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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-05

Voices, The Peoples News

July 5, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Thirty-three black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) started new lives on Guadalupe Island in Mexico after being flown 6,000 kilometres from Midway Atoll near Hawaii. The birds were flown on a commercial airline, as eggs or one-month-old chicks, in the first transfer of a seabird species between nations.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/they-were-destined-drown-how-scientists-found-these-seabirds-new-island-home

# Children / Youth
# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Exclusive: Did US Funded Research Lead to the COVID Pandemic? Does the name Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, mean anything to you?
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/04/exclusive-did-us-funded-research-lead-to-the-covid-pandemic/?mc_cid=c199f59ebc&mc_eid=3f7488d454

How research funders are tackling coronavirus disruption. As lockdowns force scientists worldwide to put their research on hold, funders are introducing measures to minimize stress.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01120-2

Why Would the US Have Funded the Controversial Wuhan Lab? Reports about the connection between the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Wuhan Institute of Virology risk feeding conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/why-would-the-us-have-funded-the-controversial-wuhan-lab/

Pressure grows for Biden to ease pandemic travel bans
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/561432-progressives-ramp-up-medicare-expansion-push-in-congress

# Economy / Trade
Bipartisan spending deal meets fresh resistance from key Democrats. Two major financing mechanisms for the spending proposal, repurposing unspent funds for unemployment benefits and state assistance, are meeting resistance from a group of Democratic senators who say higher corporate tax rates should be the primary revenue source.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/561455-bipartisan-spending-deal-meets-fresh-resistance-key-democrats

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
As Big Oil Execs Roam Free, Climate Activist Gets 8 Years in Prison. “How many years do you think ANY fossil fuel CEO will serve for knowingly destroying our planet’s climate?” asked one climate group in response to Jessica Reznicek’s sentence.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/05/big-oil-execs-roam-free-climate-activist-gets-8-years-prison

‘Disgusting’: Pipeline Company Files $15 Billion Claim Against US for Canceled Keystone XL. TC Energy Corporation filed for compensation under a free trade provision that allows investors to sue governments if they impede profits.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/05/disgusting-pipeline-company-files-15-billion-claim-against-us-canceled-keystone-xl

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Whistleblowers Expose Corruption in EPA Chemical Safety: EPA managers removed information about the risks posed by dozens of chemicals, according to whistleblowers.
https://theintercept.com/2021/07/02/epa-chemical-safety-corruption-whistleblowers/

Corporate studies asserting herbicide safety show many flaws, new analysis finds
Revelations come as Europe wrestles over renewal question for Bayer’s Roundup herbicides.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/02/glyphosate-herbicide-roundup-corporate-safety-studies

Science catches up to what residents of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ have been saying about pollution. A report from the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic confirms what residents of “Cancer Alley” have been saying about pollution. Report finds ‘race, poverty, pollution ‘ help determine who gets sick
https://lailluminator.com/2021/07/02/science-catches-up-to-what-residents-of-louisianas-cancer-alley-have-been-saying-about-pollution-jarvis-deberry/

South Florida collapse shows infrastructure is a persistent threat to public health. The deadly building collapse in South Florida is a searing reminder that fragile infrastructure can have tragic public health consequences.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/561512-south-florida-collapse-shows-infrastructure-is-a-persistent-threat-to

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global
Azerbaijan Says ‘Mud Volcano’ Caused Mega Explosion in Sea. Video footage showed an enormous blast rising from the Caspian Sea on Sunday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/azerbaijan-says-mud-volcano-caused-mega-explosion-in-caspian-sea

# Global Politics and other news
Israeli cargo ship attacked by ‘unknown weapon’ in Indian Ocean: Israeli media say the cargo ship was previously owned by an Israeli tycoon and came under attack while on its way to the UAE.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/4/israel-probes-missile-attack-on-ship-in-indian-ocean-reports

Doug Emhoff carves out path as first second gentleman
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/561441-doug-emhoff-carves-out-path-as-first-second-gentleman

# Law Enforcement
Baltimore to Stop Prosecuting “Nonviolent” Crimes. Activists Say More Is Needed.
The rhetoric of “violent” vs. “nonviolent” is window dressing and doesn’t align with the ongoing realities of policing.
https://truthout.org/articles/baltimore-to-stop-prosecuting-nonviolent-crimes-activists-say-more-is-needed/

Off-duty cop charged with shooting unarmed teen. A spokesperson for the department told reporters that they intend to suspend Daniel Dolan without pay
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/off-duty-rhode-island-cop-charged-with-four-felonies-after-shooting-teen-driver-leaving-pizzeria-parking-lot/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Five things to know about the Trump Organization indictment. New York prosecutors unveiled the first charges in their grand jury investigation into the Trump Organization, charging the former president’s company and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with tax-related crimes.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/561423-five-things-to-know-about-the-trump-organization-indictment

Clyburn: Trump could be called to testify before Jan. 6 panel. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Sunday that former President Trump could be called to testify before the new House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack “if that’s what it takes.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/561534-clyburn-trump-could-be-called-to-testify-before-capitol-riot-panel

New Hunter Biden Disclosures Feature $100,000 Donation Of Former FBI Director Freeh To The Biden Grandchildren. Hunter and his uncle are repeatedly referenced in a variety of deals as conduits to Joe Biden.
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/07/04/new-hunter-biden-disclosures-feature-100000-donation-of-former-fbi-director-freeh-to-the-biden-grandchildren/

Laptop shows Joe Biden attended meetings between Hunter and his Mexican business partners
https://nypost.com/2021/06/30/laptop-shows-joe-biden-was-with-hunter-and-his-mexican-biz-meetings/

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Stevia still banned: The Stevia FDA Conspiracy: The truth is, no one has researched it enough for it to be considered truly safe.
https://owndoc.com/stevia/stevia-still-banned-the-stevia-fda-conspiracy/

Stevia, a plant once banned and confiscated in the U.S. during the ’80s and ’90s because it had non-toxic and sweet-tasting leaves, has a story all its own. Even Stevia’s own printed story was at one time seized by the FDA in Dallas with the intent to burn the publications.
https://beforeitsnews.com/health/2021/07/the-sweet-stevia-conspiracy-3040386.html

# Medical / Health
Progressives are ramping up their push to expand Medicare in an upcoming legislative package, with the goal of lowering the eligibility age and adding new benefits.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/561432-progressives-ramp-up-medicare-expansion-push-in-congress

Physicians Have a Duty to Confront the Exploitative Industry That Employs Them
Physicians take an oath to do no harm. Upholding it requires fighting the structural violence that hurts patients.
https://truthout.org/articles/physicians-have-a-duty-to-confront-the-exploitative-industry-that-employs-them/

# Military / Global
Uncle Sam Dumps Afghan Mess on Russia: U.S. imperial machinations in Afghanistan have created an utter catastrophe. Russia is right to be alarmed about impending chaos as the United States and NATO forces finally scurry away from the war-torn country.
https://sputniknews.com/columnists/202107051083312457-uncle-sam-dumps-afghan-mess-on-russia/

# Other News
‘Scheme to defraud’—the perfect legacy of the epic Trump crime wave. Measured by how often he’s been caught, Trump’s ultimate delusion is the fake invulnerability that he irrationally awarded himself.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/05/scheme-to-defraud-the-perfect-legacy-of-the-epic-trump-crime-wave/

How a Far-Right Militia Infiltrated an Island in Washington. From an anti-mask rally to a potential takeover of the local school board, residents in this once idyllic community are spooked
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-far-right-iii-three-percenters-infiltrated-whidbey-island-in-washington?source=articles&via=rss

# Security
Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark web site.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/hackers-demand-%2470-mln-to-restore-data-held-by-companies-hit-in-cyberattack-blog-2021-07

A unit of China’s cybersecurity regulator launched data-security reviews of apps operated by two U.S.-listed Chinese companies, days after announcing a similar probe into ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. The latest action targets two truck-hailing apps operated by Full Truck Alliance Co. and an online recruiting app owned by Kanzhun Ltd. Both companies went public in the U.S. in June.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-unit-launches-review-into-u-s-listed-chinese-tech-companies-11625451374

# Social
In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest neighborhood, Black residents feel like they are living in a ‘sacrifice zone’. Boxed in by refineries, oil tanks, an interstate highway and a bridge under construction, the people are left in a hollowed-out neighborhood and a broken community.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04072021/corpus-christi-texas-highway-infrastructure-justice/

# UFO’s
Dem lawmaker calls for hearings on UFOs. Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.), chairman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation, is calling on Congress to hold a “series of hearings” on reported UFOs following last month’s highly anticipated release of an intelligence report on the subject.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/561532-dem-lawmaker-calls-for-hearings-on-ufos

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-02

Voices, The Peoples News

July 2, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous / Global
Protesters Topple Statue of the Queen Over Indigenous Graves. Statues of the reigning monarch and Queen Victoria were targeted as protesters raged over the discovery of mass graves for indigenous children.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57693683

# Border / Immigration
Texas sheriffs and ICE officers sue Biden for not deporting criminal illegal immigrants
https://gazette.com/texas-sheriffs-and-ice-officers-sue-biden-for-not-deporting-criminal-illegal-immigrants/article_816498ac-dab2-11eb-989e-ffefb43d6ba9.html

Texas Governor Is Slashing Prison Funding — But He’s Doing It to Fund Trump’s Wall
Border residents want the $250 million being shifted from the state prison budget to be used to address racial inequity.
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-gov-is-slashing-prison-funding-but-hes-doing-it-to-fund-trumps-wall

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy’s Bid for Guv in Doubt After Guilty Verdict. He was convicted of trespassing at the Idaho State Capitol last August.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-righter-ammon-bundy-convicted-of-trespassing-throwing-idaho-governor-race-in-doubt

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
The delta variant is bringing back the dark clouds of last year. The fight against the coronavirus will be ongoing for some time, possibly years.
https://dentonrc.com/opinion/guest-view-the-delta-variant-is-bringing-back-the-dark-clouds-of-last-year/article_be567b70-2d2b-5130-b55e-169f3eba2af6.html

Three studies, one result: Coronavirus vaccines point the way out of the pandemic
New scientific research underscores the effectiveness of vaccines and their versatility in the fight against the coronavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/health/coronavirus-vaccine-immunity.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Senators want to pay for infrastructure with “asset recycling.” That’s just a fancy term for privatization.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/senators-want-to-pay-for-infrastructure-with-asset-recycling-thats-just-a-fancy-term-for-privatization/

Over 200 groups demand no water privatization in any infrastructure deal. “Water privatization has failed communities across the country and must be rejected in all its forms.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/02/over-200-groups-demand-no-water-privatization-in-any-infrastructure-deal/

# Gov / Political
Juneteenth, July 4th, and the Vestiges of Slavery in America: With the ratification of the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in December, 1865, slavery was abolished. Or was it? A new Constitutional amendment currently before Congress aims to settle this surprising question once and for all.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/1/juneteenth_july_4th_and_the_vestiges

2,100 state workers caught in the crosshairs of Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of Legislature funding
The legislative branch budget includes funding for House and Senate lawmakers, their staffers and those working in nonpartisan legislative agencies. In total, there was more than $410 million allocated in the 2022-23 fiscal budget.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/02/greg-abbott-veto-legislature-staffers/

“Everything is on the table”: Democrats mull options for special session, including another walkout. After killing Republicans’ priority voting bill during the regular legislative session, Democratic lawmakers are mulling how to try to stop it in the special session that starts July 8.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/01/texas-democrats-special-session-walkout/

Time and time again, Donald Trump has proven that he will get into bed with anyone in order to make a buck. Donald Trump partnered with John Staluppi. It is clear that Trump is not as discerning about his business partners as his bluster indicates.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/business/donald-trump/the-kremlins-man-how-donald-trumps-businesses-are

The Supreme Court again made it harder to challenge state laws that restrict how people can vote. In a 6–3 decision, the court upheld Arizona voting laws that the challengers argued discriminated against Native American, Latino, and Black voters.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/supreme-court-arizona-voting-rights-case

SCOTUS just made Citizens United even worse. It’s a great day for dark money.
https://www.vox.com/2021/7/1/22559318/supreme-court-americans-for-prosperity-bonta-citizens-united-john-roberts-donor-disclosure

Kamala Harris faces ‘gusher of leaks’ alleging her office is a ‘s–tshow,’ and one adviser alleges she’s being sabotaged.
https://theweek.com/kamala-harris/1002221/kamala-harris-faces-gusher-of-leaks-alleging-her-office-is-a-s-tshow

# Law Enforcement
Chauvin’s behind bars, yet white supremacy, anti-black policing far from dismantled
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/01/chauvins-behind-bars-yet-white-supremacy-anti-black-policing-far-from-dismantled/

Police Chief Caught Placing KKK Sign on Black Cop’s Desk. The longtime chief “thought this was just a joke,” the town’s mayor said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anthony-campo-sheffield-lake-police-chief-resigns-after-placing-kkk-sign-on-black-officers-desk

Someone Fired 23 Shots at Alabama Lawmaker’s Home. A Mobile police spokesperson said the gunfire “does not appear to be a random act.”
https://apnews.com/article/al-state-wire-alabama-government-and-politics-b0e0b82e2cce19fe885fac6d3f145c8c

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
A look at eight lawmakers appointed to probe Jan. 6 attack.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-268a3d4fed79bec580beed75b7925e6e

Cheney agrees to join Jan. 6 inquiry, drawing threats of GOP retribution.
https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/b43e239b939d01c393b93e58a9687cda-Cheney-Agrees-to-Join-Jan-6-Inquiry-Drawing-Threats-of-GOP-Retribution

Garland imposes moratorium on federal executions. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced a moratorium on federal executions, a shift from the Trump administration, which had resumed the use of the death penalty in federal cases.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/watertown/ap-top-news/2021/07/01/garland-halts-federal-executions-orders-review-of-protocols

‘Garden-variety corruption’: The long, underwhelming arm of the law comes down on the Trump Organization. Legal experts differ on whether the charges are relatively minor, and whether the Manhattan DA has more coming.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/trump-organization-corruption-law-497770

The Trump Organization and a longtime senior executive have been charged in what New York state prosecutors alleged was a 16-year tax fraud scheme.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-org-allen-weisselberg-charged-new-york

An Indictment of the Trump Organization Is an Indictment of Donald Trump
He is the company.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/an-indictment-of-the-trump-organization-is-an-indictment-of-donald-trump/

# Medical / Health
What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic? A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-comes-after-plastic-filled-pandemic

Hospital Prices Must Now Be Transparent. For Many Consumers, They’re Still Anyone’s Guess.
https://khn.org/news/article/hospital-prices-must-now-be-transparent-for-many-consumers-theyre-still-anyones-guess/

# Other News
FL Condo Had Been Exposed to Damage ‘for 40 Years’: Shoddy waterproofing and overstressed concrete slabs reportedly left the building vulnerable from day one.
https://apnews.com/article/fl-state-wire-florida-2a241993956ea842262e593812ad3ada

# Security
Nat’l Guardsman Charged in Neo-Nazi ‘Ghost Gun’ Conspiracy. Joseph Maurino was allegedly trafficking untraceable weapons with a trio of white supremacist Marines and a male porn actor.
https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2020/11/21/porn-star-and-three-marines-all-white-supremacists-face-charges/6375946002/

# Weather
This Is How You Die In Extreme Heat: Nobody Knows How Many People the Pacific Northwest Heat Has Killed. The elderly, poor, and isolated have disproportionately suffered from the Pacific Northwest heat wave.
https://gizmodo.com/nobody-knows-how-many-people-the-pacific-northwest-heat-1847212349?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Politics%207/2/21&utm_term=us-politics

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-01

Voices, The Peoples News

July 1, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
A Real Holocaust: Calls to cancel Canada Day after graves found: ‘Indigenous people paid with their lives.’ Two grim discoveries on the grounds of former residential schools have shifted country’s mood as national day looms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/30/cancel-canada-day-unmarked-graves-indigenous-people

Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to 8yrs in prison this morning. Her crime, standing for the water and future generations against DAPL, a pipeline that was built without a permit through treaty territory without proper consultation, violating Sacred sites.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2021/06/30/iowa-activist-jessica-reznicek-sentenced-dakota-access-pipeline-sabotage-catholic-workers/7808907002/

# Indigenous / Global
More Churches Up in Flames in Canada as Outrage Against Catholic Church Grows
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dnyk/more-churches-torched-in-canada-as-outrage-against-catholics-grows

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Why are so many whales dying on California beaches? There’s an epidemic of whales washing up on the West Coast. Scientists are piecing together exactly why to try to find a solution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/16/california-whale-deaths-human-role-ocean-changes

# Archaeology
Where are the Foreigners of the First International Age? A new study reports genetic and oxygen and strontium isotopic data for individuals buried at Alalakh, finding little evidence for the foreigners mentioned in texts.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210630173639.htm

# Border / Immigration
Republicans go all-in on immigration as a political weapon.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/republicans-immigration-political-weapon-497227

Texas Democrats representing border districts slam Trump visit.
https://thehill.com/latino/560928-border-house-members-slam-trump-visit

“We’ve been fighting the federal government, we’re not just going to roll over and give up now.” Elsa Hull, who owns a 3-acre ranch in San Ygnacio, a Zapata County town of fewer than 700 residents. Hull is one of six plaintiffs in a 2019 lawsuit against the construction of former President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/01/texas-greg-abbott-boder-wall-landowners/

Galveston County, 400 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, declares an emergency over ‘border crisis’
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/galveston-county-400-miles-texas-122157789.html

Texas ‘stash house’ busted; Border Patrol sends 35 illegals back to Mexico, authorities say
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-stash-house-border-patrol-35-illegal-immigrants-mexico

Texas Governor Is Slashing Prison Funding — But He’s Doing It to Fund Trump’s Wall
Border residents want the $250 million being shifted from the state prison budget to be used to address racial inequity.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/23/texas-greg-abbott-border-wall

Members of the Republican Study Committee visited the Rio Grande Valley this week to learn about the challenges Texas is facing in one of the heaviest trafficked sectors along the states border with Mexico.
https://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/national/article_6226a964-144c-5d5c-934f-6e460468d1fc.html

Former President Donald Trump joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday in the Rio Grande Valley for a border security briefing with law enforcement and state officials.
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/06/30/trump-gov-abbott-southern-border-security-tour-wall

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
More Families Devastated from Deaths and Injuries Following COVID-19 Shots
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/more-families-devastated-from-deaths-and-injuries-following-covid-19-shots/

Utah woman, 39, dies 4 days after 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine …
https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-woman-39-dies-4-days-after-2nd-does-of-covid-19-vaccine-autopsy-ordered

# Education / Schools
Racism lurks behind decisions to deny Black high school students from being recognized as the top in their class
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/racism-lurks-behind-decisions-to-deny-black-high-school-students-from-being-recognized-as-the-top-in-their-class/ar-AALETWa?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
In a 5-4 split, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the PennEast pipeline can proceed with seizing New Jersey-owned land the 116-mile project will cross.
https://insidesources.com/in-major-win-for-energy-sector-scotus-rules-in-favor-of-penneast-pipeline/

The Keystone XL Pipeline is dead, but TC Energy still owns hundreds of miles of rights of way. Even though it has canceled the project, TC Energy can retain the easements it secured indefinitely and use them for another purpose
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30062021/keystone-xl-pipeline-land-easements/

ExxonMobil lobbyist caught on camera saying company’s support for carbon tax is a PR stunt
https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/334300/exxon-ceo-apologises-for-lobbyists-comments-in-leaked-video/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Canada opposes California bill to protect boreal forests, Indigenous Rights
Boreal conservation advocates puzzled by Canadian response to proposed legislation on forest product procurement
https://thenarwhal.ca/california-boreal-forest-indigenous-bill/

Flood relocation disproportionately affects non-white Houston neighborhoods, study says. People in non-white and low-income Houston neighborhoods were more likely to be displaced after a flooding event
https://thedailyhoustonnews.com/non-white-neighborhoods-in-houston-are-disproportionately-affected-by-flood-shifts-according-to-a-study-houston-public-media/

# Gov / Political
NEO – Is the “3 Seas Initiative” the West’s answer to China’s Belt and Road? Before the sanctions were placed on Russia, the EU had a $100 billion annual trade surplus with Russia
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/30/neo-is-the-3-seas-initiative-the-wests-answer-to-chinas-belt-and-road/

A Michigan Republican spent eight months searching for evidence of election fraud, but all he found was lies.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/06/michigan-republican-truth-election-fraud/619326/

Eric Adams’s mayoral campaign filed a lawsuit after the New York City Board of Elections released an inaccurate vote tally in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/560966-eric-adams-campaign-files-lawsuit-amid-nyc-elections-board-drama

Key voting rights decision expected from Supreme Court
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/970729426/high-noon-for-the-future-of-the-voting-rights-act-at-the-supreme-court

McCarthy threatens to strip GOP members of committee assignments if they accept an offer from Pelosi to serve on 1/6 commission
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997836874/top-house-republican-opposes-bipartisan-commission-to-probe-capitol-riot

Demonization of Iran Is a “Mistake” That Has Trapped the U.S. in Perpetual Middle East Conflict. Neither side wants war – but they’re going to get one unless they end this dangerous stalemate
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/us-iran-war-trump-soleimani-ali-khameini-middle-east-a9289021.html

Supreme Court Leaves Arizona Voting Restrictions in Place
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-weighs-voting-rights-in-a-pivotal-arizona-case-160977

How the Trump Organization is responding: The Trump Organization slammed the grand jury criminal indictment, dismissing the accusations as “politics.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/521752-trumps-scorched-earth-style-overshadows-campaigns-optimistic-messaging

Trump’s Politicization of the Justice System. Involving himself in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recommended sentencing of Roger Stone, a convicted federal criminal—and Trump’s close political ally—was perhaps the most flagrant display of how little respect Trump’s administration has for American democracy.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/courts/news/2020/02/20/480659/trumps-politicization-justice-system/

In His Own Words: The President’s Attacks on the Courts. Donald Trump has displayed a troubling pattern of attacking judges and the courts for rulings he disagrees with.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/his-own-words-presidents-attacks-courts

Six ways Donald Trump can still be brought to justice
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/six-ways-donald-trump-can-still-be-brought-justice

Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/magazine/trump-investigations-criminal-prosecutions.html

Trump’s challenge to the US legal system must be taken seriously
https://theconversation.com/trumps-challenge-to-the-us-legal-system-must-be-taken-seriously-91431

‘Not a Healthy Environment’: Kamala Harris’ Office Rife With Dissent
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290

Biden’s Lawless Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry Funding Both Parties. U.S. citizens derive no benefit, but instead suffer great loss, from endless war in the Middle East. Their interests irrelevant to decisions of bipartisan Washington.
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/bidens-lawless-bombing-of-iraq-and

# Law Enforcement
UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence
“Systemic racism needs a systemic response,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet stated.
https://www.voanews.com/europe/un-report-systemic-racism-calls-accountability-redress-victims

Is the FBI Scapegoating an American Hero? The ex-Marine risked his life to help North Korean dissidents escape, possibly with the help of the CIA. So why did the U.S. slam him in jail? Christopher Ahn believed he could soothe the fears of defectors fleeing the horrors of the Kim regime. He found himself in the crosshairs of international law enforcement.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bradleyhope1/north-korea-escape-madrid-christopher-ahn

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Donald Trump’s Odds of Going to Prison Just Skyrocketed: The Trump Organization and its CFO will reportedly be hit with criminal charges on Thursday, and additional indictments may be coming.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/trump-organization-allen-weisselberg-criminal-charges

Grand Jury Indicts Trump Organization and Honcho: The indictments are the first charges against the Trump family business to come from a three-year investigation into tax-related crimes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/grand-jury-hands-down-criminal-indictments-against-trump-org-and-cfo-allen-weisselberg-reports

The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney’s office
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/561057-trump-org-cfo-surrenders-after-grand-jury-indictments-reports

Stephen Breyer, and why Thursday is a huge day for the future of the Supreme Court
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/560245-breyers-future-is-supreme-courts-biggest-question

An Assembly committee running an impeachment investigation involving various allegations of wrongdoing by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo or his administration will start using its subpoena powers to compel uncooperative witnesses to provide testimony and documents.
https://buffalonews.com/news/state-and-regional/assembly-probe-of-gov-andrew-cuomo-will-start-issuing-subpoenas/article_43679ed2-d9cc-11eb-8e84-77a1f14855fd.html

Supreme Court Gives Green Light to GOP Voter Suppression Laws. The ruling in favor of Arizona voting restrictions has national reverberations.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-04/how-supreme-court-tilted-election-law-favor-gop

Read It Yourself: Prosecutors Unseal Trump Org Indictment: The Trump Organization and its long-serving CFO were charged with criminal tax fraud, falsifying business records, and scheming to defraud the government.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/indictment-against-trump-organization-cfo-allan-weiselberg?via=newsletter&source=CSPMedition

Handcuffed Trump Org CFO Accused of Hiding $1.7M From Feds: Trump’s family business was hit with charges after a years-long investigation into the company’s alleged tax crimes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-organization-and-cfo-allen-weisselberg-charged-with-conspiracy-tax-fraud?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon

# Medical / Global
China is the first country in the WHO Western Pacific Region to be awarded a malaria-free certification in more than 3 decades. Other countries in the region that have achieved this status include Australia (1981), Singapore (1982) and Brunei Darussalam (1987).
https://www.who.int/news/item/30-06-2021-from-30-million-cases-to-zero-china-is-certified-malaria-free-by-who

# Medical / Health
The Biden Administration Announced It Will Remove the Hyde Amendment: Today marks a step in the right direction for reproductive rights in the U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/31/1001881788/bidens-budget-proposal-reverses-a-decades-long-ban-on-abortion-funding

# Other News
Cartels killing Americans, making a lot of money during Biden admin: Cuccinelli
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/cartels-killing-americans-making-a-lot-of-money-during-biden-admin-cuccinelli/vi-AALEJYQ?ocid=winp1taskbar

U.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Says
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/03/993059731/u-s-mexico-efforts-targeting-drug-cartels-have-unraveled-top-dea-official-tells–

Mexican drug cartels use kids as decoys to smuggle members into US
https://nypost.com/2021/03/22/mexican-drug-cartels-use-kids-as-decoys-to-smuggle-members-into-us

# Technology
Microsoft reveals authentication failures, system hijack vulnerabilities in Netgear routers
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/06/30/microsoft-finds-new-netgear-firmware-vulnerabilities-that-could-lead-to-identity-theft-and-full-system-compromise/

# Weather
Heat Dome Produces Deadly High Temperatures
https://www.theverge.com/22547454/2021-heat-wave-temperature-high-heat-dome

What is a heat dome? Pacific Northwest swelters in record temperatures.
Thirteen million people are contending with an unprecedented heat wave trapped over the region.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/heat-dome-deadly-hot-weather-descends-on-pacific-northwest

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-29

Voices, The Peoples News

June 29, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
The Bureau of Indian Affairs clarified that hemp projects are eligible for Native American Business Development Institute grants, but marijuana projects are not.
https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/sovereignty/13426-5-nevada-tribes-flex-sovereignty-collaborate-to-regulate-own-cannabis-operations
Are NABDI grants awarded through the Public Law 93-638 process?
No. They are competitive, discretionary grants
https://www.indianaffairs.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/NABDI_FAQs_April%208%202021.pdf

The U.S. government has long forced Indigenous people onto the least desirable land and neglected infrastructure on tribal lands, now leaving them to face the harshest effects of climate change.
https://turtletalk.blog/2021/06/27/nyts-dispossessed-again-climate-change-hits-native-americans-especially-hard/

# Archaeology
Dragon Man skull dumbfounds, digs up doubts about human evolution: One of the key pieces to the puzzle of our long narrative arc as a human species may have been hiding at the bottom of a well in China for almost a century.
https://www.cnet.com/news/dragon-man-skull-dumbfounds-digs-up-doubts-about-human-evolution/

# Border / Immigration
The U.S. Is Forcing Asylum-Seekers to Work With Corrupt Cops. A simple change could mean the difference between life and death for those people fleeing the cartels—and their police enablers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-little-known-practice-forcing-asylum-seekers-to-work-with-corrupt-cops

ICE Discussed Punishing Immigrant Advocates for Peaceful Protests
https://theintercept.com/2021/06/17/ice-retaliate-immigrant-advocates-surveillance/

Free the Children: Advocates Demand Biden Close Fort Bliss Detention Center Holding 800 Migrant Kids. Migrant children held by the Biden administration are reporting suicide and escape attempts and conditions of spoiled food, extreme heat and panic attacks
https://press.1001solutions.net/2021/06/29/migrant_children_emergency_shelter_conditions/

An unflinching guide to Biden’s immigration fiasco: The crisis of illegal immigration – to give this calamity its true name – is growing increasingly grave. The reason is no mystery. The Biden administration replaced policies that staunched the illegal flow of migrants with policies that actually encourage it
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/29/an_unflinching_guide_to_bidens_immigration_fiasco_146000.html

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Are Covid Vaccines Riskier Than Advertised?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-covid-vaccines-riskier-than-advertised-11624381749

Saline Injected Instead of COVID Vaccine in South Carolina
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250765274.html

MRNA Inventor Says To Stop COVID “Vaccines” Now: “Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA vaccine, sits down with Del to give his honest concerns about why this is the wrong technology to use against #Covid19 and, in particular, the extreme danger it poses to young people.”
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/06/mrna-inventor-says-to-stop-covid-vaccines-now.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+naturalblaze+%28Natural+Blaze%29

Human challenge trials: Covid-19 exit strategy or ethical nightmare? The UK is leading the way with implementing human challenge trials as a way to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/covid-19-human-challenge-trial/

# Education / Schools
At the end of the Texas legislative session, lawmakers were poised to pass House Bill 1468, which would have funded virtual education at Texas schools and allowed districts to continue remote learning programs without sticking them with the bill.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/29/texas-students-remote-learning/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
“An Overt Political Blockade”: Minnesota Police Barricade Line 3 Pipeline Protest Camp
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/29/headlines/an_overt_political_blockade_minnesota_police_barricade_line_3_pipeline_protest_camp

Two Enbridge Line 3 Workers Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting Operation in Northern Minnesota
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/two-enbridge-line-3-workers-arrested-in-human-trafficking-sting-operation-in-northern-minnesota

SCOTUS Gives PennEast Pipeline the OK to Sue for Land Rights. The Supreme Court justices ruled 5-4, arguing that New Jersey doesn’t have sovereign immunity.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/supreme-court-clears-penneast-pipeline-to-sue-for-land-rights

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Governments across the Western United States are allocating unprecedented sums of money to prepare for what experts expect will be one of the worst wildfire seasons in memory, as low water levels and high temperatures conspire to create tinderbox conditions.
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/560733-states-spend-big-as-water-levels-fall-raising-risks-for

Biden EPA Appears to Side With Chemical Industry in Microplastics Health Conflict: Greenpeace Investigation
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-epa-microplastics-health-2653587984.html

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden Put a Beer Magnate in Charge of Solving the Global Hunger Crisis: Born rich, Cindy McCain has little experience with hunger, agriculture, or climate policy.
Her philanthropy, the McCain Institute, focuses on things like “developing character-driven leaders,” “international rule of law and security,” and “combating human trafficking.” Neither hunger nor agriculture figure among the foundation’s seven programs.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/06/cindy-mccain-global-hunger-crisis-beer-magnate-united-nations-fao/

# Gov / Political
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is facing conflicting political pressures as he hits the brakes on a bipartisan infrastructure deal that could give President Biden a major legislative accomplishment heading into the 2022 midterm election.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/15/mitch-mcconnell-spending-choices/2818535/

The U.S. and Iran near a breaking point. Sunday night, the Biden organization reported U.S. airstrikes had designated offices on one or the other side of the Iraq-Syria line connected to civilian armies that have Iranian ties. U.S. authorities said the strikes were retaliations for an uptick in drone assaults focusing on U.S. work force in the district.
https://dailyreuters.com/the-u-s-and-iran-near-a-breaking-point/

We can have the filibuster or democracy, but not both. The warning from democracy advocates is clear: Kill the filibuster and pass the For the People Act, or our democracy won’t survive.
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2021/06/we-can-have-the-filibuster-or-democracy-but-not-both/

Georgia GOP’s New Voter Suppression Tactic Violates Anti-Klan Law Passed in 1871. Republicans in Georgia are using the state’s new voter suppression law to challenge the rights of 364,000 voters.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-gops-new-voter-suppression-tactic-violates-anti-klan-law-passed-in-1871/

Progressives Push Back on McConnell Effort to Sabotage Reconciliation Bill. “The last person who should have a say on our agenda is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal tweeted.
https://truthout.org/articles/progressives-push-back-on-mcconnell-effort-to-sabotage-reconciliation-bill/

# Law Enforcement
Shocking Video Shows Correctional Officer Beating Inmate Inside Georgia Prison
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/shocking-video-shows-correctional-officer-beating-inmate-inside-georgia-prison/vi-AALA4Zt?ocid=winp1taskbar

Video shows corrections officer beating inmate at Ramsey County Jail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPnHiel0dpg

‘Some real sh*t’: Inmate releases years of graphic video shot inside a notorious Florida prison
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/5/1890419/–Some-real-sh-t-Inmate-releases-years-of-graphic-video-shot-inside-a-notorious-Florida-prison

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
North Carolina bill aims to stop prosecuting 6-year-olds: Children as young as 6 can be prosecuted in North Carolina juvenile court — the lowest age set by law in the country — but a bipartisan effort would raise the minimum age of delinquency to 10 and move the state out of its status at the bottom.
https://greensboro.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/kids-in-court-n-c-bill-to-pull-6-to-9-year-olds-from-prosecution/article_33cc7f9f-969f-5fad-8a7f-7366bcf850eb.html

Trump lashes out at New York prosecutors as his lawyers argue against criminal charges.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/560622-trump-lashes-out-at-ny-prosecutors-amid-deadline-for-arguments-in

Trump attorneys meet with New York prosecutors to argue that his company should not be criminally charged over its business practices.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-organization-lawyers-make-last-ditch-effort-to-avoid-new-york-charges-11624919170

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a scathing statement slamming the federal government’s “contradictory” and “unstable” position on marijuana and suggesting that national cannabis prohibition may be unconstitutional.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-slams-feds-marijuana-stance-as-contradictory-and-unstable/

The Mississippi Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee held a hearing at which lawmakers got medical cannabis advice from counterparts in Oklahoma and Utah as they work toward an expected August special session to replace the voter-approved measure that was overturned by the state Supreme Court.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/mississippi-lawmakers-get-medical-marijuana-advice-from-oklahoma-and-utah-as-they-craft-new-bill/

# Media
Trump spied on journalists. So did Obama. America needs more press freedom now
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/15/donald-trump-barack-obama-us-press-freedom

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Sunburn? Two Fruits Give Sun Absorbing Benefits: The Difference Between UVA and UVB Radiation, both forms of radiation can be harmful, as mentioned previously, but UVA radiation is far more common.
https://althealthworks.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-suns-rays-naturally-with-foods-grown-in-your-own-garden/

A California senator held a rally with military veterans, medical professionals and law enforcement to build support for his bill to legalize possession of psychedelics ahead of its first Assembly hearing on Tuesday. It has already passed the full Senate.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/california-senator-rallies-support-for-bill-to-legalize-psychedelics-possession-ahead-of-key-vote/

# Medical / Health
The People vs. Agent Orange exposes a mass poisoning in plain sight. A new PBS documentary investigates the legacy of one of the most dangerous pollutants on the planet, an unsettling cover-up, and the exhausting fight for accountability.
https://newrepublic.com/article/162865/people-vs-agent-orange-exposes-mass-poisoning-plain-sight

Improved medical screening in PFAS-impacted communities to identify early disease: When people learn they are exposed to toxic chemicals, they wonder what it means for their health and often want to take protective action.
https://www.ehn.org/pfas-testing-2653577444/the-importance-of-medical-screening-for-pfas

What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic? A generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-comes-after-plastic-filled-pandemic

Walmart unveils low-price insulin as more patients with diabetes struggle to pay for drug
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/29/walmart-unveils-low-price-analog-insulin-amid-rising-diabetes-drug-costs.html

In cost-saving move, Medicare could limit patient access to Alzheimer’s treatment
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/in-cost-saving-move-medicare-could-limit-patient-access-to-alzheimer-s-treatment/ar-AALzTRL?ocid=winp1taskbar

Biden’s Medicare plan spells trouble for the whole system
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/560505-bidens-medicare-plan-spells-trouble-for-the-whole-system

Biden should ditch effort to expand Medicaid: On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the judiciary would not overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA; aka Obamacare). That task would fall to Congress while the executive branch has some room to tinker with things
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-biden-should-ditch-effort-to-expand-medicaid/article_29255208-d832-11eb-b28b-97f75b585bfb.html

# Military / DOD
US forces in Syria attacked by rockets, return fire following Sunday airstrike. The attack came a day after President Joe Biden directed U.S. forces to conduct airstrikes on facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups near the Iraq-Syria border that were conducting drone attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-06-28/us-forces-rocket-attack-syria-iraq-iran-1883233.html

U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan on brink of all-out civil war
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-war-troop-pullout-taliban-civil-war/

# Military / Global
Ukraine, NATO launch joint Black Sea drills: The Sea Breeze 2021 maneuvers that began Monday and will last for two weeks are set to involve about 30 warships and 40 aircraft from U.S. and its NATO allies and Ukraine.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/28/ukraine-nato-launch-joint-black-sea-drills.html

# National Guard
South Dakota to send National Guard troops to Texas. Gov. Kristi Noem said she will be sending South Dakota National Guard troops to the nation’s southern border to help law enforcement contend with a surging migrant crisis.
https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/06/28/kristi-noem-governor-gov-south-dakota-deploy-national-guard-troops-texas-us-mexico-border/7787945002/

# Other News
April Letter Warned Condo Tower Damage Was Rapidly Worsening. Residents were told three months ago that they faced a possible $15.5 million bill to repair concrete work in the building’s foundations.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/april-letter-warned-doomed-miami-beach-condo-tower-damage-was-rapidly-worsening?source=cheats&via=rss

Pool Worker Filmed Surfside Damage 2 Days Before Collapse. The contractor says he found cracked concrete and corroded rebar 36 hours before half of the building collapsed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pool-contractor-took-pictures-of-damage-in-surfside-building-garage-two-days-before-collapse

‘Trump isn’t the dictator’: Wisconsin GOP inches away from Trump. Mob boss Donald has been putting political ‘hit notices’ out on any Republican leader who will not lick his boots with enough gusto.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/28/wisconsin-gop-donald-trump-496475

Klan Affiliated ‘Confederate’ Group Includes Pentagon Officials, Top GOP
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/28/hitlers-hillbillies-klan-affiliated-confederate-group-includes-pentagon-officials-top/

How close did Trump come to attempting a military coup? Much too close
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/trumps-election-coup-attempt-nearly-succeeded.html

Former President Donald Trump is facing a wall of accountability and truth as new revelations and investigations expose his abuses of power, delusional lies about the election and business conduct to ever greater scrutiny. Just consider what has taken place over the last several days:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/politics/donald-trump-reality-check/index.html

# Science
House passes bills to bolster scientific research: The legislation would invest in traditional research and development, clashing with a broad Senate measure that focuses on cutting-edge technology
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/560643-house-passes-bills-to-boost-science-competitiveness-with-china

# Security
Our security services now appear so bold and confident that they openly do what was once only done in secret, including influencing and controlling so much of our mainstream, corporate media.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/reddit-jessica-ashooh-spies-in-our-media-with-alan-macleod/277800/

# UFO’s
There’s a Giant Hole in the Government’s UFO Report. A critical trove of data is missing about “unidentified aerial phenomena.” Will it ever see the light of day?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres-a-giant-hole-in-the-governments-ufo-report

# Water
The One Reason Bottled Water Is More Dangerous Than Tap Water
https://bestlifeonline.com/bottled-water-vs-tap-water-news/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-28

Voices, The Peoples News

June 28, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Dispossessed, again: Climate change hits Native Americans especially hard. Many Native people were forced into the most undesirable areas of America, first by white settlers, then by the government.
https://todayworldlatestnews.com/business/dispossessed-again-climate-change-hits-native-americans-especially-hard/

‘The fish are much, much smaller’: study finds Yukon-Alaska salmon declining in size
Climate change and competition with hatchery fish causing chinook, sockeye, chum and coho to shrink and produce fewer eggs
https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-alaska-salmon-declining-size/

On Native American reservations, the push for more clean water and sanitation
https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article252401013.html

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets in London to Protest And Fight for Their Children. Massive crowds took to the streets of London today to protest against COVID tyranny.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/mar/21/students.schools

Only Foreign Wuhan Lab Scientist Plays Down Lab Leak Theory. Danielle Anderson says she never contracted COVID-19 and says it’s most likely the virus originated from a natural source.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/only-foreign-wuhan-lab-scientist-danielle-anderson-plays-down-lab-leak-theory

Half of COVID Delta Variant Infections in Israel are in Vaccinated People
https://fortune.com/2021/06/25/covid-delta-variant-in-israel-vaccinated-adults/

Vaccinated people are dying from the Delta variant, but in small numbers and almost all are over 50, UK data shows
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/vaccinated-people-are-dying-from-the-delta-variant-but-in-small-numbers-and-almost-all-are-over-50-uk-data-shows/ar-AALx7Iw?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Education / Schools
The GOP’s Sharia Law Liars Are Hyping Critical Race Theory. This is the only script Republicans know how to act out now, the same one that they’ve used to demonize Muslims. Here’s how it works, and how to counter it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gops-sharia-law-liars-are-hyping-critical-race-theory-now

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push. Burning of oil from tribal lands overseen by the U.S. government now produces greenhouse gases equivalent to about 12 million vehicles a year
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lifestyle-travel-science-native-americans-c8ff51f166d815acfd6057ca86f6808a

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The West’s Devastating Drought Captured in Aerial Photos. It might be even worse than it looks, experts fear.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdqk7/nasa-satellite-images-of-wildfires-drought-cyclone-climate-2020

NASA’s Space Satellites Are Spying on Our Rising Seas
https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-space-satellites-spying-rising-085949015.html

White House, Senate negotiators try to keep infrastructure deal alive.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-senate-negotiators-try-to-keep-infrastructure-deal-alive-11624813400

How pollution, diversions and drought are squeezing the life out of the lower Arkansas River Valley. Forty years may seem like a long time to develop a plan to save fish and improve water levels for a reservoir
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/27/arkansas-river-valley-water-conduit-pipeline/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Prohibited, unlisted, even dangerous ingredients turn up in dietary supplements.
Consumers may think they’re safer or more “natural” than pharmaceuticals, but multiple studies show they are sometimes adulterated
https://dailyuspost.com/health/prohibited-unlisted-even-dangerous-ingredients-turn-up-in-dietary-supplements/

# Food Recalls / Alerts
This Shrimp Sold at Many Major Grocery Chains Was Just Recalled, FDA Says
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/frozen-shrimp-recall-whole-foods-meijer-june-2021

Dole recalls blueberries in Canada because of positive test for parasite
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/06/dole-recalls-blueberries-in-canada-because-of-positive-test-for-parasite/

# Global Politics and other news
When It Comes to America’s Race Issues, Russia Is a Bogeyman. As talk turns once again to Russia’s role in stoking racial tensions ahead of an election, the United States would be wise to look within.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/06/when-it-comes-to-americas-race-issues-russia-is-a-bogeyman/

Classified Docs Found at UK Bus Stop Outline Plan for Nuclear Armageddon: The “almost 50 pages” describe details of British military operations, including Royal Navy warship HMS Defender’s passage through Ukrainian waters off the Crimea coast last week, and the likely Russian reaction. They also detail plans for a possible U.K. military presence in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led NATO operation there concludes.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/classified-u-k-defense-ministry-papers-discovered-at-bus-stop-1.1622421

# Gov / Political
Biden gambles on bipartisanship: Biden spent almost two months in what allies have described as an honest search for a bipartisan deal, trying to make good on his promise to find common ground with the other side and fending off pressure from the left to go it alone.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/560331-biden-gambles-on-bipartisanship

Trump hits Biden, Democrats in post-presidential return to rally stage. Former President Trump took the stage in his first post-presidential rally in Ohio on Saturday evening, lambasting President Biden’s administration, touting the actions of his administration and urging his supporters to back Republicans in next year’s midterm elections.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/560416-trump-hits-biden-democrats-in-post-presidential-return-to-rally-stage

How Deceptive Campaign Fund-Raising Ensnares Older People. The soiled little secret of on-line political fund-raising is the most aggressive and pernicious practices that campaigns use to lift money, particularly to ensnare unsuspecting older folks, in line with interviews with digital strategists and an examination of federal donation and refund information.
https://us.newschant.com/politics/how-deceptive-campaign-fund-raising-ensnares-older-people/

A trio of Republican senators said they accepted President Biden’s clarified remarks that walked-back his previous statement on an infrastructure proposal when he said he would support signing a bipartisan bill if a larger reconciliation package was also passed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/560434-gop-senators-accept-biden-walk-back

GOP Candidate Bankrolled Jan. 6 Riot Trip With Campaign Cash. Derrick Van Orden barely lost his race to be a Congressman. But then he used campaign funds to get to D.C. for the Jan. 6 riot. Now he’s running again.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-candidate-bankrolled-jan-6-riot-trip-with-campaign-cash

Texas House Democrats and legislative staffers take Gov. Greg Abbott to court for defunding Legislature. A group of Texas House Democrats and legislative staffers are asking the state supreme court to override Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent veto of a portion of the state budget that funds legislative operations, including staff salaries.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/25/texas-greg-abbott-veto-legislature-funding-court/

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott could be upsetting balance of powers with threat to veto Texas Legislature’s pay. A governor targeting the Legislature’s budget would be unprecedented in Texas history.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/03/texas-greg-abbott-veto-article-x/

Outrage Won’t Save Our Damaged Democracy. Here’s What Will. First and foremost, Democrats need to hold on to power in 2022 and stop a Republican Party determined to further degrade our democracy.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/outrage-wont-save-our-damaged-democracy-heres-what-will

Trump Sought to Use Insurrection Act to Crush Black Lives Matter Protests in 2020
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/28/headlines/trump_sought_to_use_insurrection_act_to_crush_black_lives_matter_protests_in_2020

Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/28/neo-confederate-group-members-politicians-military-officers

# Law Enforcement
The Ugly War Between a White Police Chief and a Black Mayor. Tarrant, Alabama, has been gripped by a saga that some say reflects the rise of a ruthless politician and others see as the last gasp of a white power structure that won’t let go.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tarrant-alabama-mayor-wayman-newton-accused-of-assault-by-ex-police-chief-dennis-reno

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
D.C. Prosecutors Set Their Targets on Don Jr.’s Posse. “These kids were doing events for themselves… by them, for them, with them… with other people’s money.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dc-prosecutors-set-their-targets-on-donald-trump-jrs-posse

Today Is Prosecutors’ Deadline for Trump Org Lawyers: WaPo says New York prosecutors appear to be getting the groundwork ready to hit the former president’s company with criminal charges.
https://thehill.com/legal/560465-ny-prosecutors-give-trump-org-lawyers-monday-deadline-to-say-why-it-shouldnt-face

Derek Chauvin gets 22 and a half years in prison for George Floyd’s murder. The former Minneapolis cop’s prison sentence is a capstone to one of the most significant and closely watched police trials in modern history.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/derek-chauvin-sentence-george-floyd-murder

Trump Organization executives can’t stomach prison time and may flip if faced with criminal charges, former EVP says
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-organization-executives-cant-stomach-170010014.html

Former Trump Organization executive weighs Trump’s odds of avoiding indictment and jail
https://theweek.com/donald-trump/1002026/former-trump-organization-executive-weighs-trumps-odds-of-avoiding-indictment

Documents Show Ivanka Trump Didn’t Testify Accurately in Inauguration Scandal Case. She said she played no role in planning inaugural events. These records suggest otherwise.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/documents-show-ivanka-trump-didnt-testify-accurately-in-inauguration-scandal-case/

# LGBTQ
LGBT advocates press Biden to build on early wins: LGBT advocates say they breathed a sigh of relief after President Biden was elected in 2020, and, since then, the administration has moved quickly to reverse discriminatory Trump-era policies and expand protections under civil rights law.
https://pressfrom.info/us/news/politics/-768458-lgbt-advocates-press-biden-to-build-on-early-wins.html

# Media
Attorney: U.S. Case Against Julian Assange Falls Apart, as Key Witness Says He Lied to Get Immunity. One of the main witnesses in Julian Assange’s extradition case has admitted he made false claims against Assange in exchange for immunity
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/28/julian_assange_extradition_case

# Medical / Health
Congress should repeal the ‘global gag rule’ permanently: Congress now has a chance to strike down the global gag rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy. It bars organizations abroad that receive U.S. aid from performing abortion, counseling clients about it, or referring them to abortion services.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/560374-congress-should-repeal-the-global-gag-rule-permanently

Bill of the Month: A Hospital Charged $722.50 to Push Medicine Through an IV. Twice. A college student never got an answer for what caused her intense pain, but she did get a bill that totaled $18,736 for an ER visit. She and her mom, a nurse practitioner, fought to understand all the charges
https://khn.org/news/article/surprise-bill-iv-push-hospital-unbundling/

See how hospitals inflate bills and shake down patients for millions. Is your hospital among the worst offenders?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90650324/see-how-hospitals-inflate-bills-and-shake-down-patients-for-millions

Researchers Found Variable Aluminum Content in Infant Vaccines Inaccurately Measured and Reported
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/06/researchers-found-variable-aluminum-content-in-infant-vaccines-inaccurately-measured-and-reported/

NY Couple Furloughed for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Over Pregnancy Concerns
A New York couple has filed a lawsuit with the Queens Supreme Court after both were furloughed from their catering jobs for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, citing unknown effects on conception and pregnancy.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-nyc-covid-vaccine-pregnancy-job-furlough-lawsuit-20210616-2cblao6ktfdrheph5e3iwd7oiu-story.html

# Military / DOD
The U.S. just launched more airstrikes in Iraq. Has Biden learned nothing?
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-carries-out-air-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-iraq-syria-2021-06-27/

# Military / Global
Ukraine, US to start Black Sea drills despite Russian protest
https://www.todayonline.com/world/ukraine-us-start-black-sea-military-drills-despite-russian-protest

# Other News
Miami-Dade mayor: 5 dead, 156 unaccounted for as Surfside search continues
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/560412-miami-dade-mayor-5-dead-156-unaccounted-for-as-surfside-search-continues

# Science
Sleeper cells: Newly discovered stem cell resting phase could put brain tumors to sleep
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-06/asu-scn062521.php

# UFO’s
Up in the air! US government’s UFO report stirs range of reactions
https://www.space.com/pentagon-ufo-report-reactions-uap

# Veterans / VA
In a First, Texas Passes Law to Study Psychedelics to Treat PTSD in Veterans
https://www.sacurrent.com/sanantonio/texas-bill-to-study-psychedelics-as-treatment-for-ptsd-in-veterans-becomes-law/Content?oid=26507970

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-25

Voices, The Peoples News

June 25, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Indigenous memories can help scientists save species from extinction. From Canada to the Amazon, scientists are trying to learn from Native knowledge before it’s too late.
https://www.vox.com/22524908/indigenous-knowledge-memories-saving-species-fish-crab

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
After 300 Million Injections and as Demand Wanes FDA Finally Issues Warning on mRNA COVID-19 Shots for Heart Failure
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/after-300-million-injections-and-as-demand-wanes-fda-finally-issues-warning-on-mrna-covid-19-shots-for-heart-failure/

45-Year-Old Bartender Tells World: “Shut the Hell Up and Get Your Vaccine!” He Died 1 Month Later Following the Moderna mRNA Shot
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/45-year-old-bartender-tells-world-shut-the-hell-up-and-get-your-vaccine-he-died-1-month-later-following-the-moderna-mrna-shot/

COVID vaccines and breastfeeding: The vaccines do not pass through breastmilk, but antibodies do, providing hope that breastfed babies might have some level of protection.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01680-x

Leading US Scientist Finds China Scrubbed Early COVID Data That Could Help Explain Origins. A leading US expert in influenza viruses has discovered early sequences of the coronavirus genome from a global database at the request of Chinese researchers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-gene-data-that-could-have-aided-research-on-early-epidemic-removed-from-database-11624472105

New Study Links Ivermectin to ‘Large Reductions’ in COVID-19 Deaths. The use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin could lead to “large reductions” in COVID-19 deaths and may have a “significant impact” on the pandemic globally, according to a recent pre-print review based on peer-reviewed studies.
https://www.biospace.com/article/data-supports-use-of-anti-parasitic-drug-ivermectin-in-covid-19-patients-study-shows/

Nearly 4,000 people in Massachusetts who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have contracted the virus, adding to the growing number of breakthrough cases nationwide.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/massachusetts-covid-vaccine-test-positive-b1870821.html

G–gle, USAID Funded Wuhan Collaborator Peter Daszak’s Virus Experiments for Over a Decade. G–gle funded research conducted by Peter Daszak’s EcoHealth Alliance, a controversial group which has openly collaborated with the Wuhan Institute of Virology on “killer” bat coronavirus research, for over a decade, The National Pulse can reveal.
https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/google-funded-wuhan-linked-ecohealth-research/

Fauci fought Trump order to cancel research grant linked to Wuhan lab. Dr. Anthony Fauci fought orders from the Trump administration to revoke a research grant to a nonprofit linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, only to “reluctantly agree” after it was implied that his job might be on the line
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/560141-fauci-fought-trump-over-order-to-cancel-funding

# Economy / Trade
GOP Legislative Majority Passes $13.5 Billion State Budget, Controversial Policy Trailer Bill
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2290812063843/gop-legislative-majority-passes-13-5-billion-state-budget-controversial-policy-trailer-bill

China slams US curbs on solar materials as economic attack. China’s government on Friday criticized U.S. curbs on imports of solar panel materials that might be made with forced labor as an attack on its development and said Beijing will protect Chinese companies, but gave no details of possible retaliation.
https://journalrecord.com/2021/06/25/china-slams-us-curbs-on-solar-materials-as-economic-attack/

# Education / Schools
Parents Rail Against ‘Critical Race Theory’ by Hurling Racist Abuse at Black School Bosses
https://news.yahoo.com/parents-rail-against-critical-race-231620206.html

What the hysteria over critical race theory is really all about: Conservatives have launched a growing disinformation campaign around the academic concept. It’s an attempt to push back against progress.
https://www.vox.com/22443822/critical-race-theory-controversy

# Employment / Labor
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Could Cut Unemployment Benefits, Experts Warn
A bipartisan group of senators believes $80 billion in revenue can be derived from a crackdown on “unemployment fraud.”
https://truthout.org/articles/bipartisan-infrastructure-deal-could-cut-unemployment-benefits-experts-warn/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
EPA Inaction Blamed as US Bees Suffer Second Highest Colony Losses on Record
Beekeepers this year in the United States reported the second highest annual loss of managed honey bee colonies since records began in 2006
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/24/epa-inaction-blamed-us-bees-suffer-second-highest-colony-losses-record

Op-ed: Want to keep toxic chemicals out of the environment? Start with campaign finance reform. Limits on money in politics would clear a path for science to inform public health decision-making.
https://www.ehn.org/campaign-finance-reform-2653528608.html

Drought, the everything disaster. Nearly 89 percent of nine western states are in some form of drought, and more than a quarter of the region is considered in exceptional drought
https://www.circleofblue.org/2021/world/drought-the-everything-disaster/

Environmentalists file federal lawsuit in Piney Point disaster. The lawsuit asks a federal judge to oversee the clean-up and closure of the old Manatee County fertilizer plant.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2021/06/24/environmentalists-file-federal-lawsuit-in-piney-point-disaster/

Columbia River’s Bradford Island gets new push for toxic Superfund status
Indigenous tribes and environmentalists are calling on the Biden administration to live up to its commitment to environmental justice
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/24/columbia-river-bradford-island-gets-new-push-for-toxic-superfund-status/

U.S. House panel approves legislation to clean up toxic ‘forever chemicals’: The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved major bipartisan legislation that aims to reduce Americans’ exposure to toxic chemicals
http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2021/06/24/u-s-house-panel-approves-legislation-to-clean-up-toxic-forever-chemicals/

Infrastructure breakthrough marks victory for political center. President Biden’s deal with a bipartisan group of 10 senators is throwing a lifeline to one of Washington’s most endangered species: The political center.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/560167-infrastructure-breakthrough-marks-victory-for-political-center

# Global Politics and other news
Israel’s Sending Robots With Machine Guns to the Gaza Border. The “world’s largest open-air prison” gets a new set of guards.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/israel-is-sending-robots-with-machine-guns-to-the-gaza-border

Russia says will respond firmly to any further provocative actions by UK in Black Sea. Russia warned Britain on Thursday that it would bomb British naval vessels in the Black Sea if there were any further provocative actions by the British navy off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/24/russia-says-will-respond-firmly-to-any-further-provocative-actions-by-uk-in-black-sea/

Russian General Defends Right to Use Nuclear Weapons if Existence of State Is Threatened
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2290796190687/russian-general-defends-right-to-use-nuclear-weapons-if-existence-of-state-is-threatened

Russia warns of ‘a real conflict’ with NATO over Black Sea naval exercises
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-warns-of-a-real-conflict-with-nato-over-black-sea-naval-exercises/ar-AALoRM5?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Gov / Political
Eric Adams Has Been Retooling the Racist Republican Playbook. He closed his campaign talking about racism as a way to insulate himself from fair criticisms and questions, while pushing policies that would harm Black and Brown New Yorkers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/eric-adams-has-been-retooling-the-racist-republican-playbook-to-his-advantage

Pelosi Announces A Select Committee To Investigate The Capitol Riot. The speaker’s decision comes after Democrats attempted to set up a bipartisan commission, which was blocked by Senate Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/24/pelosi-announces-select-committee-will-investigate-jan-6-attack-495952

The Department of Justice is suing the state of Georgie over its controversial law imposing a number of new restrictions on voting, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/560229-department-of-justice-sues-georgia-over-voting-law

Eight years ago, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Widespread voter suppression resulted. Twenty-six states have since passed restrictive voting laws, including 10 that previously needed federal approval.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/eight-years-ago-the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act-widespread-voter-suppression-resulted/

# Law Enforcement
Mob gathers in Portland after deadly officer-involved shooting; some throw items at officers
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-gather-in-portland-after-officer-involved-shooting-some-throw-items-at-officers

South Carolina cops on leave after arrest video goes viral. “There is no reason for the level of force we saw on that video yesterday. There’s no reason for that.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/560219-south-carolina-police-launch-probe-into-arrest-of-siblings-caught-on

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
New York Supreme Court case is devastating to Rudy and The Steal: “The Court contends that the repondent’s conduct [Rudy], directly inflamed tensions that bubbled over into the events of January 6, 2021 in this nation’s Capitol.” “Accordingly, the AGC’s motions should be granted and respondent is suspended from the practice of law in the State of New York, effectively immediately.”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/24/new-york-supreme-court-case-is-devastating-to-rudy-and-the-steal/

Justice Samuel Alito has drawn attention for his fiery criticism of Supreme Court rulings, with some court watchers especially struck by the degree of barely concealed hostility he directed at fellow conservative justices.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/560147-justice-alito-bristles-at-conservative-supreme-courts-incremental

Why Derek Chauvin’s sentencing will be rarity for the US legal system. On Friday, Chauvin will be sentenced based on the most serious offense, second-degree murder, which carries a maximum charge of 40 years.
https://www.vox.com/2021/6/25/22549417/derek-chauvin-prison-sentence

A federal judge on Thursday weighed whether to dismiss Dominion’s defamation lawsuits. He seemed skeptical of arguments from lawyers for Rudy Giuliani, Mike Lindell, and Sidney Powell. Dominion is suing all three Trump allies over election conspiracy theories.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-judge-expressed-skepticism-about-arguments-from-mike-lindell-sidney-powell-and-rudy-giuliani-who-want-dominion-s-defamation-lawsuits-against-them-dismissed/ar-AALpqm2?ocid=winp1taskbar

DOJ Nominee Worked With Hunter Biden at Law Firm Tied to Ukrainian Energy Giant. Hunter Biden laptop emails indicate he attended private dinner with DOJ nominee. Joe Biden’s nominee for a top Justice Department position worked alongside Hunter Biden at a prominent law firm that represented Ukrainian energy giant Burisma Holdings
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/doj-nominee-worked-with-hunter-biden-at-big-law-firm-tied-to-ukrainian-energy-giant/

# LGBTQ
A 13-Yr-Old Puts Homophobic Ex-Virginia Lawmaker to Shame. Dick Black’s incendiary comments derailed a school hearing on transgender rights. But it was the young girl who spoke before him who had a message everyone needs to hear.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-13-year-old-put-a-homophobic-ex-virginia-state-lawmaker-dick-black-to-shame

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
The House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee approved a bill containing marijuana banking protections and letting Washington, D.C. legalize cannabis sales, in contrast to President Joe Biden’s budget.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/house-committee-approves-marijuana-protections-for-banking-and-d-c/

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is recommending a global ban on marijuana advertising—but some advocates see it as a sign that the prohibitionist body is coming to terms with the fact that legalization is inevitable.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/united-nations-urges-global-ban-on-marijuana-advertising-in-novel-regulatory-recommendation/

# Media
Should reporters challenge or ignore election disbelievers? Matt Negrin’s campaign to ban “election deniers” from television news failed to achieve his original goal, which was to prevent a significant number of Americans from believing the lie that Donald Trump didn’t lose the presidential election to Joe Biden.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-business-capitol-siege-entertainment-c51ef1a3d205d7ccf8ede0cdb2d1f4c6

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Calm Anxiety Naturally: 7 Top Substances. In the face of the mounting costs of anxiety in the U.S. and globally, here are seven substances that act as natural anti-anxiety agents and may make a difference
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/herbs-for-anxiety#summary

It’s Not B.S.: There Are Actual, Science-Backed Benefits to Drinking Lemon Water
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318662#benefits

# Medical / Health
Climate Change Could Fuel the Spread of a Flesh-Eating Parasite. A small but growing number of leishmaniasis cases are being reported in the U.S. As climate change pushes rodent and sand fly habitat northward, scientists caution that in the future, an increasing number of U.S. residents could be exposed to the flesh-eating parasites.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-could-fuel-the-spread-of-a-flesh-eating-parasite/

Lifting the Curtain on a Long-Neglected Disease: The Kissing Bug: 300K Americans may live with a chronic, deadly disease transmitted by the ‘kissing bug.’ What is Chagas and why are doctors missing it?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/06/19/kissing-bug-chagas-disease-doctors-may-missing-cases-study-finds/7636755002/

This Is How Stem-Cell Therapy Treats Serious Brain Injuries. Stem-cell therapy, optimizing hormone levels as part of protocols focused on reducing neuroinflammation, reveals exceptional potential to treat TBI, CTE and PTSD.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/375202

House panels launch investigation into controversial Alzheimer’s drug. An important next step in the furor over the new Alzheimer’s drug: Two House committees on Friday announced they are launching an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) controversial approval of Aduhelm, and the drug’s $56,000 a year price.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/560325-house-panels-launch-investigation-into-controversial-alzheimers-drug

# Military / DOD
Pentagon punches back against GOP culture wars. Republicans are increasingly pulling the military into their culture wars — and the military is increasingly hitting back.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/560173-pentagon-punches-back-against-gop-culture-wars

# Military / Global
Iraq and Afghanistan veteran believes the culture war ‘fully bled into the military’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/iraq-and-afghanistan-veteran-believes-the-culture-war-fully-bled-into-the-military/vi-AALpud4?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Social
Greater disparities to emerge in Texas as unemployment benefits, protections against evictions and utility shutoffs end. The financial safety net for the pandemic will vanish this summer, and there are two very different economic realities for Texans returning to “normal.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/25/texas-federal-unemployment-benefits-evictions/

CDC extends its eviction ban: The federal government’s pandemic-related eviction moratorium, which was scheduled to expire June 30, has been extended to July 31, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order released Thursday
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/24/eviction-ban-texas/

Black nationalists declare ‘legal residency’ in Newark woman’s home, police disagree
Newark homeowner called in police last week after four Black nationalists moved into a new home she was renovating and declared that as sovereign citizens of the Al Moroccan Empire, “their status permitted them access to the property,” authorities said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/black-nationalists-declare-legal-residency-in-newark-woman-s-home-police-disagree/ar-AALqdRo?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Tips, Tricks and How To’s
6 simple hacks that will cool you down without air-conditioning during the coming heat wave. As climate change causes extreme heat in unexpected places, people without AC may not think they have the ability to lower the temperature inside. But there are ways to cool down, even if you’re not able to buy a new appliance.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90650006/6-simple-hacks-to-stay-cool-without-air-conditioning-during-the-coming-heat-wave?partner=rss

# UFO’s
The U.S. Is About to Change the Way the World Thinks About UFOs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-u-s-is-about-to-change-the-way-the-world-thinks-about-ufos/ar-AALphsK?ocid=winp1taskbar

US intel report confirms more than 140 UFO sightings: Of the 144 such encounters, just one was identified with high confidence while the others remain a mystery, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said in a report sent to Congress.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-intel-report-confirms-more-than-140-ufo-sightings/ar-AALs7kj?li=BBnbcA1

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-12

Voices, The Peoples News

June 12, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Border / Immigration
‘Dangerous and Unconscionable’: Amnesty Finds Biden Is Illegally Expelling Thousands of Unaccompanied Children. “The Biden administration is summarily returning almost all unaccompanied Mexican children just hours after they seek safe haven, often without considering the risks they could face upon return.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/11/dangerous-and-unconscionable-amnesty-finds-biden-illegally-expelling-thousands

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
CDC to hold ’emergency meeting’ on heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccines
An advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold an emergency meeting on June 18 to discuss rare reports of heart inflammation after doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/557944-cdc-to-hold-emergency-meeting-on-heart-inflammation-after-covid-19-vaccines

Censored in the Corporate Media Hundreds of Medical Professionals Speak Out on Medscape Forum Warning about Dangers of COVID Injections
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/censored-in-the-corporate-media-hundreds-of-medical-professionals-speak-out-on-medscape-forum-warning-about-dangers-of-covid-injections/

Paul Offit’s Biggest Concern About COVID Vaccines: Eric Topol, editor-in-chief of Medscape. “It’s a special privilege to welcome Paul Offit, who is my go-to expert on vaccines”
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/936937

1,295 DEAD in UK Following COVID Bioweapon Shots – Italy Halts AstraZeneca Shots After Teen Dies
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/1295-dead-in-uk-following-covid-bioweapon-shots-italy-halts-astrazeneca-shots-after-teen-dies/

CDC to Convene Emergency Meeting on 226 Reports of Heart Inflammation After COVID Vaccine in People Under 30
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-emergency-meeting-heart-inflammation-pfizer-moderna-covid-vaccine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cdc-calls-emergency-meeting-on-226-reports-of-heart-inflammation-after-covid-vaccine-in-people-under-30

Nearly 800 Reports of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination in US
https://www.theepochtimes.com/nearly-800-reports-of-heart-inflammation-after-covid-19-vaccination-in-us_3853032.html

Study shows hydroxychloroquine and zinc treatments increased coronavirus survival rate by almost three times
https://www.yahoo.com/now/study-shows-hydroxychloroquine-zinc-treatments-210300816.html

Tensions rise as US, China discuss COVID-19 origin, human rights violations
https://thehill.com/policy/international/china/558131-us-china-diplomats-have-heated-call-over-taiwan-uyghurs-detention

# Economy / Trade
Half of the pandemic’s unemployment money may have been stolen. Criminals may have stolen as much as half of the unemployment benefits the U.S. has been pumping out over the past year, some experts say. Unemployment fraud during the pandemic could easily reach 400 billion, according to some estimates
https://www.axios.com/pandemic-unemployment-fraud-benefits-stolen-a937ad9d-0973-4aad-814f-4ca47b72f67f.html

# Education / Schools
The future of online education is in flux after Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have funded schools that chose to offer remote instruction next year, leaving families who planned to enroll their students scrambling to make alternate arrangements.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/06/10/can-texas-students-continue-online-learning-next-year-maybe-not-as-districts-rollback-plans-after-lawmakers-failed-to-extend-the-life-of-virtual-schools/

Far-Right Snitch Network Targets Schools That Talk Race. A new crop of right-leaning political organizations has emerged to blast money at the “critical race theory” panic on the right.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/critical-race-theory-panic-sees-far-right-snitch-network-target-schools-that-talk-race

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Whales in the Monterey Bay benefited from quieter waters during the pandemic
From communication and finding food to reproducing and avoiding predators, noise pollution affects whales in many different ways.
https://www.ksbw.com/article/whales-in-the-monterey-bay-benefited-from-quieter-waters-during-the-pandemic/36654262#

Biden moves to reverse Trump opening of Alaska forest to logging
https://www.todayonline.com/world/biden-moves-reverse-trump-opening-alaska-forest-logging

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global
Edge of Pine Island Glacier’s ice shelf is ripping apart, causing key Antarctic glacier to gain speed
https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/06/11/edge-of-pine-island-glaciers-ice-shelf-is-ripping-apart-causing-key-antarctic-glacier-to-gain-speed/

# Global Politics and other news
The Novichok Chronicles: A Tale of Two Hoaxes. Was this a covert operation to create political conflict against Russia?
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/11/the-novichok-chronicles-a-tale-of-two-hoaxes/

Russia launches satellite with high resolution camera to help Iran
https://theglobalherald.com/news/russia-launches-satellite-with-high-resolution-camera-to-help-iran/

Iran and Venezuela are testing Biden with suspected weapons transfer
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/11/iran-venezuela-biden-weapons-493533

In NBC interview, Putin says he can work with Biden
https://thehill.com/policy/international/russia/558100-putin-says-hes-optimistic-about-working-with-biden-ahead-of

# Gov / Political
The Republican War on Protests. Republican state legislators across 34 states have introduced more than 80 bills this year that criminalize protesting or protect those who harm protesters.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/06/11/republican-war-protests

Donald Trump Must Be Prosecuted for His Crimes. Holding Trump and William Barr to account is not a matter of political payback. This is about the future of our republic.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/06/11/donald-trump-must-be-prosecuted-his-crimes

U.S.: From mass airstrikes to targeted terrorist attack: Washington continues to insist on Bashar al-Assad government “illegitimacy” and actively supports so-called moderate opposition.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2021/06/11/u-s-from-mass-airstrikes-to-targeted-terrorist-attack/

Trump’s Nazi Police State: Bill Barr ‘knew what he was hiding’ when he lied to Senate panel about secret investigations: former FBI official
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/11/trumps-nazi-police-state-bill-barr-knew-what-he-was-hiding-when-he-lied-to-senate-panel-about-secret-investigations-former-fbi-official/?mc_cid=4651b40509&mc_eid=3f7488d454

Progressives want to tighten screws beyond Manchin and Sinema. Manchin and Sinema have earned headlines — and barbs from the grassroots — by putting brakes on filibuster reform and, in Manchin’s case, by opposing sweeping voting rights legislation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/558074-progressives-want-to-tighten-screws-beyond-manchin-and-sinema

Simmering Democratic tensions show signs of boiling over. Fights over the filibuster. Tensions over Israel. Bickering over police funding. And grumbling over immigration policy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/558059-simmering-democratic-tensions-show-signs-of-boiling-over

Progressives say pressure on Democratic centrists over ending the filibuster needs to move beyond Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/558074-progressives-want-to-tighten-screws-beyond-manchin-and-sinema

With Texas political mapmakers now certain that the state will get two more U.S. House seats, the focus shifts to where those districts will go and how others will be redrawn. One scenario would create a district centered in Austin.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/26/census-bureau-release-population-totals-congress-apportionment/7381180002/

Legislators introduced more than 100 proposals in 33 different states that would restrict the right to protest. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two new protest-related bills into law
https://www.tpr.org/podcast/the-source/2021-06-06/new-texas-anti-riot-laws-echo-nationwide-trend-of-ramped-up-protest-restrictions-punishments

Arizona Lawmaker Responds to AG Garland: ‘You Will Not Touch Arizona Ballots or Machines Unless You Want to Spend Time in Arizona Prison.’ Earlier on Friday, the Biden Department of Justice warned state lawmakers that if they proceeded to audit fraudulent elections, they will be targeted by the Biden administration
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/11/1005717622/ag-garland-vows-to-defend-voting-rights-as-the-cornerstone-of-american-democracy

Why a Judge Has Georgia Vote Fraud on His Mind: ‘Pristine’ Biden Ballots That Looked Xeroxed
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/why-a-judge-has-georgia-vote-fraud-on-his-mind-pristine-biden-ballots-that-looked-xeroxed_3849309.html

Biden to send $150M in Military aid to Ukraine as Russia eyes U.S. Forces ahead of summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lknrqBGMp_Q

China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin
https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/china-us-diplomats-clash-over-human-rights-pandemic-origin

GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says that he’s being blocked from joining the Congressional Black Caucus because of his conservative views
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/557691-congressional-black-caucus-blocking-black-house-republican-from-joining-group

Biden will hold a solo news conference rather than pairing with Putin after their summit.
https://insider-voice.com/biden-will-hold-a-solo-press-conference-instead-of-pairing-up-with-putin-after-their-summit/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Sessions Claims He’s Clueless About His DOJ Snooping on Dems. The former Attorney General oversaw dozens of leak investigations. But he’s telling associates he knew nothing about this particular one.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeff-sessions-claims-hes-clueless-about-his-dojs-reported-snooping-on-congress

Chicago Cop Donned Police Hoodie While Storming Capitol: Karol Chwiesiuk was once anointed “police officer of the month.” On Friday, he appeared before a federal judge.
https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-cop-donned-police-hoodie-192629553.html

DOJ to probe Trump-era subpoenas of lawmaker records. The Justice Department’s internal watchdog will investigate the secret seizure of data from Democratic lawmakers and reporters during leak investigations initiated under the Trump administration.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/doj-inspector-general-to-probe-trump-era-subpoenas-of-records-of-lawmakers-journalists_3855473.html

# Media
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange and the Collapse of the Rule of Law: Chris Hedges gave this talk at a rally Thursday night in New York City in support of Julian Assange. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian’s father and brother, also spoke at the event, which was held at The People’s Forum.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/chris-hedges-julian-assange-and-the-collapse-of-the-rule-of-law/277680/

Despite wearing a press vest and holding a government press card, Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Givara Budeiri was violently assaulted and arrested by Israeli police on June 5.
https://cpj.org/2021/06/israeli-forces-detain-and-assault-al-jazeera-journalist-other-reporters-in-jerusalem/

Israel releases Al Jazeera journalist after hours-long arrest. Givara Budeiri was assaulted during her arrest while covering a demonstration in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/5/israeli-police-arrest-al-jazeera-journalist-in-sheikh-jarrah-east-jerusalem

# Medical / Health
As Big Pharma Stock Soars, Third FDA Adviser Resigns Over Approval of Alzheimer’s Drug. The doctor and panel member wrote that it “was probably the worst drug approval decision in recent U.S. history.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/11/big-pharma-stock-soars-third-fda-adviser-resigns-over-approval-alzheimers-drug

# Military / DOD
Pentagon to redirect $2.2B in border wall funds back to military projects. The Pentagon will restore $2.2 billion to military construction projects that were stripped by the Trump administration to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/06/11/Defense-Department-border-wall-construction-spending/6591623456577/

Eying Russia, Pentagon to send Ukraine counter-drone, electronic warfare equipment
https://www.rawstory.com/eying-russia-pentagon-to-send-ukraine-counter-drone-electronic-warfare-equipment/

# Technology
House unveils antitrust package to rein in tech giants: A House antitrust panel on Friday unveiled a bipartisan agenda made up of five bills that would give regulators greater authority to rein in the power of tech giants.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/11/house-bills-silicon-valley-493511

# Weather
Dangerous heat wave headed to the West: Latest forecast: Temps will climb to 118 degrees in Palm Springs and 117 degrees in Phoenix.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dangerous-heat-wave-headed-west-latest-forecast/story?id=78238018

# Water
A Sinister Agenda Behind California Water Crisis? Looming Food Supply Catastrophe
California Water Board officials have been making the crisis far worse by draining the state water reservoirs…into the ocean.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/a-sinister-agenda-behind-california-water-crisis-looming-food-supply-catastrophe/

The Looming Water Disaster That Could Destroy California, and Enrich Its Billionaire Farmers
https://criverwatch.org/2010/04/05/the-looming-water-disaster-that-could-destroy-california-and-enrich-its-billionaire-farmers/

‘It is heartbreaking’: California farmers face tough decisions as drought worsens
Thousands of acres of farmland are drying up in California as the state is in a drought. Water is scarce and farm employees are left without work. Del Bosque Farms owner Joe Del Bosque said he is worried they “may go out of business.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/california-famers-face-tough-decisions-as-drought-worsens-114495557755

Until the Last Drop | California Water Documentary: Until the Last Drop examines the rivers that have transformed the San Joaquin Valley, helped create California’s greatest cities and nourished a nation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZiEsRuQlw

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-24

Voices, The Peoples News

June 24, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West: The Department of Interior announced plans to review the legacy of Indian boarding schools. Read Nick Estes’ 2019 story that looked into how these schools used children as a tool to open the West.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqWRyBCHhw

Hundreds of Graves Found at 2nd Indigenous School in Canada. In May, investigators found the remains of 215 children at a British Columbia boarding school for Indigenous kids.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/24/canada-hundreds-more-unmarked-graves-found-at-former-indigenous-school

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Why Are Large Numbers Of Birds Suddenly Dropping Dead In Multiple U.S.
States?
As if we didn’t have enough weird things going on, now birds are suddenly dropping dead in large numbers all across the eastern half of the country.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a34042911/mass-bird-die-off-america-explanation/

# Archaeology
Puzzling skull discovery may point to previously unknown human ancestor.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have identified a new type of early human at the Nesher Ramla site, dated to 140,000 to 120,000 years ago https://scitechdaily.com/archaeologists-make-dramatic-discovery-a-prehistoric-human-type-previously-unknown-to-science/

Archaeologist discovers 6,000 year-old island settlement off Croatian coast. Croatia has a long history of underwater archaeological research, especially of shipwrecks and the history of sea travel and trade in Classical Antiquity, but also including intermittent discoveries of submerged prehistoric archaeology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsyeqyfptOI

# Border / Immigration
ICE force-fed immigrants who went on hunger strikes to protest poor conditions, new report https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/immigrants-ice-hunger-strikes-force-feeding

Smuggled Video Provides Glimpse Of Dangerous And ‘Heartbreaking’
Conditions At El Paso Migrant Camp.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/22/donna-border-patrol-facility-photos/

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) The COVID Shots. Are they Really Saving Us?
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/06/the-covid-shots-are-they-really-saving-us/

Mandatory Vaccination Lawsuit by Houston Methodist Hospital Employees Dismissed
https://www.wsj.com/articles/houston-hospital-workers-fired-resign-over-covid-19-vaccine-11624404963

Covid-19 vaccine trials cannot tell us if they will save lives. None of the current trials are designed to detect a reduction in any serious outcome such as hospitalisations, intensive care use, or deaths https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/covid-19-vaccine-trials-cannot-tell-us-if-they-will-save-lives/

Researcher Says He Uncovered 13 Deleted COVID-19 Sequences. The files were uncovered on Google Cloud, a cloud storage software.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/seattle-researcher-says-he-uncovered-13-deleted-covid-19-sequences

Pfizer, Moderna COVID Vaccines Linked to 1,200 Cases of Rare Heart Inflammation https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-06-23/cdc-advisers-likely-link-between-rare-heart-inflammation-cases-and-pfizer-moderna-covid-19-vaccines

Israel says the Delta variant is infecting vaccinated people – as many as 50% of cases. But they are less severe.
https://www.businessinsider.com/delta-coronavirus-variant-strongest-threat-vaccinated-people-2021-6

Wolves in Sheep Clothing – Republican Governors are Pro-Bioweapon Injections Despite Opposing COVID-19 “Vaccine Passports”
https://press.1001solutions.net/2021/06/23/wolves-in-sheep-clothing-republican-governors-are-pro-bioweapon-injections-despite-opposing-covid-19-vaccine-passports/

Biden Admin Partnering with Private Sector to Bribe Kids with Xboxes to Get Shots https://dailycaller.com/2021/06/22/tiktok-xbox-jen-psaki-vaccination-kids-anthony-fauci/

17 Million Americans Likely Had Covid In Early 2020 And Didn’t Know It.
Antibody testing on undiagnosed adults suggests that there may have been five times more cases than officially reported.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/07/17/covid-19-no-positive-test-uncounted-millions-still-had-symptoms/5407855002/

Rare Heart Condition In Young ‘Likely’ Linked To mRNA Vaccines: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 323 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis have been verified in people who received the Pfizer or Moderna covid vaccine.
https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/23/officials-note-likely-association-between-covid-19-vaccines-and-rare-heart-condition-in-young-people/

San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. Will Require All City Workers To Be Vaccinated. Those Who Don’t Could Be Fired https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/S-F-will-require-all-city-workers-to-be-16269840.php

‘Inappropriate’ Or A Relief? How Houston Methodist Patients, Workers Feel About Vaccination Firings. A day after Houston Methodist finalized the terminations and resignations of 153 workers who had refused the
COVID-19 vaccine, opinions swirled across one of Houston’s largest hospital systems https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Inappropriate-or-a-relief-How-Houston-16269007.php

U.S. Confirms Removal of Wuhan Virus Sequences From Database. Details of the genetic makeup of some of the earliest samples of coronavirus in China were removed from an American database where they were initially stored at the request of Chinese researchers, U.S. officials confirmed, adding to concerns over secrecy surrounding the outbreak and its origins.
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/us-confirms-removal-of-wuhan-coronavirus-sequences-from-database-121062500032_1.html

Virus Expert Just Broadcast This Big Warning: “I think there’s a universal agreement among the COVID-19 experts that the Delta variant is by far the most dangerous SARS-CoV-2 mutation or variant that we’ve seen to date,” said Osterholm.
https://news.yahoo.com/virus-expert-just-broadcast-big-190157176.html

Gregg Jarrett: COVID and China – Dr. Fauci’s tangled web of deceit just got bigger. Fauci, medical adviser to the president, has already been accused by Sen. Rand Paul of lying during a recent Senate hearing https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/covid-china-fauci-deceipt-gregg-jarrett

The Way To Reduce The Effects Of The Delta Variant Is Simple — But Will Americans Listen?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-way-to-reduce-the-effects-of-the-delta-variant-is-simple-but-will-americans-listen/ar-AALmJOM?ocid=winp1taskbar

What parents should know about rare cases of heart inflammation in young people after a COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.businessinsider.com/kids-covid-19-vaccine-and-rare-heart-inflammation-2021-6

# Economy / Trade
Famous firms pulling out of the People’s Republic. Click or scroll through the gallery for 29 world-famous firms partially or completely pulling out of the People’s Republic.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/more-than-50-companies-reportedly-pull-production-out-of-china-due-to-trade-war.html

6 Chinese Manufacturers of Solar Industry Materials Blacklisted From U.S. Market
https://apnews.com/article/china-business-government-and-politics-1fdb0ef1dfea9c95a7efee767320b2b6

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Most wind and solar power installed last year is generating cheaper power than the lowest-cost fossil fuel alternative, an International Renewable Energy Agency report finds.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/renewable-energy-is-now-the-cheapest-option-even-without-subsidies/?sh=36328eb25a6b

Renewable Energy Is Now The Cheapest Option – Even Without Subsidies https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/renewable-energy-is-now-the-cheapest-option-even-without-subsidies/?sh=36328eb25a6b

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Inside an Ugly New Extremist Wave Stoked by Historic Drought. If online and IRL bluster are any indication, a genuine, complicated water emergency in the West might give rise to violent clashes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-an-ugly-new-extremist-wave-stoked-by-historic-drought

‘The water is coming’: Florida Keys faces stark reality as seas rise.
Officials prepare to elevate streets despite financial shortfalls, amid recognition that not every home can be saved https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/24/florida-keys-climate-change-sea-level-rise

This barge capsized and leaked a massive stream of toxic coal ash near Florida A plume of ash roughly 1,000 feet long could be seen spilling out of the half-submerged barge https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnagz/coal-ash-florida-barge-capsize-aes-puerto-rico

Legal Experts Define Ecocide: An international panel of 12 legal experts has drafted an official definition of ecocide this week after months of deliberation. The definition was released with a proposed law that would be the fifth crime prosecuted by the International Criminal Court if enacted.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ca2608ab914493c64ef1f6d/t/60d1e6e604fae2201d03407f/1624368879048/SE+Foundation+Commentary+and+core+text+rev+6.pdf

Democrats and Republicans want to fund infrastructure using federal unemployment benefits yanked from workers
https://www.businessinsider.com/senators-want-to-fund-infrastructure-with-federal-unemployment-benefits-2021-6

‘We have a deal’: Biden reaches $1.2 trillion infrastructure compromise with bipartisan group of senators https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/24/senators-meet-biden-infrastructure-raising-hope-deal/7777660002/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Senate Democrats Call For FDA Action On High Levels Of Heavy Metals In Some Baby Food https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/559862-senate-democrats-call-for-fda-action-on-high-levels-of-heavy-metals-in-some

White farmer wins temporary halt to program for Black counterparts. A federal judge ordered the USDA not to issue payments under the program for ‘socially disadvantaged’ farmers until she can rule on the merits of the case.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/22/black-farmers-loan-payments

The history of discrimination against Black farmers in the U.S.: A farmer’s life is never an easy one. But for many African American farmers, their work has been complicated by discrimination and often at the hand of government officials.
https://news.yahoo.com/history-discrimination-against-black-farmers-131342417.html

# Global Politics and other news
Afghan government could collapse six months after US withdrawal, new intelligence assessment says https://thehill.com/policy/defense/559894-intel-analysis-afghan-government-could-collapse-six-months-after-us-troops

Satellite Images Appear to Show Iran Preparing for Second Rocket Launch This Month https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/22/politics/iran-failed-satellite-launch/index.html

China’s growth “cannot be stopped by anyone,” a Chinese official declared on Thursday as he warned the United States against any further contact with Taiwan.
China ‘Cannot Be Stopped by Anyone,’ Beijing Defense Official Warns U.S.:
https://dailyreuters.com/china-cannot-be-stopped-by-anyone-beijing-defense-official-warns-u-s/

China Military Holds ‘Record-Breaking’ Drill in Tibet Amid Heightened Tensions. The Chinese military recently conducted “record-breaking”
training in Tibet amid rising regional tensions with India, as the South Asian country begins military drills with the United States.
https://washingtonnewsday.com/world/amid-heightened-tensions-chinas-military-conducts-a-record-breaking-drill-in-tibet/

# Gov / Political
Senators involved in bipartisan negotiations say they’ve agreed to an infrastructure “framework” that White House officials signed off on, they’ll meet with President Biden to brief him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/559985-senate-negotiators-white-house-officials-agree-on-infrastructure-framework

(Defense News) President Joe Biden is set to nominate the chief executive of the U.S.-Russia Foundation and a former National Security Council official on Russia to be the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2021/06/23/biden-picks-russia-pro-for-key-pentagon-post/

Earthquake: Black candidates rack up city wins: Voters are turning to outsider candidates to run their cities in a political earthquake that has ousted incumbents and shattered expectations across the country.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/559979-earthquake-black-candidates-rack-up-city-wins

McConnell Is Stacking the Courts and Using Voter Suppression to Maintain Power Mitch McConnell has established himself as the U.S.’s most dangerous practitioner of might-is-right politics.
https://truthout.org/articles/mcconnell-is-stacking-the-courts-and-using-voter-suppression-to-maintain-power/

U.S. House committee due to consider sweeping China bill next week https://www.todayonline.com/world/us-house-committee-due-consider-sweeping-china-bill-next-week

House passes veterans contraception, LGBTQ business bills previously blocked by GOP https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-passes-veterans-contraception-lgbtq-business-bills-previously-blocked-by-gop/ar-AALps4L?ocid=winp1taskbar

Yes to a Biden-Xi summit: While the meetings behind closed doors were far more professional, both sides put on a show for the reporters who were ushered into the room.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/yes-to-a-biden-xi-summit

US diplomat says US no longer sees Taiwan as problem in relationship with China https://thehill.com/policy/international/asia-pacific/560032-us-diplomat-says-us-no-longer-sees-taiwan-as-problem-in

Alright, Alright, Alright: Poll Shows Matthew McConaughey In Striking Distance Of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
https://www.insider.com/texas-matthew-mcconaughey-ahead-of-gov-greg-abbott-says-poll-2021-4

# Law Enforcement
National Guard chief says Capitol quick-reaction force better suited for law-enforcement agencies https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-06-23/National-Guard-chief-says-Capitol-quick-reaction-force-better-suited-for-law-enforcement-agencies-1784067.html

Plan for National Guard security force on Capitol Hill faces political pushback https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/05/19/plan-for-national-guard-security-force-on-capitol-hill-faces-political-pushback/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Secret Weisselberg & Trump meets at Trump Tower May Yield Obstruction for Disgraced Ex- Prez: The Trump organization seems to have circled its wagons, with frequent meetings of the clan, advisors, and attorneys in Trump Tower. I suspect news of possible ‘state Rico charges’, with everyone in company is tagged as a group for ‘running a continuing criminal enterprize.’
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-accountant-allen-weisselberg-becomes-key-figure-in-criminal-probe-20210425-4tce7nirrbepje4b3fw6cosk4m-story.html

House investigates possible shadow operation in Trump justice department https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/24/house-democrats-justice-department-shadow-operation-investigation

Rudy Giuliani Was Just Suspended From Practicing Law in New York. The former Trump attorney’s election lies have landed him in hot water.
https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/06/rudy-giuliani-was-just-barred-from-practicing-law-in-new-york/

NY attorney general says Trump Org probe is now criminal. The New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it is conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s business empire, expanding what had previously been a civil probe.
https://accesswdun.com/article/2021/5/1006865

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
House Appropriations Committee leaders are defying President Joe Biden by filing a spending bill that would allow Washington, D.C. to legalize marijuana sales.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congressional-democrats-defy-biden-by-scrapping-d-c-marijuana-sales-ban/

Biden admin opposes cannabis research bill for veterans (Newsletter:
June 24, 2021)
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/biden-admin-opposes-cannabis-research-bill-for-veterans-newsletter-june-24-2021/

Multiple Adult-Use Legalization Laws to Take Effect Next Week. Once the new state laws are enacted, an estimated 145 million Americans – or more than 40 percent of the country – will live in a jurisdiction where the use of cannabis by adults is legal.
https://norml.org/news/2021/06/24/multiple-adult-use-legalization-laws-to-take-effect-next-week/

# Media
PressTV domain seized by US government: Kevin Barrett & Scott Bennett Respond on Press TV. The White House has not officially commented on the matter.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/23/presstv-seized/

# Medical / Health
Biden Quietly Transforms Medicaid Safety Net: The Biden administration is quietly engineering a series of expansions to Medicaid that may bolster protections for millions of low-income Americans and bring more people into the program.
https://www.thelundreport.org/content/biden-quietly-transforms-medicaid-safety-net

# Military / DOD
Austin, Milley push back on lawmakers’ extremism, critical race theory challenges The Pentagon’s top leaders on Wednesday offered full-throated defenses of their handling of extremism and diversity issues amid challenges from House Republicans skeptical of efforts to root out radicals and racists in the military force.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-06-23/Austin-Milley-push-back-on-lawmakers-extremism-critical-race-theory-challenges-1783195.html

Gen. Milley Fires Back at Matt Gaetz’s ‘Offensive’ Question: “What is wrong with understanding, having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?” Milley declared on Wednesday.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/top-general-fires-back-criticism-military-woke-495703

A week after China flew a record sortie of 28 fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defense zone, the U.S. Navy sent the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur through the narrow strait dividing Taiwan from mainland China.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/asia/us-navy-taiwan-strait-transit-intl-hnk/index.html

Extended-Range Guided MLRS Soars in Flight Test. (Lockheed Martin) Lockheed Martin’s Extended-Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER GMLRS) exceeds the range of the current munition offering enhanced capability, flexibility and ability to restore advantage throughout the battlespace.
https://news.lockheedmartin.com/mission-success-lockheed-martin-extended-range-guided-multiple-launch-rocket-system-soars-flight-test

MDA Chief: US needs hybrid system to defend Guam from missile threats:
(USNI News) The U.S. will likely need to deploy a hybrid system to defend Guam due to its difficult terrain and the variety of missile threats it faces, the head of the Missile Defense Agency said this week.
https://news.usni.org/2021/06/23/mda-chief-u-s-needs-hybrid-system-to-defend-guam-from-missile-threats

Pentagon linguist sentenced to 23 years for exposing US sources in Iraq to Hezbollah in rare terrorism espionage case https://ground.news/article/pentagon-linguist-sentenced-to-23-years-for-exposing-us-sources-in-iraq-to-hezbollah-in-rare-terrorism-espionage-case

(Army Times) If the Army is serious about countering the Chinese military in the Pacific, it needs to permanently station an Armored Brigade Combat Team on Taiwan, according to some think tankers.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/06/23/an-army-brigade-posted-to-taiwan-and-other-ways-to-counter-china-being-floated/

(Air Force Magazine) Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
(ISR) aircraft are among the Air Force’s most-requested assets worldwide, but the service wants to cut back the number of combat air patrols it supports on any given day so it can free up funds in the fiscal 2022 budget to develop next-generation platforms.
https://www.airforcemag.com/why-usaf-wants-to-cut-isr-operations-in-fiscal-2022/

Biden Administration Plans to Spend $109.8 Billion on Nuclear Submarines. A Columbia-class submarine is essentially an over $100 billion initiative to deliver 16,128 Hiroshimas.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-administration-plans-to-spend-109-8-billion-on-nuclear-submarines/

Pentagon Insider Warns Joe Biden Against ‘Major War’ With China in Open Letter
https://www.newsweek.com/pentagon-insider-warns-joe-biden-major-war-china-xi-jinping-1603774

# Social
Black and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII. The pandemic will undermine Americans’ health for years. Even those not infected by the coronavirus could suffer health problems related to poverty, job loss, eviction, or all of the above.
https://khn.org/news/article/the-pandemic-will-undermine-american-health-for-years/

# Space
What is the Drake Equation: the math that predicts how many alien civilizations are out there https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-is-the-drake-equation-the-math-that-predicts-how-many-alien-civilizations-are-out-there/

# Technology
John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell. The software magnate reportedly died just hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/john-mcafee-found-dead-prison-after-spanish-court-allows-extradition-2021-06-23/

Northrop CEO: To beat China, US must step up investments in advanced computing
(C4ISRNET) The United States is at risk at falling behind China in the realm of computing, Northrop Grumman’s top executive said.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/artificial-intelligence/2021/06/23/northrop-ceo-to-beat-china-us-must-step-up-investments-in-advanced-computing/

US Cyber Command exercise will help shape new tactics for changing threats
(C4ISRNET) U.S. Cyber Command is using its annual training exercise this week to codify best practices for defensive cyber teams.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2021/06/23/us-cyber-command-exercise-will-help-shape-new-tactics-for-changing-threats/

# UFO’s
Pentagon Likely Thinks UFOs ‘Not Human,’ Astrophysicist Says Ahead of Report https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/pentagon-likely-thinks-ufos-not-human-astrophysicist-says-ahead-of-report/ar-AALmqJX?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Veterans / VA
New bill would make extra pandemic assistance permanent for homeless veterans
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5639

(Navy Times) Sailors who have given birth will now have an additional three months to recover before they are required to take the physical fitness assessment.
https://www.navy-prt.com/post-partum-sailors-now-have-additional-time-to-take-the-pfa/

Wounded Iraq War veteran gets custom-built home through Gary Sinise’s charity (Army Times) Retired Army Capt. Juan Guerrero and his family moved into a specialized smart home, mortgage-free, outside of San Antonio, Texas, last week.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/2021/06/22/wounded-iraq-war-veteran-gets-custom-built-home-through-gary-sinises-charity/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-23

Voices, The Peoples News

June 23, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
US to investigate ‘unspoken traumas’ of Native American boarding schools Deb Haaland announces initiative to ‘uncover the truth’ of policies that forced Indigenous children to assimilate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/22/us-investigation-native-american-boarding-schools

Shawnee reclaim the great Serpent Mound. The Summer Solstice, June 20, the longest day of the year, marks the first time that the Shawnee tribe has officially returned to the Serpent Mound located in Ohio to present their history and connection to this place that they called home so many years ago.
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/shawnee-relcaim-great-serpent-mound

A federal judge dismisses the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s case against the Dakota Access pipeline developer but outlines a path for future legal challenges.
https://earthjustice.org/features/faq-standing-rock-litigation

Native Americans no longer silent as racial tensions build amid new Klamath water crisis https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2021/05/silent-no-more-klamath-tribes-want-voice-heard-on-water-basin-issues.html

# Indigenous / Global
Indigenous tribes protest proposed law stripping land rights in Brazil
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-landrights-indigeous/proposed-law-may-remove-indigenous-land-rights-in-brazil-idUSKBN0TL17120151202

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls US Navy’s powerful shock exercise harms marine mammals, expert says. The US navy set off a massive explosion last week, detonating a 40,000lb blast as part of a test to determine whether its newest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is ready for war.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-navy-s-powerful-shock-exercise-harms-marine-mammals-expert-says/ar-AALm5H2?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Border / Immigration
Pandemic’s High Toll at the Texas Border Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance Health experts say Texas’s lax COVID response and refusal to expand Medicaid contributed to the higher death rates.
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/texas-border-pandemics-high-toll-lays-bare-gaps-health-and-insurance

Pencils Removed From Migrant Camp Over Child Suicide Fears. Workers at the Texas facility have banned nail clippers, toothbrushes, pens, and pencils at the facility for fears of self-harm.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/migrant-kids-at-fort-bliss-texas-camp-being-monitored-for-suicide-attempts

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy is running for Idaho governor. He might not be the most extreme candidate in the race. The media often describe Ammon Bundy as an “anti-government activist.” But on Saturday evening, the man Harry Reid once dismissed as a “domestic terrorist” officially announced his plans to try to become the government by running for governor of Idaho.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/ammon-bundy-announces-run-for-idaho-governor/

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Doctors Refuse Putin’s Vaccine as COVID-19 Rages in Russia. As Russia grapples with another pandemic wave, plummeting public trust in the Kremlin means people are skipping the Putin-approved COVID-19 jab, even doctors on the front lines.
https://news.yahoo.com/even-doctors-won-t-putin-082238844.html

Boston’s Research (even funded by Gates) reveals Unknown-Dangerous Risks in M-RNA Vaccine already Explained by Chinese Study https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/22/bostons-research-even-funded-by-gates-reveals-unknown-dangerous-risks-in-m-rna-vaccine-already-explained-by-chinese-study/

DK COVID-19 Statement: Our statement on the current state of our world during the COVID-19 Pandemic. We Can’t Breathe: Black Death, Racism, Structural Inequality, and the American Viruses in Health and Higher Education.
https://democratizingknowledge.syr.edu/dk-covid-19-statement/

In the Shadow of Biological Warfare: Conspiracy Theories on the Origins of COVID-19 and Enhancing Global Governance of Biosafety as a Matter of Urgency https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7445685/

COVID-19 Bio-weapon Shots Destroy Young Lives – What Percentage of the American Public is now Complicit with Murder?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/covid-19-bioweapon-shots-destroy-young-lives-what-percentage-of-the-american-public-is-now-complicit-with-murder/

Pandemic baby bust: Births drop by fastest rate in 50 years. The number of American women who gave birth last year fell precipitously over 2019, as provisional government data show a national baby bust getting worse during the coronavirus pandemic https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/559781-pandemic-baby-bust-births-drop-by-fastest-rate-in-50-years

At Texas Border, Pandemic’s High Toll Lays Bare Gaps in Health and Insurance In Texas’ border communities, which are overwhelmingly Hispanic,
covid-19 death rates for for people under age 65 were double those in the rest of the state and three times the national average https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210623/At-Texas-border-Pandemice28099s-high-toll-lays-bare-gaps-in-health-and-insurance.aspx

Thousands of Young Children Lost Parents to Covid. Where’s Help for Them? More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to covid-19.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/6/21315207/a-bad-dream-new-york-children-whove-lost-parents-to-covid

CDC: Nearly Every Adult COVID-19 Death Is Now “Entirely Preventable”
https://www.axios.com/cdc-adult-coronavirus-death-delta-variant-vaccines-2c8e4479-e162-4ca9-9fae-7c692d26b95a.html

World Health Organization Says Do Not Give Children Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine Shots
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/06/world-health-organization-says-do-not-give-children-experimental-coronavirus-vaccine-shots.html?utm_source=Natural+Blaze+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=a234a259b4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b73c66b129-a234a259b4-387898373

Canadian Politician, Doctors Condemn Censorship of Scientific Inquiry and Suppression of Information on Vaccine Risks to Kids https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/derek-sloan-doctors-condemn-censorship-scientific-inquiry-vaccine-risks-kids/

Seattle scientist digs up deleted coronavirus genetic data, adding fuel to the covid origin debate. The virus was circulating in Wuhan, China, before a December outbreak of COVID-19. The illness caused by the virus was linked to a market selling live animals.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/seattle-scientist-digs-up-deleted-coronavirus-genetic-data-adding-fuel-to-covid-origin-debate/

CDC safety group says there’s a likely link between rare heart inflammation in young people after Covid shot https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/cdc-safety-group-says-there-s-a-likely-link-between-rare-heart-inflammation-in-young-people-after-covid-shot/ar-AALmi9i?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Economy / Trade
No State Has an Adequate Supply of Affordable Rental Housing for the Lowest Income Renters. The U.S. has a shortage of 6.8 million rental homes affordable and available to extremely low-income renters, whose household incomes are at or below the poverty guideline or 30% of their area median income.
https://reports.nlihc.org/gap

What special relationship? Canada grimaces amid hail of U.S. trade blows https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2021-06-22/what-special-relationship-canada-grimaces-amid-hail-of-us-trade-blows

China’s Bid to Join Trade Pact Raises Alarms, U.S. Lawmaker Says:
China’s efforts to join a regional trade deal that originally aimed to exclude Beijing “should set off alarm bells” in Washington, where a growing number of lawmakers are calling for the U.S. to re-assert its influence in Asia, according to a key U.S. senator overseeing trade.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/china/china-bid-to-join-trade-pact-raises-alarms-u-s-lawmaker-says

Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Could Come Down to One Number. Team Biden is thankfully resisting privatization. But the deal will hinge on how much both sides agree they can wring out of increased tax enforcement.
https://prospect.org/politics/bipartisan-infrastructure-plan-could-come-down-to-one-number/

# Education / Schools
What is critical race theory? Explaining the discipline that Texas’
governor wants to “abolish”: Those who study the discipline say attacks on it are targeting any teachings that challenge and complicate dominant narratives about the country’s history and identity. Conservative lawmakers, commentators and parents assert that children are being taught in history and other courses that the United States is a racist country. Educators deny that children in grades K-12 are taught critical race theory in school.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/22/texas-critical-race-theory-explained/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=40131

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals As the Gulf of Mexico heals from the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill, stringent safety proposals remain elusive: Obama put forth a tough new standard for offshore drilling that Trump rolled back, prompting a lawsuit by environmentalists.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22062021/gulf-of-mexico-deepwater-horizon-safety-regulation-ecocide/

A North Carolina gas station operator files a class-action suit against the Colonial Pipeline over the May cyberattack that led to panic buying and fuel shortages.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article252286393.html

Police Escalate Line 3 Standoffs at Indigenous, Water Protector-Led Treaty Sites Red Lake tribal monitor Sasha Beaulieu says it’s not the tribe’s Water Protectors who are trespassing; it’s Enbridge.
https://truthout.org/articles/police-escalate-line-3-standoffs-at-indigenous-water-protector-led-treaty-sites/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden has a chance to oversee biggest river restoration project in US history Removing four dams would promote salmon recovery, clean energy, agriculture and Indigenous rights.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-has-a-chance-to-oversee-the-biggest-river-restoration-project-in-history/

“Learn from the past, prepare in the present, to defend the future.” Indigenous artist, Gord Hill: Helicopter science doesn’t work—environmental justice comes from empowered communities. Researchers need to shift toward real community partnerships that emphasize sustainability and create opportunities for environmental change.
https://www.ehn.org/environmental-justice-movement-2653280025.html

Scientists don’t know why hundreds of birds are getting sick and dying across the U.S.
Wildlife experts in at least six states are investigating the cause of the bird deaths.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scientists-baffled-hundreds-sick-dying-192819367.html

Wisconsin bill provides PFAS grants, blocks ability to sue polluters. A bill aimed at providing grants to communities affected by “forever chemical” contamination would take away the ability for cities and towns to pursue legal action against the companies or other entities that created the pollution.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/22/bill-would-provide-grants-communities-dealing-forever-chemical-contaminations-but-take-away-ability/7774411002/

Top international lawyers to make ‘ecocide’ a crime against nature:
Approving the right definition could pave the way for acts of environmental destruction to be prosecuted and condemned by the International Criminal Court, under the same consideration as war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocides and aggression.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/22/top-international-lawyers-to-make-ecocide-a-crime-against-nature

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Renegade biologist Alexandra Morton is fighting for the future of wild salmon ‘It’s not a great measure of our democracy when occupying a fish farm is what you need to do to make change.’
https://civileats.com/2021/06/23/renegade-biologist-alexandra-morton-is-fighting-for-the-future-of-wild-salmon/

# Global Politics and other news
Saudi Men Involved in Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Were Trained by U.S.
Group. The Latest Khashoggi Revelations Are Part of a Long and Barbaric American Tradition. At least the U.S. government is outsourcing its wet-work training these days.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a36813226/saudi-operatives-jamal-khashoggi-training-united-states/

The Real War Dogs of Iraq: One company is empowering Kurdish human rights abusers. Another is accused of selling Iranian fuel to the U.S.
military.
https://prospect.org/world/the-real-war-dogs-of-iraq/

# Gov / Political
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets July 8 date for special legislative session on voting bill, other issues: Items “will be announced prior to the convening of the special session.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/22/texas-greg-abbott-special-session/

Census delays will force Texas lawmakers into a special session to redraw political maps: The Census Bureau revealed detailed results lawmakers need to reconfigure congressional and state legislative districts won’t be available until at least two months after the end of the regular 2021 legislative session https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/27/census-texas-redistricting-special-session/

Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz join fellow Republicans to block Democrats’ federal elections overhaul https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/22/ted-cruz-john-cornyn-senate-for-the-people-vote/

Whistleblowers say Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is distorting testimony to get their lawsuit dismissed.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/22/texas-ken-paxton-whistleblowers/

Senate Republicans Block Dems’ Voting Reform Bill: Democrats were able to claim one small victory, however: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) voted to advance the bill.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/22/senate-elections-reform-bill-495487

GOP governors embrace culture wars with White House in mind. Several high-profile Republican governors are leaning into the culture wars as they eye presidential bids in 2024.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/559738-gop-governors-embrace-culture-wars-with-white-house-in-mind

Trump fuels Herschel Walker Senate hype in Georgia. The prospect that the former college and pro football legend might jump into the GOP Senate race in Georgia has Republicans anxiously looking for clues about his intentions, aware that his candidacy could suddenly rewrite one of the nation’s most important Senate contests of 2022.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/trump-herschel-walker-senate-georgia-495632

Top Republicans are embracing opposition to critical race theory in schools as a new front in the culture wars aimed at exciting their voters ahead of both off-year and midterm elections.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/559732-republicans-see-critical-race-theory-as-new-front-in-ongoing-culture-wars

Ex-Cop Eric Adams Takes Lead in NYC Mayoral Race in City’s First Election with Ranked-Choice Voting https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/23/nyc_democratic_primary_adams_wiley_yang

How Biden helped hard-liner Raisi win Iran election. President Biden’s failure to rejoin the nuclear agreement with Iran helped a hard-liner to win the presidential election and will leave us on a path toward war with Iran unless he promptly rejoins the JCPOA now.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/06/23/how-bidens-nuclear-train-wreck-helped-raisi-win-iranian-election

India Walton scored a stunning upset in the Democratic mayoral primary in Buffalo, putting her on track to become the city’s first female executive and the country’s most high-profile socialist mayor in decades.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/559751-socialist-wins-mayoral-primary-in-buffalo

SCOTUS Reaffirms President Biden’s Power to Remove Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/06/23/scotus-reaffirms-president-bidens-power-remove-social-security-commissioner

The Senate Must Hear from American People About Urgent Need to Pass Election Legislation https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/06/23/senate-must-hear-american-people-about-urgent-need-pass-election-legislation

McConnell killed election reform in Senate. Democrats will now take it to the people https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article252300648.html

The little-known agreement that could lead the U.S. and China to war https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/opinions-the-little-known-agreement-that-could-lead-the-u-s-and-china-to-war/ar-AALloRp?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Law Enforcement
Two Girls Found Dead in South Florida Canal, Hours Apart. Detectives trying to “piece the puzzle together” after bodies of preteen girls found in same waterway on the same day https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-girls-found-dead-in-south-florida-canal-hours-apart-lauderhill-police-say

Trooper’s actions questioned after surveillance video shows him tasing biracial teen https://www.thechestnutpost.com/news/troopers-actions-questioned-after-surveillance-video-shows-him-tasing-biracial-teen/

Portland police officers will no longer make certain traffic stops, must follow new consent search guidelines
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/portland-police-change-traffic-stop-search-procedures-78428906

Supreme Court declines to expand police power to enter home without warrant https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-declines-to-expand-police-power-to-enter-home-without-warrant/ar-AALm60l?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
A grand jury declined to indict eight Collin County officers on charges related to Marvin Scott III’s death in March after they restrained and used pepper spray on him in custody.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/22/marvin-scott-jail-officers/

Man Who Gunned Down Officer ‘Expressed Hatred’ for Police. Veteran officer, and bystander who tried to help, shot dead in Denver suburb by man who said he hated police https://www.thedailybeast.com/colorado-officer-and-bystander-gunned-down-by-man-who-hated-police

The Sneaky Way the Supreme Court Will End Abortion Rights. They won’t come out and say they’re overturning Roe. But that’s what they’ll do, anyway.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sneaky-way-the-supreme-court-will-end-abortion-rights

Murdaugh Murder Probe Uncovers Info on Unsolved 2015 Death. State police are now investigating the 2015 death of a 19-year-old thanks to new information learned as part of the Murdaugh investigation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/police-probing-murders-of-paul-and-maggie-murdaugh-uncover-info-that-leads-them-to-2015-death-of-stephen-smith

Oath Keeper Will Testify Against His Jan. 6 Co-Conspirators. Graydon Young pleaded guilty on Wednesday to two charges for his role in coordinating and executing a plan to storm the Capitol.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/oath-keeper-graydon-young-pleads-guilty-to-capitol-riot-charges

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
50 years later, end the War on Drugs. Nixon’s War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. President Biden should end it once and for all.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/18/50-years-later-end-the-war-on-drugs/

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed a marijuana legalization bill into law. It’s the fourth state to legalize cannabis so far this year.
The new law takes effect on July 1.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/connecticut-governor-signs-marijuana-legalization-into-law/

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) signed a bill to legalize smokable medical cannabis flower. Last week he signed separate legislation to decriminalize marijuana possession.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/louisiana-governor-says-marijuana-legalization-will-likely-happen-in-his-state-but-not-while-hes-in-office/

# Media
Fox Grows More Dangerous as Murdoch Tabloid Empire Falls: The hacking scandal finally caught up with the London tabs, turning them into a worthless asset. Now the mogul’s motherlode, Fox News, is right here, and it’s on a roll.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-fall-of-rupert-murdochs-tabloid-empire-makes-fox-news-even-more-dangerous

Inside Tucker Carlson & Fox’s Critical Race Theory Freakout. Tucker Carlson and the right-wing hysteria machine have to find a new culture war and it’s called critical race theory. Also known as American History no one wants you to know.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-tucker-carlson-and-fox-news-critical-race-theory-freakout

C-SPAN Anchor Steve Scully to Leave Network. The broadcaster put the anchor on leave last year after he lied about his Twitter account being hacked.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/22/steve-scully-to-depart-c-span-495529

# Medical / Health
Biologists raise alarm: Brain damage caused by even small amounts of bisphenols https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/698a45183c3c3f8b4027ed82cb08b747-Biologists-Raise-Alarm-Brain-Damage-Caused-by-Even-Small-Amounts-of-Plasticizers

The world’s first mRNA vaccine against cancer is now being trialed https://www.zmescience.com/future/first-mrna-vaccine-cancer-22062021/

# Military / Global
Russian forces block US military patrol in northeast Syria: US, Russian troops square off in northeast Syria as Kremlin eyes wider footprint.
US-Russian standoff near Derik, Syria, blocks traffic for hours before Russians return to Qamishli.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2020/06/us-russia-troops-northeast-syria-kremlin-conflict.html

# Other News
Warren Buffet resigns from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. “For years I have been a trustee – an inactive trustee at that – of only one recipient of my funds, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMG). I am now resigning from that post, just as I have done at all corporate boards other than Berkshire’s,” Buffett said in a prepared statement https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/warren-buffet-resigns-from-bill-and-melinda-gates-foundation/ar-AALm2os?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Social
Can Klan Rally Really Be Fun Without Sheets and Burning Crosses? There is no shortage of money to pay for the outing as major corporations, listed below, including insurance and defense contractors, are funding this rally, really a Klan rally.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/22/klan-rally-fun/?mc_cid=d765326952&mc_eid=3f7488d454

# Space
Harvard physicist says there may be a link between ‘Oumuamua and UFOs.
The Harvard astrophysicist who first suggested that the interstellar object (ISO) ‘Oumuamua was a ‘lightsail’ sent from another civilization in space now suggests there may be a link to the mysterious space object and the US government’s upcoming report on UFOs.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/harvard-physicist-says-there-may-be-a-link-between-oumuamua-and-ufos/ar-AALmcQV?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Technology
The End of Global Internet: US Seizes Foreign Domains. Visitors to state-run media and sites operated by Iran-backed militias find banners posted by U.S. agencies
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-seizes-internet-domains-tied-to-irans-government-11624402541

# Water
How the Mormon Church Beat Bill Gates in a Battle Over Water. The missionaries bested the mogul in a bid to snap up a massive plot of farmland and precious water rights in the parched West.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-mormon-church-beat-bill-gates-in-a-battle-over-farmland

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-21

Voices, The Peoples News

June 21, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous / Global
Authorities Uncover Likely Remains of Missing Indigenous Activist 3 Weeks After Disappearance https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/21/headlines/authorities_uncover_likely_remains_of_missing_indigenous_activist_3_weeks_after_disappearance

# Border / Immigration
“There’s crime in Chicago, there’s crime in D.C., there’s crime in Dallas, there’s crime in Houston,” Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez said. “Why aren’t they talking about the crime and the murders in big cities all over the country? Why us?”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/17/greg-abbott-dan-patrick-el-paso-invasion-immigration/

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Moderna Sent Coronavirus Vaccine to North Carolina University Weeks Before Pandemic, Secret Documents Reveal https://greatgameindia.com/moderna-vaccine-north-carolina-university/

Hundreds of vaccinated Indonesian health workers get COVID-19
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-20/coronavirus-vaccinated-indonesia-medical-workers-contract-covid/100223636

Banned: COVID began in North Carolina, not Wuhan, not until 2 years later https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article241996426.html

# Economy / Trade
U.S. Economy Is Bouncing Back From Covid-19. Now Foreign Investors Are Rushing In.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/turbocharged-u-s-economy-attracts-foreign-investors-11624263520

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Pipeline Developers Can Seize Public Land The PennEast pipeline project would cut through the last contiguous forested areas in central New Jersey.
https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-will-decide-whether-pipeline-developers-can-seize-public-land/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Great Western Drought Will Affect Us All. The severe drought gripping the Western states looks set to reach into all lives in the nation and into every pocket.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2021/06/21/opinion-the-great-western-drought-will-affect-us-all/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
White Illinois Farmers Sue Over Race-Based Farm Loan Relief Program:
White Illinois farmers are challenging part of the recent COVID-19 stimulus law in court because it allocates federal benefits based on skin color.
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/603458434-white-illinois-farmers-challenge-bill-excluding-them-from-loan-assistance

# Global Politics and other news
“The American Sector” Probes Domestic Politics, One Slab of the Berlin Wall at a Time https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/review-the-american-sector-probes-domestic-politics-one-slab-of-the-berlin-wall-at-a-time

# Gov / Political
Joe Biden’s administration announced its plans to create ways for Americans to report radicalized friends and family to the government, in an effort to fight domestic terrorism https://tennesseestar.com/2021/06/17/joe-biden-asks-americans-to-report-radicalized-friends-and-family-to-the-government/

Media hushes up report suggesting FBI involvement in Capitol riot as White House turns anti-terrorism efforts on American people: Court filings suggest that FBI operatives were among the mob who stormed the US Capitol in January, and may have set up the riot.
https://www.rt.com/usa/526860-capitol-riot-fbi-agents/

Unindicted Co-Conspirators in 1/6 Cases Raise Disturbing Questions of Federal Foreknowledge: Of all the questions asked, words spoken, and ink spilled on the so-called “Capitol Siege” of January 6, 2021, none hold the key to the entire event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzFDqGL30Us

The Real Reason Republicans Are Blocking Voting Rights Legislation https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/politics/voting-rights-senate-republicans-trump-biden/index.html

January 6 Wasn’t the End — the Right Is Trying a Hostile Takeover State by State: Jan 6. was the blueprint: The GOP is now planning a state by state hostile takeover. It’s clear that the Republican assault on democracy is actually just beginning https://www.salon.com/2021/06/21/jan-6-was-the-blueprint-the-gop-is-now-planning-a-state-by-state-hostile-takeover/

The Race to Replace Liz Cheney Is a Trump Sideshow. The Wyoming congresswoman faces a GOP primary field that is, uh, interesting.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-race-to-replace-liz-cheney-is-a-trump-sideshow

At the Geneva summit, President Biden and President Putin announced the restoration of their ambassadors and agreed to new talks on vital issues. Meanwhile in Washington and major US media outlets, Russiagate-addled hawks promoted increased confrontation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX6MGpp6dhI

Former President Barack Obama said Monday that Congress needs to pass voting rights legislation before the 2022 midterm elections, or American democracy could be at risk.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/559462-obama-voting-rights-bill-must-pass-before-next-election

Republicans plotting to maximize their advantages in state legislatures across the country during the decennial redistricting process are considering cracking apart Tennessee’s largest city, an ambitious move that could signal how aggressively the party will try to rig maps in its favor in the coming months.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/559207-republicans-eye-nashville-crack-up-to-gain-house-seat

The Man Who Controls the Senate: Will Joe Manchin’s search for common ground wreck the Democrats’ agenda?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/28/the-man-who-controls-the-senate

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Some old fashioned homework found a terrorism statute to use on January 6ers https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/20/some-old-fashioned-homework-found-a-terrorism-statute-to-use-on-january-6thers/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
The Maine House of Representatives voted to decriminalize all drugs—on the 50th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of the war on drugs.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/maine-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-decriminalize-all-drugs-on-50th-anniversary-of-nixons-war-on-drugs/

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved an amendment to let researchers study the marijuana that consumers are actually purchasing from dispensaries—instead of having to use government-grown cannabis https://www.marijuanamoment.net/senate-joins-house-in-move-to-allow-research-on-marijuana-from-dispensaries/

# Medical / Health
Schumer Backs Sanders Plan to Expand Medicare to Cover Dental, Vision and Hearing. The lack of dental, vision and hearing coverage in Medicare is a “gaping hole” that is a “serious problem,” Sen. Chuck Schumer said.
https://truthout.org/articles/schumer-backs-sanders-plan-to-expand-medicare-cover-to-dental-vision-hearing/

Throughout the Pandemic, Some Hospitals Still Sued Patients Over Medical Debt A new study says that most of the hospitals doling out lawsuits, liens and garnishments are registered nonprofits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/some-hospitals-kept-suing-patients-over-medical-debt-through-the-pandemic

# Military / DOD
Pentagon orders drawdown of air defense systems, troops from Middle East. The U.S. is cutting air defense systems and force levels in the Middle East as the Biden administration realigns its military posture to focus on countering China and Russia.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-06-20/Pentagon-orders-drawdown-of-air-defense-systems-troops-from-Middle-East-1745562.html

# Other News
Sisters-in-Law Found Dead on the Same Property Months Apart. A traditional GOP stronghold is experiencing hashtag-fueled anti-cop outrage over the deadly mystery that surrounds a former state lawmaker and her brother’s wife.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-wild-case-of-kristina-michelle-jones-and-ashley-henley-mississippi-sisters-in-law-found-dead

# Veterans / VA
VA plans to offer gender-confirmation surgery to transgender veterans, reversing ban https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2021-06-20/VA-plans-to-offer-gender-confirmation-surgery-to-transgender-veterans-reversing-ban-1749444.html

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