost health care workers pay, benefits as department grapples with employee burnout. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough vowed to work with Congress to increase pay caps for medical workers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/military-honor/salute-veterans/2021/11/10/va-secretary-wary-about-burnout-as-post-pandemic-work-piles-up/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gIe9ah5geEifp6YneWC4CUOJzXH0pm9btUs7bMAR2hhOCRykk63dcGwxvAPCIRsAV2Be$

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February 8, 2022
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# Indigenous
Pharma Companies Reach $665M Opioid Settlement With Native American Tribes The deal, involving Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distribution firms, marks a first for Native American tribes that are often relegated to the sidelines in mass tort litigation. At the same time, lawyers in another drug case warn that continued litigation will dampen innovation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecrimereport.org/2022/02/02/pharma-companies-reach-665m-opioid-settlement-with-native-american-tribes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UocQdz7$

# Border / Immigration
Investigators: Human trafficking across U.S. borders result in murders, other atrocities. Investigations into human smuggling stemming from illegal immigration reveal that not everyone makes it safely to the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/nation/investigators-human-trafficking-across-u-s-borders-result-in-murders-other-atrocities/article_04489d79-916f-58f3-bbb9-fc3af52ea8e2.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eo9RbbL$

Texas and Missouri team up to fight illegal immigration, Biden administration. The attorneys general of Texas and Missouri have been what some may consider an unlikely pair from non-neighboring states, teaming up on lawsuits against the Biden administration over illegal immigration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ourcommunitynow.com/springfield-mo/texas-and-missouri-team-up-to-fight-illegal-immigration-biden-administration__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8SGoucW9$

# Covid / Pandemics
Documents obtained by NATIONAL FILE show that the University of Pennsylvania, which hosts and funds Joe Biden’s think tank called the Penn Biden Center, directly profits from the sale of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Coronavirus vaccines. The University gets more money if more vaccines are sold. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. BioNTech pays the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees directly, and the university is protected from civil liability if people try to sue for “bodily injury”
or “death” caused by BioNTech vaccines [of which there are hundreds of thousands, truth be told].
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://greenpass.news/university-that-funds-bidens-think-tank-and-hosts-factcheck-org-has-contract-with-biontech-gets-paid-for-vaccine-sales-fda-approvals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RDRWh2Y$

Spain’s First Study on Omicron Finds Vaccinated People Spread COVID at Same Rate as Unvaccinated. Several governments in Spain scrapped COVID passports following the study’s release.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fee.org/articles/spain-s-first-study-on-omicron-finds-vaccinated-people-spread-covid-at-same-rate-as-unvaccinated/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UUlmXid$

Unvaccinated parents will be BANNED from seeing their own sick KIDS in Western Australian hospitals under strict new laws from Mark McGowan *Mark McGowan to lock unvaccinated parents out of hospitals seeing sick kids *New Covid rules will see the unvaxxed denied entry to all ‘high-risk settings’
*Legislation comes after Mark McGowan reneged on re-opening his state https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10447723/Unvaccinated-parents-banned-seeing-sick-KIDS-hospital-Western-Australia.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8av-eVyq$

Unvaccinated Americans are Removed from Organ Transplant List. Recently, two men were taken off lists for heart and kidney transplants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/592091-hospitals-taking-unvaccinated-patients-off-organ__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eO7HAOP$

‘Obscene inequality’: Oxfam says taxing the world’s richest could help save lives The pandemic has made the rich richer while the income of the rest of the world — about 99% of humanity, dropped, according to a new Oxfam report titled “Inequality Kills.” New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of one person every four seconds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZxYwnPo$

27,530 New Breakthrough COVID Cases in Mass: Massachusetts health officials on Tuesday reported … 290 more deaths in people with breakthrough cases. In the last week, 27,530 new breakthrough cases – infections in people who have been vaccinated – were reported, with 555 more vaccinated people hospitalized over the period.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/02/01/massachusetts-coronavirus-breakthrough-cases-up-27530-last-week-infection-rate-keeps-plunging/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Vijf0et$

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Monday said two doses of the company’s vaccine may not provide strong protection against infection from the Covid omicron variant, and the original shots have also lost some of their efficacy at preventing hospitalization. The vaccine may not protect everyone.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.comirnaty.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxoiQBhCRARIsAPsvo-zKVi4svldB9pdy9zBAnUpzha3V-GqrQ7fafiVv6Sz6nJEbN-blNT4aAjZcEALw_wcB__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8VJc7E4r$

Inside the $250 million effort to convince Americans the coronavirus vaccines are safe https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-safety-250-million-dollar-marketing-campaign/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8dc10VTs$

Pfizer Forecasts Record-Breaking 2022 Profits, as Billions Remain Unprotected. Just 11 percent of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/pfizer-forecasts-record-breaking-2022-profits-as-billions-remain-unprotected/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8aXABAF7$

Taxpayers question local COVID relief spending across nation. A county government in southeast Michigan is moving forward with plans to build a sports complex with federal COVID-19 relief money that could cost up to
$80 million. Some residents are pushing back.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.brenhambanner.com/news/national/taxpayers-question-local-covid-relief-spending-across-nation/article_3114723e-2c04-5dff-92fa-2efb7d0fe982.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fDOXYSv$

Sixteen states file new lawsuit against federal COVID vaccination mandate. Sixteen states again are challenging a federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers who work at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/national_world/sixteen-states-file-new-lawsuit-against-federal-covid-vaccination-mandate/article_879e2e4f-44bf-5cd0-bcaa-ed5198df7497.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RKhQZzF$

# Education / Schools
School district where toxic chemicals lingered for years offers $34 million settlement to families. The settlement would go to nearly 200 students and parents at a Seattle-area school where PCBs are still being cleaned up eight years later https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/school-district-where-toxic-chemicals-lingered-for-years-offers-34-million-settlement-to-families__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Uj8lwEe$

NYC Public Schools Initiate ‘Vegan Fridays’: Across more than 1,700 public schools in New York City, a new initiative aims to give children more plant-based meals with the launch of Vegan Fridays. Over 1 million students in grades K-12 will have plant-based lunch options at school on Fridays.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/new-york-public-schools-vegan-fridays.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8a_96h5H$

Hunger-Striking Teachers Say School Closures Will Hurt Black and Brown Kids. The hunger strike across multiple Oakland schools has empowered many to speak up against longtime systemic racism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/hunger-striking-teachers-say-school-closures-will-hurt-black-and-brown-kids/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8VKRBIBG$

# Employment / Labor
New Under the Sun: Government Pro-Worker Activism: The White House and Congress endeavor to empower groups of employees, as Republicans try out a sham empowerment of their own.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/new-under-the-sun-government-pro-worker-activism/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8cv9JzyP$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Biden vows to stop Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Europe if Russia invades Ukraine https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-vladimir-putin-europe-moscow-46f8be10fa71af16bae8f3a9bd82918d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8S1tkWwY$

The place that coal built and fire burned: Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal fires. Authorities investigating the cause of a wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 buildings last month in Colorado are looking at the possibility that the blaze is linked to underground coal fires have long smoldered at old coal mines in the area https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/deadly-colorado-blaze-renews-focus-underground-coal-fires-82565636__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8QWIZXAF$

How Manchin used politics to protect his family coal company. Selling scrap coal has earned Sen. Joe Manchin millions of dollars over three decades, and he has used his political positions to protect the fuel from laws and regulations that threaten his family’s business.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/08/manchin-family-coal-company-00003218__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UP-UbTL$

Massachusetts provides $13M for 300 EV charging stations. Massachusetts is providing more than $13 million in grants to install more than 300 electric vehicle fast-charging stations at 150 locations around the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/massachusetts-provides-13m-for-300-ev-charging-stations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8agoje7q$

Methane is spiking ‘dangerously fast’: As global methane concentrations soar to nearly triple preindustrial levels, some researchers fear that global warming itself is behind the rapid rise.The spike has caused many researchers to worry that global warming is creating a feedback mechanism that will cause ever more methane to be released https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theprint.in/environment/why-methane-is-a-far-more-dangerous-greenhouse-gas-than-carbon-dioxide/378858/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8expMFRR$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Police in Canada’s capital have begun to seize fuel and say they have made multiple arrests after issuing a statement saying that “those trying to bring supplies to support the thousands of protesters opposed to COVID-19 mandates and restrictions gathered in the city would be arrested”. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.gilmermirror.com/2022/02/08/56185/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WubfQXj$

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency as police threaten arrests for bringing gas to Freedom Convoy –Approximately 500 vehicles remain in the Canadian capital https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://steinbachonline.com/local/ottawa-mayor-declares-state-of-emergency-as-police-crackdown-on-convoy-supplies__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8YFYGxPh$

Thousands of supporters braved a snowstorm to cheer on the truckers and farmers in the noisy spectacle against lockdown restrictions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rebelnews.com/thousands_of_people_show_up_to_support_huge_edmonton_anti_lockdown_truck_convoy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8a006yUU$

Canadian Truckers Say They Have Enough Money to Keep Protesting for 4 Years https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/canadian-truckers-vaccine-mandate-protest-raised-enough-stay-years-1674490__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8XN8Ropm$

Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are protesting in Ottawa https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60164561__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Wv7qW6y$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
This Farmer Has Been Working to Revive California’s San Joaquin River for over 65 Years. Like other bodies of water throughout the western U.S., the San Joaquin has suffered from a decade of drought. The river is also heavily dammed and one of the most diverted in the state https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.outsideonline.com/video/san-joaquin-river-drought-dams/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8V05XoAL$

EPA science advisers recommend tighter soot air quality standards in draft document. In a new draft document, the Environmental Protection Agency’s science advisers recommended that the agency tighten its air quality standard.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/593115-epa-science-advisors-recommend-tighter-soot-air-quality-standards__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fS_o7W3$

Unnatural disasters plague Canada’s forests, leaving at least half of our tree species at risk of disappearing. With the Earth now warming 50 times faster than at the dawn of the Holocene, the forest isn’t marching north; it’s imploding https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/02/07/news/unnatural-disasters-plague-canadas-forests-tree-species-risk__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8S6Eg83u$

USDA pledges $1B for ‘climate smart’ ag products: Tom Vilsack announced a $1 billion program to boost agricultural and forestry products that are made with reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/usda-pledges-1b-for-climate-smart-ag-products/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8U4kc499$

Climate pledges crumble under scrutiny: Major companies not living up to the promises they made to reduce their carbon emissions to zero. Study reviewing climate commitments of 25 high-profile businesses highlights urgent need for a thorough system to evaluate industry’s promises.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00366-2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ea5q_Qu$

Earthquakes increase in Texas: In 2021, over 200 earthquakes with a magnitude of 3 or greater occurred in the state. Scientific studies show that the spike in earthquakes is almost certainly a consequence of sludgy water injections by oil companies that take place at the end of the hydraulic fracturing process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/08/west-texas-earthquakes-fracking/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WDm3lyG$

# Food /Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other What should desert farmers grow? The West is mired in a water crisis that’s difficult to fully comprehend. More than 40 million people in seven states and two countries depend on the Colorado River, and its waters are depleting at a terrifying rate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thefern.org/2022/02/what-should-desert-farmers-grow/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8YZnS8T0$

How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s food industry. Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/08/how-a-cooperative-run-by-the-formerly-incarcerated-is-reshaping-chicagos-food-industry/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8cMk4V7N$

# General Information / Other News
Unregulated, synthetic vape use growing among kids. To users, these vapes are identical. But because of an obscure loophole, they skirt the FDA’s regulatory umbrella.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/07/unregulated-synthetic-vape-growing-kids-00005932__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Smo02gi$

Western missionaries oversee Haitian orphanages where children are abused and exploited. The state has flagged most of them for allegations of mismanagement or abuse, but closing them is nearly impossible.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/karlazabludovsky/missionaries-orphanages-haiti__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8bju9ZfI$

# Global Politics
China and Russia have outlined a vision of international relations anchored in their potential to reinforce each other in disputes with the United States and its allies while cooperating on an array of economic and diplomatic fronts. Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement that forecast the “transformation of the global governance architecture and world order.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/china-and-russia-unveil-plan-for-new-world-order__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8dndSeMT$

# Gov / Politics
Eric Lander has resigned as Biden’s science adviser after bullying staff. A two-month internal White House investigation into Lander confirmed his long-time reputation for bullying women.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/eric-lander-biden-science-adviser-resigned-bullying__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RUfQzC8$

The Fight for Voting Rights Goes On. The John Lewis Voting Rights Act would shield voters from racial discrimination at the ballot box.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/fight-voting-rights-moves-senate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8TLLXZcm$

Supreme Court Reinstates Alabama’s Racial Gerrymander: Even John Roberts says the court’s conservative majority went too far.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/02/supreme-court-reinstates-alabamas-racial-gerrymander/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WDiV4Qr$

With Alabama ruling, SCOTUS delivers ‘another major blow’ to Voting Rights Act.
“We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections,” declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/07/alabama-ruling-scotus-delivers-another-major-blow-voting-rights-act__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8TUgwMSQ$

America, a nation teetering on the edge. The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/08/america-a-nation-teetering-on-the-edge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8XadXAsw$

U.S. Sanctions Caused Mass Civilian Deaths in Iraq. Afghan Civilians Are Up Next. Over 30 million Afghans, including 1 million children, are facing hunger and starvation brought on by U.S. sanctions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/us-sanctions-caused-mass-civilian-deaths-in-iraq-afghan-civilians-are-up-next/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Sng3H3v$

Reports of a new Biden administration grant program has drawn widespread criticism for its efforts to reduce the spread of disease by providing crack pipes at taxpayer expense.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wfmz.com/news/us/reports-of-bidens-taxpayer-funded-crack-pipes-draw-scrutiny/article_c14da334-aff4-5b3a-805a-aa64a4134b1e.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZdgCTpW$

Democrats divided, police dissatisfied over Biden’s law enforcement messaging. Amid rising violent crime levels around the country, President Joe Biden sent a message to defund the police supporters late last week during his visit to New York.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/nation/democrats-divided-police-dissatisfied-over-biden-s-law-enforcement-messaging/article_d9578b61-9377-5c11-918e-776a46d879ae.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8d9a5i3n$

Erik Prince Helped Fund Pro-Trump Espionage Scheme. The ex-Blackwater chief reportedly met with a Gore-Tex scion to raise money for a scheme to use undercover operatives to infiltrate progressive groups and Demo campaigns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/erik-prince-helped-fundraise-for-buddy-richard-seddons-pro-trump-spy-venture__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UXOIDmY$

# Law Enforcement
Minneapolis is reckoning, again, with “no-knock” warrants after police killed Amir Locke. Just days before his reelection, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s website claimed he banned “no-knock” warrants. It’s no longer on his website. Locke’s shooting is under investigation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/minneapolis-police-no-knock-frey-locke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8T89m9aI$

It sure looks like a notorious prison tech giant is preparing to cash in on Pell Grants for prisoners. Millions of dollars in college financial aid will soon be available to prisoners. Aventiv has taken note.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/02/aventiv-securus-lantern-college-pell-grants-prisoners/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Z2KS4Bl$

Cops Arrest Teen in Case Behind Fatal Amir Locke Shooting. Police said the fatal police shooting of the 22-year-old Black man was part of a homicide investigation that had nothing to do with him. Days after his death, they made an arrest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/08/minneapolis-police-shooting-amir-locke-teen-arrested-homicide-investigation/6706775001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WUab-Zl$

Florida’s Juvenile Justice Fees Mire Families in Debt and Poverty: A new report reveals Florida’s 31 different court fees, costs and surcharges imposed on youth involved in the state’s juvenile justice system and their families are ineffective, costly to administer and difficult to collect. They also trap thousands in inescapable debt and poverty https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jonathandesverneyusanews.com/2022/01/26/floridas-juvenile-justice-fees-mire-families-in-debt-and-poverty-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8doEnUu_$

# Legal / DOJ
Montana Plaintiffs Announce First Children’s Climate Trial in History of
U.S.: The youth plaintiffs seek to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s energy policy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/07/montana-plaintiffs-announce-first-childrens-climate-trial-us-history__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fGhtXD4$

Judicial Watch announced that it filed an opposition to the U.S. Capitol Police’s (USCP) effort to shut down Judicial Watch’s federal lawsuit for January 6 videos and emails. Congress exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act. Judicial Watch, therefore, brought its lawsuit under the common law right of access to public records.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/pelosi-congress-hides-1-6-videos-under-sovereign-immunity-privilege/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Tslwbm-$

Why it’s so hard to get a defense lawyer confirmed to the Supreme Court https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/2016/3/28/11306422/supreme-court-prosecutors-career__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fCKdpFA$

Roger Stone Is Raking It In—From Candidates He Endorses. Roger Stone is officially back, tax-evasion cases be damned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/roger-stone-is-raking-it-in-from-candidates-he-endorses__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8VpHysTC$

# LGBTQ
How a fight over transgender rights derailed environmentalists in
Nevada: Some activists fighting a massive lithium mine project are angry over the involvement of an environmental group they say espouses discriminatory views about transgender people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/06/nevada-transgender-rights-environmentalists-lithium-00001658__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZORAphg$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Drug Decriminalization Is Working in Oregon. Other States Should Follow.
Decriminalization, in combination with expanded access to health services, can help stem the overdose crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/drug-decriminalization-is-working-in-oregon-other-states-should-follow/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8YDsb0Vq$

# Media
Louis DeJoy’s latest scandal: A fleet of gas-guzzling mail trucks.
Democrats are calling for the postmaster general to resign over his “antediluvian” choice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/02/louis-dejoys-usps-buys-fleet-of-gas-guzzling-trucks-despite-biden-order-not-to/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZReueiX$

# Medical / Health Care
Nursing Home Worker Raped a 99-Year-Old Woman With Dementia. The depravity came to light when the victim’s family installed a hidden camera. Her family fitted the device after her behaviour changed and she had begged: “Don’t leave me, they will hurt me,” the Crown Prosecution Service said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-60299916__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8V1Q-GKZ$

# Military / DOD
Another U.S.-Trained Soldier Stages a Coup in West Africa. Damiba is just the latest in a carousel of coup leaders in West Africa trained by the U.S. military as the U.S. has pumped in more than $1 billion in security assistance to promote “stability” in the region. Since 2008, U.S.-trained officers have attempted at least nine coups (and succeeded in at least eight) across five West African countries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2022/01/26/burkina-faso-coup-us-military/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fB-xHwj$

# Security
Homeland Security’s Attempts to “Combat Misinformation” Are Suspect. The U.S. should fight misinformation by building trust in public institutions, not by expanding the security state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/homeland-securitys-attempts-to-combat-misinformation-are-suspect/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Q07jmQR$

# Social
American Cities Lack Safe Infrastructure for Bikers of Color. Efforts to make Los Angeles, and other cities across the country, more bike friendly are ignoring one of the biggest obstacles to making cycling safer for BIPOC residents: cops.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/bicycle-infrastructure-race-us-cities.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8af9fIRl$

Homeless Face Hate Crimes After Killings in LA and NY: Expert Warns.
Three random killings in New York City and Los Angeles, all allegedly committed by homeless men, have ignited a wave of fear and animosity.
But experts say unhoused people are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jonathandesverneyusanews.com/2022/01/28/homeless-face-hate-crimes-after-killings-in-la-and-ny-expert-warns/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RAtrK8y$

# Water
Austin, Texas, boil water order could be due to ‘human error’ at water plant. The third boil water notice in four years could be a result of ‘human error’ at the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/02/06/austins-boil-water-order-could-due-human-error-water-plant/6684350001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eyhqPMI$

The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the Clean Water Act’s reach: The high court is taking up an Idaho case that could obliterate federal protection for much of the West’s waters. The new court case, to be argued in the fall, tests the reach of the Clean Water Act beyond rivers, lakes and streams.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/24/supreme-court-to-weigh-limits-on-reach-of-clean-water-act/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eEO1QrS$

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February 7, 2022
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# Border / Immigration
Amid slowdown, immigration is driving U.S. population growth. A declining birthrate and pandemic deaths helped drive U.S. population growth to historic lows. But immigration appears to be back on the rise.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/amid-slowdown-immigration-driving-u-160236532.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVIOR3cXr$

More Immigrants Are Waiting in Legal Limbo Than Ever Before. Why Is It So Hard to Fix the Backlog in the Courts? New data shows a record 1.6 million cases in the immigration court pipeline.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/how-to-fix-record-cases-immigration-courts-backlog/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVAYCf2W0$

# Border / Immigration / Global
More Immigrants Are Waiting in Legal Limbo Than Ever Before. Why Is It So Hard to Fix the Backlog in the Courts? New data shows a record 1.6 million cases in the immigration court pipeline.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/how-to-fix-record-cases-immigration-courts-backlog/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVAYCf2W0$

# Covid / Pandemics
Experts open door to lifting mask rules. People are exhausted with the pandemic after roughly two years, and health advocates warn that pandemic rules cannot last forever.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/592931-experts-open-the-door-to-lifting-last-mask-mandates__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVAAqoWh8$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Government funding runs out on Feb. 18.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawmakers-signal-stopgap-spending-bill-needed-as-talks-continue-11644159600__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVEZby5cT$

How a Wall Street ‘Villain’ Set the Stage for Global Chaos: Writer and filmmaker Rupert Russell explains how a move by longtime former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has caused decades of market trouble.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-supreme-court-is-american-democracys-enemy-now__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVC_JDpof$

# Education / Schools
White House sticks by school mask mandates https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/593190-health-care__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVA56726v$

# Employment / Labor
Why Trucking Can’t Deliver the Goods: The yearly turnover rate among long-haul truckers is 94 percent. And you wonder why you’re not getting your orders on time?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/why-trucking-cant-deliver-the-goods/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVFKVvpZy$

Restaurant Owners Got 30 Times More Federal Covid Aid Than Workers: “If the subminimum wage for tipped workers persists, the restaurant industry is unlikely to recover from its growing labor crisis, regardless of how much money the federal government hands out to business owners.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/restaurant-owners-got-30-times-more-federal-covid-aid-workers-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVBalsRop$

Paid Leave for All: Worker Advocates Demand Expanded Protections: “The call for paid leave has never been clearer or louder from all corners of our country,” said a pair of Senate Democrats marking the 29th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2022/02/05/paid-leave-for-all-worker-advocates-demand-expanded-protections_partner/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVFE_n9mm$

The Federal Reserve Is About to Give US Workers the Shaft: The last thing average working people need is for the Fed to raise interest rates and slow the economy further. The problem most people face isn’t inflation. It’s a lack of good jobs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/02/05/federal-reserve-about-give-us-workers-shaft__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVNlT1tl5$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Carbon capture will require massive pipeline construction. Feds contemplate new system to transport highly poisonous gas, stretching coast to coast https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.abqjournal.com/2467628/carbon-capture-will-require-massive-pipeline-construction.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVHwhseCN$

Conservation activists oppose mine in Arizona’s Sky Islands.
Conservationists are fighting plans for a mining project in southern Arizona, voicing concerns about a company’s plan to draw down the aquifer https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2022/02/04/conservation-activists-oppose-mine-in-arizonas-sky-islands/8238800002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVDntpSKy$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Russia, China agree 30-year gas deal via new pipeline, to settle in euros https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-02-04/exclusive-russia-and-china-agree-30-year-gas-deal-using-new-pipeline-source__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVNoFemfg$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Dave Dickey: More dirty secrets on glyphosate may become public. Now Bayer investors are saying the German agri-giant played fast and loose with the facts, misleading them on 1) the safety of glyphosate. In March
2015 U.S District Judge for the Northern District of California allowed public release of internal Monsanto documents showing how Monsanto influenced EPA to reclassify glyphosate from a Class C carcinogen to a Class E category which paved the way for glyphosate Roundup production.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://investigatemidwest.org/2022/02/04/opinion-more-dirty-secrets-on-glyphosate-may-become-public/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVJ0JSOO3$

U.S. consumers are exposed to more than 5,000 times more bisphenol-A
(BPA) than the EU considers safe, and that has prompted environmental groups to petition the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rescind its approvals https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/bpa-exposure-us-consumers.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVMo7WksE$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Ice cream recalled because of positive test for Listeria from equipment:
The Royal Ice Cream Company Inc. is recalling specific lots of ice cream after it found Listeria monocytogenes on processing equipment. The ice cream products were distributed in Massachusetts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/02/ice-cream-recalled-because-of-positive-test-for-listeria-from-equipment/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVOXNb6q6$

# General Information / Other News
Armed Raids, Crooked Cops: Wild War Over U.S. Hotel in Tulum.
Impresarios are at war over one of the most gorgeous beachfront properties in the luxury tourist resort town and celeb hang-out of Tulum.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theparadise.ng/armed-raids-crooked-cops-and-the-wild-battle-over-a-breathtaking-american-hotel-in-tulum/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVCF-pF8f$

How America’s Supply Chains Got Railroaded: Rail deregulation led to consolidation, price-gouging, and a variant of just-in-time unloading that left no slack in the system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/how-americas-supply-chains-got-railroaded/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVKrD83qM$

How We Broke the Supply Chain: Rampant outsourcing, financialization, monopolization, deregulation, and just-in-time logistics are the culprits. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/how-we-broke-the-supply-chain-intro/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVPaHLmeW$

Peter Thiel Leaves Meta to Support Trump World. Since backing Facebook in 2005, the billionaire was a top confidant to Mark Zuckerberg, he has also consistently shown support for Republican candidates and ideologies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/peter-thiel-leaving-his-meta-board-seat-o-support-trump-world__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVFFj97nt$

Trump’s Political Depravity Sank to a New Level This Past Week. Trump is seeding the ground for “Stop-the-Steal” true believers to take control of state elections apparatuses in 2022.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-political-depravity-sank-to-a-new-level-this-past-week/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVDYVq4pm$

# Global Politics
Unpacking the Russian-Chinese joint statement: To put it succinctly, this is a common vision of the future shared between Russia and China. It is therefore also a common goal setting document. Considering its scope and objective, this is most definitely a crucial historical document.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thesaker.is/unpacking-the-russian-chinese-joint-statement/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVEyQgx5-$

# Gov / Politics
Republican Knives Are Out for Kristi Noem in South Dakota. She’s still beloved by the masses. But suddenly it seems like every Republican official in the state has beef with the woman in charge.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-republican-knives-are-out-for-south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVP8HQ4yl$

Impact of Misperceptions About Russia on U.S. Policy: Grand Illusions:
The Impact of Misperceptions About Russia on U.S. Policy: Getting Russia right—assessing its capabilities and intentions, the long-term drivers of its policy and threat perceptions, as well as its accomplishments—is essential because the alternative of misreading them is a recipe for wasted resources, distorted national priorities, and increased risk of confrontation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/files/Rumer_Sokolsky_Russia_Misperceptions_FINAL.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVNJh19Jq$

Why Peace Eludes U.S.-Russia Relations. The Cold War is back with a vengeance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://therussophile.org/why-peace-eludes-u-s-russia-relations.html/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVPPO1sST$

The “American Experiment” is a Savage Nightmare: “Revolting Barbarity and Shameless Hypocrisy”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/04/the-american-experiment-is-a-savage-nightmare/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVC7UqqKr$

The West Doesn’t Help to Solve the Ukrainian Crisis: “Unfortunately, the West has not contributed to the solution of this issue until now. I can only tell that they are creating difficulties,” the Turkish president pointed out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/The-West-Doesnt-Help-to-Solve-the-Ukrainian-Crisis-Erdogan-20220204-0008.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVLf4pOU5$

At Least 80 Pro-Trump “Big Lie” Believers Are Running for State Offices.
These 2020 election deniers could sweep races for key state offices that run, oversee or handle elections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2022/02/07/more-than-80-pro-deniers-are-running-for-key-state-offices/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVO8JSHPO$

US, Germany unite in face of Russian threat: Why Germany might be the West’s weak link in the Russia-Ukraine standoff. Berlin has resisted pressure from its allies and neighbors to deliver arms to Ukraine while urging “prudence” when it comes to potential economic sanctions against Moscow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-ukraine-putin-invasion-germany-nato-biden-rcna13251__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVDnHvPhN$

# Law Enforcement
Protesters March to Police Precinct Over Amir Locke Shooting: Hundreds took to the streets in Minneapolis on Saturday, many with signs reading, “Frey lied, Amir died.” Demonstrators demand unconditional ban on ‘no-knock’ warrants after Locke, 22, was killed during a raid on an apartment this week https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/06/amir-locke-police-shooting-hundreds-protest-minneapolis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVAlmK3DJ$

Former prison lieutenant sentenced to prison for failing to stop assault against inmate “We condemn in the strongest possible terms Burks’ behavior and blatant violation of his sworn oath to serve.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdal/pr/former-alabama-correctional-lieutenant-sentenced-failing-intervene-unlawful-inmate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVFzVLvzr$

# Legal / DOJ
The Supreme Court Is Democracy’s Enemy Now. In the build-up to the Civil War and again during the New Deal, the Court stood athwart democracy and yelled “halt!” A newly empowered conservative majority is at it again today.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-supreme-court-is-american-democracys-enemy-now__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVC_JDpof$

Jeff Fortenberry: I Was Old, Confused During FBI Interview: In a blizzard of pretrial briefs Friday, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry’s attorneys are seeking to have the congressman’s full statement to the FBI played for jurors, both to show the repetitive questioning of government agents and the idea that Fortenberry was simply confused, rather than lying to agents.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-jeff-fortenberry-claims-his-age-made-him-confused-in-fbi-interview__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVN8IwF-R$

Judges Conceal Kosher Nostra, Sater, Trump Cabal Evidence. Among the Trump-Russia investigation’s many loose ends, one stands out: the Trump Tower Moscow project and conflicting statements from President Donald Trump and former advisers about their attempts to complete a lucrative business deal in Russia in the midst of the 2016 election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2019/03/31/felix-sater-trump-russia-mueller-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVF9RfNG9$

Second Whitmer Kidnap Plotter to Turn on Pals in Plea Deal. Kaleb Franks, 27, will give prosecutors details about his co-conspirators’
alleged plans to “black bag politicians” in response to COVID-19 lockdowns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/02/07/gov-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plotter-kaleb-franks-plead-guilty-court-records/6690218001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVHbQmXDf$

# Media
Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVEvXM7cb$

The Media Is Partly or Completely Restricted in 132 Countries, According to the 2021 World Press Freedom Index https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/5956009/press-freedom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVPO_T7H9$

# Medical / Health Care
The fascinating science behind the first human HIV mRNA vaccine trial – what exactly does it entail? The trial involves the most powerful human antibodies ever discovered.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/hiv-mrna-vaccine-03022022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVE0jD9Qu$

This New Implant Reversed Paralysis Within a Single Day. Three paralyzed patients regained the ability to walk, cycle, and even swim.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/electrical-stimulation-implant-reversed-spinal-cord-paralysis-in-patients-within-single-day__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVNczHefy$

Medicare for All Bill Introduced by Pramila Jayapal Gets Record 120 Cosponsors The bill has picked up nine cosponsors since Jayapal introduced it last March.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/medicare-for-all-bill-introduced-by-pramila-jayapal-gets-record-120-cosponsors/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVN9aSMAe$

# Murmers of war
A war with Russia would be unlike anything the US and NATO have ever experienced https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/op-ed/548322-war-russia-us-nato/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVDHa5M7q$

# Social
NYC community gardeners might have new protection in the fight against developers. Designating community gardens as ‘Critical Environmental Areas’ could give neighborhoods a seat at the table when developers move in.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://civileats.com/2022/02/07/nyc-community-gardeners-might-have-new-protection-in-the-fight-against-development/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVPr-LMzT$

# Technology
IRS scrapping facial recognition software. The Internal Revenue Service will stop using controversial facial-recognition software for taxpayers trying to access online tax accounts over concerns about privacy and security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/02/07/face-off-irs-scrap-facial-recognition-after-blowback/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVI1HV8Xi$

Freedom on the Net 2021 The Global Drive to Control Big Tech https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2021/global-drive-control-big-tech__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVPpZSv1n$

Algorithmic Censorship by Social Platforms: Power and Resistance https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-020-00429-0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jjYTjMhOp-x72LfXPONZuj6DmIM6td8k0JBMSAajsJE1ZIB5enojy34WMl1WVFbbh0lO$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-02-06

Voices, The Peoples News

February 6, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Paraguay’s drought hits biodiversity, Indigenous communities the hardest https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/paraguays-drought-hits-biodiversity-indigenous-communities-the-hardest/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViTKepINd$

# Border / Immigration
Democrats Demand Biden Close ICE Jail Accused of Abusing Black Immigrants Watchdogs suspect the prison violated federal records law by deleting video footage of the alleged abuse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-demand-biden-close-ice-jail-accused-of-abusing-black-immigrants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZ5Tgt4h$

Number of Migrant Children Detained at Border Has Tripled in Two Weeks https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/3/14/22325092/migrant-children-border-biden-detention__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViVQl3yW4$

# Covid / Pandemics
Long-term symptoms caused by omicron variant ‘are life-destroying,’ says expert https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.audacy.com/kcbsradio/news/national/long-term-omicron-effects-are-life-destroying__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViU-2NWWL$

‘Omicron the Pandemic Killer’ idea ignores dangers of long COVID.
Infection preventionists and health care professionals again on the frontlines battling a COVID-19 surge need be wary of “mild” symptoms that could haunt them in the long run.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/-omicron-the-pandemic-killer-idea-ignores-dangers-of-long-covid__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViSHKFov6$

Pfizer’s Covid pill has been heralded as a game-changer. The U.S. is bungling the rollout. Antiviral Covid-19 pills were billed as game-changers for the way they could provide a convenient way to treat infections at home and keep people out of the hospital. But that assumed patients could get the drugs quickly.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/23/covid-pills-treatment-pfizer-merck-527609__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZXq6aTR$

The CDC is finally recognizing ‘natural immunity’ — legislators should follow suit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/592457-the-cdc-is-finally-recognizing-natural-immunity-legislators-should-follow__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViXaoyWlU$

Lockdowns Did Little Or Nothing To Stop Deaths From COVID-19, Study Shows. Meta-analysis concluded that lockdowns across the US and Europe had only “reduced COVID-19 mortality by 0.2% on average.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/02/02/covid-lockdowns-had-very-little-effect-on-mortality-rate-study/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViaUFydGw$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical The Use of Plastic Pipe in the Mining and Oil and Gas Industries:
plastic vs steel pipes in hydrocarbon industryOil and gas companies and mining companies seeking cost cutting measures may be considering high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe as a money-saving alternative to steel pipe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thermofisher.com/blog/materials/the-use-of-plastic-pipe-in-the-mining-and-oil-and-gas-industries/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViXC23Be0$

Oil Pipelines and Spills, Keystone XL Pipeline: The Keystone Pipeline is a pipeline that runs from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas.
There is currently a project working on expanding the pipeline called the Keystone XL. This expanded version of the pipeline can expose the environment and citizens to serious risk. Tar sand is composed of sand, petroleum, and mineral salts; a highly toxic class of chemicals are also added (Tar Sands Blockade).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cla.auburn.edu/ces/energy/oil-pipelines-and-spills/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZCF8yxS$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Salmon are no longer kings of the Columbia. That has biologists worried.
A recent report shows an explosion of growth of a non-native species in the Columbia River. What does that mean for salmon https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.invw.org/2022/02/02/salmon-are-no-longer-kings-of-the-columbia-that-has-biologists-worried/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZ7ITK1e$

Birds’ winter habits are shifting as climate, land use change. “If we want to give birds the best chance at survival, habitat conservation needs to be part of our efforts to fight climate change.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://thewashingtonpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViehYuMMb$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Beavers are flooding the warming Alaskan Arctic, threatening fish, water and Indigenous traditions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31012022/beavers-alaska/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVib2rZxZe$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
A Decade of Pesticides, GMOs, and Alternatives to Chemical-Intensive Farming Four experts discuss how the last 10 years have seen an increase in pesticides—and crops bred to resist them, even as consumer concerns have mounted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://civileats.com/2019/04/10/a-decade-of-pesticides-gmos-and-alternatives-to-chemical-intensive-farming/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVib9L7mG6$

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
24 Essential Kitchen Tricks and Tips
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.seriouseats.com/essential-kitchen-tricks-and-tips__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVie_YFvtv$

# Global Politics
“It’s not about Russia. It’s about Putin”: An expert explains Putin’s endgame in Ukraine. According to Mark Galeotti, Putin wants to cement his place in history by restoring Russian control over its neighbor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/22917832/vladimir-putin-ukraine-military-invasion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViX9m9f0D$

Are Russian forces getting ready for war in Ukraine? Russia may deny any plans for invasion but it has carved out a series of demands from the West that cannot be met. What happens next could jeopardise Europe’s entire security structure.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZCDsfkw$

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s ‘circular firing squad’ threatens GOP midterm gains. The former president’s stranglehold on the party is emerging as a serious threat to the GOP’s otherwise bright prospects in November.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/05/trump-midterms-republicans-salt-lake-00005867__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVidAonUsm$

Congressional Staffers Announce That They Are Unionizing. The announcement came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed support for unionizing staffers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/congressional-staffers-announce-that-they-are-unionizing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVieHXuRnF$

The North Carolina Supreme Court struck down Republican-drawn legislative and congressional maps as unconstitutional and asked for new maps submitted by Feb. 18.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/04/north-carolina-congressional-map-struck-down-00005974__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVicgZDpys$

How World War III became possible: A nuclear conflict with Russia is likelier than you think. Fearing the worst of one another, the US and Russia have pledged to go to war, if necessary, to defend their interests in the Eastern European borderlands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/2015/6/29/8845913/russia-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViaMRpm7U$

Analysis: As Mideast wars encroach on UAE, US gets drawn in: The wars of the wider Middle East that long surrounded the United Arab Emirates now have encroached into daily life in this U.S.-allied nation, threatening to draw America further into a region inflamed by tensions with Iran.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/regional-news/fort-drum-deploying-soldiers-amid-russian-tensions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViQvCTOfb$

GOP jumps off the Jan6 Cliff with Trump: The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and events that led to it “legitimate political discourse.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/05/gop-jumps-off-the-jan6-cliff-with-trump/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViV2Tmhpe$

How Back-Channel Diplomacy Can Prevent War With Russia: It’s not too late for Joe Biden to stave off conflict and chaos between Moscow and Kyiv. John F. Kennedy shows the way.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://washingtonmonthly.com/2021/12/28/how-back-channel-diplomacy-can-prevent-war-with-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViYy-3j62$

# Law Enforcement
Housekeeper Survives Terrifying Abduction at Bloomberg Ranch. An armed assailant barreled through the gate at the former New York City mayor’s
$45 million ranch in Colorado.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/armed-suspect-charged-after-breaking-into-michael-bloombergs-home-kidnapping-maid__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVidBgEVlr$

Minn. Braces for Unrest Over Police ‘Execution’ of Black Man.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on no-knock warrants in a bid to defuse the situation. But protests were already set in motion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/19/988771398/in-minneapolis-residents-and-law-enforcement-alike-brace-for-chauvin-trial-verdi__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVidsPTEmV$

# Legal / DOJ
Stormy’s Revenge: Jury Convicts Michael Avenatti of Fraud: A Manhattan federal jury found the disgraced lawyer guilty of stealing almost
$300,000 from the porn star.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-found-guilty-of-stealing-from-stormy-daniels__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViawLdsGc$

Biden Should Replace Breyer With a True Progressive. The most progressive judge Biden is considering is Ketanji Brown Jackson.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/biden-should-replace-breyer-with-a-true-progressive/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVie4ZYgHY$

Jan. 6 panel hesitates in asking Pence to testify: As the select committee plows ahead with hundreds of interviews about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, there’s one figure central to the investigation who’s giving them pause: Mike Pence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/592926-jan-6-panel-hesitates-in-asking-pence-to-testify__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVifVx7NtE$

The Epstein Files: US Bureau of Prisons bent facts to support suicide narrative. US Bureau of Prisons (BOP) moved to shut down any and all public debate about the cause of Jeffrey Epstein’s death. Along the way, evidence was distorted, material facts ignored, and key anomalies unexplored and unpublicized. A review of financial transactions associated with Epstein’s prison stay revealed that one of his attorneys “was depositing funds” into the commissary account of Efrain ‘Stone’
Reyes, Epstein’s final cellmate, “for unknown reasons.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/news/548335-epstein-us-bureau-prison/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViYh3-keZ$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
6 Health Benefits of CBD Oil, and a Look at Side Effects. CBD is not psychoactive.
This quality makes CBD an appealing option for those who are looking for relief from pain and other symptoms without the mind-altering effects of cannabis or other side effects related to some pharmaceutical drugs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cbd-oil-benefits__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViXix-CFa$

CBD, marijuana and hemp: What is the difference among these cannabis products, and which are legal? Hemp, marijuana and CBD are all related, but they differ in significant ways.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/cbd-marijuana-and-hemp-what-is-the-difference-among-these-cannabis-products-and-which-are-legal-154256__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVieO6pdRh$

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
9 of the World’s Most Popular Herbal Medicines. For centuries, cultures around the world have relied on traditional herbal medicine to meet their healthcare needs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/herbal-medicine*9.-Chamomile__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVicdy9EBn$

# Medical / Health Care
Fentanyl kills more young Americans than COVID. The underlying causes should worry us all.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/02/06/fentanyl-deaths-young-americans-fear-and-depression-drive-overdoses/9314171002/?gnt-cfr=1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViXDNjVXa$

Forced Sterilizations Are Still Legal in 31 States, New Report Shows.
Some laws passed as recently as 2019, according to a new report about this overlooked aspect of reproductive justice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://19thnews.org/2022/02/forced-sterilization-guardianship-reproductive-justice/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViR32yu6F$

MIT Engineers Develop Biocompatible Surgical “Duct Tape” as an Alternative to Sutures https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scitechdaily.com/mit-engineers-develop-biocompatible-surgical-duct-tape-as-an-alternative-to-sutures/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVia8k1TEu$

# Medical Recalls
The list below contains recalls issued in 2022. Content current as of:
01/28/2022
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls/2022-medical-device-recalls__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViQ6_oeOQ$

# Military / DOD
Russia-Ukraine tensions news from January 25: Biden says NATO has ‘no intention’ of sending forces to Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/25/us-troops-on-high-alert-over-ukraine-war-fears-liveblog__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViTuWu0Np$

US troops in ‘absolute danger’ amid Russia-Ukraine tensions: Lt. Col. Davis https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kokM8pdOIJg__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViTiJpptN$

US army chain of command arrives in Poland: Senior members of the U.S.
military arrived in Poland on Saturday as NATO looks to reinforce its eastern flank.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/first-us-reinforcement-troops-arrive-poland-more-expected-2022-02-05/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZl0yiug$

The first U.S. troops reinforcing NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s border arrived on Saturday at Rzeszow military base in southeastern Poland.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/first-us-reinforcement-troops-arrive-poland-more-expected-2022-02-05/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZl0yiug$

# Military / Global
6 Russian Transports Armed with Missiles Capable of Destroying Israel Land in Syria. It is known that the campaign, with a length of more than 6 thousand nautical miles, is associated with ongoing exercises.
Data on this subject were announced by representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/02/04/6-russian-transports-armed-with-missiles-capable-of-destroying-israel-land-in-syria/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViT63VwAp$

First US forces arrive in Europe, Russia poised to launch potential invasion of Ukraine https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://video.foxnews.com/v/6295686001001*sp=show-clips__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViXdqxz8I$

Russia sent a pair of long-range nuclear-capable bombers on patrol over its ally Belarus amid spiraling tensions over Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/05/russian-bombers-fly-over-belarus-00006005__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViYN9Jc6k$

# Nuclear
Nuclear fears mount as Ukraine crisis deepens: Officials and experts are warning that a Russian invasion could inadvertently trigger a nuclear exchange with the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/27/nuclear-fears-mount-ukraine-crisis-deepens-00003088__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViTSq1CtB$

Biden is pushing us to brink of NUCLEAR WAR over Ukraine in chilling echo of Cuban missile crisis. RUSSIA has warned Joe Biden is pushing the nation to the brink of NUCLEAR WAR as tensions over Ukraine hit boiling point.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/news/4244351/biden-pushing-brink-nuclear-war-ukraine-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZjVd78j$

# Science
A never-before-seen way bacteria infect cells: Zombie bites and airborne transmission are some of the fictional and all-too-real methods that pathogens like bacteria and viruses use to infect new hosts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2022-02-never-before-seen-bacteria-infect-cells.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViayMF10X$

# Space
NASA’s Electrifying Photos Hint at the Future of Astronomy. It’s just a taste of the kind of regular eye-candy we can expect later this decade.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-nasa-chandra-x-ray-photos-hint-at-future-astronomy-through-james-webb-telescope-and-more__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViUhkxXZz$

Science@NASA: Hubble Revisits a Galactic Oddball https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://science.nasa.gov/science-news__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZBB7F6j$

# Sports
South Dakota Governor Signs “Cruel and Dangerous” Transgender Athletes Ban Gov. Kristi Noem signed S.B. 46, which mandates that scholastic sports teams be segregated by sex assigned at birth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/04/south-dakota-governor-signs-cruel-and-dangerous-trans-sports-ban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVib-qDo0t$

# Technology
Defining Possible: A Pioneering Vision for the Future https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.northropgrumman.com/who-we-are/defining-possible-innovation-and-advanced-technology/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAgP6PBhDmARIsAPWMq6le2uzme7bgAqfdjhET3vZiDeOkepuozz7T0LhIdRtLSMfeeZ3_pCkaAsZVEALw_wcB__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViZ-8p-1G$

# UFO’s
2022 could be a turning point in the study of UFOs. Interest in UFOs continues to grow, both among scientists and government officials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.space.com/2022-turning-point-study-ufos-uap__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKViXWEC6Oc$

Disclosure or deception? New UFO Pentagon office divides believers: The U.S. government hasn’t comprehensively studied UFOs in decades, but not all ufologists are excited about a new Pentagon investigative office https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/disclosure-or-deception-new-ufo-pentagon-office-divides-believers-n1287199__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kKAIcES3-wNpr1ZOxstpegY6EJLbsve5cK5EfvuKk7a_fRpMpIpLyRwiKfKVifpKEmKp$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-02-04

Voices, The Peoples News

February 4, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Excavating the future: Odilia Romero on how Indigenous communities confronted COVID. The Los Angeles-based Zapotec organizer shares how “mutual aid” has always been traditional.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/excavating-the-future-odilia-romero-on-how-indigenous-communities-confronted-covid__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NXgzDQEY$

# Indigenous / Global
Two years after B.C. passed its landmark Indigenous Rights act, has anything changed? The more things change the more things stay the same.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-undrip-two-years/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NV_eEgg4$

# Covid / Pandemics
290 Fully Vaccinated Massachusetts Residents Died of COVID-19 Over One Week. Nearly 300 fully vaccinated residents in Massachusetts died of breakthrough COVID-19 over the past week even as case numbers have dropped statewide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-nw-fully-vaccinated-massachusetts-residents-died-covid-over-week/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NQ4164MP$

What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity: Immunologists have raced to work out how to protect against Omicron and other variants of SARS-CoV-2. Their research has yielded a wealth of insights — and a few surprises.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00214-3?utm_source=Nature*Briefing&utm_campaign=27042f090f-briefing-dy-20220204&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-27042f090f-43812897__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NeFaDDev$

Advertising in the pandemic: how companies used COVID as a marketing tool. The adverts, often featuring sombre piano music and declarations that everyone was “in this together”, were ubiquitous. Now our research reveals the tactics behind these adverts, and why consumers should be wary of marketing in a crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/advertising-in-the-pandemic-how-companies-used-covid-as-a-marketing-tool-172202__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NYTjywAZ$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Black Houston Doctor Files Lawsuit After JPMorgan Chase Bank Refuses To Deposit $16,000 Check. Now she’s suing, alleging racial discrimination https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/chase-bank-lawsuit-black-doctor-houston-16826498.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NRn21RLQ$

# Education / Schools
America’s School Lunch Program Is Failing Black Students. Solutions like prepackaged meals and debit cards aren’t meeting the demand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blackfeministcollective.com/2019/11/09/the-school-system-is-failing-black-students/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NWdz5EFA$

The spike in cases of book banning and attempts to prohibit teaching about the country’s history of racism and discrimination is a reminder of how school boards have long been a tool of white supremacy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NcyTReM9$

Banning Books is Not About Protecting Children. It’s About Discrimination Against Others.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-banning-books-is-not-about-protecting-children-its-about-discrimination-against-others/2022/02__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NehF8JPG$

The Epidemic of Book Bannings Must Be Read as a Warning. McMinn County is not alone in banning books. The racial reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, in May, 2020, revitalized interest in teaching the literature of race and racism and of books by and about marginalized communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/the_epidemic_of_book_bannings_must__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NV9x8EYk$

Erasing History: Holocaust Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman on “Maus” & Wave of Book Bans Sweeping U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/2/art_spiegelman_maus_a_survivors_tale__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NXhhpg7Q$

Four States Have Placed Legal Limits on How Teachers Can Discuss Race.
More May Follow
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/four-states-have-placed-legal-limits-on-how-teachers-can-discuss-race-more-may-follow/2021/05__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NR9FI1Zy$

Iowa Republican Authors Bill Demanding Cameras in Every Classroom in State Opponents of the bill say it infringes on teachers’ and students’
privacy rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/iowa-republican-authors-bill-demanding-cameras-in-every-classroom-in-state/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Naq1f-Ir$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Kelp Gets on the Carbon-Credit Bandwagon. Is there potential for seaweeds to help solve the climate crisis?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/features/kelp-gets-on-the-carbon-credit-bandwagon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NSIh5N3-$

‘Use It or Lose It’ Rules Favor Extraction Over Land Conservation.
Century-old “use it or lose it” rules require public lands leaseholders to drill, log, graze, or otherwise develop the land; if they don’t, their leases can be canceled. But in light of modern demands, these old laws need to be updated to recognize conservation as a legitimate “use”
of natural resource rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2022/02/01/use-it-or-lose-it-rules-favor-extraction-over-land-conservation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Ndw9nzk-$

Scientists discover lost range of ‘supermountains’ three times longer than the Himalayas. The destruction of these ancient mountains may have fueled Earth’s biggest evolution booms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.livescience.com/supermountains-drove-evolution-on-earth__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NcmESsny$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Urgent candy recall: These candies could poison you if you eat them. the new El Chavito candy recall is all the more important because certain candies might have been contaminated with lead. Consumption of lead can result in lead poisoning, which can have serious adverse effects. If you have any of these El Chavito candies from the recall at home, you should stop eating them immediately.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bgr.com/lifestyle/urgent-candy-recall-these-candies-could-poison-you-if-you-eat-them/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NeV9IXXk$

# General Information / Other News
Olympic Bosses’ Business Links to China and Xinjiang Exposed. A Daily Beast investigation reveals that several IOC big shots have deep business links to China, whose human-rights record they refuse to condemn.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-coates-dick-pound-and-seb-coes-business-links-to-china-exposed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NUNVM66t$

# Global Politics
Besties Putin and Xi Order the West to Back Off From Ukraine. The pair signed a joint statement that portrays NATO as the aggressors in Eastern Europe. Chinese and Russian leaders call on west to abandon ‘cold war’
approach at pre-Olympic meeting
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/04/xi-jinping-meets-vladimir-putin-china-russia-tensions-grow-west__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NTIB4SWG$

# Gov / Politics
Republicans in Congress were in on Trump’s coup plot. They knew that Donald Trump was plotting a coup and they said nothing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2022/02/04/in-congress-were-in-on-coup-plot/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NdhjmWCb$

# Law Enforcement
After a poor start, CT’s anti-racial profiling effort is making progress. New legislation could change how police conduct traffic stops https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-racial-profiling-20220131-s3goxbcd5fgv7blw4uejfe7gte-story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NRcftlay$

Former Louisville cop sentenced to prison for using excessive force.
Recorded on police body cam video striking a kneeling protester in the head with a riot stick, a former Kentucky police officer was recently sentenced to two years in federal prison the use of excessive force. “In order for the public to have full trust and confidence in the law enforcement officers who have sworn to protect them, those officers who choose to abuse their authority must be held accountable.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/04/former-louisville-cop-sentenced-to-prison-for-using-excessive-force/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NcWZ8HcO$

# Legal / DOJ
Legal Gun Owner Amir Locke Was Sleeping Just Before Minneapolis Police Killed Him. The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys say the black man was “executed” by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke him from a deep sleep, and that he reached in confusion for a legal firearm to protect himself.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-02-03/police-video-shows-man-shot-by-officer-was-on-couch-had-gun__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NRYkbhW3$

# Media
House Democrat Fumes Over Louis DeJoy’s Failure to Electrify USPS Truck Fleet Rep. Gerry Connolly demanded the postmaster general’s ouster over his push to spend $11 billion on gas-powered trucks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/dejoy-has-go-right-now-fury-over-postal-service-failure-electrify-truck-fleet__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NZQCQugK$

# Medical / Health Care
The Truth About the Drug Companies: Health Corruption; Top MD Reveals Corruption in Health Care https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wanttoknow.info/health/health-corruption__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NVRn3sp4$

California Inks Sweetheart Deal With Kaiser Permanente, Jeopardizing Medicaid Reforms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2022/02/03/state-inks-sweetheart-deal-kaiser-permanente-jeopardizing-medicaid-reforms/6659667001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Nc4OndFW$

# Social
The cost of apartment and home rentals in some cities has risen by 30 percent, forcing families to find new housing. For rent and utilities to be considered affordable, they are supposed to take up no more than 30 percent of a household’s income.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/business/more-renters-find-30-affordability-ratio-unattainable.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NQxv00HL$

# Space
NASA plans to retire the ISS by crashing it into the ocean. The space laboratory was launched in 2002 and has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth, welcoming 200 astronauts from all around the world. From 2031 onwards, the ISS will be replaced by commercially operated space platforms – what NASA described as a venue for collaboration and scientific research with the private sector.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/nasa-plans-retire-iss-03022022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Nc2qBzxv$

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