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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-20

Voices, The Peoples News

August 20, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Biden nominates first Native American to lead national parks service:
“There’s someone on the very top who understands the tribal perspective and is going to bring it to the table in a way that we haven’t seen before.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/chuck-sams-native-american-national-parks-2654722505.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoTSt_x1h$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Will Klamath salmon outlast the dam removal process? Their future comes down to a race between paperwork and a fish disease.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fishbio.com/news/will-klamath-salmon-outlast-dam-removal-process__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLocj7Ec6V$

The effort to save Upper Klamath Lake’s endangered fish before they disappear Another dry year pushes tribal nations, federal agencies and irrigators to find long-lasting solutions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://klamathtribes.org/restoring-fish-and-a-dying-lake/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoc1zjxah$

Two young ospreys were removed from their nest and euthanized so workers could replace a light in a Southern Maryland park https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2346736290983/two-young-ospreys-were-removed-from-their-nest-and-euthanized-so-workers-could-replace-a-light-in-a-southern-maryland-park__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoX2eu4WG$

Fishers Struggle as Fish Head for the Poles. In the northeastern United States, fishing regulations are not keeping up with species on the move.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/fishers-struggle-as-fish-head-for-the-poles/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoYs5miTx$

# CoronaVirus
Texas is sending more relief medical workers to hospitals while opening more COVID-19 antibody infusion centers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/16/bexar-county-mask-mandate-schools-texas/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLofpDloRt$

A San Antonio school district that made COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for teachers and staff has drawn a court challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/16/bexar-county-mask-mandate-schools-texas/*c525547a-7c1b-44cc-a677-3c60b31e5ab5__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoY1IseOP$

Texas: GOP Governor Denies Aid, Leaving COVID Patients with NO Care to Avoid Negative Publicity. Gov. Greg Abbott has been unwavering lately in his refusal to implement statewide safety precautions to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/06/texas-greg-abbott-covid-restrictions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLobU0qXjc$

Why this public health expert has given up on the idea that we will ever eliminate COVID-19. In the U.K. and the U.S., daily new cases number in the thousands, but restrictions and limitations are being lifted. In contrast, New Zealand has started a short national lockdown to contain just a handful of cases.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90667792/why-this-public-health-expert-has-given-up-on-the-idea-that-we-will-ever-eliminate-covid__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoT9eNUEw$

‘We Sent a Terrible Message’: Scientists say Biden jumped the gun with vaccine booster plan. As some scientists see it, the announcement is rash and based on weak evidence, and they worry it could undercut confidence in vaccines with no clear benefit of controlling the pandemic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210820/e28098We-sent-a-terrible-messagee28099-Scientists-say-Biden-jumped-the-gun-with-vaccine-booster-plan.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoas09tIG$

After Pandemic Ravaged Nursing Homes, New State Laws Protect Residents.
But under alaw Connecticut enacted in June, nursing home residents will be able to designate an “essential support person” who can help take care of a loved one even during a public health emergency.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210820/After-pandemic-ravaged-nursing-homes-new-state-laws-protect-residents.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoXNBFsD2$

Biden’s No-Jab-No-Job Order Creates Quandary for Nursing Homes.
President Joe Biden’s edict that nursing homes must ensure their workers are vaccinated against covid-19 presents a challenge for an industry struggling to entice its lowest-paid workers to get shots without driving them to seek employment elsewhere.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210820/Bidene28099s-no-jab-no-job-order-creates-quandary-for-nursing-homes.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoRCHPY-t$

# Economy / Trade
Here’s Why Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Could Impact Every Single American. With Democrats already sniping at each other over the size of their budget deal, expect a lot of fights in the coming weeks over how much to spend and especially how to finance it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/08/11/heres-why-democrats-35-trillion-budget-plan-could-impact-every-single-american/?sh=5bf9cac07ffb__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoS6ekTNl$

# Education / Schools
The Texas Supreme Court will allow mask mandates in school districts to remain, for now. But the issue could easily return to the court sometime soon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/19/texas-schools-mask-mandates-supreme-court-greg-abbott/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoQmtpjTP$

A ripped-off mask and verbal assault: how tensions over changing mask rules spilled over in one Texas school district: In a letter to parents and staff, Eanes ISD’s superintendent called the incidents unacceptable and warned parents that “the kids are watching.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/20/mask-texas-eanes-isd/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLocCDk8mH$

Texas says schools now must notify families of positive COVID-19 cases in classrooms This is a reversal of the Texas Education Agency’s previous guidance, which didn’t explicitly require school districts to notify parents of a close contact with the virus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/19/texas-schools-covid-19-cases/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoYUIngi6$

Texas Supreme Court Pauses Ban On Mask Mandates In Schools. As districts, cities and counties fight Gov. Greg Abbott’s order that bans mask mandates in Texas schools, the district Tuesday voted to require them in its dress code.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kut.org/covid-19/2021-08-18/texas-bans-schools-from-requiring-masks-one-districts-workaround-make-them-part-of-the-dress-code__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoXZc4by-$

More school districts mandate Covid vaccines for students, educators:
With school openings near, parents and teachers say state leaders have stripped them of weapons against COVID-19. Public health experts and medical professionals are sounding the alarm over the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19. The governor has stood firm on his ban against masking mandates in schools.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2021/08/02/404656/with-school-openings-near-parents-and-teachers-say-state-leaders-have-stripped-them-of-weapons-against-covid-19/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoU2FJKl9$

The rocky road back to school: Vaccine gag rule, mask wars: Mask requirements are just the latest chapter in a year-long contentious debate about how to reopen schools safely for in-person learning that is often politically charged.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-08-05/mask-mandate-bans-spark-confusion-concern-as-unvaccinated-kids-head-to-school__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLofwuhN-u$

School board meetings across the country have become ground zero for the country’s culture wars, often resulting in combative and confrontational forums as students prepare to head back to school in the fall.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/568428-school-boards-become-ground-zero-for-countrys-culture-wars__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoZrsA7hs$

FL Official: We’ll Dock Pay If School Boards Keep Mask Rules. The state’s education commissioner gave Broward and Alachua counties 48 hours to drop their mask mandates—or face tough consequences.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-education-department-issues-48-hour-warning-to-broward-alachua-districts-with-mask-mandates__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoWf7EBYc$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Biden Faces Mounting Pressure To Yank Line 3 Oil Pipeline Permits: The White House is facing mounting pressure from Democrats to yank federal permits for Line 3, the controversial oil pipeline under construction in Minnesota.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/biden-faces-mounting-pressure-to-yank-line-3-oil-pipeline-permits/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLofwYPwgy$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Nuxalk Nation issues eviction notice to B.C. exploration company, igniting calls for mining reform https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/08/16/nuxalk-nation-issues-eviction-notice-to-bc-exploration-company-igniting-calls-for-mining-reform.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoRbiKIeh$

# Environment / Climate / Global
How Indigenous cultural burning practices benefit biodiversity https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/how-indigenous-burning-practices-can-help-curb-the-biodiversity-crisis-165422__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoUl0zsuy$

Climate scientist John Fyfe explains why new IPCC report shows ‘there’s no going back’: In their latest synthesis of the physical science of the climate emergency, the world’s foremost experts say there is no longer any doubt about who is responsible for cooking the planet.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/ipcc-report-un-climate-john-fyfe/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoaJzHqXQ$

Cheakamus forest near Whistler is charting new territory when it comes to sustainable timber harvest that outlaws clearcuts, respects Indigenous governance and combats the climate emergency.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kleanindustries.com/resources/environmental-industry-market-analysis-research/meet-cheakamus-the-only-community-forest-in-b.c-to-develop-carbon-offsets/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoTev1eL8$

For First Time on Record, Rainfall Observed at Peak of Greenland Ice Sheet. This “is not simply a warm decade or two in a wandering climate pattern,” said one expert. “This is unprecedented.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/for-first-time-on-record-rainfall-observed-at-peak-of-greenland-ice-sheet/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoXLOvYFT$

# Global Politics and other news
The Taliban knocked on her door 3 times. The fourth time, they killed her https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/asia/afghanistan-women-taliban-intl-hnk-dst/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoT73qidY$

Afghanistan news: Taliban thugs ‘torture and massacre ethnic group, witnesses say as they ‘burn down amusement park.’ A HUMAN rights group claims the Taliban have tortrued and killed people from the Hazara minority group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/news/3477193/afghanistan-refugees-news-afghan-taliban-massacre-hazara-latest-updates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoVrpyOt8$

Taliban Militant Beats L.A. Times Photographer in Kabul: Although the Taliban have attempted to present a more tolerant image since their takeover, press freedom is still far from guaranteed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/los-angeles-times-photographer-marcus-yam-beated-detained-by-taliban-in-kabul__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoYfcn0Aj$

2,000-meter-long bridge links Russia and China: The China-Russia Tongjiang-Nizhneleninskoye Bridge is part of China’s “Belt and Road”
initiative, a push to create trade corridors linking China to Africa and Eurasia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.djournal.com/news/national/2-000-meter-long-bridge-links-russia-and-china/video_8cccd15c-dde1-57f1-81b3-c473abbb6a80.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoQbEEXoA$

# Gov / Politics
The Fall of Kabul and the Decline of World Order: The Afghan capital might seem like a small domino. But the entire world is less safe, less stable, and less free than it was last week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thedispatch.com/p/the-fall-of-kabul-and-the-decline__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLobrEJsgB$

The Buck Stops With No One After Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle: James Mattis quit after Trump decided to pull out of Syria. Anthony Blinken should have quit after Biden pulled out of Afghanistan—and he should have been fired when he didn’t.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-buck-stops-with-no-one-after-bidens-afghanistan-debacle__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLocGtrE8n$

Three TX Dems Return, End Effort to Block Voting Laws. Democratic state lawmakers in Texas fled the state 38 days ago, most for Washington, D.C.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/texas-democrats-return-voting-bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoUACI_Ls$

Children are dying for Republican ‘freedom.’ Apparently, the bodies of sick or dead children are not a motivator for today’s Republicans. Then again, when were they?
When 20 children were gunned down at Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012, Republicans didn’t fight to end gun violence — they doubled down on unfettered gun access.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/children-are-dying-for-republican-freedom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoXr70mpj$

US back-pedals after Biden suggested it would defend Taiwan against Chinese military attack. Biden’s statement was seen as a potential departure from the US longstanding position https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/us-biden-taiwan-china-b1905913.html?fr=operanews__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoWpjN6BT$

Today’s Crisis in Kabul Is Direct Result of Decades of U.S. War &
Destabilization: As thousands of Afghans try to flee Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control, we look at the roots of the longest U.S. war in history and spend the hour with national security reporter Spencer Ackerman.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/20/spencer_ackerman_reign_of_terror__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLofzUA4j5$

New Report Reveals Trump Administration Used Feds to Bring Harsher Charges Against BLM Protesters. Throughout history, the federal government has worked to surveil and disrupt Black power movements.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/report-trump-admin-deployed-feds-to-bring-harsher-charges-on-blm-protesters/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoY5cEVCh$

# Law Enforcement
Ex-Cops Allegedly Spray-Painted Swastika Onto Suspect’s Car. Hundreds of cases involving the two ex-officers will now be reviewed for potential foul play.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/torrance-police-officers-allegedly-spray-painted-swastika-and-happy-face-onto-suspects-car__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLoV7xhHzp$

# Social
A continuous rise in global population has led to fears that conflicts and war will become more frequent as resources dwindle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210818130517.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mEqYci06CYgCbLD7nq8MTBqU3ScgN85-9TXcAHGa3gRudVGh3XVj7_W1wHlLobPCW997$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-19

Voices, The Peoples News

August 19, 2021
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

# Archaeology
Genetic histories and social organization in Neolithic and Bronze Age Croatia The field of Archaeogenetics has substantially contributed to a better understanding of how the movement and admixture of people across Europe during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages shaped genetic ancestries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2021-08-genetic-histories-social-organisation-neolithic.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srTnxvjFu$

# Border / Immigration
Trump weaponized COVID concerns against migrants. Families are still being brutalized by the policy. A new report provides more damning evidence of Title 42’s cruel legacy. The policy remains largely in place, and thousands of migrants continue to be turned back to danger in Mexico or to countries from where they fled persecution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/trump-weaponized-covid-concerns-against-migrants-families-are-still-being-brutalized-by-the-policy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srWwVuloU$

# CoronaVirus
Expect To Pay More For Covid Treatments As Of October, Insurers Say. No federal law requires insurers to pay for coronavirus treatment.
“Insurers can put coverage limits on anything,” said Sara Rosenbaum https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/covid-long-haulers-ask-who-pays-when-sickness-just-wont-end__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUdmevs8$

WHO Decries Vaccine Inequity as a ‘Shame on All Humanity’ as US Moves Ahead With Boosters. “The divide between the haves and have-nots will only grow larger if manufacturers and leaders prioritize booster shots over supply to low- and middle-income countries.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/who-decries-vaccine-inequity-shame-all-humanity-us-moves-ahead-boosters__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUm3lWbj$

Lawmakers Demand Answers From FDA on Timeline of Covid Vaccines for Kids Under 12. “With kids going back to school and cases surging, we need to know when children under 12 will be able to get vaccinated,” said Rep.
Katie Porter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/lawmakers-demand-answers-fda-timeline-covid-vaccines-kids-under-12__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srbgjJrKJ$

Profiteering From Vaccine Inequity: To support public institutions in times of crisis, this policy paper identifies potential corruption risks related to the deployment of a COVID-19 vaccine and how these risks may be mitigated. The United Nations Convention against Corruption provides a solid global framework for these efforts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.unodc.org/documents/corruption/COVID-19/Policy_paper_on_COVID-19_vaccines_and_corruption_risks.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srTfWXG-h$

As Covid-19 Cases Rise, Global Task Force Lays Out How to Avert Future Pandemics. “We must take actions that prevent pandemics from starting by stopping the spillover of diseases from animals to humans.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/covid-19-cases-rise-global-task-force-lays-out-how-avert-future-pandemics__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srWf0eX6K$

Nursing Homes Told To Vaccinate Staff, Or Lose Medicare, Medicaid Funds.
Division among nursing home workers regarding vaccinations is threatening the industry, which has long suffered from staffing shortages https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/18/biden-ties-federal-funds-to-nursing-home-vaccine-mandates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srbQpinOt$

When Your Life is at Stake by Following the Herd: Many of the ideas to approach our current situation don’t make rational sense, and will certainly create ever-growing dangers for ourselves, however, not wanting to suffer the embarrassment of taking action, so many fail to react to the greater dangers being presented and move toward conformity with the herd.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wakingtimes.com/when-your-life-is-at-stake-by-following-the-herd/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srWUv2VH5$

The Right To Bodily Integrity: Nobody Wins And We All Lose In The
COVID-19 Showdown
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/right-bodily-integrity-nobody-wins-and-we-all-lose-covid-19-showdown__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXREU5Ro$

Massive Nurse Shortage Hits Houston — Weeks After 150 Unvaccinated Nurses And Hospital Workers Fired https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fee.org/articles/massive-nurse-shortage-hits-houston-weeks-after-150-unvaccinated-nurses-and-hospital-workers-fired__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZviwfr4$

20,000 Kids Quarantined in Mississippi After Schools Open. Nearly 6,000 have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, and two have died.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/20000-kids-quarantined-after-coronavirus-exposures-in-mississippi-after-schools-open__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srQFwrslq$

Three senators announced within hours of each other on Thursday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus, despite each being fully vaccinated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/568637-three-us-senators-announce-positive-covid-19-tests-in-single-day__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srSORjA0f$

# Economy / Trade
U.S. hemorrhaging money from entitlement fraud, waste. Under the Biden administration, the United States is on the path toward becoming a welfare state fully entrenched in waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-u-s-hemorrhaging-money-from-entitlement-fraud-waste/article_eeb1509c-0052-11ec-bdaa-9f3f088f2503.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srQx2AD1R$

# Education / Schools
Biden to Wipe Out Student Debt for 300K With Disabilities. The debt amounts to $5.8 billion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/education-32f68a2779c8f3366e7c7499a1f39afc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUULBeBq$

Finding Loophole in Abbott’s Mask Mandate Ban, Texas School Board Adds Face Coverings to Dress Code. “If your dress code can enforce skirt lengths, it can enforce masks.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/finding-loophole-abbotts-mask-mandate-ban-texas-school-board-adds-face-coverings__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srfzpo0k-$

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will use the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights enforcement authority to deter states from blocking mask mandates in classrooms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/18/greg-abbott-joe-biden-texas-mask-mandates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srb4T0zZw$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Dozens of Democrats to Biden: Revoke Permits for Line 3 Pipeline. The U.S. lawmakers warned construction of the Enbridge-owned tar sands pipeline has “grave implications” for nearby ecosystems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/dozens-democrats-biden-revoke-permits-line-3-pipeline__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXTbdpLu$

Dangerous Thinking: Carbon Capture Technology Won’t Solve Our Emissions
Problems: We are on a path to global temperature rise to surpass the 2-degree threshold, bringing more intense heat waves, droughts, and sea-level rise, unless we shift rapidly away from fossil fuels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/dangerous-thinking-carbon-capture-technology-wont-solve-our-emissions-problems__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srcEBB0S5$

Residents in a densely-populated Pittsburgh suburb are demanding public hearings on two proposed fracking wells https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/pittsburgh-fracking-2654712173.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srQ4nsR5Q$

Judge Blocks Massive ConocoPhillips Oil & Gas Project in Alaska https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/08/18/federal-judge-reverses-trump-environmental-approval-of-major-alaska-oil-project/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZ5cbMgE$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
EPA Cancels All Uses of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today it will be revoking all tolerances of chlorpyrifos, effectively banning all food uses of the toxic, brain-damaging pesticide in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/6439/epa-cancels-all-food-uses-of-brain-damaging-pesticide-chlorpyrifos*:*:text=WASHINGTON**BIn*20a*20historic*20victory,the*20Ninth*20Circuit*20Court*20of__;I37igJQlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUjS_Kk7$

Biden strays dramatically from Obama’s record on food assistance. The president’s expansion of SNAP benefits reflects a dramatic change in the debate over using the federal government to make people’s lives easier.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-food-benefits-snap_n_611d593de4b0caf7ce2c5ab0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srVFNcbtD$

# Global Politics and other news
A Houston-area immigrant and former Afghan interpreter for the U.S.
military believes his sister was killed by the Taliban, a tragedy that demonstrates the danger faced by many families of people who worked with the military.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2021/06/21/401044/family-of-afghan-interpreter-killed-by-the-taliban-talks-u-s-arrival-and-whats-next/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sraqJuWWQ$

Taliban Kill Woman for Not Wearing Burqa on Same Day They Vow to Honor Women’s Rights https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/taliban-kill-woman-for-not-wearing-burqa-on-same-day-it-vows-to-honour-womens-rights/news-story/bd1975d32af4a031677fd0be28a266ec__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srShMV_dF$

China, Russia, N. Korea Exploiting U.S. Freedom: Taking advantage of the extraordinary freedom they have in the U.S., foes near and far spread their views, supporting and opposing candidates, gaining access to faculties and think tanks, influencing political life, and infiltrating government offices and agencies as well as private business.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/china-russia-n-korea-exploiting-u-s-freedom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srX6CqHrC$

Stranded in Kabul and Even Their Miracle Worker Can’t Help: “Stop asking questions about immigration law niceties and get out of Afghanistan,”
Joshua Goldstein, an immigration lawyer in Los Angeles, texted one client.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/theyre-stranded-in-afghanistan-and-even-their-miracle-worker-cant-help__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srW__6Tgg$

Billions of dollars of U.S. weapons are now in the hands of the Taliban following the quick collapse of Afghan security forces that were trained to use the military equipment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/568493-billions-in-us-weaponry-seized-by-taliban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdWS9YWP$

Infighting Among the Taliban Could Lead to Humanitarian Abuse and Reign of Terrorism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/infighting-among-the-taliban-could-lead-to-humanitarian-abuse-and-reign-of-terrorism/ar-AANvMQI?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sra1I-hGf$

The Taliban have declared the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,’ the same name it used when it brutally ruled the country in the 1990s https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.co.za/taliban-declares-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan-2021-8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srbA4nSLh$

The Taliban says it will rule under sharia law. What does that mean?
“There will be no democratic system at all,” Taliban commander Waheedullah Hashimi said in an interview with Reuters. “We will not discuss what type of political system should we apply in Afghanistan because it is clear. It is sharia law and that is it.” Here are some of the basics.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-taliban-says-it-will-rule-under-sharia-law-what-does-that-mean/ar-AANvcxZ?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sra5YY_vL$

Afghans Escape to Quaint Italy Town—and Face Far-Right Wrath. Scores of evacuated Afghan workers are safely landing in Italy. Now what?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/afghans-escape-taliban-to-quaint-italian-townonly-to-face-far-right-wrath__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sra3aJFcs$

Afghan Journo: Taliban Brutally Beat Boy for Wearing Shorts. Two Afghan female journalists tell The Daily Beast about the horror they’ve witnessed in the days after the Taliban took control of Kabul.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/afghan-journalist-says-taliban-brutally-beat-boy-for-wearing-shorts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srY-NpBR1$

# Gov / Politics
GOP State Officials Take Step Toward Overseeing Elections in Georgia’s Heavily Democratic Fulton County. “Voters deserve better,” said one advocacy group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/gop-state-officials-take-step-toward-overseeing-elections-georgias-heavily__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sreSt0RaB$

Progressive Democrat Morgan Harper Launches Campaign Against Rep. Tim Ryan for Ohio Senate Seat. “I don’t think Democrats will flip Ohio if we nominate another establishment insider,” she told supporters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/08/18/ohio-senate-progressive-democrat-morgan-harper-enters-race/8098252002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srV40E246$

‘Twenty Years of War Have Failed’: Progressive Caucus Urges US Diplomacy With Taliban. “War and conflict never produce peace and stability.
Violence and militarism, even when cloaked in the language of humanitarianism, are fundamentally at odds with human flourishing and opportunity.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/twenty-years-war-have-failed-progressive-caucus-urges-us-diplomacy-taliban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdvn3ipJ$

Decades of Disaster: Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan. Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/decades-disaster-biden-right-end-war-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXurxcJG$

The Taliban Surrendered in 2001, but George Bush was fighting a war for oil and empire, and victory would pose a huge tactical difficulty: With no enemy to fight he would have to demobilize his forces in the Mideast and bring them home.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/taliban-surrendered-2001__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srfwt8_Rj$

Top general: No intel that Afghan government would fall in 11 days. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke amid criticism that the Biden administration didn’t prepare for a rapid Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-milley-afghanistan_n_611d5d14e4b0caf7ce2c5cd4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srR6_3ld-$

Conservatives should understand why Afghanistan collapsed so quickly https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/now/conservatives-understand-why-afghanistan-collapsed-202049826.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sreRf1CL-$

Women but Abandoned Afghan Women To Brutal Taliban. President Joe Biden’s failure to prevent the catastrophic, lightning-speed collapse of Afghanistan into Taliban control now imperils the lives and freedoms of more than 18 million Afghan women and girls.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/biden-claims-to-champion-women-but-abandoned-afghan-women-to-brutal-taliban/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srY3U7qOh$

Dem Hawks Quietly Seethe Over Biden’s Botched Afghan Exit. There are plenty of Democrats who disagree with President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan policies. But most of them are keeping their mouths shut.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/adam-smith-and-other-democratic-war-hawks-quietly-seethe-over-joe-bidens-botched-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZd7kwVp$

The Afghanistan Papers: Docs Show How Bush, Obama, Trump Lied About Brutality & Corruption of Wars https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/19/the_afghanistan_papers_craig_whitlock__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srRiB_Ra5$

Trump’s “Deal” With the Taliban Set the Stage for Afghanistan’s Collapse. Warning signs long abounded—and top Trump officials knew.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/568154-trumps-deal-with-the-taliban-set-the-stage-for-the-afghan-collapse__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sraT6oapm$

As the US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements? Hard as it may be to see beyond the chaos and suffering in Afghanistan, the larger picture reveals real opportunities for social change https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wagingnonviolence.org/2021/08/afghanistan-us-empire-decline-good-news/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUoGILX5$

GOP rift opens up over resettling Afghan refugees: The plight of Afghan allies desperately trying to flee the Taliban is exposing divisions among Republicans, with some pressing the Biden administration to help resettle those people who helped the U.S. military and others stoking nativist fears about an influx of refugees.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/568646-gop-rift-opens-up-over-resettling-afghan-refugees__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdUs6bt4$

# Law Enforcement
New Vegas Police Must Get Covid Shots. Lombardo said the department can mandate vaccinations for new employees because they are not yet under a union contract.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/health-police-coronavirus-pandemic-c4711b9bc24d28564938777c30f468ce__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sreJiHq2V$

Unvaccinated cops must wear masks or face discipline, NYPD says. The NYPD will discipline unvaccinated cops who don’t mask up while on the job, regardless if they are indoors or outdoors, as city officials try to prevent a surge of serious coronavirus cases https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/unvaccinated-nypd-officers-will-be-disciplined-for-not-wearing-masks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srW5ZoEaE$

Lawsuit filed against California deputies who beat innocent woman unconscious. “They are approaching me and putting me on the car with force. So those that are listening, I am not resisting arrest.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/08/19/lawsuit-filed-against-california-deputies-who-beat-innocent-woman-unconscious/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srSO04jj6$

# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Wyoming’s attorney general issued official summaries for medical cannabis legalization and marijuana decriminalization initiatives that activists want to put on the 2022 ballot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/wyoming-attorney-general-issues-ballot-summaries-for-marijuana-initiatives/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9src-RySvH$

# Media
US Urged to Aid Afghan Journalists Seeking Safe Passage Amid Reports of Taliban Beatings. “This is a moral imperative for the United States,”
said James Risen of the Press Freedom Defense Fund.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/us-urged-aid-afghan-journalists-seeking-safe-passage-amid-reports-taliban-beatings__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZD_zib8$

Calls to Aid Afghan Refugees ‘in Grave Danger’ Grow Following Biden’s Address “The urgency of the moment now demands we marshal an international coalition to evacuate every Afghan citizen who is fleeing for their lives,” implored Rep. Ilhan Omar.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/16/calls-aid-afghan-refugees-grave-danger-grow-following-bidens-address__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdpf8czy$

Federal judge orders USPS to turn over docs regarding DeJoy’s potential financial conflicts of interest. “DeJoy’s decision-making as postmaster general has raised some serious ethical questions—now we should finally get some answers.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/08/19/federal-judge-orders-usps-to-turn-over-docs-over-dejoys-potential-financial-conflicts-of-interest/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXxokfDD$

# Technology
Open Markets Act protects companies, not consumers. Should the government be able to decide what apps your smartphone can download?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-open-markets-act-protects-companies-not-consumers/article_1a4ad066-005d-11ec-9064-9b7328d209d2.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUmP3fn1$

# Water
Leaky pipes in Baltimore are funneling a lot of pharmaceuticals into local waterways.
The paper illustrates how outsized an effect old or damaged infrastructure can have on our environment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/baltimore-pharmaceuticals-pollution-26754/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srTCvmbCQ$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-18

Voices, The Peoples News

August 18, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Policing on American Indian Reservations. A Report to the National Institute of Justice. More than 200 police departments operate in Indian Country, serving an even larger number of tribal communities. Officers and nonsworn staff of these departments are tribal employees https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/188095.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHEg98K4v$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Covid-19 isn’t the only disease that Texans are dealing with in 2021.
Media reports recently emerged of an outbreak of a viral disease amongst dogs at The Humane Society of North Texas (HSNT) Shelter in Fort Worth.
Distemper, a deadly disease that affects several animals such as Dogs, Ferrets, and Raccoons. It’s important to remember that the disease can’t be transmitted from dogs to humans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/@matt-lillywhite-561024/2341931141574/health-alert-a-deadly-disease-is-spreading-amongst-dogs-in-north-texas__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHD3YmK06$

# CoronaVirus
New research provides clues to developing better intranasal vaccines for
COVID-19 and flu. “Our study shows that both integrity and amounts of nasal bacteria may be critical for effective intranasal vaccine. We showed that oral bacteria-combined intranasal vaccine protects from influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210817/Study-explores-the-role-of-nasal-bacteria-and-provides-clues-to-developing-better-flu-COVID-19-vaccines.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHIn-kdEk$

Federal Vaccine Program Hasn’t Helped Those Whose Lives Were Altered by Covid Shot. The options are slim for people who suffer rare life-altering injuries after a covid shot — a problem whose significance has grown as states and the federal government increasingly ponder vaccination mandates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/covid-19/federal-vaccine-program-hasnt-helped-those-whose-lives-were-altered-covid-shot__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHA0sWrJh$

Biden administration recommends COVID-19 boosters; effort to begin Sept.
20. The Biden administration is recommending booster doses for most Americans who received a coronavirus vaccine in order to combat waning immunity and the prevalence of the delta variant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/568358-biden-administration-recommends-covid-19-boosters-effort-to-begin-sept-20__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHO18L3AW$

# Economy / Trade
Wealth, Income, and Power – Who Rules America? This document presents details on the wealth and income distributions in the United States, and explains how we use these two distributions as power indicators. For purposes of studying the wealth distribution, economists define wealth in terms of marketable assets, such as real estate, stocks, and bonds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/power/wealth.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHCJC7Lrk$

# Employment / Labor
“Bar Rescue” host and Laura Ingraham discuss cutting unemployment aid to make workers “hungry” like an “obedient dog”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/bar-rescue-host-and-laura-ingraham-discuss-cutting-unemployment-aid-to-make-workers-hungry-like-an-obedient-dog/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHJJyIayX$

A Republican push meant to prevent Texas municipalities from protecting workers from the coronavirus pandemic also threatens to eliminate bare-bones requirements in two cities giving construction workers time to hydrate in the heat. That’s seen by many as minimal protections in a state where summer heat routinely rises above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and where the number of dangerously hot days is expected to increase with climate change.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/people-can-die-texas-bill-would-strip-worker-water-breaks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHC3bG8RS$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Biden draws ire of GOP, progressives with call to boost OPEC output. The Biden administration managed to draw criticism from both Republicans and progressives last week when it called on other countries to produce more oil amid high gasoline prices in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/568306-biden-draws-ire-of-gop-progressives-with-call-to-boost-opec-output__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHMj9ISeE$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
New climate maps show a transformed United States. According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures and changing rainfall will drive agriculture and temperate climates northward, while sea level rise will consume coastlines and dangerous levels of humidity will swamp the Mississippi River valley.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://projects.propublica.org/climate-migration/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHJ1fmotT$

# Environment / Climate / Global
An underwater volcanic eruption near Japan has created a new, crescent-shaped island 745 miles south of Tokyo – although the new landmass will likely only be temporary. Niijima, meaning ‘new island’, has a diameter of 0.6 miles and has emerged 3.1 miles north of Minami-Iōtō, amid the Nanpō Islands that lie south of the Japanese archipelago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/underwater-volcano-745-miles-south-of-tokyo-has-created-a-new-island/ar-AANsghS?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHFIhP7Hi$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Extreme-heat death of Sebastian Perez. The extreme-heat death of an Oregon farmworker and hundreds of others in late June could have been avoided. Climate negligence and lagging worker protections are killing people https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/heat-wave-2021-oregon-deaths-sebastian-perez-1211258/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHP4O-Rvy$

Cross-border Salish Sea study finds key puzzle pieces of wild salmon die-off A massive cross-border research and conservation effort has yielded a potential roadmap to save wild salmon in the Salish Sea.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/17/news/salish-sea-study-wild-salmon-die-off__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHFw3LSC7$

USDA Crop Tour Warns: Megadrought Impacting Corn And Soybean Yields.
Crop conditions for soybeans and corn have worsened in the latest crop tour findings in the US which confirmed hot and dry weather this summer has taken a toll on yields.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/usda-crop-tour-warns-megadrought-impacting-corn-and-soybean-yields__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHG9ZrXEY$

Biden takes a stand against the GOP’s assault on food stamps. Biden’s Department of Agriculture will grow SNAP in a way that will boost recipient families’ monthly benefits by 27 percent, on average, compared to pre-pandemic levels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/08/biden-snap-food-assistance-hunger-trump-usda/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHEswPj7v$

# Global Politics and other news
Transcript of the Taliban’s first news conference in Kabul. Taliban spokesperson addresses the public in first conference following the armed group’s takeover of Afghanistan. “We have expelled the foreigners and I would like to congratulate the whole nation on this. This is pride, not only for a limited number of people. This is a proud moment for the whole nation. This kind of pride is rare when it can be achieved.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/17/transcript-of-talibans-first-press-conference-in-kabul__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHNxwWNZq$

US must complete withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan by September 11, Taliban spokesperson says. The US will not meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Taliban.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/13/biden-to-withdraw-us-troops-from-afghanistan-by-september-11__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHJNDAVDm$

Taliban destroy statue of foe, stoking fear over their rule.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-taliban-afghanistan-fears-20210818-wa2ao7e5hbhnxbrpp4mvaai4ka-story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHI_UzMRx$

Public executions and forced marriages are reportedly back. People are fleeing. The Taliban are in Kabul, and the government has fallen. This is a catastrophe. This negligence was par for the course for the last U.S. administration. At minimum, the Biden administration owed our Afghan allies of 20 years a real plan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-biden-congress-democrats-military-plan/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41536__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHLvozs6r$

Taliban Beats, Whips Women and Kids Near Airport: Shocking photos showed women and children covered in blood at one checkpoint.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/18/afghanistan-reports-emerge-of-taliban-beating-afghans-seeking-to-flee-kabul__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHK1u6a2I$

Dozens of Afghans sprint alongside and cling onto a U.S. military aircraft in an apparent attempt to stop it taking off without them at the Kabul airport. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nbcnews.to/3m26U9I__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHIjLiXqi$

‘Gunfire, Whips, Sticks’: Taliban Opens Fire on First Street Protests Against Takeover. Shocking photos also showed women and children covered in blood at one Kabul checkpoint.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/taliban-fighters-beating-and-whipping-women-and-kids-on-way-to-airport-reports-say__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHAr3KA5Q$

Afghan women express shock, fear, defiance under new Taliban rule. Women and girls in Afghanistan are facing a deeply uncertain and scary future with the Taliban in control of the country following the collapse of a U.S.-backed government and the exit of U.S. troops.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/568399-afghan-women-express-shock-fear-defiance-under-new-taliban-rule__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHKrETNYE$

Daughter Describes Watching the Taliban Beat Mother to Death After She Said She Couldn’t Cook for Them. “My mother told them, ‘I am poor, how can I cook for you?’ ” the woman told CNN, so the Taliban “started beating her.” A traumatized daughter is recounting how insurgency fighters beat her mother to death with AK-47s earlier this summer when she was unable to supply the group with food.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://people.com/politics/daughter-recounts-witnessing-taliban-beat-mom-to-death/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHFqjQMrb$

# Gov / Politics
Democrats vent frustration with Biden on Afghanistan: President Biden is in the middle of his first unanticipated crisis, and even many members of his own party are appalled. The chaotic scenes in Afghanistan have transformed a popular decision by Biden, ending the 20-year war, into a debacle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/568304-the-memo-democrats-vent-frustration-with-biden-on-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHMGII1N4$

Texas House Democrats who refuse to show up to the state Capitol to prevent Republican lawmakers from passing a voting restrictions bill can be arrested and brought to the lower chamber, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/17/texas-house-democrats-arrest-quorum/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHGCpM8X7$

Team MAGA Goes Full Nativist on Afghan Refugees. It didn’t take long for the MAGA message machine to turn against Afghan refugees still struggling to leave their destabilized country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-maga-goes-full-nativist-on-afghan-refugees__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHP9nQiG1$

Biden’s Big Plans for America Just Blew Up in Afghanistan: With the slimmest of congressional majorities, the commander in chief’s agenda may not survive this self-inflicted foreign-policy disaster.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/bidens-big-plans-for-america-just-blew-up-in-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHC2syAgD$

Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/568244-grim-intelligence-assessments-did-not-match-bidens-assurances-on-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHLL7Vs1V$

White House Admits ‘Fair Amount’ of US Equipment in Afghanistan in Taliban Hands. The Biden administration is still trying to determine the amount of American military equipment that is now in the hands of the extremist insurgents.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/wh-says-armed-taliban-have-us-guns-taken-from-afghan-forces/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHPfOadt2$

In Afghanistan, Don’t Blame Biden, Blame Bush: If you want to ascribe blame for the “failure” in Afghanistan, you’ll find it in the decision to invade Iraq. President Joe Biden did not fail there, he did his best to work through an impossible situation made worse by former President George W. Bush.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nationalinterest.org/feature/don**Bt-blame-joe-biden-afghan-debacle-191745__;4oCZ!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHEtBjfcP$

The Afghanistan Debacle: How Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden Bamboozled the American Public: The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan and the calamitous collapse of Kabul are the result of years of American failure to understand that nation and that war—an immense failure that was covered up by the administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/the-afghanistan-debacle-this-land-sneak-peek/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHLV1xdTO$

Asylum Is Dead. The Myth of American Decency Died With It. Donald Trump took a broken asylum system and turned it into a machine of unchecked cruelty. Why Afghan refugees will encounter a system that has been politicized to the point of collapse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/donald-trump-asylum-stephen-miller-guatemala-central-america/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHJFr-xeJ$

The U.S. has nothing to show for its efforts after trillions of dollars were spent on wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and beyond, but blood in the sand. For decades, the American political class has intervened relentlessly and recklessly in countries whose people they hold in contempt.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/afghanistan-latest-debacle-of-us-foreign-policy-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2021-08__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHGUeD-dy$

Countering the changing threat of international terrorism: Report of the National Commission on Terrorism: Surprise, when it happens to a government, is likely to be a complicated, diffuse, bureaucratic thing.
It includes neglect of responsibility but also responsibility so poorly defined or so ambiguously delegated that action gets lost.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fas.org/irp/threat/commission.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHOydSd7O$

Biden and Milley misled about the Afghan army numbers, citing numbers that did not take into account things such as casualties, capture, and capitulation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/biden-and-milley-misled-about-the-afghan-army-numbers/ar-AANtdC9?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHDFAPJTa$

# Law Enforcement
Police: Why did a “Blue Alert” pop up on cellphones all over Texas late at night? Law enforcement officials were looking for a white four-door Cadillac whose driver shot at a Clay County deputy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/08/17/what-is-a-blue-alert-and-what-caused-the-one-issued-monday-night/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHC3DqM6d$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Philadelphia Ex-Cops Charged in Wrongful Conviction of Black Man Who Was Jailed for 25 Years. The charges follow a damning grand jury report that found Santiago and Martin coerced Wright, then 20 years old, into signing a false confession admitting to raping and killing 77-year-old Louise Talley in 1991.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/ex-philly-homicide-detectives-charged-in-mans-wrongful-conviction/2926490/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHGmzHQeK$

# Medical / Health
Sacklers Say They Won’t Pay $4.5 Billion Opioids Settlement Unless Shielded from Future Lawsuits. US bankruptcy trustee, nine states and DC objecting to settlement plan because it would grant legal protection to Sacklers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/17/sackler-family-purdue-pharma-settlement-opioid-lawsuits__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHAofZsMq$

# Military / DOD
Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan? This external approach, based on military occupation, to promote democracy in occupied foreign countries was “doomed to fail.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/why-did-a-military-superpower-fail-in-afghanistan-166238__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHFrK6Nlw$

No capability to ‘collect large numbers’ of Americans – Pentagon chief:
U.S. troops do not currently have the capability to help people reach Kabul airport to be evacuated from Afghanistan because they are focused on securing the airfield, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/watch/no-capability-to-collect-large-numbers-of-americans-pentagon-chief/vp-AANtihe?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHE5GuXSH$

Pentagon to Americans stuck in Afghanistan: You’re on your own:
Thousands of Americans are trapped behind enemy lines because of a decision that President Joe Biden made, and our own military is refusing to guarantee their safe return. And make no mistake: this is not a matter of capability. This is a policy decision.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pentagon-to-americans-stuck-in-afghanistan-you-re-on-your-own/ar-AANtqdu?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHO2KzGNH$

# Security
The Threat Posed by the Chinese Government and the Chinese Communist Party to the Economic and National Security of the United States. The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China. It’s a threat to our economic security—and by extension, to our national security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches/the-threat-posed-by-the-chinese-government-and-the-chinese-communist-party-to-the-economic-and-national-security-of-the-united-states__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHJaeJjt7$

# Social
As cities grow in size, the poor ‘get nothing at all’: On average, people in larger cities are better off economically. But a new study published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface builds on previous research that says, that’s not necessarily true for the individual city-dweller. It turns out, bigger cities also produce more income inequality.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://santafe.edu/news-center/news/new-study-prosperity-cities-benefits-few__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHI7DMvc-$

Corporate Property-Buying Spree May Make Housing Even Less Affordable Amid COVID. Corporate investors have been buying up homes from landlords unable to maintain their properties without rental income.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/corporate-property-buying-spree-may-make-housing-even-less-affordable-amid-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lY2c2SimJAgC5qqdwh9zHwTEwmIpQwYk3jUNxEAmg0CrdPwQD-m0nwJy3cveHFskdzCa$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-17

Voices, The Peoples News

August 17, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
A wildfire hits home: The Bootleg Fire has destroyed the sacred ancestral homeland of the Klamath Tribes, which constitutes the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin People https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opb.org/article/2021/08/16/klamath-tribes-bootleg-fire-damage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpU6OjoXS$

The Apache community running to rescue its holy mountain. Indigenous spiritual leaders say the Vatican’s observatory is searching for something it doesn’t understand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://patch.com/us/across-america/apache-community-running-rescue-its-holy-mountain__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpXQ039KQ$

Colorado rescinds 1864 proclamation instructing residents to kill ‘hostile’ Native Americans. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, rescinded an 1864 proclamation on Tuesday that instructed residents of the state to kill “hostile” Native Americans in the area.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colorado-rescinds-1864-proclamation-instructing-residents-to-kill-hostile-native-americans/ar-AANqAb9?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpeVVM6db$

Legal and cultural barriers keep Indigenous people from protecting sacred spaces off tribal land https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/08/17/indigenous-people-legal-barriers-protect-sacred-spaces/8152992002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpQPVsmGP$

# Border / Immigration
Refugee Advocates Demand US Stop Deportations to Haiti Following Earthquake “How can the U.S. government deport anyone to Haiti right now? How do they think so little of Haitian lives, deporting children and babies in the middle of the chaos?”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/17/refugee-advocates-demand-us-stop-deportations-haiti-following-earthquake__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpRvnPav_$

A Trump judge ordered Biden to reinstate one of Trump’s cruelest immigration policies https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/2021/8/17/22627107/trump-judge-remain-in-mexico-matthew-kacsmaryk-immigration-asylum-joe-biden-donald-trump__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpXZqoPd9$

# CoronaVirus
Australia is building COVID internment camps. A community engagement session was held earlier this week on progress of the fast-tracked 1000-bed accommodation site for returning travellers, however residents were told that builders would not be delayed by any consultation process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/construction-of-mickleham-quarantine-camp-is-under-way-20210812-p58i50.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpYeOW90r$

The Mayor and Health Commissioner of Philadelphia dropped an announcement Wednesday that unvaccinated city employees will need to wear two masks while working indoors and that all new hires after September 1 will have to be vaccinated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/watch-philadelphia-announces-double-mask-mandate-government-workers__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpU36rkhJ$

Confusion reigns in Texas as legal fight over mask mandates rages between local officials and Gov. Greg Abbott. Back-and-forth legal rulings have left some school districts with the choice of flouting Abbott and mandating masks, or waiting for the dust to settle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/16/texas-mask-mandates-confusion-abbott/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpVV691_j$

‘Healthy People Die Every Day’: COVID Spirals in Mississippi. Coroners in a state facing an unprecedented hospitalization crisis say the dead increasingly have two things in common.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/coroners-say-covid-19-is-spiraling-in-mississippi-and-younger-unvaccinated-people-are-the-ones-dying__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpephdvrO$

Deja Vu: Chinese Shipping Port Closes, Media Says Covid Is On The Rise … You Know What Comes Next https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/08/deja-vu-chinese-shipping-port-closes-media-says-covid-is-on-the-rise-you-know-what-comes-next.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed*3A*naturalblaze**A28Natural*Blaze*29__;JSsrJSsl!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpeB0Usxb$

106 Fully Vaccinated People Have Died From COVID in Mass.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/100-fully-vaccinated-people-have-died-from-covid-in-mass/2463080/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpeGNVc9g$

Texas Guv Tests Positive for COVID Amid Dire Surge: Abbott, who is vaccinated against COVID-19, is experiencing no symptoms and is receiving the Regeneron antibody treatment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-governor-greg-abbott-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpbNQQ96m$

# Economy / Trade
Rising inflation and the price increases that come with it may lead to the highest raise for senior citizens in decades. Social Security’s cost of living adjustment for this year, which began affecting payments in January, was 1.3%. It boosted benefit checks by an average $20. This year’s price hikes have gobbled up that increase.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/now/next-social-security-raise-may-221500989.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpSBUU3jN$

# Employment / Labor
September unemployment cliff looms for 7 million Americans. More than 7 million Americans are set to lose their unemployment aid immediately after Labor Day, even as the delta variant poses new challenges to the economic recovery.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/568110-september-unemployment-cliff-looms-for-7-million-americans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpRfxvMYg$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Just 5% of the world’s power plants produce 73% of the global electricity emissions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/renewable-energy-ecology/world-power-plants-emissions-17082021/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpVUUHGH1$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Not convinced that humans are causing climate change? Here are the facts.
Let’s dive into decades of data.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.popsci.com/environment/human-causes-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpek1hsjH$

Thousands evacuate as wildfires ravage Utah and Northern California.
Firefighters battled the Dixie Fire in California and a new fire in Parleys Canyon in Utah as searing temperatures continued to bake more than a half-million acres of land.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/thousands-evacuate-as-wildfires-ravage-utah-and-northern-california/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpWdnABiB$

Western state governors push Biden admin to declare federal drought disaster Several Western state governors sent a letter on Sunday to President Joe Biden’s administration requesting he declare a federal drought disaster.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cpr.org/2021/08/16/jared-polis-western-us-governors-urge-joe-biden-federal-drought-disaster/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpWAuXO-_$

# Environment / Climate / Global
10 Million Acres of Siberia Are Burning. Russia has seen an increasing severity of wildfires in recent years due to rising summer temperatures and a historic drought https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/11/siberia-fires-russia-climate/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpTSNHO3p$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Biden Takes a Stand Against the GOP’s Assault on Food Stamps. He announces a plan to boost recipient families’ monthly benefits by 27 percent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/08/biden-snap-food-assistance-hunger-trump-usda/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpdQ-i68g$

USDA makes historic increase for SNAP benefits. “A modernized Thrifty Food Plan is more than a commitment to good nutrition – it’s an investment in our nation’s health, economy, and security.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/08/17/usda-makes-historic-increase-for-snap-benefits/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpVAQL88b$

# Global Politics and other news
Afghan women, dreading the kind of violent and systemic oppression they could face under Taliban rule, are calling for international help.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/religion-taliban-7ab054c063e4ea1c14be9e4811f42982__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpaaFBytR$

Here’s what women’s advocacy groups across the globe are doing for women in Afghanistan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1027929275/what-womens-advocacy-groups-worldwide-are-doing-for-women-in-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpe5WeyeY$

Taliban Promises Afghanistan Women: Trust Us, We’ve Changed. Many women decided to stay at home, in fear of being beaten on the streets.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/16/there-are-no-women-kabul-street-stayed-home-fear-beaten-taliban-fighters__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpbzBgysF$

Our eyes don’t deceive us: The men are fleeing Afghanistan. Where are all the women? Maybe these men are doing the only thing they can to eventually protect their families by escaping. But it just doesn’t sit right with me.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/08/17/afghan-womens-future-taliban-takes-control-afghanistan/8155020002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpZaW0oDI$

The Taliban have been in charge of Kabul for 48 hours. Women have already disappeared from the streets. There’s one big change, though:
The Taliban has repeatedly said that women’s rights will be protected under their rule, but it is clear that many Afghan women are terrified by the prospect of life under the Taliban.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/asia/afghanistan-kabul-streets-under-taliban-intl/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpQBxsDzF$

# Gov / Politics
Joe Biden is not planning to prioritize thousands of American citizens stranded in evacuations from Afghanistan. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed to Fox News on Sunday evening that the administration will not give priority evacuation to Americans in Afghanistan over Afghans applying for visas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/16/biden-americans-afghanistan-evacuation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpRsJ6dp5$

Mad Kabul Scramble Is ‘Exactly the Scenario We Feared.’ “We didn’t need to be in this position,” said Rep. Jason Crow, an Afghanistan veteran who was one of 20 lawmakers who urged Biden to create a task force to protect Afghan allies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/mad-kabul-scramble-is-exactly-the-scenario-we-feared__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpSjuMJeo$

Biden Isn’t Trump. He’s a Disaster In His Own Right. The fall of Kabul may be the point where Americans quit believing this kindly old man promising them that things will be fine. After that, there’s no going back.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-isnt-trump-hes-a-disaster-in-his-own-right__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpYjzRS_u$

Internal Government Watchdog Slams Afghanistan War Effort as Inept and Reckless “The overall picture is bleak,” writes the inspector general.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/internal-government-watchdog-slams-afghanistan-war-effort-as-inept-and-reckless/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpfpf_JmV$

The US used Afghan women to justify its war. Now, it’s leaving them behind.
“We must be accountable to the crisis we helped create.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/the-us-used-afghan-women-to-justify-its-war-now-its-leaving-them-behind/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpaHU7GCe$

One year of Afghanistan war spending could fund resettlement of 1.2 million refugees “We’ve spent billions on war. Now, let’s spend to bring Afghans to safety.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/17/one-year-afghanistan-war-spending-could-fund-resettlement-12-million-refugees__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpXbR0Ys_$

An anonymous scholar at the American University of Afghanistan and Kabul University shares her chilling first-hand experience of the Taliban takeover of Kabul.
“I worked for so many days and nights to become the person I am today, and this morning when I reached home, the very first thing my sisters and I did was hide our IDs, diplomas and certificates.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/15/an-afghan-woman-in-kabul-now-i-have-to-burn-everything-i-achieved__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpbNWXDNb$

‘No Time for Amateur Hour’: Pelosi Signals Plan to Steamroll Right-Wing Dems “This is exactly right. Glad to see it,” said one progressive activist.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/17/no-time-amateur-hour-pelosi-signals-plan-steamroll-right-wing-dems__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpdS5AGYc$

When Will We Stop Letting Our Presidents Lie America Into Wars? America has been lied into too many wars. It’s cost us too much in terms of money, credibility and blood. We must remember the lies. We can’t afford to let this one go down the memory hole, too.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/when-will-we-stop-letting-our-presidents-lie-america-into-wars/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpccrKPLM$

# Law Enforcement
Extreme heat is turning prisons into ovens. As climate change causes soaring temperatures, people in poorly ventilated U.S. prisons are suffering.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90664656/extreme-heat-is-turning-prisons-into-ovens__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpVCbh49y$

Bodybuilder Rioter Seen Dragging Cop Down Stairs Is Arrested. A group of citizen sleuths had combed through photos and footage to unmask Logan Barnhart.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/logan-barnhart-trump-capitol-attack-fbi-arrest_n_6086e1b3e4b02e74d21d4a28__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpdRUbHnN$

# Medical / Health
‘The biggest monster’ is spreading, and it’s not the Coronavirus. The infection prospers in crowds, spreading to people in close reach.
Containing an outbreak requires contact tracing, as well as isolation and treatment. Tuberculosis, the biggest infectious-disease killer worldwide, claims 1.5 million lives each year. As coronavirus pandemic spreads, consuming global health resources, these perennially neglected adversaries are making a comeback.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/health/coronavirus-tuberculosis-aids-malaria.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpe4QbnKx$

# Military / DOD
Fort Bliss in El Paso will be the destination for potentially thousands of Afghan refugees. This comes after the Taliban took control of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, which led to a crush of civilians at the Kabul airport desperate to leave the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/16/fort-bliss-el-paso-afghan-refugees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpQBymd0x$

The U.S. Department of Defense is now evaluating Afghanistan for the “reconstruction of terrorist networks” after the Taliban captured Kabul and declared victory over the weekend, said a spokesman. Top defense officials are already warning that terrorist networks inside Afghanistan could quickly regroup in the wake of Kabul’s collapse https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/16/pentagon-terrorists-taliban-afghanistan-505203__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpSb9mCK2$

American soldiers deployed at the Kabul airport have been shot at and were forced to return fire, killing two, said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/us-troops-shot-at-return-fire-at-kabul-airport-and-kill-armed-individuals-pentagon_3950947.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpQZpq2FU$

Another 1,000 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne — based at Fort Bragg — have been ordered to head directly to Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul instead of Kuwait to assist in evacuations https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wpde.com/news/local/another-1000-troops-from-fort-bragg-headed-to-kabul-to-assist-evacuations__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpZyqG3OQ$

State Department Sends Stranded Americans Note Saying U.S. ‘Cannot Guarantee Your Security’ En Route to Kabul Airport. The State Department has a list of roughly 5,000 Americans who have requested to leave Afghanistan and roughly half of them received the note, according to CBS.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalreview.com/news/state-department-sends-stranded-americans-note-saying-u-s-cannot-guarantee-your-security-en-route-to-kabul-airport/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpTOg7EK-$

# Other News
Progressive Critics Say Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War. “The military-industrial complex got exactly what it wanted out of this war.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/17/progressive-critics-say-investors-us-weapon-makers-only-clear-winners-afghan-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpYJM7Bgt$

# Technology
Facebook bans Taliban-related content: What you need to know. Facebook bans Taliban-related content: Less than 48 hours after the Taliban gained control of Kabul, and with it, control over most of Afghanistan, Facebook has announced that it will ban, to the extent that it can, content related to the Taliban on all its platforms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90666708/taliban-related-content-banned-from-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpbJjC5yx$

# Veterans / VA
Vets on What Americans Don’t Understand About Afghan Exit. The desperate scenes from Kabul must be “heartbreaking” for U.S. veterans of the 20-year Afghan war, well-meaning people say. That’s not the half of it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/afghan-war-veterans-on-what-americans-dont-understand-about-the-poorly-executed-us-exit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpdWATALl$

# Water
Western states face first federal water cuts. U.S. officials are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-health-environment-and-nature-climate-change-89ff76829e3a3c7ed514320e9a40df8f?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Top*news*3A&utm_campaign=ATF*Daily__;KyUr!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpQgj0gRr$

Climate change is breeding blue-green algae and costing Kansans to fix stinky water.
Algae blooms are increasingly fouling Kansas lakes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kmuw.org/2021-08-16/climate-change-is-breeding-blue-green-algae-and-costing-kansans-to-fix-stinky-water__;!!On18fmf1aQ!g8I57iltUiArgRN5g_frYx-oQahIkYjYT0QkUtj1g0sYox_-Kily6olTXbixpd6GCDnh$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-16

Voices, The Peoples News

August 16, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
While lawmakers support legislation that could further restrict how Indigenous history is taught in schools, a state agency appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott is trying to make money by attracting tourists to Indigenous historical and cultural sites. Nations once exterminated or displaced are now being asked to help bring in tourism dollars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-plan-to-lure-tourists-to-sites-where-indigenous-people-were-banished-draws-criticism/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT08hsgXDF$

U.S. Founders Demonized Indigenous People While Coopting Their Political Practices Genocide against Indigenous people is ongoing — through mass violence, cultural erasure and stolen land.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/us-founders-demonized-indigenous-people-while-coopting-their-political-practices/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0yTWXkG0$

Winona LaDuke feels that President Biden has betrayed Native Americans.
“What did we get from Joe? A pipeline shoved down our throats.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stormfieldservicesllc.com/winona-laduke-believes-president-biden-betrayed-native-americans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT06bztdtS$

‘They know it’s wrong.’ Some call on Scouts to change use of Native American culture. A century of history: The Boy Scouts ‘origin story’
has claimed ‘Native teachings and spawned several factions claiming American Indian lore https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/boy-scouts-have-been-one-of-the-worst-culprits-of-cultural-appropriation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0wBx4Mm1$

# Border / Immigration
Children held at two temporary migrant shelters in West Texas have reported mental and physical distress from overcrowding, a lack of medical attention, “inedible” food and other “shockingly deplorable conditions,” advocates said in court documents filed this week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://marfapublicradio.org/blog/children-at-west-texas-migrant-shelters-facing-unsafe-unhealthy-conditions-attorneys-say/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT04ra5Ts7$

Mexico hastens migrant expulsions with flights. Mexico has flown thousands of undocumented migrants to the south of the country, according to officials, aiming to disrupt a pattern of repeat crossings at the border https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/pressed-by-us-mexico-hastens-migrant-expulsions-with-flights-south-2021-08-15/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0xNXprIP$

# CoronaVirus
The highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading rampantly in Texas, but Gov. Greg Abbott is resisting statewide action and barring local leaders from implementing mask mandates.
*Vaccine doses reported 8,348 doses compared with the 30-day average a month ago.
An average 71,265 vaccine doses were reported each day in the last month and 45.1% of Texans are fully vaccinated.
*Hospitalizations increased by 2,525 patients compared with a week ago.
As of Aug. 14, 11,552 Texans are hospitalized for the coronavirus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2020/texas-coronavirus-cases-map/?_ga=2.178990052.1341782969.1629045512-1788891622.1623429909__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0wPa0TLh$

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Fully vaccinated Southwest flight attendant, 36, dies from COVID-19 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/vaccinated-southwest-airlines-flight-attendant-dies-covid-2021-8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT00W3TxxL$

Dr. Robert Paine III, a University of Utah pulmonologist, has an idea that might combat COVID-19 variants like the delta variant and the lambda variant — and it’s called leukine. “Because it is given as an inhaled mist, it targets the lung to alleviate respiratory failure and reduce the need for oxygen therapy. This is a key step in preventing the need for ICU care and support on a mechanical ventilator.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-treatment-may-work-against-covid-19-variants-that-evade-vaccines/ar-AANnyQu?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0_2GGvgD$

U.S. Hospitalizations Are Younger Than Ever; Dallas Schools Defy High Court Ruling on Mask Mandate https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/16/headlines/us_hospitalizations_are_younger_than_ever_dallas_schools_defy_high_court_ruling_on_mask_mandate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT062Flceo$

Virologist Thomas Friedrich and his colleagues found that Delta is more likely than other SARS-CoV-2 variants to spread through vaccinated. “The bottom line is, this can happen — it can be true that vaccinated people can spread the virus. But we do not yet know what their relative role in overall community spread is.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02187-1/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT03P2HuPL$

# Economy / Trade
Cities Want to Use Federal Rescue Funds to Pay Off Bank Debt. Activists and local progressive officials don’t want to let them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/cities-want-to-use-federal-rescue-funds-to-pay-off-bank-debt/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT01_w6BLO$

Trump’s Tax Cut Helped 82 Ultrawealthy Households Save More Than $1 Billion The millions spent on campaign donations and lobbying for the cuts are minuscule compared with the savings of the rich.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-tax-cut-helped-82-ultrawealthy-households-save-more-than-1-billion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0xaHSoSe$

Democrats’ SALT cap relief would be a gift to ultra-wealthy athletes, celebrities, and businessmen https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-salt-cap-relief-would-be-a-gift-to-ultra-wealthy-athletes-celebrities-and-businessmen__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0xvUy0GC$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Turning to foreign leaders to fix our energy crisis is a shameful solution. President Joe Biden turning to countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela for gas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/567988-turning-to-foreign-leaders-to-fix-our-energy-crisis-is-a-shameful__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0wknscRF$

Bankers eager to continue funding oil and gas. Comments from a recent energy industry conference reveal major financiers of fossil fuels view environmental and social investing concerns as a trend to “inoculate”
against.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.desmog.com/2021/08/13/hart-energy-bankers-funding-oil-gas-esg/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0zPRbfI2$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Mount Etna is 100 feet taller than it was 6 months ago. Mount Etna, Europe’s tallest and most active volcano, has erupted so much in the past six months, it has grown about 100 feet (30 meters) in height, satellite images reveal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.space.com/mount-etna-grows-100-feet__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0xetvQUm$

Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: We Can’t Rely on Private Sector for Necessary Climate Action. Private businesses will not move beyond greenwashing unless they are forced to by stringent government regulations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-and-pollin-we-cant-rely-on-private-sector-for-necessary-climate-action/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0x3CiuHo$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Food Stamp Benefits Get Biggest Bump In Program’s History. The move does not require congressional approval.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/15/biden-food-stamp-benefits-snap-504915__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT03m42804$

# Global Politics and other news
Militants seized ancient palace and demanded a ‘peaceful transfer of power’ as they moved into the capital. The new Afghan President – and he congratulates his fighters for their ‘unexpected and unique’ victory over the West https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9895247/Taliban-enter-Kabul-demand-SURRENDER-SAS-flown-evacuate-British-ambassador.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT04ahIFB4$

Americans urged to ‘shelter in place’ as Kabul airport ‘takes fire’ – reports https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/08/15/americans-told-to-take-shelter-as-taliban-move-in-on-kabul-airport/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0xCM4TpF$

Why aren’t Russia and China evacuating their staff from Kabul? Russia and China are retaining staff in their diplomatic missions in Kabul. In effect, they are preparing to deal directly with the Taliban on its home turf, while their global rivals walk away.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-aren-t-russia-and-china-evacuating-their-staff-from-kabul/ar-AANnmtq?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT05rvq6TY$

Russia Is Already Cozying Up to the Taliban as Kabul Spirals. “The Taliban made all the relevant promises to us, let’s hope they will be fulfilled,” the Russian ambassador to Kabul said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-is-already-cozying-up-to-the-taliban-as-kabul-spirals__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT00a0pKwc$

Now that the Taliban has regained power after nearly two decades in the Afghan hinterlands, the average Afghan will face a radically different government, and lifestyle, than the one they have known since the U.S.-led invasion in late 2001.
How will the Taliban rule? Have they changed?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-taliban-won-heres-what-that-could-mean/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT01jyMQLL$

Nicaraguan Police Raid Offices of La Prensa, Arrest Editor Critical of President Ortega https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/16/headlines/nicaraguan_police_raid_offices_of_la_prensa_arrest_editor_critical_of_president_ortega__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT01tEvZqC$

Kabul’s Evacuation Crisis Has People Falling from the Sky. I’m a woman journalist who has lived in Afghanistan for eight years. Now I’m helping evacuate citizens, and the horror show I’ve witnessed will stay with me for life.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/kabuls-evacuation-crisis-has-people-falling-from-the-sky__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT00eUXyBy$

# Gov / Politics
A new state law: Starting Sept. 1, most Texans will be allowed to carry handguns in public without going through training or having to get permits. The new law — set to go into effect Sept. 1 — will allow anyone
21 years or older to carry a handgun in public https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/16/texas-permitless-carry-gun-law/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0yxHfSDj$

Biden blasted for vacationing as Taliban topples Afghanistan after 20 years of American blood, sweat [and $85 billion wasted pretending to train Afghan forces] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-camp-david-afghanistan-taliban-republican-criticism__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT057V5ffy$

Even Biden’s Allies Think He Screwed Up Afghanistan. The Democratic caucus now feels that the White House “really screwed this up,”
according to a Democratic official, with anger focused on Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-joe-bidens-allies-think-he-screwed-up-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT06_wTlAv$

[Question: If Biden and Harris resign, does Pelosi accend to the Presidency?] Rep. Jeff Van Drew Calls on Biden, Harris and Pelosi to Resign Over Afghanistan.
“With this administration it is failure after failure after failure.”
Van Drew said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rep-jeff-van-drew-calls-on-biden-harris-and-pelosi-to-resign-over-afghanistan/ar-AANmaw2?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0zwVwxYa$

How Republicans are slamming Biden on Afghanistan. “It’s a very dire situation when you see the United States Embassy being evacuated. In fact you just had President Biden a few days ago saying you wouldn’t see helicopters evacuating the embassy like Saigon, and yet here we are,”
Scalise said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/567937-gop-lawmakers-blast-biden-over-afghanistan-collapse__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT08aek-wJ$

Impeach Joe Biden Calls Grow After Taliban Seize Power In Afghanistan.
“The Cabinet should immediately invoke the 25th Amendment. If they won’t do that, the Congress should move to impeach him. Him remaining as our Commander In Chief is a national security threat,” Tarkanian said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/impeach-joe-biden-calls-grow-after-taliban-seize-power-in-afghanistan/ar-AANnbRc?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT08A2128M$

Compton City Councilman charged with bribery and fraud. Isaac Galvan was recently arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit election fraud and attempted bribery.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/elections-c827fe4c7af37d7b270dda8727fbf71c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0wci4YQ4$

# Medical / Health
We Must Fight Privatization of Medicare and Medicaid to Win Single-Payer. It’s time the U.S. had a health care system that operates as a public good, free from the demands of profit-making.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-fight-privatization-of-medicare-and-medicaid-to-win-single-payer/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0z0LCygX$

# Military / DOD
DC military base went on lockdown over report of ‘armed individuals,’
troops warned to ‘prepare to fight.’ A military base in Washington, DC, was locked down for several hours Friday amid an armed intruder — and troops were warned to “prepare to fight”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/dc-military-base-on-lockdown-and-preparing-to-fight-over-potential-armed-individual/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT05dBdVju$

# Other News
The El Paso Attack Was Not Just a Mass Shooting. It Was a Genocidal Massacre.
The massacre must be viewed in the broader historical context of anti-Mexican violence in Texas and throughout the U.S. Twenty-one of the
23 killed were of Mexican origin, and eight were Mexican citizens; another eight Mexican citizens were wounded.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-el-paso-attack-was-not-just-a-mass-shooting-it-was-a-genocidal-massacre/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0xcjVKcK$

# Water
U.S. officials are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-health-environment-and-nature-climate-change-89ff76829e3a3c7ed514320e9a40df8f__;!!On18fmf1aQ!j-ALzcUlwlSMwVP02NN2CI6aoncxJQTJ4Rz9WnG0C9QuG-V36B7ORarkIneT0zEXVd0n$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-15

Voices, The Peoples News

August 15, 2021
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

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Recall: Simply Nourish Fresh Market Adult Gently Cooked frozen dog food.
There are 4 different recipes involved, and 2 different sizes https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.petful.com/recalled/simply-nourish-fresh-market-adult-frozen-dog-food/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQKSM9i0S$

# Border / Immigration
Forty percent of migrants released in Texas border city test positive for COVID-19, officials say. The city of Laredo, Texas, has refused to take in migrants who have been bused in from elsewhere on the border after discovering 40% of them tested positive for the coronavirus, according to two local government officials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://notthebee.com/article/a-whopping-fourty-percent-of-migrants-being-bused-to-and-released-in-laredo-texas-have-tested-positive-for-the-rona__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQBX9IoTc$

# Children / Youth
Torturing children legally at taxpayers’ expense: A video of a young teenager at Rotenberg strapped face down and shocked 31 times over the course of seven hours because he would not take off his jacket at this center. He was screaming for help and asking for it to stop. He was hospitalized for a month. This court decision allows this inhumane approach to continue. There is even talk about using aversive conditioning again in California and other states.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2021/08/15/Other-Voices-Torturing-children-legally-at-taxpayers-expense/stories/202108150017__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQFoNB-mn$

# CoronaVirus
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky admitted during a press briefing last week that her claim that over 99% of covid patients dying in hospitals were unvaccinated was false. The claim, which was also echoed by Anthony Fauci, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and other top officials, was shown to be a lie by the CDC’s own data https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=62442__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQMDmL5pO$

First Case Of The Lambda Covid Variant Reported In Los Angeles, But It’s Not Yet Much Of A Match For Delta. “We’ve only seen one Lambda variant among tests sequenced in our labs, and this was a sample from June.” The fact that Lambda was sequenced in June and has not been found since would seem to indicate it’s not spreading rapidly, if at all https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://deadline.com/2021/08/first-case-of-lambda-variant-in-los-angeles-1234814899/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQEQYwhUn$

Refuse to get a vaccine? You might be hit with expensive medical bills, employer mandates https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/refuse-to-get-a-vaccine-you-might-be-hit-with-expensive-medical-bills-employer-mandates/ar-AANjhzM?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQCkjF7EG$

There will be one economy for the vaccinated and another for everyone else https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/there-will-be-one-economy-for-the-vaccinated-and-another-for-everyone-else/ar-AANjwXt?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQNqij98w$

Why War On Unvaccinated Is So Dangerous For Everyone: Ah, yes. An emergency authorized vaccine for a virus that is insanely survivable for healthy people is the exact same as the moral argument against walking in butt naked to a store. It’s also okay that half of America starves based on this premise.” Are the Unvaxxed the New “Jews”?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/08/why-war-on-unvaccinated-is-so-dangerous-for-everyone.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed*3A*naturalblaze**A28Natural*Blaze*29__;JSsrJSsl!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQP7k2NY3$

At least 27 fully vaccinated people onboard a Carnival cruise ship test positive for COVID-19 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/carnival-cruise-27-vaccinated-guests-tested-positive-covid-19-2021-8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQAFbRaTF$

America Is Getting Unvaccinated People All Wrong. They’re not all anti-vaxxers, and treating them as such is making things worse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/07/unvaccinated-different-anti-vax/619523/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQBfpxqpr$

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a stern warning about the delta variant of the coronavirus: “Acknowledge the war has changed.” Now, it says even vaccinated people are able to readily spread the virus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/cdc-warns-internal-document-war-has-changed-coronavirus-n1275478__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQNeZQNkA$

Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others. In a dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/science-health-coronavirus-pandemic-d9504519a8ae081f785ca012b5ef84d1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQJXb4i1L$

PhDs the most vaccine-hesitant group of all –A new study from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh in the US revealed that the most educated people were the least likely to get vaccinated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://freewestmedia.com/2021/08/12/phds-the-most-vaccine-hesitant-group-of-all/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQDvTv3Kz$

Steve Cox, an independent leftist candidate for California’s 39th House seat, wrote on Twitter that anyone who does not wear a mask or practices social distancing should be shot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nationalfile.com/california-leftist-running-for-congress-tweets-that-lockdown-mask-resisters-should-be-shot/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQL-nHWBW$

Delta COVID Surge in Iceland Is Very Bad News for the U.S.: A surge of COVID cases in one of the world’s best-protected countries shows that initial herd immunity predictions may have been way too optimistic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/delta-covid-surge-in-iceland-is-very-bad-news-for-the-us__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQKe3TXDs$

How BioNTech created a new delta-focused COVID vaccine in just a few weeks The beauty of mRNA vaccines is their ability to be quickly updated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90664662/how-biontech-created-a-new-delta-focused-covid-vaccine-in-just-a-few-weeks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQNNWU-cz$

What is a breakthrough infection? 6 questions answered about catching the delta variant. Here’s what you should know about getting COVID-19 even if you’re vaccinated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/what-is-a-breakthrough-infection-6-questions-answered-about-catching-covid-19-after-vaccination-164909__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQKHxW3Pl$

‘I have news for the governor’: Doctor reacts to Ron DeSantis’ Covid-19 comments https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-have-news-for-the-governor-doctor-reacts-to-ron-desantis-covid-19-comments/vi-AANk78a?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQL62g-Q4$

27 vaccinated people on board Carnival Cruise test positive for COVID-19. A Carnival cruise on which 27 people tested positive for
COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week was headed back to Galveston, Texas after stopping in Mexico.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-health-travel-caribbean-4dd34f14b6a6365f48b3375c57ba4fb4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQF2KbktE$

# Economy / Trade
These Retail Companies Are Now Requiring Vaccinations for Employees https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-08-07/list-employers-with-covid-19-vaccine-mandates__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQHm_aAsy$

# Education / Schools
Teacher hospitalized after a parent allegedly attacked him over face masks on first day of school https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kbtx.com/2021/08/14/parent-attacks-teacher-over-mask-mandate-outside-calif-school/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQKbVkLhA$

# Employment / Labor
More Workers Are Saying That Minimum-Wage Jobs Just Aren’t Worth It Anymore.
Since the pandemic hit, more people have started to question why they should accept poor working conditions and low pay https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/audio/more-workers-are-saying-that-minimum-wage-jobs-just-arent-worth-it-anymore/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=7fded735-52fc-437e-adbb-6bc5f2cdc9bc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQPG1FEl7$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Line 3 Drew Thousands of Protesters to Minnesota This Summer. Last Week, Enbridge Declared the Pipeline Almost Finished. Activists say, ‘We have to stand strong’ and a tribe has filed a new lawsuit over the rights of wild rice. But the options are running out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11082021/line-3-protests-minnesota-enbridge-pipeline-2/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQLUO2gd3$

Striking Coal Miners Are Demanding $1.1 Billion From World’s Largest Asset Firm Warrior Met coal miners are fighting to reverse concessions forced on them when BlackRock became the top shareholder.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/striking-coal-miners-are-demanding-1-1-billion-from-worlds-largest-asset-firm/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQF3lF19W$

Documents reveal how California Gov. Gavin Newsom protected PG&E after the company caused deadly fires and pleaded guilty to the felony killing of 84 people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/abc10-originals/newsom-pge-protection/103-65ca1d41-8efe-45b4-87bc-0cdecc714378__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQPSkeH5a$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth’s oceans and ice, a lead author explains what the warnings mean https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/ipcc-climate-report-profound-changes-are-underway-in-earths-oceans-and-ice-a-lead-author-explains-what-the-warnings-mean-165588__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQIP9t22Y$

Average global temperature has risen under 40 years of Neoliberalism.
Yet we continue to allow fossil fuel companies to profit off destroying the planet, says economist Robert Pollin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/average-global-temperature-has-risen-steadily-under-40-years-of-neoliberalism/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQBwPjMuD$

It’s totally our fault: Humans “unequivocally” causing global warming.
It’s our last chance to transform the economy and prevent catastrophic climate damage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/its-totally-our-fault-humans-unequivocally-causing-global-warming/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQN9nHPoR$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signalling big weather changes – study:
The Atlantic Ocean’s current system, an engine of the Northern Hemsiphere’s climate, could be weakening to such an extent that it could soon bring big changes to the world’s weather, a scientific study said on Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/atlantic-ocean-currents-weaken-signalling-big-weather-changes-study-2021-08-05/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQPX-Ar_0$

Meet the plastic-hunting ‘pirates’ of Cornwall: Plastic collected by the litter-picking seafarers is melted down to make sea kayaks. These are then used to go and collect more rubbish.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://brightonnewstoday.com/meet-the-plastic-hunting-pirates-of-cornwall-constructive-information/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQJcbburw$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Trade policies have environmental implications: US–China trade relations have implications for global nitrogen and phosphorus surpluses, and increasing blue water demand. The case shows that trade policy analysis needs to integrate environmental considerations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00342-5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQLmsAnRU$

Global food supplies will suffer as temperatures rise – climate crisis report https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/10/global-food-supplies-will-suffer-as-temperatures-rise-climate-crisis-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQOmMgctU$

# Global Politics and other news
Are Bolsonaro’s Attacks on the Amazon and Indigenous Tribes International Crimes? A Third Court Plea Says They Are. Native groups have accused Brazil’s president of weaponizing the environment to carry out genocide and crimes against humanity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11082021/amazon-indigenous-tribes-jair-bolsonaro-international-criminal-court/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQGQoSHY6$

War between Israel and Poland likely as claims by thousands of fake holocaust survivors blocked: Poland’s president has decided to sign a bill that would set limits on the ability of Jews to recover property seized by Nazi German occupiers and retained by post-war communist rulers, drawing fury from Israel which branded the law as “anti-Semitic”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/08/14/war-between-israel-and-poland-likely-as-claims-by-thousands-of-fake-holocaust-deniers-blocked/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQOQOzQbx$

Afghan President Flees the Country as Taliban Close In. The beleaguered leader of the troubled nation left Kabul Sunday afternoon as the Taliban moved further into the capital.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-bagram-e1ed33fe0c665ee67ba132c51b8e32a5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQP6o89Ju$

How did the Taliban retake Afghanistan so fast? What’s happening now?
What we know. Taliban fighters marched into Afghanistan’s capital city, signaling a collapse of the Afghan government two decades after the U.S.
invaded the country in the “war on terror.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how-did-the-taliban-retake-afghanistan-so-fast-what-s-happening-now-what-we-know/ar-AANlw96?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQMHp-pc4$

# Gov / Politics
Teen Arrested for Alleged Role in GOP Strategist’s Sex Trade. Shortly after arresting GOP strategist Anton Lazzaro for underage sex trafficking, police say they’ve caught up with his 19-year-old associate, who now faces the same charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-arrest-teen-accused-of-helping-gop-strategists-underage-sex-trafficking__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQNdJpQil$

President Biden dug in on Saturday, defending his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan despite a rapidly deteriorating situation for the Afghan government as the Taliban continues to overtake major provinces and cities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/567894-biden-digs-in-amid-deteriorating-situation-in-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQIy93XuL$

The U.S. Census Bureau has fired the starting gun on a chaotic sprint to draw new district boundary lines in what will be at once the most transparent and the most unfettered exercise in political cartography in half a century.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/census-2020-house-elections-redistricting-cbad52d72fadac3a5688d6a0036818f4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQN0Cpmnj$

The White House is growing increasingly frustrated over the slow pace of Senate confirmations of President Biden’s nominees. Key positions in Biden’s administration remain unfilled more than seven months into his presidency, with several vacancies threatening to hamper government operations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/567732-senate-backlog-of-biden-nominees-frustrates-white-house__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQGGhi2WT$

Time’s Up Ex-Staffers Say Problems Run Deeper Than Cuomo. Revelations that the #MeToo organization consulted for Andrew Cuomo spurred open letters and furious op-eds. But former staffers say the situation is actually far more alarming.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/times-up-ex-staffers-say-problems-run-deeper-than-cuomo__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQOMUrCbm$

Tapper to Blinken: How Did Biden Get Afghanistan ‘So Wrong’? Tapper also noted that while Biden wants to avoid a “Saigon moment,” the airlift of Americans out of Kabul show we’re “already in the midst of a Saigon moment.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/jake-tapper-grills-blinken-on-afghanistan-asks-how-did-president-biden-get-this-so-wrong__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQBkxR8wL$

U.S. Embassy in Kabul to be Shuttered Within 72 Hours: Initial reports suggested a few diplomats would stay on at the embassy in the Afghan capital, but even those people will be relocated to Kabul airport for swift evacuation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-embassy-in-kabul-to-be-shuttered-within-72-hours-says-cnn__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQJkJHs_p$

# Law Enforcement
Florida Jail Faces Threat of Toxic Flooding. It Has No Evacuation Plan.
Many rural jails and prisons face serious environmental threats, but they aren’t often considered in emergency planning.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://southerlymag.org/2021/08/11/toxic-floodwaters-threatened-a-florida-jail-nearly-800-were-locked-inside/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQC7uhOhi$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
He Was a ‘Stop the Steal’ Star, His Law Firm Erased Him: In the months since Trump’s failed coup, government documents have further revealed the extent of attorney Kurt Olsen’s behind-the-scenes crusade to try to keep him in power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-pro-trump-lawyer-was-a-rising-stop-the-steal-star-his-firm-erased-him__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQDxxxKxd$

# Medical / Health
All other countries outranking the U.S. have one thing in common:
universal health care. “And we are far away from that, even with the Affordable Care Act,” he said. Wendell said the out-of-pocket costs, which he called “outrageous,” are “just too high.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/567786-former-health-insurance-executive-says-out-of-pocket-costs-are-outrageous__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQNdI1UCe$

# Military / DOD
President Biden announced on Saturday that the U.S. would send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan to assist with evacuating U.S. personnel amid a rapidly deteriorating situation as the Taliban continue to overtake major provinces and cities in the region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/567894-biden-digs-in-amid-deteriorating-situation-in-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQIy93XuL$

Four A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 354th Fighter Squadron and the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing landed on a state highway as part of Northern Strike 21, a large-scale training exercise, in Alpena, Aug. 5. This is the first time in history that the Air Force has purposely landed modern aircraft on a civilian roadway in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/08/05/watch-a-10s-use-rural-michigan-highway-as-a-runway/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQLuCLHW8$

# Military / Global
Taliban capture Afghan government’s last northern stronghold.
Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city and the government’s last northern stronghold fell to the Taliban on Saturday, multiple news outlets reported.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/567882-taliban-capture-afghan-governments-last-northern-stronghold__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQNMGaguu$

Afghan president appeals for help as Taliban close in on capital. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is calling on the international community to aid in the country’s fight against the Taliban https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/567855-afghanistan-president-appeals-for-help-as-taliban-close-in-on-capital__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQCfKDWHc$

# Other News
Massive 7.2 Earthquake Rattles Fragile Haiti. The U.S.G.S. reported a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 in western Haiti causing substantial damage. The quake was stronger than the 2010 tremor that flattened the island.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/haiti-rattled-by-massive-72-earthquake__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQESwBrPn$

Tropical Storm Expected to Hit Haiti Two Days After Quake. The newly formed storm is projected to hit Haiti just days after a devastating 7.2 earthquake.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/tropical-storm-grace-expected-to-hit-haiti-two-days-after-earthquake__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQBou-GXg$

The Memo: Fall in white population could add fuel to nativist fire. The United States is more diverse than ever, according to the latest census figures released last week. Hate crimes in the U.S. rose to their highest level in a decade during 2019, the last year for which comprehensive data is available.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/567841-the-memo-fall-in-white-population-could-add-fuel-to-nativist-fire__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQMMKbz6f$

# Social
The El Paso Attack Was Not Just a Mass Shooting. It Was a Genocidal Massacre.
The massacre must be viewed in the broader historical context of anti-Mexican violence in Texas and throughout the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-el-paso-attack-was-not-just-a-mass-shooting-it-was-a-genocidal-massacre/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQIsgCIS9$

‘An epidemic in itself’: Why billions of federal aid isn’t making it to renters, landlords during pandemic https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2021/08/15/covid-pandemic-federal-aid-renters-landlords/5552227001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQF4HC0ez$

# Water
Small towns grow desperate for water in California. Mendocino is running dry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/14/us/drought-california-water-shortage.html?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Weekend*Reader*3A&utm_campaign=Weekend*Reader*Email__;KyUrKw!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQKO_aZ2m$

A Crisis Of Water And Power On The Colorado River: As the river’s biggest reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, fall to one-third of their capacity, the dwindling flow threatens everything from crops to electricity generation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://e360.yale.edu/features/on-the-water-starved-colorado-river-drought-is-the-new-normal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQLPsye0H$

The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try.
A climate scientist spent years trying to get people to pay attention to the disaster ahead. His wife is exhausted. His older son thinks there’s no future.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/the-climate-crisis-is-worse-than-you-can-imagine-heres-what-happens-if-you-try__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kXvhZSc3SEhJ5plcBH8kB_BJfkOFT0x4j0jVw217mALbbhcoyznkHQzlJyokQMs2n5Kj$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-13

Voices, The Peoples News

August 13, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Dems Urge Feds To Provide Trauma Support Amid Native American Boarding School Project. The Interior Department’s probe into its former policy “will inevitably shed light on extremely troubling episodes in our nation’s history,” lawmakers said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/native-american-boarding-schools_n_61169ec9e4b01da700f56c2c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvozzKAeT$

# Indigenous / Global
Saving Salmon for the Bears. The Wuikinuxv Nation is conducting research to figure out how much salmon to set aside to help the bears.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/saving-salmon-for-the-bears/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvhCRhvwa$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls What Are ‘Murder Hornets’? Size, Sightings and What They Look Like. The first sighting of so-called “murder hornets” this year has been reported in Washington state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-are-murder-hornets-size-sightings-and-what-they-look-like/ar-AANi9b0?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximviMBehh-$

# Border / Immigration
The media finally comes for Team Biden’s ‘incoherent’ border plan. The numbers are staggering and nothing like we’ve seen at the U.S.-Mexico border in 20-plus years https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/567704-the-media-finally-comes-for-team-bidens-incoherent-border-plan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvnj30tQ_$

Biden’s DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the border crisis is ‘unsustainable’ and ‘we’re going to lose’ in leaked audio as crossings reach a 21-year high https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://widelyvision.com/politics/sec-mayorkas-says-border-crisis-unsustainable-and-were-going-to-lose-in-leaked-audio/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvjVbdgkO$

# Children / Youth
In a world gone crazy: Kids as Young as Four Can Now Change Gender in Scottish Schools Without Parental Consent https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/health/3466200/children-scotland-change-gender-without-parental-consent-age-four/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvkPGj9FG$

# CoronaVirus
Why Are Pfizer and Moderna Jacking Up COVID Vaccine Prices? Pfizer and Moderna have increased their COVID-19 vaccine pricing in recent EU deals, according to the Financial Times. Continued strong demand and relatively limited supply for the vaccines paved the way for these price hikes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/08/13/why-are-pfizer-and-moderna-jacking-up-covid-vaccin/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvm-cMtJc$

Tennessee GOPer Who Nearly Died of COVID Now Fighting Masks. State Rep.
David Byrd needed a liver transplant after 55 days on a ventilator. Now he’s thanking the medical professionals who saved his life by battling mask and vaccine mandates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/tennessee-republican-david-byrd-nearly-died-from-covid-now-hes-fighting-masks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvg0uxKp0$

Why the Vaccines Are Only About 50% Effective Against Delta. We need masking, distancing, booster shots—and for the public to be told the truth, Dr. Eric Topol https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-the-covid-vaccines-are-only-about-50-effective-against-the-delta-variant__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvobEJ0k7$

FDA authorizes extra vaccine doses for immunocompromised patients. The action by the Food and Drug Administration means additional shots could be available for the immunocompromised as soon as this weekend.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-fda-authorizes-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-immunocompromised-2021-08-13/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvp5p330n$

New Orleans, San Francisco to Require Vaccination Card or Negative Test for Indoor Venues https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/13/headlines/new_orleans_san_francisco_to_require_vaccination_card_or_negative_test_for_indoor_venues__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvh-S1KwJ$

School is back and thousands of students are already in quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/back-to-school-covid-outbreaks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvkECryGu$

More US cities requiring proof of vaccination to go places https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-08-13/more-us-cities-requiring-proof-of-vaccination-to-go-places__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvn_nge2i$

# Economy / Trade
Wealth Tax and IRS Funding Could Pay for Entire $3.5T Bill, Warren Writes https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/wealth-tax-and-irs-funding-could-pay-for-entire-3-5t-bill-warren-writes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvki8W5fB$

Opinion: Central bank digital currencies are coming. The US must be
prepared: Unlike bitcoin, CBDCs are issued by governments and are basically digital versions of an existing national currency. But instead of holding it in your wallet, you store it on your phone. CBDCs could become more commonplace sooner than you’d think.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/13/perspectives/central-bank-digital-currencies/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvvX9STJc$

Wealth Tax and IRS Funding Could Pay for Entire $3.5T Bill, Warren Writes. The senator writes that her tax plans could pay for the reconciliation and infrastructure plans with money to spare.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/wealth-tax-and-irs-funding-could-pay-for-entire-3-5t-bill-warren-writes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvki8W5fB$

Joe Biden has just given you a pay cut, America. Get ready for more:
Alfredo Ortiz
What Americans already know: Their living standards are declining under President Biden as inflation swamps wage gains.The Federal Reserve and Biden administration have tried to gaslight Americans by downplaying inflation and calling it transitory. Yet consumers and small businesses in the real world are feeling its full effects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/joe-biden-has-just-given-you-a-pay-cut-america-get-ready-for-more-alfredo-ortiz/ar-AANi39E?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvjwxeLTs$

3 Actions by Biden Administration Could Cost Millions of Jobs https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/02/17/3-actions-by-biden-administration-could-cost-millions-of-jobs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvjaruWjC$

# Education / Schools
Gov. Greg Abbott has banned mask mandates in schools and the state will not provide funding for remote learning. Abbott, along with Attorney General Ken Paxton, made clear this week that they plan to take school districts to court if they don’t comply with his order.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/13/texas-back-to-school-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvgbBiizt$

Money, Power, and Revenge: The Truth about Critical Race Theory https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/money-power-and-revenge-the-truth-about-critical-race-theory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvk6Veaw_$

Proud Boys Unite With Anti-Maskers to Threaten School Boards. As anti-maskers attack and even attempt to ‘overthrow’ school districts over COVID restrictions, the far-right paramilitary Proud Boys are taking up their cause.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-are-teaming-up-with-anti-maskers-to-threaten-school-boards-over-covid-mandates__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvv5AzOX3$

COVID Kills 4 Teachers in One Day in FL School District. Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis has forbidden school districts from requiring students and teachers get vaccinated or wear masks to school.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-kills-4-teachers-in-one-day-in-broward-county-school-district?ref=home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvs0S2r6C$

FDA authorizes third vaccine dose for the immunocompromised. The broadened EUAs specifically permit solid-organ transplant patients or people with other conditions “that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise” to access additional doses, the agency said in a press release.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/13/fda-authorizes-third-dose-of-pfizer-moderna-shots-for-immunocompromised-504398__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvh4nghul$

Schools become COVID-19 battleground: Schools have become the latest battleground in the fight over coronavirus safety. As the delta variant continues spreading rapidly across the country causing a new wave of infections and hospitalizations, it is sending school administrators scrambling to adjust reopening plans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/567675-schools-becomes-covid-19-battleground__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvs-EHU8m$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Oil workers slam Biden’s decisions: Everything he’s done will raise gas
prices: Liberty Oilfield Services CEO Chris Wright and third-generation oil and gas worker Brian Linn discuss Biden’s appeal to OPEC and his decisions surrounding the oil and gas industry https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/oil-workers-slam-biden-s-decisions-everything-he-s-done-will-raise-gas-prices/vi-AANhtXW?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvqltxn4Q$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Code Red: Our Human-Caused Climate Emergency Demands Immediate Action.
The 4,000-page document offers a detailed synthesis of over 14,000 scientific papers, painstakingly reviewed by 234 experts https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/un-sounds-clarion-call-over-irreversible-climate-impacts-by-humans-2021-08-09/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvou5ks–$

Climate change is making people think twice about having children. A growing number of people are reluctant to bring a child into a world that’s set to be ravaged by climate change in the coming decades https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insider-voice.com/climate-change-is-making-people-think-twice-about-having-children/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvg69bLnT$

Pelosi threatens to destroy Democrats’ infrastructure success: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to singlehandedly force through a massive
$3.5 trillion spending proposal by holding hostage a bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed the Senate this week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/pelosi-threatens-to-destroy-democrats-infrastructure-success__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvt3hbprE$

# Environment / Climate / Global
A giant caldera may be lurking underwater in the Aleutians. Four Volcanos in Aleutian Islands Are Active. Chain of Alaskan islands might really be one monster volcano https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.livescience.com/small-islands-one-big-volcano.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvkG-3D1s$

Coca-Cola biggest offender of all branded pollution on UK beaches, new report confirms. “Serial offenders including Coca-Cola—which tops the leader board year on year as the worst offender—are still not taking responsibility.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/08/13/__trashed-2/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvoL4E58h$

# Global Politics and other news
‘Why did my friend get blown up? For what?’ Afghanistan veterans horrified by Taliban gains https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-did-my-friend-get-blown-up-for-what-afghanistan-war-veterans-horrified-by-taliban-gains/ar-AANhE8k?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvkX7l2ry$

Rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan have the US military launching strikes to destroy captured artillery and armored vehicles https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/rapid-taliban-advances-afghanistan-us-162629022.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvt_lTyh_$

# Gov / Politics
Texas law enforcement was deputized Thursday to track down Texas House Democrats still missing from the chamber and bring them to the state Capitol in Austin, a process that Speaker Dade Phelan’s office said “will begin in earnest immediately.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-democrats-arrest-judges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvvstD5_Y$

Judge Seals Report on Voting Machine Vulnerability. A judge in a Georgia election security lawsuit is working to tamp down voting machine conspiracy theories. But sealing a court file could stoke the controversy even more.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-seals-report-on-voting-machine-vulnerability__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvo5GuZLU$

A tale of two chambers: Trump’s power holds in House, wanes in Senate.
The infrastructure debate dominating Capitol Hill this summer is highlighting the sharp contrast between the chambers when it comes to the influence of former President Trump over the GOP.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/567651-a-tale-of-two-chambers-trumps-power-holds-in-house-wanes-in-senate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvlzGQeW0$

Debates on vaccine, mask mandates permeate Virginia governor’s race. The nationwide debate over vaccine and mask mandates is infiltrating the upcoming statewide elections in Virginia as coronavirus cases in the commonwealth tick upward.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/567665-debates-on-vaccine-mask-mandates-permeate-virginia-governors-race__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvlXsSlx4$

AG Jeffrey Rosen’s Senate testimony on Trump pressure leaked. All the Whitehouse people with knowledge of the overthrow plan and details, asses are hanging out as co-conspirators.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/566879-former-acting-ag-testifies-on-trump-efforts-to-undermine-election__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvm_v7isM$

Moderates Threaten Stalemate Over Budget Vote and Infrastructure: To assuage liberals, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has promised that she will not bring the infrastructure bill to a vote in the House until the Senate passes a more expansive social policy bill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thepinkreportnews.com/2021/08/13/moderates-threaten-stalemate-over-budget-vote-and-infrastructure/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvnw0Sld5$

9 Moderate Democrats Threaten to Tank Entire Biden Presidency: The demand of the letter is that the House votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill before it votes on the budget. Why are the nine Democrats so insistent on this order when the party’s leadership wants to pass both bills?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/9-moderate-democrats-threaten-to-tank-entire-biden-presidency/ar-AANhOMY?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvrPudw_M$

Man Sent Racist Death Threat Signed as ‘KKK’ to Maxine Waters: Defendant released at first court appearance https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/08/12/san-francisco-feds-charge-man-with-sending-racist-death-threat-to-rep-maxine-waters-signed-kkk/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvk1xcv13$

The U.S. defeat in Afghanistan is worse than the Soviet failure…how has this happened? As the US completes its retreat from its longest war, its enemy is on the march.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56715.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximviA2SRy-$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Ohio Leaders Demand Reform After Black Woman Jailed, White Woman Gets Probation for Stealing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ohio-leaders-demand-reform-after-black-woman-jailed-white-woman-gets-probation-for-stealing/ar-AANfKyX?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvq-yotkl$

Another Trump business faces possible investigation: Trump in financial and political danger as company faces possible criminal charges. New York prosecutors may soon bring indictment against Trump Organization tied to perks for top executives https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/28/donald-trump-organization-new-york-criminal-charges__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvgbWXBUI$

# Media
A Day in the Death of British Justice. For those who may have forgotten, WikiLeaks, of which Assange is founder and publisher, exposed the secrets and lies that led to the invasion of Iraq, Syria and Yemen https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newagebd.net/article/146264/a-day-in-the-death-of-british-justice__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvn_mi6ww$

Worrying Turn in Assange Case. The U.S. victory in court on Wednesday makes the prospects for Julian Assange at October’s appeal hearing murky at best.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://consortiumnews.com/2021/08/12/letter-from-london-worrying-turn-in-assange-case/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvrIMf_me$

U.S. Presses Effort to Secure Julian Assange’s Extradition From U.K.
Judge widens grounds for appealing lower court’s refusal to extradite WikiLeaks founder https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-presses-effort-to-secure-julian-assanges-extradition-from-u-k-11628692743__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvtyDiVME$

UK judge refuses US extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/julian-assange-uk-refuses-us-extradition-5b148b0b6b9f72a20eedad4218e8227a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvoE6zI2V$

# Military / DOD
Pentagon to send three infantry battalions to Afghanistan to help evacuate US diplomats https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-us-troops-embassy-kabul-355c48ec08fb7eb75e1e279e99c3dabf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvuy2S1cM$

U.S. Begins Evacuating Afghanistan Embassy Staff as Taliban Seize Kandahar and Herat https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/13/headlines/us_begins_evacuating_afghanistan_embassy_staff_as_taliban_seize_kandahar_and_herat__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvof7YnY6$

# Murmurs of war
‘Close to the danger zone’: Security experts warn about increasing possibility of war over Taiwan. Mounting tensions follow increasing reunification rhetoric from Beijing, which considers Taiwan to be a breakaway province that should be reunited, possibly by force.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/topic/u.s.army/close-to-the-danger-zone-security-experts-warn-about-increasing-possibility-of/a-4szaz2DXR4iColMjZdAxvw*3Aa*3A22032215-b0fd821043*2Fstripes.com__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvm_0YADB$

# Other News
Bodies of six men found hanging from a bridge in Mexico: Zacatecas, the capital of the same name, has been plagued by violence in recent months as the Sinaloa Cartel and its biggest rival, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, vie for control of major transportation routes. In July, 11 bodies were found hanging under a bridge in Zacatecas, some with a threatening message. Some bodies have been dumped in the municipalities of Fresnillo and Valparaiso, and crime rates have skyrocketed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://texasnewstoday.com/the-bodies-of-six-men-found-hanging-from-a-mexican-bridge/411832/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvq2imRhg$

# Social
2020 census data: The results of the 2020 census showed that Texas’
explosive growth over the past decade was again powered by people of color. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/12/texas-2020-census/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvpg1Sn1m$

How new census data may shift the balance of power in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-2020-census-affects-washingtons-balance-of-power__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximviBUQpwI$

U.S. Supreme Court lifts New York’s pandemic-related eviction ban: High court, over liberal dissent, says some state protections deprived landlords of due process https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-lifts-part-of-new-yorks-eviction-moratorium-11628818541__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvvjBqSCM$

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday rejected a request from a group of landlords to block the Biden administration’s renewed eviction moratorium.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/567753-federal-judge-rejects-effort-to-block-eviction-moratorium__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvmnnrWVI$

Black Contractor Discovers Noose in Yard of Asian-American Homeowner.
Police in St. Louis are investigating after a Black contractor found a noose at the renovation site of a Benton Park home owned by an Asian American woman.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/crime-st-louis-9c042b50f0240d15691f59f685a69216__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvpdE-yQN$

# Things / Stuff / Whatever
One Great Shot: A Constellation of Moons. A search for a secret cove leads to an unforgettable jellyfish encounter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/one-great-shot-a-constellation-of-moons/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hsCaZN7bglGVQ1JuLN5OQejoGbbKBoUh1zJYHpkEE4ix6sfz9bE3YaWq1ximvkBnUhkF$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-12

Voices, The Peoples News

August 12, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous / Global
Indigenous Brazilians fear surge in violence as ‘land-grab bill’ nears passage. Brazil’s lower house of Congress has approved a controversial bill that could help legalize claims by land grabbers occupying public forests.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/indigenous-brazilians-fear-surge-in-violence-as-land-grab-bill-nears-passage/*:*:text=The*20roughly*20800*20Indigenous*20territories,their*20ancestral*20lands*2C*20activists*20say__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NqCK9-qU$ .

# Archaeology
Black History: Workers Accidentally Unearthed A Sight That Had Them Calling For Backup. New York City Construction workers can handle job site chaos. But construction workers in Queens got something they weren’t bargaining for on the job site that blew all their previous obstacles away.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://social.entrepreneur.com/s/construction-preserved-discovery?as=6dap23848885986110530&utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=6dap23848885986110530&utm_medium=z020409&fbclid=IwAR2W8WIRpsNGGjI9YteB6fFkFhMDCjgtJMZOTXh811VryGS9thHqn9CbkwY&bdk=0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NnMvj2XF$

Remains found in 1,000-year-old lavish burial in Finland may be of nonbinary warrior The macho Viking myth is being challenged by a Medieval warrior with XXY chromosomes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/remains-found-in-1000-year-old-lavish-burial-in-finland-may-be-of-nonbinary-warrior/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nlfn28ku$

# Border / Immigration
More than 40 Texas facilities that house unaccompanied migrant children on behalf of the federal government will operate without state licenses next month, worrying advocates about the quality of care the minors will receive and putting President Joe Biden’s administration in a position to possibly violate the law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/10/texas-child-migrant-facilities-licenses/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nu-pliL6$

EPA warns an immigrant detention center to stop cleaning microwaves with pesticides People detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center constantly use the facility’s microwaves to make meals. The chemicals used to clean them are giving people nosebleeds, skin rashes, and difficulty breathing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/ice-processing-detention-center-immigration-tacoma-pesticides-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NhrkfCpY$

U.S. Flying Migrants to Southern Mexico; Mexico Then Shuttling Them to Guatemalan Border https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/ae9ab25223422a6dc3eb38e5312b3e29-US-flying-migrants-to-Southern-Mexico-Mexico-then-shuttling-them-to-Guatemalan-border__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nv4-uyGO$

DHS dropped 40,000 COVID infected migrants in US cities: Ex-border chief https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/dhs-dropped-40-000-covid-infected-migrants-in-us-cities-ex-border-chief__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NhBZJyHv$

# CoronaVirus
Front-line workers warn of significant uptick in pediatric COVID patients https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/front-line-workers-warn-significant-increase-pediatric-covid/story?id=79398140__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NqFO0SMz$

What it feels like to get Covid-19 after being vaccinated. Breakthrough infections refer to positive tests for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in people who were fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/2021/8/11/22611272/what-breakthrough-covid-19-feels-like__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NvXGjdb8$

This COVID-19 vaccine might stop the delta variant better than others. A new study has raised concerns about how well the Moderna and Pfizer
COVID-19 vaccines really work against the delta variant, worrying high-level officials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/this-covid-19-vaccine-might-stop-the-delta-variant-better-than-others/ar-AANdT6R?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Np5rmJFS$

Delta variant is creating fresh uncertainty.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02054-z__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NuWiMzzJ$

Texas’ GOP governor is now asking for out-of-state help for COVID surge after banning mask mandates. exas Governor Greg Abbott refuses to enact mitigation measures as ICUs fill up across the state https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/11/texas-mask-mandates-covid-19/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nkvj09r0$

Do you need a Covid booster shot? We’re still figuring that out. Debate continues about if and when additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccines may be needed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/covid-19-booster__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NhYlCWbs$

Tokyo Virus Situation Is Out of Control, Panel Expert Says. “The infection is spreading at a pace not seen before and the number of new cases is increasing rapidly,” Dr Norio Omagari said at a Thursday (Aug
12) panel meeting with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. “It’s impossible to control the situation.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tokyo-coronavirus-situation-is-out-of-control-panel-expert-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nge8XdK6$

Pfizer’s vaccine efficacy dropped to 42% while Moderna’s was at 76% when the Delta variant became the dominant strain, study says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/pfizers-vaccine-efficacy-dropped-42-105945416.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NlbFtLF-$

Doctor: Being called a ‘traitor’ for advocating for masks at school board meeting ‘mind blowing’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567506-doctor-being-called-a-traitor-for-advocating-for-masks-at-school-board__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nla74D22$

European regulator looking at possible side effects of COVID vaccines.
Erythema multiforme, a form of allergic skin reaction, and glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome, disorders related to kidneys, are being studied by the safety committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), according to the regulator.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/eu-regulator-investigates-possible-new-side-effects-of-mrna-covidvaccines-40741910.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nnt5I79C$

Here’s why herd immunity from Covid is ‘mythical’ with the delta variant. Achieving herd immunity with Covid vaccines when the highly infectious delta variant is spreading is “not a possibility,” a leading epidemiologist said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/12/herd-immunity-is-mythical-with-the-covid-delta-variant-experts-say.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NoZb2-5n$

“On a crash course”: Texas hospitals brace for another COVID-19 surge as delta variant burns through unvaccinated communities. Hospital officials worry that “staggering and frightening” hospitalization rates will push facilities to capacity at a time when staffing is short and workers are exhausted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/29/texas-covid-19-hospitals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NpHAktGj$

A Texas mask rebellion: A growing force of local government officials are mandating mask-wearing — and defying Gov. Greg Abbott — in bids to slow the spread of COVID-19 as the highly contagious delta variant threatens to overflow hospitals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/11/texas-mask-mandates-covid-19-greg-abbott/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NplhFvyC$

TX Guv Threatens to Drag Mask-Mandating Schools to Court. His order banning mask mandates in school has been roundly ignored.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/11/texas-mask-mandates-covid-19-greg-abbott/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NplhFvyC$

Rand Paul Failed to Disclose Wife’s Stock in COVID Med Maker. Sen. Paul filed the required disclosure 16 months after the deadline had passed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-rand-paul-failed-to-disclose-that-wife-bought-stock-in-coronavirus-treatment-maker__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NgtvZUnR$

Trump Keeps Rejecting Pleas From Allies for Pro-Vax Campaign. Donald Trump’s former allies keep pleading with him to aggressively back the
COVID-19 vaccine. Trump won’t do it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-keeps-rejecting-pleas-from-allies-for-pro-vax-campaign__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nnni2x2t$

In-School Vaccine Clinics Could Be Right’s Next Vaxx Fight: “To those folks that are making poor decisions: Don’t be the reason why schools close. Don’t be the reason students don’t have a season,” said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/pop-up-vaccine-clinics-in-schools-could-be-rights-next-vaccine-battlefield__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NsqqO9XJ$

Mississippi Wants Hospital Ship With ICUs Days From Collapse. One hospital dean warned that the state’s hospital system could fall from weight of COVID cases within five days.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/mississippi-asks-for-military-hospital-ship-with-icus-days-from-collapse-from-covid-cases__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Ntq9qBLi$

Inside a San Antonio Hospital, Children Battle for Breath https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/inside-a-san-antonio-hospital-children-battle-for-breath/ar-AANfSiG?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NqqTvwnt$

Don’t Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Issue Than You’ve Been Told https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/21/1018872469/worried-about-breakthrough-covid-cases-heres-what-to-know__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NnkK3JbT$

# Economy / Trade
Social Security cost of living adjustment could be largest in nearly 4 decades. The problem, however, is that in recent years, COLAs have been notoriously stingy. In 2021, seniors got a 1.3% raise. The year before, their benefits were bumped up by 1.6%. In fact, since 2010, the largest annual raise seniors got was a 3.6% boost in 2012. But in both 2011 and 2016, seniors got no COLA at all.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fool.com/retirement/2021/07/18/seniors-on-social-security-could-be-in-line-for-th/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NstyIeEW$

Large Social Security COLA may spark debate about appropriate index.
This fall, Social Security is likely to announce a 6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2022. Such a large COLA — the biggest in 40 years (see Figure 1 below) — is likely to reignite the debate over whether the government is using the most appropriate index to adjust Social Security benefits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marketwatch.com/story/large-social-security-cola-may-spark-debate-about-appropriate-index-11628707133__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NhOU1E34$

# Education / Schools
Atlanta Elementary School Segregated Second-Graders by Race. Sharyn Briscoe, the principal of Mary Lin Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia, only allowed the school’s 13 black second-grade students to be assigned to two classes, whereas the white students were allowed to be assigned to any of the school’s six second-grade classes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalreview.com/news/atlanta-elementary-school-segregated-second-graders-by-race-parents-say/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NmpkwvsM$

Largest Teachers’ Union Backs Vaxx Mandate as Chaos Spirals. With the number of infected and quarantined kids already out of control in some states, previously recalcitrant unions are inching toward the science.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/southern-schools-are-in-chaos-but-the-nations-largest-teachers-union-just-backed-a-vaccine-mandate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nkd1Y6HX$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals ND pipeline company to pay millions in fines for largest-ever inland spill. Pipeline Rupture Caused 29 Million Gallon Spill Over 143 Days Before Discovery https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.devilslakejournal.com/story/news/2021/08/11/nd-pipeline-company-pay-millions-fines-for-largest-ever-inland-spill/5537505001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NukBnWE2$

White House Asks OPEC to Pump More Oil: U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday urged OPEC and its allies to boost oil output to tackle rising gasoline prices that they see as a threat to the global economic recovery.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-call-opec-its-allies-increase-oil-production-cnbc-2021-08-11/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nn19iupY$

‘Pathetic’: U.S. energy supporters blast Biden administration’s OPEC request https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/In-The-News/In-The-News/Article/-Pathetic-U-S-energy-supporters-blast-Biden-administration-s-OPEC-request/2/20/70645__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NppU-S5B$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Water on Chesapeake Bay military bases contains toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’
Experts say contamination presents ‘extremely troubling’ health threat in America’s largest estuary.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/11/chesapeake-bay-military-bases-contaminated__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nu8jqLs1$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Mexico devises revolutionary method to reverse semiarid land degradation. Land degradation is impacting farmlands worldwide, affecting almost 40% of the world’s population.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/mexico-devises-revolutionary-method-to-reverse-semiarid-land-degradation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nj_x7wJU$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
A Massive Recall of Frozen Chicken Products Has Just Been Announced https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/08/food-poisoning-outbreak-prompts-frozen-chicken-recall/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NqfnEJKL$

# Global Politics and other news
Top U.K. Cop Warns Prince Andrew: No One’s Above the Law. Britain’s most senior police officer warned “no one is above the law” as she revealed that detectives will review sex allegations against the Duke of York https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-andrew-no-one-is-above-the-law-warns-police-chief-as-case-is-reviewed-w92m95htw__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NhZIRdwq$

A Scottish judge just resurrected an effort to investigate Trump for money laundering https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/a-scottish-judge-just-resurrected-an-effort-to-investigate-donald-trump-for-money-laundering/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NtUtYDB-$

# Gov / Politics
As Taliban closes in on Kabul, pressure builds for US to continue airstrikes in Afghanistan beyond Aug. 31 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-closes-kabul-pressure-builds-110600946.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NpN61A-r$

John Roberts and the Supreme Court might block anything Democrats do on voting rights. A key piece of congressional Democrats’ voting rights push faces not only a near-impossible odds of becoming law, but also a daunting court battle in front of a conservative judiciary if it does.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/11/politics/congress-democrats-john-lewis-voting-rights-supreme-court/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nmuqq2L3$

U.S. officials in Washington are increasingly concerned about the probabilities of Russia and China teaming up to undermine U.S. security interests in Eurasia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-u-s-needs-to-stop-bringing-russia-and-china-closer-together-opinion/ar-AANeQ1T?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Niascru0$

The global coronavirus pandemic has done little to stop adversaries, especially China, from targeting the United States and making gains at the country’s expense, according to a newly unveiled U.S. intelligence assessment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-intelligence-warns-china-russia-determined-erode-washingtons-influence__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nj8TdyxF$

Nearly a dozen new state laws shift power over elections to partisan entities. In addition to their nationwide efforts to limit access to the ballot, Republican lawmakers in some states are moving to gain greater control over the local mechanics of elections, from voter registration all the way to certifying results.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-politics-legislature-local-elections-bills-73b331234cec8c966bb2308f6ed1696e__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NlqUTycT$

The Ever Given incident is a warning about what Russia and China are capable of, top Democrat warns. The container ship Ever Given getting caught within the Suez Canal in March was a billion-dollar demonstration of an missed safety menace, a top Democrat in Congress says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pehalnews.in/the-ever-given-incident-is-a-warning-about-what-russia-and-china-are-capable-of-top-democrat-warns/982925/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nsx1mHRi$

Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday pushed forward sweeping legislation on political campaigns and elections they argued would expand access to voting, even as Republican-controlled states rushed to impose new restrictions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/us-senate-democrats-aim-expand-voting-republicans-seek-rein-it-2021-05-11/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NoRSoe9N$

Will Biden’s Agenda Survive the Senate Finance Committee? Testing Ron Wyden’s willingness to challenge the rich and powerful https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/infrastructure-summer-will-bidens-agenda-survive-senate-finance-committee/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NhTdPpNY$

Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Protect Voting Rights. As Republicans pass state-level restrictions and prepare to gerrymander, national legislation is stalled.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/democrats-are-running-out-of-time-to-protect-voting-rights/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NqYOjeAS$

GOP Strategist Arrested for Underage Sex Trafficking. The feds just arrested wealthy Republican strategist and occasional Fox News guest Anton Lazzaro on five counts of underage sex trafficking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-strategist-anton-lazzaro-arrested-for-underage-sex-trafficking?source=articles&via=rss__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NlKNHrr9$

# Law Enforcement
Some Missouri police cut ties with ATF as feds assess impact of new gun law https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/mo-state-wire-michael-brown-laws-gun-politics-police-0b82a41e6fe4fb5b5382cba420f686fd__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NqSTuTWC$

Police Arrest Mother Of Men Charged With Killing Chicago Cop Ella French. Mother of brothers charged in murder of Chicago police officer arrested after scuffle at hospital while trying to see son https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/11/22619533/mother-man-charged-with-murdering-cpd-officer-arrested-while-trying-push-through-officers-visit-him__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NgQTjzcl$

Minnesota Supreme Court refuses to review judge’s order to hire 730 more Minneapolis police officers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/us/minnesota-supreme-court-refuses-review-order-hire-minneapolis-police-officers__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NvDWZcdq$

‘Warrior mindset’ police training proliferated. Then, high-profile deaths put it under scrutiny. Police are paying firms that preach extreme vigilance and deadly force.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thetrace.org/2020/06/warrior-cop-mentality-police-industry/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NmUXnmkX$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
A former US attorney told congressional investigators he abruptly resigned in January because Trump was about to fire him for not backing election-fraud claims https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/567494-former-us-attorney-in-atlanta-says-abrupt-resignation-stemmed-from__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NkMK5_iA$

Judge OKs Dominion Suits Against Giuliani, Powell & Lindell. The trio of Trump allies had filed a motion to dismiss the $1.3 billion defamation suits against them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/567468-judge-denies-trump-ally-sidney-powells-request-to-dismiss-dominion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nph09n8D$

Britney Spears Conservatorship Judge Receives Death Threats. Los Angeles sheriffs are reportedly monitoring threats and racist insults against Judge Brenda Penny, who recently declined to immediately suspend Jamie Spears as conservator.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tmz.com/2021/08/12/britney-spears-judge-brenda-penny-conservatorship-judge-death-threats/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NkS7CJ1n$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Survey: Many Patients with Spine-Related Pain Turning to CBD https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ijssurgery.com/content/early/2021/07/20/8087__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nnqqhk7a$

# Media
Rachel Maddow Seriously Considers Leaving MSNBC: As her contract draws to a close, sources told The Daily Beast, the MSNBC icon has been weighing taking her brand elsewhere.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/rachel-maddow-considers-leaving-msnbc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NqAfJz1K$

# Medical / Health
Big Pharma Makes Historic Earnings by Increasing Drug Prices During a Pandemic Those companies posted $1.1, $1.2, $2.9, and a whopping $6.3 billion in net earnings, respectively.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/big-pharma-makes-historic-earnings-by-increasing-drug-prices-during-a-pandemic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NkyXQepz$

National Academies’ Report Took Pharma-Friendly Stance After Millions in Gifts From Drugmakers. It advised against an effort to recoup millions for the discarded drugs. It concluded that Medicare should stop tracking the cost of the drug waste altogether.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210812/National-academiese28099-report-took-pharma-friendly-stance-after-millions-in-gifts-from-drugmakers.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NvKSF2NW$

Biden calls on Congress to act on ‘outrageously’ high drug prices. There were some doubts earlier this year about President Biden’s commitment to lowering drug prices, but he gave the issue a new jolt of attention in a speech on Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/567616-biden-calls-on-congress-to-act-on-outrageously-high-drug-prices__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Njhbhd8C$

# Military / DOD
Taking on Russia and China means US Special Operations Command is rethinking how it fights the propaganda war https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/rethinking-army-special-operation-forces-department-state-partnership-europe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NlRivHdI$

U.S. Sending ‘1,000s’ of Troops to Evac Diplomats in Kabul. With the Afghan capital at risk of a Taliban takeover within weeks, the U.S State Department has announced a major civilian evacuation operation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/america-is-sending-thousands-of-troops-to-evacuate-embassy-staff-in-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NssYGVrx$

# Military / Global
Taliban fighters capture 10th Afghan provincial capital after days of sweeping gains https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/us-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal/taliban-take-10th-afghan-provincial-capital-squeezing-kabul__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nv7zArYr$

# Social
Having a job isn’t enough to avoid pandemic rental debt: “It’s a revolving question, like, Who are we going to pay today so that we can make it another day?” Millions of people in the US are carrying rental debt and facing the prospect of eviction when the moratorium ends, even though they have jobs https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/rental-debt-evictions-employment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0Nlln3mFV$

The growth in the American population over the last decade was driven entirely by minority communities. According to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of white Americans declined for the first time since the nation’s founding.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567605-census-shows-us-growth-driven-by-minorities-white-pop-falls-under-60__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NpMTgM0q$

# Technology
Report links ransomware gangs to Russian intelligence. Russian intelligence services worked with prominent ransomware gangs to compromise U.S. government and government-affiliated organizations, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Analyst1.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ransomware-gang-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kjGZOAPG6IXLjmc9bEPIMCBRAkySsuugYCc3s8R62bqEIqMCReAGLanqAII0NloSXZqD$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-11

Voices, The Peoples News

August 11, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous / Global
First Nations communities disproportionately threatened by wildfires:
More than four million people in Canada live near forests that are at increased risk of burning due to the climate crisis https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/wildfires-first-nations-forests-2021-study/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnkfwPoUn$

# Border / Immigration
Canadian minister talks border with US counterpart in DC. Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit this week while the U.S. is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/canada-health-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-60066e878564af717e24d57813afdab0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnhQBZJwP$

Biden Admin Is Reportedly Flying Migrants To A West Texas Town Before Releasing Them. The Biden administration is reportedly flying migrants to Abilene, Texas, before releasing them to board other flights with destinations around the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tampafp.com/biden-admin-is-reportedly-flying-migrants-to-a-west-texas-town-before-releasing-them/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnvgauDJv$

# CoronaVirus
The developer of the AstraZeneca shot says the Delta variant has made herd immunity impossible because vaccinated people can still transmit the virus. Even with vaccination efforts in full force, the theoretical threshold for vanquishing COVID-19 looks to be out of reach.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00728-2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTniKpIelX$

5 Ways Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine Could Cost You Money: The COVID-19 vaccine is free, but refusing to get it may affect your finances. Here are five ways being unvaccinated could potentially cost you:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/04/vaccine-refusal-hesitancy-economic-costs/618528/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnvW2K4Bf$

EU drugs regulator looking at new possible side-effects related to mRNA
COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer PFE.N and Moderna MRNA.O following a number of cases.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/eu-drugs-regulator-looking-at-new-possible-side-effects-of-mrna-vaccines-2021-08-11__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnkKmhLVc$

Experts reveal why you’re still getting COVID-19 even if you’re vaccinated You can get COVID-19 if you’re vaccinated. There’s a reason why https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.deseret.com/coronavirus/2021/8/11/22618214/why-you-got-covid-fully-vaccinated__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnvhQbs82$

A COVID-19 vaccine that’s nasally administered — rather than shot into the arm — could provide heightened upper respiratory protection.
Intramuscular injections are still a “spectacular” line of defense, Stat writes, but they do not provide the “sterilizing immunity” needed to block all infection in nasal passages https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-potential-benefits-of-an-intranasal-covid-vaccine/ar-AANagLV?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnngOFVCs$

“I am frightened by what is coming:” Texas hospitals could soon be overwhelmed by COVID-19 caseload, officials say https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/10/texas-hospitals-crisis-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnjiu7xY2$

Via The Dallas Morning News: “As the number of COVID-19 delta cases swells, only two pediatric ICU beds — out of 285 total — were available Tuesday in the 19-county North Texas area.” https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/37wdTiN__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnk6-wQtF$

Moderna is better than Pfizer against the Delta variant. Fully vaccinated people can still get infected with SARS-CoV-2, but their risk of hospitalization and death is very low.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/moderna-is-better-than-pfizer-against-the-delta-variant/?goal=0_3b5aad2288-3571584e21-242676673__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnowd5bMD$

# Economy / Trade
3 Reasons Why Social Security Is Failing Seniors: It’s possible to earn more than you may think from Social Security.
1. Cost-of-living adjustments have been stingy 2. Medicare premiums keep wiping out raises 3. The thresholds for taxes on benefits haven’t been adjusted for inflation or wage growth

Key Points
Social Security benefits are only designed to replace around 40% of your income.
Factors like your marital status and the type of retirement account you’re using can affect your benefit amount.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fool.com/retirement/2021/08/11/3-social-security-secrets-to-boost-your-benefits/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTniGhs3Hp$

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Bipartisan Bill Boosts Corporate Giants: In broadband and other areas, the corporate dominance that has been an impediment to progress emerges unscathed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/infrastructure-summer-bipartisan-bill-boosts-corporate-giants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnu3IXqk5$

Ron Johnson Got Tax Cuts for His Wealthy Donors: A ProPublica report outlined $215 million in tax deductions for his Wisconsin donors in 2018.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-johnson-pushed-for-tax-breaks-that-helped-his-wealthy-donors-report-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnk9hjbcK$

Trump Accountants Must Hand Over Tax Records to House: The subpoena had sought records dating back to 2011, but the federal judge limited the transactions to those since 2018.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/11/trump-taxes-house-subpoeana-503800__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnuowAcH4$

# Education / Schools
Virginia teacher resigns at school board meeting, denounces ‘highly politicized agendas’: “School board, I quit,” she said. Choking up, she
added: “I quit your policies, I quit your training, and I quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly-politicized agendas to our most vulnerable constituents – children.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/virginia-teacher-resigns-at-school-board-meeting-denounces-highly-politicized-agendas/ar-AANaX8X?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnhqClBw0$

Douglas Murray: Teacher who resigned over critical race theory ‘should be applauded https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/douglas-murray-teacher-who-resigned-over-critical-race-theory-should-be-applauded/vi-AANcbbe?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnmNrn7zR$

Louisiana Attorney General Fights School Mask Mandate as COVID Spikes Among Kids. Students are going back to school in Louisiana as cases among children rise faster than any other state in the nation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/louisiana-attorney-general-fights-school-mask-mandate-as-covid-spikes-among-kids/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnhdepnLJ$

Senate Passes Amendment to Defund Critical Race Theory. It passed in a
50-49 vote.
The amendment would allow the chairman of the budget committee to prohibit or limit federal funding from being used “to promote critical race theory or compel teachers or students to affirm critical race theory in prekindergarten programs, elementary schools, and secondary schools.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/senate-democrats-show-their-support-for-critical-race-theory__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnjtAt91v$

California on Wednesday became the first state to require all teachers and staff in every school district be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular testing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/health-education-california-coronavirus-pandemic-7699f4496101d261ac94ed22e7544417__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnuRZLYH8$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Oil dispersants used in BP disaster must undergo EPA health, safety review, judge rules. Environmental groups sued over concerns about harm to people and wildlife.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_d482f5c2-f9ef-11eb-ad2e-97deff178781.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnh6QXPMq$

Biden administration sounds alarm on rising energy prices. The joint actions Wednesday come as the Biden administration is increasingly sensitive to rising prices across the economy as it faces both political and policy pressure from inflation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-prices-c56b5ffcef37223caaec19e3b3428392__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTntp_vDXi$

Police Arrest 10 People as Mountain Valley Pipeline Protests Top 932 Days. The pipeline’s construction is several billion dollars over budget and still missing important water-crossing permits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/police-arrest-10-people-as-mountain-valley-pipeline-protests-top-932-days/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnsnPC_qj$

Fossil Fuel Companies Turn to “Green” Pipelines to Qualify for New Subsidies With emission cuts on the horizon, the fossil fuel industry is working hard to stay in business.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/fossil-fuel-companies-turn-to-green-pipelines-to-qualify-for-new-subsidies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTntsRA6eM$

President Biden’s decisions to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and to slow-walk new drilling permits on federal lands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/07/13/1015581092/biden-promised-to-end-new-drilling-on-federal-land-but-approvals-are-up__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTngGRY0zr$

A coming decline: Europe, the United States and China are all separately trying to wean themselves off fossil fuels, which threatens to fracture OPEC, a union that currently controls 80 percent of the world oil market https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/peak-opec-climate-focused-production-shift-pile-pressure-pact-2021-08-11/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41401__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnsFykVmk$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGdVnfPP0v8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnnj38yFu$

The other epidemic: What’s killing the wild salmon? A virus that flourishes in fish farms is now threatening wild populations. With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, are business interests leading to government inaction?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thewalrus.ca/the-other-epidemic-whats-killing-the-wild-salmon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnvPUrYD2$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Food stamps, now $7 a day, are set to get chopped. The rollback in benefits comes amid ongoing financial hardship and uncertainty over the economic recovery as the COVID-19 Delta variant ripples across the nation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/food-stamps-apply-expire-september/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTntpCZEBr$

Arkansas civil action version of Ag-gag struck down by Circuit Court: A divided 3-member panel of judges from the Eighth Circuit has overturned an Arkansas district court ruling over one of the more complicated ag-gag cases. It’s a big win for the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Animal Equality, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Food Chain Workers Alliance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/08/arkansas-civil-action-version-of-ag-gag-struck-down-by-circuit-court/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnqKP3tV4$

# Global Politics and other news
Trump’s Favorite Dictator Fueling New Pro-Hitler Movement: Admins on the Nazi Facebook pages and Telegram channels say they are linked to the Egyptian Army—one says he was “an officer in [President] al-Sisi’s military intelligence.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/al-sisi-trumps-favourite-dictator-fuelling-new-pro-hitler-movement-on-facebook-and-telegram__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnt66TGVf$

# Gov / Politics
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan signed civil arrest warrants for 52 absent House Democrats as he aimed to regain the quorum needed for the chamber to begin moving legislation during the second special session.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/10/texas-house-arrest-warrants-democrats-quorum/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnrtm83Qu$

NY’s New Guv Is Staring at a Massive Conflict of Interest. Kathy Hochul will soon be in the governor’s mansion—and bringing her husband’s big-money gambling ties with her.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/kathy-hochul-andrew-cuomos-successor-at-new-york-governor-is-staring-at-a-massive-conflict-of-interest__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnhOYvirO$

As Biden stands by, Chinese hackers build dossiers on US citizens: What is the most shocking aspect of Beijing’s illegal collection of American data? It is not that China has conducted the most successful criminal enterprise ever. It is America’s unwillingness to stop a crime that has continued for decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/567318-as-biden-stands-by-chinese-hackers-build-dossiers-on-us-citizens__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnhBaFow6$

How Katie Porter is holding CEOs accountable to the public. The California Congresswoman has working parents cheering and CEOs quaking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90659174/most-creative-people-2021-katie-porter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnofNK8bn$

# Law Enforcement
Arkansas sheriff convicted of assaulting two detainees in custody. “The Justice Department will continue to vigorously prosecute officers who abuse their authority to make clear that no one is above the law.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sheriff-franklin-county-arkansas-found-guilty-assaulting-two-individuals-custody__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnuE94Yq4$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Wisconsin lawmakers announced a new marijuana legalization bill—at a press conference outside a cannabis dispensary in neighboring Illinois.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/wisconsin-lawmakers-unveil-new-marijuana-legalization-bill-at-a-cannabis-shop-in-illinois/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnpIMrVI6$

The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved Colorado’s hemp plan—a move that Gov. Jared Polis (D) celebrated at a press conference he held next to a hemp field where he unveiled a congratulatory quote from Willie Nelson.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/colorado-hemp-plan-wins-approval-from-federal-government-and-willie-nelson/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnn1UriGJ$

# Media
Proposed Surcharges May Mean Mail Will Cost More this Holiday. The U.S.
Postal Service on Tuesday announced it is seeking temporarily higher rates for packages during the 2021 holiday season.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/proposed-surcharges-may-mean-mail-will-cost-more-this-holiday/ar-AANaC8t?ocid=StaticFallback__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTni3RDiVn$

# Medical / Health
Medicare Won’t Cover Most Vision, Dental and Hearing. Democrats Want to Change That. Chuck Schumer released an outline of a coming budget bill that includes a directive to expand Medicare.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/559356-schumer-now-backing-sanders-plan-to-add-dental-vision-and-hearing-coverage-to__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTni9_yD1o$

# Military / DOD
Navies of 21 countries kick off US-led drills in Southeast Asia. SEACAT exercises under way in Singapore and virtually as Beijing and Moscow also hold drills in China’s Ningxia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/11/navies-of-21-countries-kick-off-us-led-drills-in-southeast-asia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnrzs70a7$

# Other News
Scotland could pursue a money-laundering investigation into Trump’s golf courses, a judge ruled after lawyers cited the Trump Organization criminal cases in New York https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/exclusive-court-action-seeks-probe-trumps-scottish-golf-course-buys-2021-05-24/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTnvOXsQ7y$

# Social
Proud Boys Are Back to Brawling on America’s Streets. The right-wing group’s return after a brief lull in post-Jan. 6 scuffles is a warning for the rest of the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/proud-boys-are-back-to-brawling-on-americas-streets__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hts40LnDRFT4hb79RVTqpuIYaC_aYLORGGLf1Q7CaLoQxEi0U74fmzF6V0XTntFARzW2$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-08-10

Voices, The Peoples News

August 10, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
The Apache community running to rescue its holy mountain. Indigenous spiritual leaders say the Vatican’s observatory is searching for something it doesn’t understand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-photos-the-apache-community-running-to-rescue-its-holy-mountain__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLlQT_qJR$

How the Supreme Court upended a century of federal Indian law. On Friday, the new Oklahoma Attorney General asked the Supreme Court to overturn or narrow its ruling on tribal sovereignty, saying they got it wrong.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-justice-how-the-supreme-court-upended-a-century-of-federal-indian-law?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLo4siDPa$

# Border / Immigration
The law that broke US immigration. Immigration looked very different before 1996, when President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/videos/22616643/immigration-undocumented-how-many__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLpqWCmqR$

Mexican president plans to ask Harris for southern border to reopen ‘completely’
The leadership couple will hopefully also discuss migration and new
COVID-19 vaccine donations from the US, AMLO said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ampgoo.com/mexican-president-plans-to-ask-harris-for-southern-border-to-reopen-completely__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLobp1GI7$

U.S. sued over poor conditions at emergency sites for migrant teens https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-s-sued-over-poor-conditions-at-emergency-sites-for-migrant-teens/ar-AAN7Md3?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLjDezmZ8$

Biden administration ramping up border deportations and prosecutions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/biden-administration-ramping-up-border-deportations-and-prosecutions/vi-AAN7Hks?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLu-6yoK8$

# CoronaVirus
COVID Vaccines Not Proven to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Transmission.
After analyzing data from July 2021 Provincetown, Massachusetts COVID-19 outbreak where 74 percent of those infected and diagnosed were fully vaccinated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced last month https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/08/covid-vaccines-not-proven-to-prevent-sars-cov-2-infection-or-transmission/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLnbSCAmX$

Doc Flees SD as Noem Sends Sturgis Death Cult Into Overdrive. The coronavirus rogue was back, on a horse, with thousands of bikers, even as a doctor who said he lost six patients seethed at her.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-doc-flees-state-as-kristi-noem-sends-sturgis-death-cult-into-overdrive-in-south-dakota__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLlF1xAxK$

Florida’s Death Toll Now Exceeds DeSantis’ Margin of Victory. The base still buys his act, but other Floridians appear to have their doubts as the Delta variant spreads and hospitalizations are soaring.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/floridas-death-toll-now-exceeds-desantis-margin-of-victory__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLkic5wOA$

Gov. Greg Abbott asked hospitals to put off certain elective procedures again to free up space for COVID-19 patients as the virus continues raging in Texas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/09/texas-hospitals-elective-procedures-covid-greg-abbott/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLv-FPXCU$

Barbara Loe Fisher on the Right of People to Make Their Own Health Care Decisions “If we cannot be free to make informed, voluntary decisions about which pharmaceutical products we are willing to risk our lives for, then we are not free in any sense of the word.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nvic.org/nvic-vaccine-news/november-2014/vaccination–defending-your-right-to-know-and-free.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLlDZ4J8S$

Doctors Warned That They Could Lose Their License For Contradicting CDC Info On COVID Treatments and Vaccines https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/08/doctors-warned-that-they-could-lose-their-license-for-contradicting-cdc-info-on-covid-treatments-and-vaccines.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed*3A*naturalblaze**A28Natural*Blaze*29__;JSsrJSsl!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLvMvLMhy$

Florida Asks for 100s More Ventilators as COVID Cases Spiral. Florida’s Department of Health and Human Services asked the federal government for
300 ventilators on Friday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/08/09/florida-sets-another-covid-case-record-as-hospitals-face-sheer-exhaustion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLvGhlruH$

Twitter has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for a week after she wrote that vaccines are “failing.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/567108-twitter-temporarily-suspends-greene-for-saying-vaccines-are-failing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLnVrpXO7$

# Economy / Trade
Democrats prepare plan to pass ‘SALT cap relief’ tax break for wealthy.
Democratic leadership outlined plans Monday to bypass GOP filibusters to alter the cap on deductions for state and local taxes paid, a tax break largely for the wealthy opposed by most Republicans and some Democrats.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-salt-cap-relief-budget-spending-package__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLsi0UUCk$

The Bipartisan Bill is Step One of Many: Democrats might get hung up on the very next step, the budget resolution for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/infrastructure/infrastructure-summer-the-bipartisan-bill-is-step-one-of-many/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLr2FbusD$

Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a $3.5 trillion budget resolution they aim to pass without Republican support, paving the way for boosting spending in a number of key areas in line with the president’s legislative agenda through a process called reconciliation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/567026-key-parts-in-35t-budget-resolution-senate-dems-aim-to-pass-without-gop-support__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLpUBH4zL$

4th Stimulus Check: Calls are growing for a new stimulus check to be sent to Americans in need this month.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-sun.com/money/3439673/fourth-stimulus-check-update-summer-2021-direct-deposit-payment/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLlpsiaxG$

The Senate on Tuesday passed a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, a significant win for President Biden and the first step on his top legislative priority https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/567125-senate-passes-1t-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-in-major-victory-for-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLi2TmrC6$

The House will interrupt its previously scheduled seven-week summer recess later this month to consider a budget resolution to kick off the process for Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending plan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/567251-house-to-cut-recess-short-take-up-democratic-budget-plan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLvjcqjCw$

# Education / Schools
Florida’s School COVID War Is Somehow Uglier Than Ever. As cases skyrocket, Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to penalize school districts for imposing mask mandates, and parents not only fear the virus but that public schools lose out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/floridas-school-covid-war-is-somehow-uglier-than-ever-like-theyre-throwing-us-into-a-gladiator-pit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLi4qYDwQ$

Austin Schools Will Ignore Abbott to Bring in Mask Mandate. Austin Independent School District will follow Dallas schools in requiring masks on campus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/austin-school-district-becomes-latest-to-ignore-texas-gov-abbott-and-bring-in-mask-mandate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLtGKHfZi$

Progressives who have spent months pushing President Biden to cancel billions of dollars in student debt are now targeting the end of a federal pause on loan payments as a deadline for White House action.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/567066-progressives-turn-up-heat-on-biden-over-student-loans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLpe3w76O$

Senate approves $1T infrastructure plan in win for Biden: Infrastructure was once a mainstay of lawmaking, but the weeks-long slog to strike a compromise showed how hard it has become for Congress to tackle routine legislating, even on shared priorities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/senate-infrastructure-bill-politics-joe-biden-a431f8c9f3f113b661cb3526512fc4e0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLqDJwR5J$

17 corporatist RINOs back legislation that includes pilot program to tax drivers per mile, with facial recognition software installed in every car to spy on drivers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-12/by-the-mile-vehicle-tax-to-help-fund-infrastructure-gains-steam__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLjr7s1nB$

An Oregon high school diploma does not guarantee that students who earned it can read, write or do math at a high school level. Governor Kate Brown (D) dropped the requirement that students demonstrate they have achieved those essential skills by signing Senate Bill 744 into law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thebl.com/us-news/oregon-students-will-graduate-without-having-to-prove-they-know-how-to-read-write-or-do-math.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLi1MeOmJ$

Biden Extends Student Debt Relief Through January. The Biden administration announced on Friday that it will extend student debt relief until the end of January.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/nextadvisor/loans/student-loans/joe-biden-final-student-loan-relief-extension-january-2022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLgNaZku8$

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Threatens to Withhold Pay of School Officials If They Follow CDC Rules. More than three in five Floridians want schools to require masks for students and staff, a new poll found.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-threatens-to-withhold-pay-of-school-officials-if-they-follow-cdc-rules/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLtSj1Gp-$

# Employment / Labor
Companies Deducting $50 From Unvaccinated Workers’ Monthly Paychecks.
Some employers are starting to tack on a 20 to 50 monthly surcharge to their unvaccinated workers, according to a health benefits consultant group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2021/08/08/coming-soon-for-the-unvaccinated-a-50-monthly-paycheck-deduction-from-your-employer/?sh=581de5a647ae__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLhqeuWFk$

Millions of Americans Are Unemployed Despite Record Job Openings.
Hardest-hit industries have yet to get back to prepandemic levels https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/millions-of-americans-are-unemployed-despite-record-job-openings-11628587802?tpl=centralbanking__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLhsOvH1R$

More jobs available than workers as debate over unemployment benefits continues.
More than 10 million jobs are available in the U.S. despite widespread unemployment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independentnews.com/news/national/more-jobs-available-than-workers-as-debate-over-unemployment-benefits-continues/article_b4ee6dfd-0569-57cf-8a81-7299e25f8d20.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLp7ZA4qV$

CEO Pay Rose 1,322 Percent Over 42 Years, While Worker Pay Rose Only 18 Percent. A new report suggests several potential policy solutions to reverse the decades-long trend of soaring CEO pay.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/10/1978-ceo-pay-has-risen-1322-typical-worker-pay-just-18__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLmMpvLb9$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Biden administration renews a permit that allows oil companies to accidentally disturb polar bears. The oil industry will be able to continue working around polar bears on the North Slope for the next five years, thanks to a renewed authorization from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.arctictoday.com/biden-administration-renews-a-permit-that-allows-oil-companies-to-accidentally-disturb-polar-bears/?wallit_nosession=1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLkR7mSLd$

‘Not a Report to Despair Over’: IPCC Gives Humanity Clear Directive to Act Boldly and Urgently. “We have the solutions to prevent further harm to people and the planet—it’s time to implement them,” says 350.org. “We must start by putting an immediate end to fossil fuels.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/09/not-report-despair-over-ipcc-gives-humanity-clear-directive-act-boldly-and-urgently__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLiYRgp6A$

Louisiana needs sand to rebuild its coast. Old oil and gas pipelines are blocking the way. But the former holders of the Fieldwood leases – including Chevron, BP and Shell – are attempting to get out of that obligation because of the cost, estimated at $9 billion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Louisiana-needs-sand-to-rebuild-its-coast-Old-16367189.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLifJtk0F$

Protesters against Line 3 tar sands pipeline face arrests and rubber bullets. Project will pipe the ‘dirtiest fuel left on the planet’ across Minnesota’s pristine lakes and wetlands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/10/protesters-line-3-minnesota-oil-gas-pipeline__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLkXBjRfn$

Wait, We Can Mine Valuable Metals Using Shrubbery? “Phytomining” is a greener way to get commodities like nickel, cobalt, thallium, and selenium.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/scientists-phytomining-mining-metals-plants-nickel-cobalt-selenium/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLrKNlqu1$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Michael Mann: Climate Change Impacts are `Widespread and Severe.’ The new U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is
unequivocal: The impacts of climate change are already here https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://redgreenandblue.org/2021/08/09/dr-michael-mann-ipcc-report-zero-years-left-avoid-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLmvFKkqu$

Pete Myers: We saw this coming. A small group of very smart and very selfish people, backed by huge sums of money, have stopped the changes that needed to be made.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyclimate.org/ipcc-climate-report-2654605621.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLtEsMmqr$

Coalition’s misleading tactics will no longer cut it – the IPCC report shows our future depends on urgent climate action. The Morrison government’s ‘technology, not taxes’ mantra ignores the fact that taxes pay for technology, and affordable technology https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/10/coalitions-misleading-tactics-will-no-longer-cut-it-the-ipcc-report-shows-our-future-depends-on-urgent-climate-action__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLkHE64uH$

The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding. Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/the-water-cycle-is-intensifying-as-the-climate-warms-ipcc-report-warns-that-means-more-intense-storms-and-flooding-165590__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLlJ61EG5$

IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth’s oceans and ice – a lead author explains what the warnings mean. umans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns in a new report.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/ipcc-climate-report-profound-changes-are-underway-in-earths-oceans-and-ice-a-lead-author-explains-what-the-warnings-mean-165588__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLlBlsiN3$

Western Wildfire Ashes, Smoke Causing Problems 1,000 Miles East https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/smoke-us-west-wildfires-leaves-easterners-gasping-2021-07-20/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLs5cceaC$

The Lost Canyon Under Lake Powell: Drought is shrinking one of the country’s largest reservoirs, revealing a hidden Eden.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailyutahan.com/the-lost-canyon-under-lake-powell/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLiRT7akB$

Businesses need to curb emissions, track risk across supply chain https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-07/documents/managing_supplychain_ghg.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLmsKNeb6$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Smoke from Siberia wildfires reaches north pole in historic first. Smoke from raging forest fires in Siberia has reached the north pole for the first time in recorded history https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/smoke-siberia-wildfires-reaches-north-pole-historic-first__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLlJTNwzt$

Wildfires rage in Greece and Italy as EU mounts firefighting operation.
Week of blazes forces evacuations and brings devastating scale of destruction to large areas of southern Europe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/wildfires-rage-greece-italy-eu-mounts-firefighting-operation-evacuations-destruction-southern-europe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLnOODFzY$

Greece, Italy Continue Battling Forest Fires As EU Mounts Firefighting Operations As devastating wildfires continue to char land in Italy and Greece, the European Union (EU) mounted one of its largest firefighting operations ever.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/europe/greece-italy-continue-battling-forest-fires-as-eu-mounts-firefighting-operations.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLmMU0Aqp$

Thousands of animals die as climate-change-hit Kazakhstan faces extreme heat wave and drought. Unusually high temperatures and drought in the Central Asian nation have left the animals without food or water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/8b22e7a58697f63b295a5385b758e97c-Thousands-of-animals-die-as-climate-changehit-Kazakhstan-faces-extreme-heatwave-and-drought__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLg63BVMz$

Navy sends plane to help battle fires in Greece https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2021-08-09/greek-fires-us-navy-p-8-poseidon-2502996.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLksTklZ0$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Monsanto owner Bayer AG lost another appeals court decision in the sweeping Roundup litigation, struggle to find a way out from under the crush of thousands of claims alleging that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicides cause cancer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://usrtk.org/monsanto-roundup-trial-tracker/another-setback-for-bayer-appeals-court-rejects-company-bid-to-overturn-loss-in-pilliod-trial/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLm1sw4G1$

# Global Politics and other news
Kim Jong Un’s Sister Blasts U.S. Drills as North Korea Vows to Bolster Strike Capabilities. U.S.-South Korea military drills are planned for next week, angering Kim Yo Jong who wanted them canceled https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/kim-jong-uns-sister-vows-to-boost-deterrence-after-being-ignored-by-u-s-11628579896__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLoJZJpEc$

Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV reporter over ‘unfair’
coverage. Members of Jalisco New Generation cartel circulate video threatening Milenio Television and anchor Azucena Uresti https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/mexico-cartel-threat-tv-news-anchor__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLmj1vb-f$

Russia, China hold large-scale joint military drills. The
Sibu/Cooperation-2021 drills in China’s Ningxia region are being watched for signs that China and Russia are expanding military cooperation as they spar with the West.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-08-10/russia-china-hold-large-scale-joint-military-drills__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLofWjHGD$

# Gov / Politics
Portland’s tolerance for antifa agitators is a joke. The city of Portland continues to be a laughingstock as “anti-fascists” throw smoke grenades at prayer groups and right-wingers respond with paintball guns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/portlands-tolerance-for-antifa-agitators-is-a-joke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLkIKQp6P$

US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by force. A U.S. peace envoy brought a warning to the Taliban on Tuesday that any government that comes to power through force in Afghanistan won’t be recognized internationally after a series of cities fell to the insurgent group in stunningly quick succession.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-envoy-warn-taliban-bet-afghan-takeover-79375076__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLjJ4FPty$

Texas judge grants order to block arrest of House Dems who fled to DC https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/09/texas-democrats-special-session/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLnYQzYbu$

Don’t Buy the Democrats’ Undemocratic Push to Remake America. Joe Biden was elected to restore normalcy after Donald Trump. But Democrats are insisting that he break all the rules to deliver on their progressive vision.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/dont-buy-the-democrats-undemocratic-push-to-remake-america__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLvEiqMGq$

MAGA Cheating: Trumper Tina Peters Investigated for Rigging Colorado Presidential Election https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/serious-breach-of-voting-security-at-center-of-investigation-of-mesa-county-clerks-office/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLl7ousov$

‘We have a conspiracy’: Ex-federal prosecutor connects the dots after new Trump DOJ revelations. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner walked through the latest revelations and their ramifications on former President Donald Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/trump-criminal-conspiracy-doj-revelations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLjnmZeTL$

Breaking: NY Gov. Cuomo resigns amid sexual harassment scandal. The resignation will be effective in 14 days. [But apparently, Cuomo will skate on murdering 15,000 senior citizens.] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/10/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-resigns-light-harassment-scandal/5553938001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLp-HTTcy$
See also: False Hero of the Pandemic. The disastrous results of Andrew Cuomo’s nursing-home policy are finally revealed https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.city-journal.org/cuomo-under-fire-for-hiding-nursing-home-deaths__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLg4nCy4I$

# Law Enforcement
Fox Nation host Tomi Lahren blasts politicians over ‘defund the police’
push as killings of officers are up 129% https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/fox-nation-host-tomi-lahren-114315243.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLqCY-0zK$

Brothers charged with killing Chicago police officer, wounding another during traffic stop. Emonte Morgan, 21, and Eric Morgan, 22, face a litany of felony charges in the Saturday shooting that killed Officer Ella French and left her partner fighting for his life at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/8/9/22617550/2-brothers-charged-shooting-chicago-police-officer-critically-wounded-another__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLoFM5_CP$

Reform must happen ‘on both sides’: Former officer who was shot in line of duty. Lindsay McCall Long, a former Tempe police officer who was shot in the line of duty, reacts to the killing of a Chicago officer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/reform-must-happen-both-sides-162110036.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLiGu0Edg$

Undercover Cop Kills Passenger Of Car That Hit Him While Doing Donuts.
Police say stolen car hit undercover officers’ vehicle, man exited with handgun Sunday night https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/08/09/detroit-police-undercover-officer-shoots-kills-man-with-gun-after-car-crash/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLrAWZo_u$

# Media
Dish Network subscribers may soon lose channels amid a dispute with the Sinclair Broadcast Group. “We have tried unsuccessfully to reach fair and customary terms with Dish Network for the renegotiation of our retransmission consent,” David Gibber, Sinclair’s General Counsel, said in a statement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bestlifeonline.com/dish-network-channels-news/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLqcZThLn$

# Medical / Health
An Anti-Opioid Panic Left Prisoners in Great Needless Pain. The doctor who cut off the pain meds had been hired by the state after he was barred from working in emergency medicine for neglect and misconduct in a private emergency room.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/an-anti-opioid-panic-left-new-york-state-prisoners-in-needless-agonizing-pain__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLpqMtptT$

Senate Bill 8, which goes into effect Sept. 1, will ban abortions in Texas after an ultrasound can detect what lawmakers defined as a fetal heartbeat. That can sometimes be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when many people don’t yet know they’re pregnant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/10/texas-abortion-law-fetal-heartbeat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLkWehLm2$

It’s Time to End Surprise Medical Bills. Surprise medical bills occur when out-of-network provider fees exceed what health insurance plans are willing to cover, the difference resulting in unexpected out-of-pocket expenses for patients.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kff.org/private-insurance/fact-sheet/surprise-medical-bills-new-protections-for-consumers-take-effect-in-2022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLikPNUjs$

CDC Investigates Fatal Case Of Rare Tropical Disease Melioidosis. The unidentified person, who died last month in Georgia, was the fourth U.S.
case this year of melioidosis caused by a bacteria that lives in soil and water, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-08-09/us-investigates-latest-case-of-a-rare-tropical-disease__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLjDQQ3sT$

# Military / DOD
An Army veteran who shot into a car full of Black girls after a Trump rally has been sentenced to 10 years in prison https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/navy-uss-paul-ignatius-battle-flag/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLuLNYAyh$

One of the Navy’s youngest destroyers is rocking a brand new battle flag at sea. As any regular reader of Task & Purpose knows, we have a soft spot for Navy battle flags, whether they’re steeped in history like the USS Paul Hamilton’s ‘Moultrie Flag’ or just belligerently awesome like the USS Kidd’s Jolly Roger. So when we spotted a brand new banner festooning one of the Navy’s newest vessels, we had to stop and take notice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/navy-uss-paul-ignatius-battle-flag/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLuLNYAyh$

The US is sending B-52s and AC-130 gunships back in Afghanistan to slow its impending collapse. Lockheed AC-130 Spectre attack planes, dubbed “the world’s deadliest gunship,” have also been sent into action.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/08/us-b-52-bombers-gunships-sent-action-afghanistan-attempt-stop-taliban-advance-key-cities.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLjBns-eB$

US, South Korean militaries to train together this month despite warnings from Pyongyang https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/nkorea-says-us-skorea-face-security-threats-with-military-drills-2021-08-09/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLtuEUq8m$

# Other News
Cargo bikes can deliver packages faster than vans, and with less pollution. Your delivery could come 60% faster by cargo bike instead of a van, cutting down on both congestion and pollution, according to a London-based study.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90664090/cargo-bikes-can-deliver-packages-faster-than-vans-and-with-less-pollution__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLhsMsPuc$

# Science
Scientists: Bezos-Backed Venture Could Threaten the Arctic. The new venture, partly backed by billionaire money, is looking for minerals used to manufacture electric cars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-bezos-and-bill-gates-backed-mining-venture-in-greeland-could-threaten-arctic-ecosystem-scientists-say__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLpaiogRC$

# Social
In spite of bans, evictions in New Mexico continued during the pandemic.
Landlords and property managers filed more than 11,000 eviction notices since April 2020.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://patch.com/new-mexico/across-nm/amp/29764762/in-spite-of-bans-evictions-in-new-mexico-continued-during-the-pandemic__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLjB6Et2v$

# Sports
Unvaccinated NFL Players Will Be Identified By Colored Wristbands. There might not be a red “A” on the jerseys, but unvaccinated players will bear their own scarlet letter as NFL training camps open this week https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/07/29/nfl-players-rep-league-is-trying-to-shame-unvaccinated-players-with-scarlet-marking-wristbands/?sh=7e1274dc4022__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLuKN1SNo$

NFL Players Segregated by Vaccination Status. Unvaccinated players in the NFL can easily be identified by the special colored bands all players are required to wear to denote their vaccination status https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/08/nfl-tackles-polarizing-new-covid-19-vaccine-rules-restrictions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLliJkAhj$

# Technology
Democrats press Facebook over suspension of researchers’ accounts:
Democratic senators are pressing Facebook over its decision to suspend the accounts of New York University (NYU) researchers who created a tool to analyze political ads and the spread of misinformation on the platform.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/technology/566795-democrats-press-facebook-over-suspension-of-researchers-accounts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLic-12CG$

Nation’s biggest autonomous electric shuttle network rolls out in Colorado. The EV shuttle system will connect Colorado School of Mines students and staff, as well as members of the public, from key spots in the city of Golden to points on campus for at least the next year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/567213-nations-largest-self-driving-electric-shuttle-network__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLrpYbt7x$

# Things that make ya go ‘Hmmmm’
From Pollution to Performance Wear: Fair-Trade Clothes Made From 100% Ocean Plastic https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/clothes-made-from-ocean-plastic-2654502640.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kQdQWqrIMfwJUUzJvXFrFTvmurIQy_CMeDGNRiYduO50dLpotNosaxbLaJdfLnbsTR6Z$

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