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Voices, The Peoples News

February 16, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# CoronaVirus
Moderna Experimental mRNA Vaccine Trials being Extended to Children and 6-Month-Old Babies in Texas https://www.kxan.com/texas-coronavirus-vaccine/covid-19-vaccine-trial-in-kids-as-young-as-6-months-old-may-come-to-austin-after-teen-trial/

Fascinating behind the scenes look. How scientists intervened to help save the vaccine process from political pressure: The full story, the competing pressures must have been overwhelming: https://bit.ly/3rXnHuf

TX County Scrambles to Give 8,000 Vaxes After Power Failure. Relentless storm knocked out a backup generator at Harris County’s health department, switching off a refrigerator where 8,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine were being kept.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/harris-county-texas-scrambles-to-give-out-8000-vaccines-after-power-failure-switches-off-refrigerator

COVID-linked syndrome in children is growing and cases are more severe https://www.childrensmovementflorida.org/covid-linked-syndrome-in-children-is-growing-and-cases-are-more-severe/

# Economy / Trade
“The tax-filing season is now underway after a delayed start, and it’s expected to bring challenges and confusion as taxpayers and the IRS navigate pandemic-related issues, including some pertaining to stimulus checks.” https://bit.ly/3jVGyDm

Jersey hotel offers ‘front seat’ to demo of ex-Trump Plaza. Trump at one point had four businesses in Atlantic City, but they’ve all been either sold or shut down.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2021/01/20/auction-planned-for-seats-to-view-demolition-of-trump-plaza-in-atlantic-city-1358737

$15 Minimum Wage Would Have Bigger Budget Impact Than GOP Tax Cuts, Says Congressional Budget Office. “I believe that we will succeed in including the minimum wage in the reconciliation bill,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
https://truthout.org/articles/15-minimum-wage-would-have-bigger-budget-impact-than-gop-tax-cuts-says-cbo/

# Education / Schools
The pandemic has made school lunch free for all public school students.
Advocates are hoping to make the change permanent. The policy would echo similar efforts in cities like New York, Boston, and Chicago.
https://thecounter.org/california-senator-nancy-skinner-introduces-bill-free-school-meals-for-all/

# Employment / Labor
Yes we need the $1.9 trillion stimulus: Real unemployment is 3 times what they’re telling us. Reliance on part-timers, erosion of the minimum wage, attacks on unions all have served to depress working class wages.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/02/16/yes-we-need-the-1-9-trillion-stimulus-real-unemployment-is-3-times-what-theyre-telling-us/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Why Won’t Joe Biden Let Ethanol Die Already? The biofuel’s clean promise has only led to dirtier air.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/02/ethanol-emissions-joe-biden-biofuels/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
GOP Attacks Biden Nominee Deb Haaland for Role in Pipeline Protests.
Progressives say Haaland’s opposition to fossil fuels is what makes her the right pick for secretary of the interior.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-attacks-biden-nominee-deb-haaland-for-role-in-pipeline-protests/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Revealed: Monsanto owner and US officials pressured Mexico to drop glyphosate ban https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/16/revealed-monsanto-mexico-us-glyphosate-ban

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Hershey, Nestlé, Mars and Other Chocolate Makers Named in Child Slavery Class Action Lawsuit https://www.ecowatch.com/chocolate-companies-child-slavery-lawsuit-2650543250.html

# Gov / Politics
Speaker Pelosi Authorizes Independent Commission to Investigate Jan. 6 Insurrection https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/16/headlines/speaker_pelosi_authorizes_independent_commission_to_investigate_jan_6_insurrection

Nasrallah on Capitol Riots: Trump revealed the true face of the United States. The whole world has remained silent, as have many Americans, in the face of his atrocious crimes against other peoples.
https://resistancenews.org/2021/02/15/nasrallah-on-capitol-riots-trump-revealed-the-true-face-of-the-united-states/

# Law Enforcement# Legal / Judicial / DOJ NAACP, Rep. Bennie Thompson sue Trump, Giuliani over Capitol riot https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538969-naacp-rep-bennie-thompson-sue-trump-giuliani-over-capitol-riot

Trump’s Frivolous First Amendment Defense Won’t Shield Him in a Criminal Case Trump’s incitement of the mob that stormed the Capitol would not be deemed protected free speech in a criminal trial.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-frivolous-first-amendment-defense-wont-shield-him-in-a-criminal-case/

Trump Faces First Civil Suit Over Role in Inciting Followers to Attack Capitol Rep. Bennie Thompson also names Rudy Giuliani, the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys as co-defendants in the lawsuit.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-faces-first-civil-suit-over-role-in-inciting-followers-to-attack-capitol/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
The New Mexico House Health & Human Services Committee approved a bill to legalize marijuana, an issue that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) says is a priority for 2021.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-mexico-lawmakers-approve-marijuana-legalization-bill-in-committee/

Washington State House Public Safety Committee approved a bill to decriminalize drug possession—similar to the law that voters in neighboring Oregon approved in November.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/washington-lawmakers-approve-drug-decriminalization-bill-in-committee-vote/

Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), along with a coalition of marijuana advocacy groups, are calling on President Joe Biden to mass pardon people convicted of cannabis offenses https://www.marijuanamoment.net/lawmakers-and-advocates-urge-biden-to-grant-marijuana-clemency-in-presidents-day-push/

# Medical / Health
State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Rising Drug Prices. The measures would set the rates paid by state-run and commercial health plans to a benchmark based on prices in Canada.
https://khn.org/news/article/as-drug-prices-keep-rising-state-lawmakers-propose-tough-new-bills-to-curb-them/

# Security
Opening the CIA’s Can of Worms. The corporate mainstream media are stenographers for the national security state’s ongoing psychological operations aimed at the American people.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/opening-the-cias-can-of-worms/5737393

# Social
Racist Trolls Disrupt Iowa Lawmakers’ Town Hall. It’s the second time in a week that anonymous callers have made vile and violent comments.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/15/iowa-lawmakers-town-hall-interrupted-people-shouting-racist-language/6750389002/

# Water
San Angelo water contaminated as winter storm hits Texas. In some areas of the West Texas city, the state found concentrations of benzene, a known carcinogen, to be 35 times the safe limit.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/12/san-angelo-water-contamination/?ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)

# Weather
Frozen Chaos Across South: 5M in the Dark, No Water, No Heat https://www.thedailybeast.com/winter-storm-plunges-43-million-texas-homes-into-darkness?via=newsletter&source=CSAMedition

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Voices, The Peoples News

February 13, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# CoronaVirus
CDC: 653 Deaths Now Recorded Following Experimental mRNA COVID Injections with 12,697 Reported Injuries.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-653-deaths-now-recorded-following-experimental-mrna-covid-injections-with-12697-reported-injuries/

4,393 (0.2%) adverse events after receipt of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
(VAERS)
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7002e1.htm

Cuomo faces rising scrutiny over COVID-19 nursing home deaths https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/538676-cuomo-faces-rising-scrutiny-over-covid-19-nursing-home-deaths

Show Me Your Papers — Del Bigtree Discusses Vaccine Passports https://truthunmuted.org/show-me-your-papers-del-bigtree-discusses-vaccine-passports/

Florida Is a COVID Nightmare—Even for Vaccinated People https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-is-a-covid-nightmare-even-for-vaccinated-people

The S. Dakota Dem Trying to Save the Legislature From Itself. Six Republican lawmakers tested positive in four days. But only a Democrat seems willing to do something about it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-rep-jamie-smith-begs-republican-colleagues-to-wear-covid-masks?ref=home

NY Rep. Tom Reed will file criminal complaint against Cuomo aide for alleged COVID-19 nursing home cover-up –State lawmaker also calling for the arrest of the aide, Melissa DeRosa https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ny-rep-tom-reed-files-complaint-against-cuomo-aide-for-covid-19-nursing-home-cover-up

# Economy / Trade
President Biden’s proposed $1,400 coronavirus relief checks would allow
22.6 million Americans to pay their bills for at least four and a half months, according to a study from data and research company Morning Consult.
https://www.businessinsider.in/policy/economy/news/a-1400-stimulus-check-will-allow-22-6-million-americans-to-pay-their-bills-in-full-through-mid-july-new-report-finds/articleshow/80889148.cms

# Education / Schools
CDC calls for schools to reopen with precautions. The guidance states it is “critical for schools to open as safely and as soon as possible,”
given the benefits of in-person learning.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The environmental threat you’ve never heard of. It’s called coastal darkening. The process of water darkening is well-studied in fresh water, but scientists are keying into the effects it may be having in coastal environments.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-environmental-threat-youve-never-heard-of/

Fruit-eating, seed-pooping animals can help restore degraded forests. A new study shows that many species of mammals and birds will consume seeds inserted into fruits at feeders and then excrete the seeds over wide areas https://news.mongabay.com/2021/02/fruit-eating-seed-pooping-animals-can-help-restore-degraded-forests/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Ocean acidification could wipe out shellfish industry: A new statewide report is urging fast action to address ocean acidification to avoid catastrophic effects on the region’s shellfish industry
https://www.capeandislands.org/post/ocean-acidification-could-wipe-out-shellfish-industry-report#stream/0

3D-Printed World’s First Cultivated Ribeye Steak Debuts, Seeks Approval https://www.technocracy.news/first-3d-printed-ribeye-steak-debuts-seeks-approval/

Coke’s newest bottle is made from paper. The company is testing alternatives to replace the millions of tons of plastic it uses every year.
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2020/10/29/Coca-Cola-reveals-paper-bottle-prototype

# Gov / Politics
Breaking: Oath Keepers Were Trying to Seize Nuclear Football and Launch Codes Plus Pence and Family for Armageddon. Everything needed to launch a nuclear attack was there and the Pentagon never knew about it as they had been mysteriously ordered to stand down during the attack, just like they had on 9/11.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/12/breaking-oath-keepers-were-trying-to-seize-nuclear-football-and-launch-codes-plus-pence-and-family-for-armageddon/

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) McConnell also suggested that Trump could face criminal prosecution for his actions. “There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it.
The people that stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president,” McConnell said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538772-mcconnell-unloads-on-trump-morally-responsible-for-provoking-mob

Former President Trump declared victory on Saturday after Senate Republicans voted to acquit him for a second time, saying that his political movement has “only just begun” and that he would have more to share in the near future. Trump thanked his legal team for “upholding justice and defending truth.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/02/13/trump-says-maga-movement-has-only-just-begun-in-celebratory-post-acquittal-statement/?sh=57eb158656f4

Troop Deployments in Washington Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen.
Americans would be wise to recognize the growing perils of the militarization of American political disputes.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/11022021-troop-deployments-in-washington-are-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen-oped/

# Law Enforcement
Senate passes bill to award Capitol Police officer Congressional Gold Medal. The Senate on Friday passed legislation to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal for his actions responding to the violent Jan. 6 riot.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538694-senate-passes-bill-giving-capitol-police-officer-congressional-gold-medal

White House launches review of Guantanamo Bay prison. The Biden administration is launching a review of the prison at Guantanamo Bay Military Base in Cuba with the goal of shuttering the facility, the White House said Friday.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/538648-white-house-launches-review-of-guantanamo-bay-prison

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
House Managers Rest Their Case in Donald Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/11/senate-trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates/

Republican senators are facing a historic choice after both sides in the impeachment trial of former President Trump rested their case Friday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/538699-the-memo-gop-senators-face-defining-vote-on-trump

Questions build over Trump’s knowledge of Capitol attack. Senate votes on whether he is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for “willfully inciting violence against the Government of the United States.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538712-questions-build-over-trumps-knowledge-of-capitol-attack

No. 2 GOP senator suggests he’s open to censuring Trump. Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican senator, indicated on Friday that he could be open to censuring former President Trump, depending on how the resolution was framed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538627-no-2-gop-senator-suggests-hes-open-to-censuring-trump

Democrats call for Herrera Beutler to testify in Trump impeachment. News reports emerging Friday night raised new questions about precisely when Trump knew the Capitol breach had occurred, and whether he knew that his own vice president, Mike Pence, was being targeted by the mob.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/02/13/trumps-speedy-impeachment-trial-heads-toward-senate-vote/?rel=related

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said he will vote to acquit Trump, ending weeks of speculation about what he would do.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538730-mcconnell-says-hell-vote-to-acquit-trump

LIVE COVERAGE: Senate expected to deliver Trump verdict today. The Senate is expected to give its verdict in President Trump’s impeachment trial on Saturday after both sides deliver closing arguments. The Hill will be providing updates all day.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538721-live-coverage-senate-expected-to-deliver-trump-verdict-today

House impeachment managers, former President Trump’s legal team and top senators struck a deal on Saturday that will let the Senate bypass calling additional witnesses.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/trump-impeachment-trial-day-5-468985

Here’s Why Trump’s Fighting Words Are a High Crime. The First Amendment does not protect months of reckless, incendiary speech that foreseeably led to violence.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-trumps-fighting-words-are-a-high-crime-worthy-ofWhat
Did Trump Know During the Capitol Riot?

What did Trump know during the Capitol riot? Reports of the former President’s calls to Republican congressmen during the assault changed the course of the impeachment trial.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-the-question-of-trumps-behavior-during-the-capitol-assault-upended-the-impeachment-trial

Senate Republicans handed former President Trump his second impeachment acquittal on Saturday, clearing him of charges that he incited the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538750-senate-gop-acquits-trump-for-second-time

# Medical / Health
Rethink Addiction: Can our brains drive us to addiction? Yes. Like other addictions, opioid addiction happens when a biological system in our brains, the Reward System, is hijacked by opioids.
https://www.rethinkopioidaddiction.com/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=36884

Biden officials move to begin rescinding Medicaid work requirements. The Biden administration on Friday moved to start the process of revoking Medicaid work requirements, one of the signature health care policies of the Trump administration
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/11/biden-withdraws-trump-medicaid-rules-468759

Medical groups ask Oklahoma Supreme Court to halt plan to outsource Medicaid. Five Oklahoma medical groups are suing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority over plans to partially privatize the state’s Medicaid program.
https://oklahoman.com/article/5682166/medical-groups-ask-oklahoma-supreme-court-to-halt-plan-to-outsource-medicaid

“Beyond Outrageous”: Big Pharma Using Loophole to Get Taxpayers to Fund Billions in Fines for Fueling Opioid Crisis. “The tax code is so rigged for the rich that even when they kill people they get a tax break.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/12/beyond-outrageous-big-pharma-using-loophole-get-taxpayers-fund-billions-fines

# Military / DOD
Why is U.S. getting a new $100 billion nuclear weapon? It will be able to kill hundreds of thousands of people in a single shot.
https://thebulletin.org/2021/02/why-is-america-getting-a-new-100-billion-nuclear-weapon/

# Nuclear / Radiation
Sea-level rise could threaten coastal nuclear waste facilities https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-level-rise-nuclear-waste-2650415400.html

# Social
A Tense Lunar New Year for the Bay Area After Attacks on Asian-Americans https://apnews.com/article/us-news-oakland-san-francisco-coronavirus-pandemic-cfd77ca7d4b0c63890f2a087c160d03a

Thieves nationwide are slithering under cars, swiping catalytic converters. The pollution-control gadgets are full of precious metals like palladium, and prices are soaring as regulators try to tame emissions.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2161246664962/thieves-nationwide-are-slithering-under-cars-swiping-catalytic-converters

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Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Border / Immigration
Biden Scraps Trump Policy, 25K Asylum-Seekers to Enter U.S.: The former president’s “Remain in Mexico” plan is dropped, with first entries coming Feb. 19.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-immigration-actions/biden-moves-to-reverse-trump-immigration-policies-too-slowly-for-some-idUSKBN2A212D

The Greening of Hate: Deregulation of polluting industries. Fossil fuel subsidies. Drilling and mining public lands. A wildlife-killing border wall. Immigration doesn’t cause climate change, but all of these things do.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2021/02/01/495228/extremist-campaign-blame-immigrants-u-s-environmental-problems/

# CoronaVirus
Another Medical Professional in the Prime of Life DEAD Weeks After Receiving the mRNA Experimental Injection as Memphis Mourns Loss of 36-Year-Old Doctor https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/another-medical-professional-in-the-prime-of-life-dead-weeks-after-receiving-the-mrna-experimental-injection-as-memphis-mourns-loss-of-36-year-old-doctor/

Big Tech and Big Pharma Team Up to Create Digital “Health Passports” for Global Travel. Microsoft, Epic, Mayo Clinic join effort to accelerate digital COVID-19 vaccine records https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/microsoft-epic-and-mayo-clinic-join-effort-to-accelerate-digital-covid-19-vaccine-records

Cuomo Aide: We Hid Nursing Home Deaths Because ‘We Froze.’ The aide reportedly told lawmakers the state concealed nursing home COVID-19 deaths so that the numbers could not “be used against us.”
https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds/

Feds to Buy Enough COVID-19 Vaccine for Every American Adult. The United States will have enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to inoculate 300 million people.
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-purchases-200-million-more-pfizer-moderna-covid-vaccine-doses-2021-2

# Education / Schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday released long-awaited guidance on safely reopening schools, emphasizing the importance of having schools open as long as proper safety precautions are followed https://www.axios.com/cdc-school-reopening-coronavirus-covid-5ccaadae-b7bd-47f0-8167-e964b97363ee.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Shell says its oil production has peaked and is likely to decline https://www.ecowatch.com/shell-oil-production-peak-2650478989.html

Biden Cancelled the Keystone Pipeline
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/959335885/biden-s-cancellation-of-permit-for-keystone-xl-pipeline-faces-mixed-reactions

Dakota Access Pipeline Ruling Should Reaffirm the Regulatory Process—Not Undermine It https://insidesources.com/dakota-access-pipeline-ruling-should-reaffirm-the-regulatory-process-not-undermine-it/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Youth Climate Advocates Vow to Take Landmark Case to Supreme Court, Following 9th Circuit Rejection https://www.ecowatch.com/youth-climate-lawsuit-juliana-2650475474.html

EPA to Amazon: Stop Selling Illegal Pesticides https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/epa-again-orders-amazon-to-stop-selling-illegal-pesticides/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Global salmon farming harming marine life and costing billions in damage https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/11/global-salmon-farming-harming-marine-life-and-costing-billions-in-damage

# Global Politics and other news
Netanyahu’s Covid plan is even more racist than Trump’s. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now facing corruption charges, this time against the backdrop of his staggering mishandling of a pandemic.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/netanyahu-s-covid-plan-even-more-racist-trump-s-n1257283

# Gov / Politics
Pence’s Nuclear-Football Close Call Was News to Military. Strategic Command learned from TV footage that the Jan. 6 insurrectionists came within yards of Pence and an aide who was carrying his copy of the nation’s nuclear launch system.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/military-officials-were-unaware-pence-nuclear-football-riot/index.html

# Law Enforcement
Cop Told Pepper-Sprayed Child: ‘You Did It to Yourself, Hon.’ If you thought it couldn’t get any worse than the video previously released, you were wrong.
https://apnews.com/article/rochester-archive-9a86bf7fca7399cb1602f577688c7f01

Incarcerated Organizer Airlifted to Hospital Following Attack by Prison Guards Worried loved ones staged a protest at the hospital demanding that family be allowed to visit — a demand still unmet.
https://truthout.org/articles/incarcerated-organizer-airlifted-to-hospital-following-attack-by-prison-guards/

D.C. Cop Who Killed Himself Was Struck by Pole in Riots. Jeffrey Smith “wasn’t the same” after the attack, his wife said. He took his own life the same day he was scheduled to return to duty.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-smith-capitol-cop-who-killed-himself-was-struck-by-metal-pole-in-riots

Outrage and disgust as charges dropped for Buffalo police officers who fractured skull of 75-year-old peaceful protester. “Despite the video evidence of the officers’ misconduct, a grand jury has dismissed the charges.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/12/outrage-and-disgust-charges-dropped-buffalo-police-officers-who-fractured-skull-75

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Punish Trump or risk a repeat, warn Democrats. The Democratic argument is, in essence, that the Senate needs to redraw the norms of American political life that Trump so repeatedly transgressed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-memo-punish-trump-or-risk-a-repeat-warn-democrats/ar-BB1dC6mV

Former President Trump’s legal team is looking to rebound at the impeachment trial Friday after a rough initial showing that was ridiculed by Senate Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538553-trump-lawyers-look-to-avoid-repeat-of-early-trial-stumbles

Even with acquittal, GOP sees trial ending Trump’s shot at future office https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office

White Supremacy Should Also Be on Trial at Trump’s Impeachment https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/11/white_supremacy_should_also_be_on

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee scheduled the first hearing on a marijuana legalization bill sponsored by the majority leader and speaker for Wednesday.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/minnesota-marijuana-legalization-bill-gets-first-hearing-next-week/

Iowa Senate Judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to slash medical cannabis patient fees from $100 annually to just $10 every two years.
Fees on medical marijuana providers would also be cut.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/iowa-senators-approve-bill-to-slash-medical-marijuana-patient-and-provider-fees/

# Medical / Health
Biden Plans to Rescind Trump-Era Medicaid Work Requirements. The move has been lauded as a step toward reversing one of Trump’s most vicious attacks on the poor and vulnerable.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-plans-to-rescind-trump-era-medicaid-work-requirements/

# Technology
Facebook hiring of a former NATO press officer for the role of intelligence chief. It’s difficult to distinguish where the deep state ends and the fourth estate begins and Ben Nimmo’s move from NATO to NATO-aligned think tank to Facebook is just another example of this phenomenon.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/facebook-nato-press-officer/

How paving with plastic could make a dent in the global waste problem.
Roads in which waste plastic is melted down and mixed with paving materials are becoming more common around the world.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2161895903798/how-paving-with-plastic-could-make-a-dent-in-the-global-waste-problem

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February 11, 2021
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# Indigenous
Why Indigenous Knowledge Matters to the Future of Fisheries https://therevelator.org/indigenous-fisheries-reid/

Bridging the digital divide in Indian Country. A new report focuses on internet infrastructure on tribal lands and how tribes can use it to strengthen their sovereignty.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-technology-bridging-the-digital-divide-in-indian-country

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
New Mexico judge revokes protected lands for jaguars. Conservation groups vow to fight the ruling to help the cats reclaim their historic habitat.
https://www.newsbreak.com/colorado/durango/news/2161311665540/new-mexico-judge-revokes-protected-lands-for-jaguars

# Border / Immigration
Biden admin erects tent city in Texas to handle influx of illegal immigrants https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-tent-city-texas-illegal-immigrants

Biden terminates Trump emergency order used to construct border wall https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/538406-biden-terminates-trump-emergency-order-used-to-construct-border-wall

Proclamation on the Termination Of Emergency With Respect To The Southern Border Of The United States And Redirection Of Funds Diverted To Border Wall Construction https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction/

# CoronaVirus
Forty Percent of U.S. COVID Deaths Were Avoidable: The new study rips into former President Donald Trump, saying he resoundingly failed his pandemic test and “brought misfortune to the USA and the planet.”
https://www.newsweek.com/40-percent-us-covid-deaths-could-have-been-averted-if-it-werent-trump-report-1568403

Doc Charged With Stealing Vax Says He Gave Shots to At-Risk. The doctor said the vial he’s accused of stealing was about to spoil, so he scrambled to give shots to vulnerable people he could find before that deadline.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/texas-doctor-charged-with-stealing-covid-19-vaccine-doses/

Coronavirus vaccination may be cause of rare blood disorder in at least
36 people
https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/rare-blood-disorder-covid-vaccine-thrombocytopenia

Deaths of Elderly Who Recovered From COVID-19, But Died After Vaccine, Raise Questions
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/norway-reviewing-deaths-of-frail-and-elderly-patients-vaccinated-against-covid-19-1.5272547

95 Percent of Americans Killed by COVID-19 Were 50 or Older, Chronic conditions, aging immune systems increase vulnerability https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2020/coronavirus-deaths-older-adults.html

Elderly man collapses, dies shortly after getting COVID-19 vaccine at Javits Center https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/elderly-man-collapses-dies-shortly-after-getting-covid-19-vaccine-at-javits-center/

More Americans have died from COVID-19 in the last year than were killed during World War II and the Vietnam War combined.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-us-covid-19-deaths-surpass-combat-fatalities-many-wars/5535450002/

Wisconsin Resident Doctor has Miscarriage 3 Days After Being Injected with Experimental COVID mRNA Shot https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/wisconsin-resident-doctor-has-miscarriage-3-days-after-being-injected-with-experimental-covid-mrna-shot/

Biden raises hopes for new course to jumpstart rapid COVID-19 tests https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/538349-biden-raises-hopes-for-new-course-to-jumpstart-rapid-covid-19-tests

501 Deaths + 10,748 Other Injuries Reported Following COVID Vaccine, Latest CDC Data Show https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/deaths-injuries-following-covid-vaccine-cdc/

New Lancet Report: 40 Percent of U.S. COVID Deaths Could Have Been Avoided The scathing new report is an indictment of both Trump and a health care system that values profit over human life.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-lancet-report-40-percent-of-us-covid-deaths-could-have-been-avoided/

WHO official derides US intelligence on COVID: WHO mission to China says US intelligence on the supposed origin of the coronavirus is not reliable.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/10/dont-rely-on-us-virus-intelligence-who-mission-member-says

# Education / Schools
‘Dangerous’ MIT Researcher Wanted in Yale Student’s Murder https://www.newsbreak.com/connecticut/new-haven/news/2161640386791/armed-and-dangerous-mit-researcher-wanted-in-yale-grad-students-murder

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Chevron Refinery Dumps Oil Into San Francisco Bay https://www.ecowatch.com/chevron-oil-spill-san-francisco-bay-2650428922.html

Appalachia’s fracking boom has done little for local economies https://www.ehn.org/fracking-economics-2650429410.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
U.S. and Russia sign new maritime pollution agreement, conduct joint Bering Sea patrol https://www.arctictoday.com/u-s-and-russia-sign-new-maritime-pollution-agreement-conduct-joint-bering-sea-patrol/

With PFAS everywhere, Minnesota calls for big new crackdown on the ‘forever chemicals.’ The state wants lawmakers to designate the entire PFAS class as a ‘hazardous substance’ in state statute, a list that includes arsenic https://m.startribune.com/with-pfas-everywhere-minnesota-calls-for-big-new-crackdown-on-the-forever-chemicals/600021420/

Study finds dangerous air pollution levels in subway systems in the US https://www.zmescience.com/science/study-finds-dangerous-air-pollution-levels-in-subway-systems-in-the-us/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
As Vermont farmers plant cover crops to reduce runoff, report says they also use more herbicides
https://www.vpr.org/post/farmers-plant-cover-crops-reduce-runoff-report-says-they-also-use-more-herbicides#stream/0

Nation’s first mandatory farmworker hazard bonus gains approval. Leaders of Coachella, California, mandated a $4-per-hour pay increase for local food workers. They included ag workers at the last minute.
https://thecounter.org/farmworker-hazard-pay-covid-19-coachella/

America’s biggest retailers and foodservice companies have already agreed not to sell GMO salmon. AquaBounty says its first bioengineered salmon will be harvested in March, but that doesn’t mean it’ll be easy to buy.
https://thecounter.org/americas-biggest-retailers-foodservice-companies-gmo-salmon-aquabounty/

# General News
Can Biden save public transit from the pandemic? Ridership, and revenue are cratering. Will there be anything left once we’re vaccinated? The Biden administration and new Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will have to act fast to give federal help so states and cities can turn things around.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90598206/can-biden-save-public-transit-from-the-pandemic

# Gov / Politics
Over 100 Anti-Trump Ex-GOPers Plot Breakaway Party: Some 120 powerful former Republicans gathered together on a Zoom call last Friday to discuss how to wrestle power away from Donald Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AB07P

Biden Calls China’s Xi 11 Months After Trump Cut Off Contact. According to the White House, Biden told Xi that his administration won’t accept China’s human-rights abuses and expansionism.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china/presidents-biden-and-xi-hold-first-phone-call-amid-tense-u-s-china-relations-idUSKBN2AB06A

Greene Replaces Trump as Democrats Fundraising Outrage Fuel. “Emotion opens emails,” said Jared Leopold, a longtime Democratic strategist.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/523501-gop-faces-fundraising-reckoning-as-democrats-rake-in-cash

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) isn’t pressuring fellow Republicans to acquit former President Trump as the impeachment trial appears poised to wrap as soon as this weekend.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538358-mcconnell-not-pressuring-gop-to-acquit-trump

Senators Were Part of ‘Trump’s Mob’? Senate Trial, Day Two: The dereliction was even worse than the incitement.
https://prospect.org/impeachment/how-many-republican-senators-were-part-of-trumps-mob/

Reps Would Have to Resign From Corporate Boards Under Democrats’ Ethics Bill At least 15 House reps currently sit on the boards of private companies.
https://prospect.org/power/reps-would-have-to-resign-from-corporate-boards-under-democrats-ethics-bill/

# Law Enforcement
MI Man Faces Hate Crime Charges in Attack on Black Teens. Lee Mouat, 42, faces two federal hate-crime charges in a bike lock attack that left an 18-year old with a facial fracture and several missing teeth.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2021-02-11/man-charged-with-hate-crimes-for-attack-on-black-teen

Five Proud Boys Slapped With Conspiracy Charges in Riots. Prosecutors allege some of the individuals associated with the far-right group led crowds as they pushed through police lines to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2162175810674/five-proud-boys-slapped-with-conspiracy-charges-in-capitol-riots

Police Deployed Potentially Lethal Chemical During Black Lives Matter Protests The hexachloroethane smoke that police used against protesters can cause vomiting, respiratory distress and even death.
https://truthout.org/articles/police-deployed-potentially-lethal-chemical-during-black-lives-matter-protests/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Barr Rejected Officer’s Guilty Plea for Floyd Killing: The former attorney general believed a plea deal would be seen as too lenient and too hasty without an investigation.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/william-barr-rejected-plea-deal-for-derek-chauvin-report.html

Dems Air Chilling Video, Dispatch Audio in Impeachment Trial. “We need some reinforcements up here now,” one officer yells, as he begs for backup. “They’re starting to pull the gates down. They’re throwing metal poles at us.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-air-chilling-dc-police-dispatch-in-trump-impeachment-trial

Eugene Goodman May Have Saved Romney’s Life: New Footage: In new surveillance footage played Wednesday during Trump’s impeachment trial, Goodman can be seen directing Romney to turn away from the direction of the mob.
https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/02/watch-officer-eugene-goodman-saves-mitt-romney-from-capitol-mob/

DA Opens Criminal Probe Into Trump’s Call to Raffensperger. Trump asked Georgia’s top elections official to “find” the votes necessary to overturn his loss in the state.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966332808/georgia-district-attorney-is-investigating-trumps-call-to-overturn-election

New riot footage stuns Trump trial: The presentation packed an enormous emotional punch. Its impact was visceral, even as most Americans need no reminder of a day that was a low-point in the nation’s history.
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/538339-the-memo-new-riot-footage-stuns-trump-trial

LIVE COVERAGE: Democrats to conclude case against Trump: House Democratic impeachment managers will conclude their case on Thursday that former President Trump should be convicted for inciting a mob to attack the Capitol.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538404-live-coverage-democrats-to-conclude-case-against-trump

WATCH TODAY’S TRIAL — IT STARTED AT NOON: Here’s the C-SPAN live stream:
https://bit.ly/3tLFqGJ

WHAT TO EXPECT IN TODAY’S TRIAL PROCEEDINGS — TRUMP’S ‘LACK OF REMORSE’:
What to expect, via The Hill’s Mike Lillis:        https://bit.ly/3afLqQx

Trump Attacked Pence on Twitter Minutes After Learning VP Was Evacuated from Capitol: Trump’s Tweet Attacking Pence Came Right After Learning His VP’s Life Was In Danger. A statement from Sen. Tommy Tuberville shows Trump turned his mob against Pence minutes after hearing his vice president had to be hustled from the Senate.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-pence-tweet-capitol-riot-impeachment-trial_n_6024b281c5b6b295bc045640

Democrats argue Trump will incite violence again. House Democrats pressing the Senate to convict former President Trump in his impeachment trial argued Thursday that an acquittal would raise the potential for him to incite violence again in the future.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/538494-democrats-argue-trump-will-incite-violence-again

Trump’s Senate Trial “Goes to the Heart” of Why Impeachment Was Created.
“This is the most important impeachment trial in American history,” says journalist John Nichols.
https://truthout.org/video/trumps-senate-trial-goes-to-the-heart-of-why-impeachment-was-created/

Trump Campaign Paid Millions to Organizers of Rally That Led to Capitol Rampage. The revelation lends credence to impeachment managers’ argument that Trump was responsible for the events of January 6.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-campaign-paid-millions-to-organizers-of-rally-that-led-to-capitol-rampage/

Oath Keepers Planned to Deploy Armed Force to Capitol: Docs: As Jan. 6 and the inauguration approached, Ohio bartender and militia leader Jessica Watkins was “awaiting direction from President Trump,”
prosecutors say.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/oath-keepers-jessica-watkins-planned-to-deploy-armed-force-to-capitol-riot-prosecutors-allege

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
West Virginia House GOP Leader Polls Colleagues On Marijuana Legalization As Revenue Booster https://www.marijuanamoment.net/west-virginia-house-gop-leader-polls-colleagues-on-marijuana-legalization-as-revenue-booster/

New Mexico Marijuana Legalization Bills Get First Hearing This Week https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-mexico-marijuana-legalization-bills-get-first-hearing-this-week/

Cannabis Reduces Blood Pressure in Older Adults, According to Ben-Gurion University Researchers https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/aabu-crb020521.php

# Media
Fox News Cut Off an Impeachment Manager Mid-Sentence, Censoring the Trial On Wednesday, Fox News turned away from the trial while Rep. Eric Swalwell was introducing key evidence.
https://truthout.org/articles/fox-news-cut-off-an-impeachment-manager-mid-sentence-censoring-the-trial/

# Medical / Health
Gunfire at Allina clinic in Wright County leaves several seriously wounded, followed by explosion –A bomb exploded about 30 minutes later at the clinic, according to emergency dispatch audio.
https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/gunfire-at-minnesota-clinic-leaves-several-seriously-wounded/article_5e063d58-2a44-5e7c-966f-ecee90360215.html

Trump’s gruesome health legacy: What you need to know https://www.fastcompany.com/90603414/harvard-researchers-have-calculated-how-many-unnecessary-deaths-the-trump-administration-left-behind

# Science
New compound shows promise against hard-to-kill pancreatic and breast cancers, in mice. It doesn’t attack them directly, but strips tumors of their defense.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/new-compound-shows-promise-against-hard-to-kill-pancreatic-and-breast-cancers-in-mice/

# Social
Unity Lies with People, Not Politicians. Unity will be achieved by addressing problems that concern a broad swath of Americans and advancing solutions that are supported by a majority of them–including Democrats, independents, and some Republicans https://insidesources.com/unity-lies-with-people-not-politicians/

A timeline of the great reset agenda: From foundation to Event 201 and the pandemic of 2020. How the great reset ideology pitched its tent in the ‘new normal’ camp: perspective https://sociable.co/government-and-policy/timeline-great-reset-agenda-event-201-pandemic-2020/

After “Event 201” Coronavirus Simulation in 2019, World Economic Forum Now Plans “Cyber Pandemic” Simulation for July 2021 https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/after-event-201-coronavirus-simulation-in-2019-world-economic-forum-now-plans-cyber-pandemic-simulation-for-july-2021/

Bozeman’s sole multicultural enclave faces evictions amid a housing crisis. For some residents, the displacement signals the loss of affordable housing — and the only diverse neighborhood in the Montana city.
https://www.newsbreak.com/montana/bozeman/news/2162064622458/bozemans-sole-multicultural-enclave-faces-evictions-amid-a-housing-crisis

# Technology
The Florida Water Supply Hack Demonstrates Our Vulnerability to Cyberattacks https://apnews.com/article/business-water-utilities-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-utilities-e783b0f1ca2af02f19f5a308d44e6abb

# Things that make ya go ‘Hmmmm’
Listen to a 17,000-year-old musical instrument made from a seashell.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56017967

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February 8, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
New ‘Cascadia’ Field Guide will use Indigenous Classification rather than Western Taxonomy https://oceanblueproject.org/literary-field-guide-indigenous-classification/

# Border / Immigration
Biden administration’s CBP revives ‘catch and release’ policy at border amid COVID concerns. Customs and Border Protection forced to return to controversial policy in Texas https://nypost.com/2021/02/05/biden-reinstates-catch-and-release-policy-at-southern-border/

Biden Sets Up Review of Trump’s Military Family Deportations: There’s no public record of exactly how many vets or dependents were removed by the Trump administration, but it’s thought to run into the hundreds.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article249080870.html

Damage wrought by Trump’s border wall “will not ever be remediated or mitigated”
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/02/damage-wrought-by-trumps-border-wall-will-not-ever-be-remediated-or-mitigated/

# CoronaVirus
More than 35 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the country, but it is becoming increasingly clear that vaccinations have not been equitable for communities of color that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/537588-vaccine-inequity-prompts-calls-for-federal-response

New York climbs up list of states with highest COVID-19 nursing home mortality rate after true numbers revealed. Total nursing home deaths are now equal to about 14% of the state’s pre-pandemic nursing home population https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-high-covid-19-nursing-home-mortality

Virginia pastor dies shortly after receiving coronavirus vaccine. A Virginia minister died shortly after she received a coronavirus vaccination, authorities said Friday.
https://news.yahoo.com/virginia-woman-dies-shortly-receiving-180443242.html

As COVID-19 vaccines raise hope, cold reality dawns that illness is likely here to stay.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-vaccines-raise-hope-cold-reality-dawns-covid-19-is-likely-here-to-stay-11612693803

TRAGEDY! 9 Dead in Spanish Nursing Home Shortly After First Pfizer Shots but Second Doses Given Anyway – Religious Beliefs in Vaccines Causing Massive Senior Deaths?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/tragedy-9-dead-in-spanish-nursing-home-shortly-after-first-pfizer-shots-but-second-doses-given-anyway-religious-beliefs-in-vaccines-causing-massive-senior-deaths/

Are COVID-19 vaccines causing deaths? Online claims of coronavirus vaccines being lethal are rife following a string of deaths in care homes that vaccinated residents. DW looks into cases around the world and what was behind them.
https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-are-covid-19-vaccines-causing-deaths/a-56458746

U.K. COVID Variant Now Rapidly Spreading in U.S.: Study https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/uk-covid-19-variant-spreading-rapidly-through-us-study/

Moderna, Pfizer Test mRNA Experimental Biologics on Children https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/02/moderna-pfizer-test-mrna-experimental-biologics-on-children/

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Not Recommended for People Over 65 in Germany https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2021/01/28/Germany-AstraZeneca-COVID-19-vaccine-should-not-be-used-in-over-65s

# Economy / Trade
Congress mulls tightening income eligibility tied to proposed $1,400 stimulus checks.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537625-congress-mulls-tightening-eligibility-for-stimulus-checks

Why 10 Republican senators are negotiating with Biden on Covid-19 relief Biden and a group of  Senate Republicans want two very different
Covid-19 relief bills.
https://www.vox.com/2021/2/1/22260253/republican-senators-negotiations-biden-covid-talks

Pfizer expects $15 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales in 2021 https://money.yahoo.com/pfizer-expects-15-bln-covid-155806611.html

Democrats set to introduce bill that provides $3,600 per child for some
families: The success or failure of the legislation could have ramifications in the 2022 congressional elections.
https://newsvoice.com/i/16684382

The Superstar Research Driving the Checks Debate Has a Problem. It’s based on ZIP code-level data, which may not be as precise as the researchers contend https://prospect.org/first100/superstar-research-driving-checks-debate-has-problem-chetty-income-data/

# Education / Schools
In the Absence of COVID Safety Plans, Teachers Are Resigning and Retiring Early An unprecedented number of teachers and other school employees are leaving the field because of fears about COVID.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-the-absence-of-covid-safety-plans-teachers-are-resigning-and-retiring-early/

# Employment / Labor
Democratic legislators introduce COVID Whistleblower Protection Act. The bill seeks to institute stronger legal whistleblower protections for employees who work for entities that receive COVID-19 relief funds https://www.natlawreview.com/article/covid-whistleblower-protection-act-would-provide-robust-protection-disclosures-about

Labor policy expert: Drop in unemployment masked by bigger issues. A slight decrease in the unemployment rate during January – from 6.7 percent to 6.3 percent – was offset by how few new jobs were created in the private sector https://www.albanyherald.com/news/business/labor-policy-expert-drop-in-unemployment-masked-by-bigger-issues/article_c9dde3d7-8b28-5de4-923a-88edb39eb6a9.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
‘Chemicals don’t just disappear’ — Persistence by researchers, residents uncovers pesticide contamination at Mead ethanol plant https://www.newsbreak.com/nebraska/mead/news/2159439213620/chemicals-dont-just-disappear-persistence-by-researchers-residents-uncovers-pesticide-contamination-at-mead-plant

Representatives of a dark-money political advocacy group sign a guilty plea admitting involvement in a major bribery scandal involving Ohio’s power plant subsidy law https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/02/05/ohio-former-house-speaker-larry-householder-dark-money-generation-now-guilty-plea-racketeering/4401901001/

Former FirstEnergy subsidiary Energy Harbor says it may decline the $1 billion in subsidies for two Ohio nuclear plants included in the scandal-tainted legislation.
https://www.wtap.com/2021/02/08/owners-of-two-ohio-nuclear-plants-may-decline-subsidies/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Keeping one mature street tree is far better for humans and nature than planting lots of new ones https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2156177191752/why-keeping-one-mature-street-tree-is-far-better-for-humans-and-nature-than-planting-lots-of-new-ones

# Environment / Climate / Interior Global Globally, sea levels are rising faster than our worst estimates. This could put millions of people in coastal communities at risk of flood and even displacement. It’s worse than even the most pessimistic estimates.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-change-sea-levels-05022021/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Widely used neonic insecticides may be a threat to mammals, too.
Neonicotinoids, used on corn seed and other crops, are already accused of contributing to declines of insect pollinators.
https://thefern.org/2021/02/widely-used-neonic-insecticides-may-be-a-threat-to-mammals-too/

# Gov / Politics
Florida Governor DeSantis to Penalize Big Tech Companies for Unlawful Practices https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-tallahassee-news-conference-20210202-r4pdvos3rbcdnj7pgx2qupfdpa-story.html

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) touted a proposal that would allow tech companies to create local governments.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/537667-nevada-governor-touts-proposal-to-allow-tech-companies-to-create-local

Marjorie Taylor Greene Removed From All Her Committees, Multiple Republicans Vote to Remove Her
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-removed-from-house-committees-11-republicans-cross-aisle-in-vote-01612483101

Wyoming Republican party votes to formally censure Liz Cheney, demands she resign and hand back all state political donations after she voted to impeach Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/06/wyoming-gop-censure-liz-cheney-466561

Democrat Introduces Gun Control Bill: Psych Evaluations, Ammo Bans, Federal Gun Registry https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-introduces-gun-control-bill-psych-evaluations-ammo-bans-federal-gun-registry

The Biden Administration Already is the Most Inclusive in American History. President Joe Biden has shown a greater commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in a few short weeks than perhaps any president before him.
https://insidesources.com/the-biden-administration-already-is-the-most-inclusive-in-american-history/

Report: The Trump campaign paid an Arizona lawmaker amid efforts to overturn state election results https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/02/06/arizona-rep-mark-finchem-paid-by-trump-campaign-during-election-challenge/4413949001/

Shelby Is Latest GOP Senator to Announce He Won’t Run Again. The Alabama Republican joins Sens. Portman, Burr, and Toomey in bowing out of whatever comes next for the GOP.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537813-shelby-wont-run-for-reelection

# Law Enforcement
Yale graduate student ID’d as victim of Saturday fatal shooting in New Haven Police are looking into the incident as a homicide.
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Yale-graduate-student-ID-d-as-victim-of-15931633.php?src=nhrhpdesecp

A last-minute Trump move threatens to send released prisoners back to prison after the pandemic https://www.justiceactionnetwork.org/news/mother-jones-a-last-minute-trump-move-threatens-to-send-released-prisoners-back-to-prison-after-the-pandemic

Georgia officials open inquiry into Trump efforts to overturn election results https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/537901-georgia-officials-open-inquiry-into-trump-efforts-to-overturn-election

Wave of departures leaves federal court seats for Biden to fill https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537905-wave-of-departures-leaves-federal-court-seats-for-biden-to-fill

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump trial set to consume Capitol. Former President Trump’s second impeachment will consume Washington this week, putting the Trump era on trial and GOP divisions on full display.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537589-trump-trial-set-to-consume-capitol

Breaking With G.O.P., Top Conservative Lawyer Says Trump Can Stand Trial https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/us/politics/charles-cooper-trump-impeachment.html

Bank of America handed over customer data to feds following Capitol riot. At least one person was interviewed by agents based on info from America’s second largest bank https://nypost.com/2021/02/06/bank-of-america-under-fire-for-helping-feds-in-capitol-riot-probe/

A slim majority in a new poll say Trump should be convicted and barred from any future federal office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/537732-most-in-new-poll-say-trump-should-be-convicted-barred-from-federal-office

Five ways Trump’s impeachment differs from a court trial.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537630-five-ways-trumps-impeachment-differs-from-a-court-trial?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=36731

Senate Republicans back Trump as impeachment trial nears.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-censures-roger-wicker-trials-05bdcc3475e661077295627bac922ebd

144 constitutional lawyers call Trump’s First Amendment defense “legally frivolous.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/politics/trump-impeachment-defense.html

On Cusp of Impeachment Trial, Court Documents Point To How Trump’s Rhetoric Fueled Rioters Who Attacked Capitol https://www.allsides.com/news/2021-02-08-0741/cusp-impeachment-trial-court-documents-point-how-trump-s-rhetoric-fueled

Five ways Trump’s impeachment differs from a court trial. When Trump’s second impeachment trial gets underway on Tuesday, the Senate proceedings will differ from what typically unfolds in a courtroom.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537630-five-ways-trumps-impeachment-differs-from-a-court-trial

Senate leadership announced they have reached a deal on the framework for Trump’s impeachment trial, which will start on Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537876-schumer-mcconnell-reach-deal-on-trump-impeachment-trial

# Media
Biden has gotten around to firing several Trump loyalists but Louis DeJoy is still postmaster general, because Biden has to overhaul the USPS Board of Governors to get to him.
https://slate.com/business/2020/12/louis-dejoy-postmaster-general-biden-postal-service.html

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Stroke Victims to Be Given Psychedelic Drug DMT in First-Ever US Clinical Trials https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/02/stroke-victims-to-be-given-psychedelic-drug-dmt-in-first-ever-us-clinical-trials.html

# Nuclear / Radiation
New Mexico’s nuclear rush: A massive nuclear waste storage site proposed near Carlsbad is seemingly on a fast track. Can the company behind it be trusted?
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexicos-nuclear-rush-massive-waste-site-near-carlsbad-seemingly-on-fast-track/article_1f3e2e2c-671c-11eb-b9a1-ab3ec92c8a24.html?mode=comments

# Science
The month’s best science images: While taking aerial photos with his drone, Australian photographer Derry Moroney came across these massive, tree-like patterns in Lake Cakora in New South Wales. The colourful drainage channels form when water full of oil from the surrounding tea trees (Melaleuca alternifolia) runs into the lake.
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-00095-y/index.html?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=6ada806177-briefing-dy-20210208&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-6ada806177-43812897

# Technology
The Trump Organization negotiated on behalf of then-president Trump to make Parler his primary social network, but it had a condition: an ownership stake in return for joining, according to documents and four people familiar with the conversations.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/trump-parler-ownership

Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Amy Klobuchar
(D-Minn.) on Friday introduced the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act to reform Section 230 and “allow social media companies to be held accountable for enabling cyber-stalking, targeted harassment, and discrimination on their platforms.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-seek-to-force-big-tech-to-police-content-more-tightly-in-section-230-reform-bill_3687451.html

# Things that make ya go ‘Hmmmm’
The ‘8th Continent’ Is a Floating Self-Sustainable Ocean Cleaner https://interestingengineering.com/self-sustainable-floating-continent-cleans-ocean-waste

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# Indigenous
Biden signs disaster declaration to help Navajo Nation with COVID-19 response. Sens. Romney, Sinema also introduce legislation to expand access to drinking water on tribal nations.
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/biden-signs-disaster-declaration-to-help-navajo-nation-with-covid-19-response/6001150/

# Indigenous / Global
Curing the ‘colonial hangover’: how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/30/curing-the-colonial-hangover-how-yukon-first-nations-became-trailblazers-of-indigenous-governance.html

# Archaeology
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a major, previously unknown kingdom. The large  block’s hieroglyphics could be referring to the King Midas, of the ‘golden touch’ myth. “We had no idea about this kingdom,”
Osborne said. “In a flash, we had profound new information on the Iron Age Middle East.”
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-in-turkey-have-discovered-a-mysterious-ancient-kingdom-lost-in-history

# Border / Immigration
ICE union contract prompts fear of resistance to Biden: A union contract signed by the Trump administration on its last full day in office could enable Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to stall President Biden’s vision for a reimagined immigration system.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/537387-ice-union-contract-prompts-fear-of-resistance-to-biden

U.S. Citizen Children Deported Under Pandemic Rule: US citizen newborns sent to Mexico under Trump-era border ban. At least 11 migrant women sent to Mexico border towns without birth certificates for newborns since last March https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/05/us-citizen-newborns-mexico-migrant-women-border-ban

# CoronaVirus
Wisconsin Guv Reissues Mask Mandate Minutes After GOP Repeal. The resolution passed 52-42, with seven Republicans voting with every Democrat in the heavily gerrymandered Assembly to oppose the measure.
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-governor-mask-mandate-d8436b7f9a7539e9d1cd2589483916d8

Johnson & Johnson Asks FDA for Emergency Authorization of Single-Shot
COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-single-dose-fda

CDC and TSA Form Federal Mask Police — Enforcement Is Up To Officer Discretion https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/02/daisy-luther/cdc-and-tsa-form-federal-mask-policeand-enforcement-is-up-to-officer-discretion/

# Economy / Trade
Senate Democrats approved a budget resolution early Friday morning that will allow them to pass coronavirus relief without GOP support.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537482-senate-democrats-approves-budget-resolution-teeing-up-coronavirus-bill

VP Harris Casts Tie-Breaking Vote to Move Ahead with Democratic COVID Relief Bill https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/5/headlines/vp_harris_casts_tie_breaking_vote_to_move_ahead_with_democratic_covid_relief_bill

Biden Coronavirus Relief Plan Clears Senate Budget Hurdle After ‘Vote-a-Rama’
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/04/budget-vote-a-rama-begins-as-senate-grinds-toward-late-night/

Most reclaimed wood is used in one-off projects. This furniture company is thinking way bigger. Room & Board’s stunning furniture line uses 400-year-old wood.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90601167/most-reclaimed-wood-is-used-in-one-off-projects-this-furniture-company-is-thinking-way-bigger

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
https://www.brookings.edu/research/closing-the-racial-wealth-gap-requires-heavy-progressive-taxation-of-wealth/

# Employment / Labor
Senate Democrats are facing internal divisions over efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which could result in the proposal being watered down or jettisoned from the coronavirus relief bill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537464-minimum-wage-push-sparks-democratic-divisions

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining Global
Alberta’s ‘back door’ plan to free up billions of litres of water for coal mines raises alarm. Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is poised to allow coal companies to undercut a functioning water market https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2155884135097/albertas-back-door-plan-to-free-up-billions-of-litres-of-water-for-coal-mines-raises-alarm

For decades B.C. failed to address selenium pollution in the Elk Valley.
Now no one knows how to stop it. There are no viable solutions to stop the tide of selenium leaching into Canadian and U.S. waters. Deformed fish, a potential fish population collapse and contaminated drinking water signal more trouble to come https://nativefishcoalition.org/blog/2020/5/14/for-decades-bc-failed-to-address-selenium-pollution-in-the-elk-valley-now-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-it

B.C. charges mining, fracking companies very little for water use, new research finds. Some of the province’s biggest water guzzlers are paying as little as 28 cents for an Olympic-sized swimming pool’s worth of freshwater https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-industrial-water-use-research/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise faster than previously thought https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-change-sea-levels-05022021/

Progressive lawmakers push President Joe Biden to declare a national emergency on climate change that would give him broader powers to act https://energynews.us/digests/dems-push-for-climate-emergency-clean-electricity-standard/

# Environment / Climate / Interior Global B.C. allows logging in nine ‘protected’ old-growth areas. Torrance Coste, national campaign director for the Wilderness Committee, said it is “stunning” to now discover it will be business as usual in the second-growth forests included in the deferral areas.
https://kleanindustries.com/resources/environmental-industry-market-analysis-research/b.c-allows-logging-in-protected-old-growth-forest-areas/

French court convicts the government for not doing enough on climate change https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-change-sea-levels-05022021/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
New report finds toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods. FDA failed to warn consumers of risk. Significant amounts of arsenic, lead, mercury, and other toxic heavy metals are in baby food made by the largest such companies in the U.S.
https://www.axios.com/baby-food-toxic-heavy-metal-661b8625-2c16-4361-a870-917d6beaf54f.html

Smithfield accused of false environmental marketing, advertising: A complaint filed against Smithfield Foods on Thursday alleges instances of false advertising related to the company’s sustainability effort https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/02/04/smithfield-foods-accused-false-environmental-marketing-advertising-meat-processor-ftc/4376126001/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
European Food Safety Authority accused of minimizing some effects of endocrine disruptors. Experts warn a new European draft report “could significantly delay restrictive measures against harmful chemicals.”
https://www.ehn.org/european-food-safety-authority-endocrine-disruptors-2650289466.html

Op-ed: European food regulators are pushing outdated science. Europe’s food safety regulators have an opportunity to bring a cleaner, safer future to the health of 450 million people https://www.ehn.org/european-food-regulators-endocrine-disruptors-2650289959.html

# General Recalls / Alerts
Hyundai has recently recalled 93,000 Hyundai Tucson cars due to their engine’s possibility of spontaneously bursting into flames.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256722/20210204/over-93-000-hyundai-tucson-cars-recalled-engine-possibly-bursting.htm

# General News
Atlantic Council Pens Anonymously Authored Expose Calling for Regime Change in China. The report outlines a plan for the United States to pursue a China without Xi Jinping, with a weakened Communist Party, and operating in a region dominated by the US and its allies.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/atlantic-council-pens-anonymously-authored-expose-calling-for-us-regime-change-in-china/275068/

To Counter China’s Rise, the U.S. Should Focus on Xi. A proposal for a full reboot of American strategy toward China.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/28/china-foreign-policy-long-telegram-anonymous-463120

The entire U.S.-China relationship is now in a dangerous downward spiral. Can the Trump-Xi meeting stabilize things?
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/06/26/can-the-u-s-china-crisis-be-stabilized/

Russia Is a Rogue, Not a Peer; China Is a Peer, Not a Rogue, Different Challenges, Different Responses https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE310.html

# Gov / Politics
House votes to kick Greene off committees over embrace of conspiracy theories https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537445-house-votes-to-kick-greene-off-committees-over-embrace-of-conspiracy-theories

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), said he may vote this month to convict former President Trump on an article of impeachment, is pushing back against possible retaliation from the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee by warning that his party must choose between “conservatism and madness.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537476-gop-senator-warns-his-party-must-decide-between-conservatism-and-madness

We need a constitutional amendment defining “high crimes and misdemeanors https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/537398-we-need-a-constitutional-amendment-defining-high-crimes-and

Republicans who impeached Trump are already on the chopping block Candidates, donors and local party officials are organizing against the
10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/trump-revenge-gop-impeachment-backers-461189

Trump Plots Petty Revenge Tour Against GOP Critics: Former president is reportedly desperate to head off on a speaking tour specifically designed to drain support from Republicans who backed his impeachment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-plotting-petty-revenge-tour-against-republicans-who-abandoned-him-says-report?ref=home

Cori Bush Demands Expulsion for Every Republican Who Incited the Capitol Siege Representative Bush called the January 6 Capitol breach a “blatant, heinous, vile white supremacist attack.”
https://truthout.org/articles/cori-bush-demands-expulsion-for-every-republican-who-incited-the-capitol-siege/

Former California mayor charged in corruption probe. “No one is above the law. Public officials should be working to benefit the people, not their own bank account.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/02/05/former-california-mayor-charged-in-corruption-probe/

In powerful speeches to Congress, AOC & Rashida Tlaib demand accountability for Capitol attack. “Some are already demanding that we move on or, worse, attempting to minimize, discredit or belittle the accounts of survivors.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/5/alexandria_ocasio_cortez_rashida_tlaib

# Law Enforcement
Incarcerated Activist Kinetik Justice, Others, Severely Beaten in Alabama Prison DOJ Sued over Abuse https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/5/incarcerated_activist_kinetik_justice_others_severely

Austin Leads the Way in Cutting Police Funding and Using the Money for Housing https://truthout.org/articles/austin-leads-the-way-in-cutting-police-funding-and-using-the-money-for-housing/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump hires impeachment lawyer, McConnell wants Senate trial in February for Capitol riot incitement charge https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/21/trump-not-prepared-for-senate-impeachment-trial-for-capitol-riots.html

# Murmurs of War
Head of Strategic Command: US Must Prepare for “Very Real Possibility”
of Nuclear War With China. In an era when international cooperation in the face of pandemics and climate change is essential, the world appears to be racing towards a new Cold War, and unfortunately, few except the military top brass are talking about it.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/strategic-command-us-must-prepare-nuclear-war-china-russia/275088/

# Nuclear / Radiation
New Mexico eyed for major nuclear waste storage facility. Critics say virtual meetings bypassed rural communities and raise concerns about the company behind the proposal.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/experts-nuclear-waste-storage-a-concern-in-new-mexico-southwest/article_f360ee7a-2373-11eb-8e97-57673c219e98.html

# Social
U.S. Won’t Let Him in—Even Though His Docs Say He’s American. Under a controversial Trump administration COVID order that Joe Biden has left in place, Óscar Luis Cortes García is stuck in limbo.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-us-wont-let-him-ineven-though-his-documents-say-hes-american

# Technology
Instagram Bans Plum Accounts Obtained Through Extortion. The social media company targeted nine cybercriminals and the middlemen who helped them sell the valuable handles.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-bans-hundreds-of-coveted-accounts-stolen-through-hacking-and-extortion?source=cheats&via=rss

Apple’s First Virtual Reality Headset Will Feature 8k Screen for Each User’s Eye An 8K Display screen? That’s too big for a screen resolution but that is not impossible for Apple’s first virtual reality headset.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256732/20210205/apples-first-virtual-reality-headset-will-feature-8k-screen-each.htm

Tiktok to Begin Notifying Users of Misleading Content to Prevent Spread of Misinformation https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256730/20210204/tiktok-misleading-content-prompt-start-warning-users-fact-checking-explained.htm

Android 11 Update: From wireless auto, messaging feature to smart home features Android is up for an upgrade with Android 11 software. The new software promises better messaging features, wireless Android auto, beter media controls and more.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256709/20210204/android-11-update-better-messaging-feature-more-storage.htm

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February 4, 2021
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# Indigenous
Is it time to decolonize the housing market? In California, COVID-19 is exacerbating housing inequities. Indigenous activist Jackie Fielder believes she has a solution.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537272-republicans-rally-to-keep-cheney-in-power

Reclaiming the National Bison Range: After decades of battling misinformation, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recover their lands and the herd.
http://victorrocha.com/reclaiming-the-national-bison-range-p2428-215.htm

Apaches’ fight over Arizona copper mine goes before US court: A federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday from a group of Apaches that has been fighting a proposed copper mine in eastern Arizona.
https://www.kold.com/2021/02/03/apaches-fight-over-arizona-copper-mine-goes-before-us-court/

Mountaintop removal threatens traditional Blackfoot territory https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2155342407855/mountaintop-removal-threatens-traditional-blackfoot-territory

# Border / Immigration
In Arizona, building a wall — and destroying a canyon https://www.azpm.org/p/home-articles-news/2020/10/30/183147-the-borderlands-boondoggle/

Media Blackout: Antifa Riot at Portland ICE Facility Overnight, Throw Mortar Explosives at Federal Police Officers. Antifa members rioted at the Portland, Oregon, ICE facility overnight https://www.legitgov.org/media-blackout-antifa-riot-portland-ice-facility-overnight-throw-mortar-explosives-federal-police

After months of border wall construction, a look at the damage done. As President Biden takes the helm, conservation groups take stock of the border wall’s environmental impacts.
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-border-wall-damage-mountains-7986864266a6fc2764c671533957d958

The Border Patrol is leaving migrants to die. A new report shows that the agency systematically ignores emergencies — neglecting thousands of lives.
https://patch.com/arizona/across-az/border-patrol-leaving-migrants-die

ICE Has Begun Detaining Women at One of the Nation’s Deadliest Facilities.
Notorious for lethal medical neglect, Stewart Detention Center has turned particularly deadly amid the COVID pandemic.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-has-begun-detaining-women-at-one-of-the-nations-deadliest-facilities/

# CoronaVirus
New York undercounted nursing home coronavirus deaths by as much as 50%, state AG says – James’s report said that government guidance may have put residents at increased risk https://apnews.com/article/new-york-nursing-home-coronavirus-deaths-a6c214f4467976efdfca9ba75f8adaef

Second California patient dies soon after COVID-19 vaccination, investigations underway https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/26/health-care-worker-dies-after-second-dose-of-covid-vaccine-investigations-underway/

The biotech firm Novavax has unveiled that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine is effective against rapidly spreading variants of the coronavirus. But the picture is mixed.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00268-9

Vaccinated Congressman Tests Positive for COVID-19.  U.S Rep Stephen Lynch (D-MA) has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving both doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-lynch-covid-vaccine_n_60178b80c5b6aa4bad3554f6

Biden Admin Announces First Federal Mass COVID Vax Sites. The two California sites will be staffed by personnel from FEMA, the Agriculture Department, and HHS.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/oakland-coliseum-and-cal-state-la-selected-as-first-federal-covid-19-vaccination-sites

CDC Broke Federal Law by Manipulating COVID Death Statistics https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/study-cdc-broke-federal-law-by-manipulating-covid-death-statistics/

German Investigative Journalists Still Searching for Proof that
Sars-CoV-2 Exists. Even the Robert Koch Institute and other health authorities cannot present decisive proof that a new virus named
SARS-CoV-2 is haunting us.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/german-investigative-journalists-still-searching-for-proof-that-sars-cov-2-exists/

International COVID-19 fraud exposed. INTERPOL-coordinated case leads to arrests and sparks investigations around Europe https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2020/Unmasked-International-COVID-19-fraud-exposed

Coronavirus infections, hospitalizations falling, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/537169-cdc-director-covid-infections-hospitalizations-falling

COVID-19 vaccines: countries have a history of acting selfishly – and when they do, everyone loses out
https://theconversation.com/covid-vaccines-countries-have-a-history-of-acting-selfishly-and-when-they-do-everyone-loses-out-154219

CDC Director Warns Coronavirus Variants Could Reverse Drop in Caseload
https://theconversation.com/covid-vaccines-countries-have-a-history-of-acting-selfishly-and-when-they-do-everyone-loses-out-154219

Scientists call for fully open sharing of coronavirus genome data.
Hundreds of scientists are urging that SARS-CoV-2 genome data should be shared more openly to help scientists analyse how viral variants are spreading around the world
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00305-7

Millions in U.S. Have Been Vaccinated. Just 5% Were Black. The CDC is sounding the alarm on ‘potential disparities’ for Black and Latino Americans.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cdc-warns-of-potential-disparities-for-black-latino-americans-getting-covid-vaccine

# Economy / Trade
Sennate braces for chaotic session as Democrats pursue coronavirus bill.  Senators are preparing for a chaotic, potentially all-night, session as Democrats race to lay the groundwork for passing coronavirus relief legislation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537267-senate-braces-for-chaotic-session-as-democrats-pursue-coronavirus-bill

Biden is smart to pursue more than one path on a relief package
https://wapo.st/36BBJt4

Ending the Free Ride: Elizbeth Warren Vows to Introduce Wealth Tax as ‘First Order of Business’
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/02/elizabeth-warren-to-introduce-wealth-tax/

120 Democrats demand repeal of ‘Obscene’ tax cut for Millionaires that GOP buried in previous Covid Relief Bill https://truthout.org/articles/120-democrats-demand-repeal-of-millionaire-tax-cut-gop-buried-in-last-covid-bill/

First 100: The Wonk Case for Limiting Eligibility on Relief Checks Is Wrong The evidence for targeting tells you nothing about whether it’s good policy, and it’s not even decent targeting.
https://prospect.org/first100/wonk-case-for-limiting-eligibility-covid-relief-checks-is-wrong/

Warren, Schumer Introduce Resolution to Cancel $50K in Student Loan Debt. Biden has proposed canceling up to $10,000 of student debt, but lawmakers say that $50,000 would be more impactful.
https://www.fox6now.com/news/dems-to-introduce-plan-to-erase-50000-of-student-debt

# Employment / Labor
How the Congressional Budget Office May Determine Wages for 32 Million Workers https://prospect.org/first100/congressional-budget-office-may-determine-wages-32-million-workers/

Biden Ousts All 10 of Trump’s Union Busters From Powerful Labor Panel.
Joe Biden demanded the resignations of all 10 of Donald Trump’s appointees to the Federal Service Impasses Panel, a powerful labor relations board, in a major victory for federal unions. Eight members resigned, and two were fired after refusing to step down.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/biden-fires-trump-union-busters-federal-service-impasses-panel.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Supreme Court will hear eminent domain battle. The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether a private company can use eminent domain to seize state-owned land to build a natural gas pipeline between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063724229

# Environment / Climate / Interior
What Does Pete Buttigieg’s Transportation Secretary Role Mean for the Climate?
https://www.ecowatch.com/transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-2650267881.html

The Chimeric Beast Overrunning Texas and Spreading Disease. The strange-looking creature encapsulates everything about the best of intentions. Once brought over for conservation and popular for big game hunting, the nilgai are taking over.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nilgai-the-chimeric-beast-overrunning-texas-and-spreading-disease?ref=home

# Global Politics and other news
Canada just declared the Proud Boys “a terrorist entity.” The move comes after members of the Proud Boys were found to have played integral roles in the US Capitol insurrection last month.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/canada-proud-boys-terrorist

# Gov / Politics
Republicans rally to keep Liz Cheney in power https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537272-republicans-rally-to-keep-cheney-in-power

Tulsi Gabbard Calls Adam Schiff, John Brennan ‘Domestic Enemies’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-schiff-brennan-big-tech

Sen. Josh Hawle  (R – MO : It’s time to stand up against the muzzling of America. Everyone knows it can happen to them, so everyone shuts down.
The circle of trust narrows.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/24/its-time-to-stand-up-against-the-muzzling-of-america/

‘Black Lives Matter’ Teams With Democrat in Attempt to Expel Over 100 Republicans From Congress.  “It is not enough to denounce the white supremacy behind the attack. We must remove its endorsers from Congress https://www.westernjournal.com/black-lives-matter-teams-democrat-attempt-expel-100-republicans-congress/

McConnell To Force Democrats To Vote on Paying Illegal Immigrants, Funding Schools That Refuse To Open https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-to-force-democrats-to-vote-on-paying-illegal-immigrants-funding-schools-that-refuse-to-open

Democrats will force a referendum on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, rejecting attempts to protect her. Greene has expressed belief in the QAnon mass delusion, espoused wild conspiracy theories, and questioned whether the Parkland school shooting actually happened https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-committees-vote

Democratic Fascists Prepare to Drop the Hammer.  “Free speech must be brought ‘to heel.’”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56256.htm

We Are Entering a New Totalitarian Era:     Anybody who is in opposition to the hegemony of the neoliberal project is going to experience the heavy hand of the state https://blackagendareport.com/ajamu-baraka-we-are-entering-new-totalitarian-era

Senate Agrees to Power-Sharing Deal That Leaves Democrats in Control of Committees https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/4/headlines/senate_agrees_to_power_sharing_deal_that_leaves_democrats_in_control_of_committees

Biden to announce end to US support for offensive operations in Yemen https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/3/us-extends-strategic-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-russia

Sanders Slams GOP for $1.9 Trillion Gift to Rich in First Speech as Budget Chair The GOP has used reconciliation to unilaterally pass tax cuts for the wealthy and attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-slams-gop-for-1-9-trillion-gift-to-rich-in-first-speech-as-budget-chair/

# Law Enforcement
Ex-Columbus Cop in Andre Hill Shooting Arrested. Adam Coy, 44, faces charges of murder, felonious assault, and dereliction of duty after a grand jury brought an indictment against him for the shooting of Andre Hill https://www.thedailybeast.com/adam-coy-ex-columbus-cop-in-andre-hill-shooting-arrested-after-grand-jury-indictment

I Was Shackled to My Bed After Giving Birth. Then They Took My Baby Away.
Prison separates parents from their newborns and makes breastfeeding impossible. This cruelty must end.
https://truthout.org/articles/i-was-shackled-to-my-bed-after-giving-birth-then-they-took-my-baby-away/

New report shows persistent racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarcerations While youth incarceration has dropped by almost half over the last decade, Back and American Indian youth are more likely to be incarcerated than white youth.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/02/04/new-report-shows-persistent-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-youth-incarcerations/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Lawyer Lin Wood asked to undergo mental health evaluation by State Bar, said he would not https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/after-filing-election-suits-pro-trump-lawyer-l.-lin-wood-is-asked-to-undergo-mental-health-evaluation

Biden’s new DOJ musing, charging Trump and followers as ‘Racketeers’
while the GOP coverup steams on: The FBI has bent over backwards to avoid arresting their obvious targets…and may never get to any of them it seems as proof of a well planned ‘inside job’ is now overwhelming https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/03/bidens-new-doj-musing-charging-trump-and-followers-as-racketeers-while-the-gop-coverup-steams-on/

The House impeachment managers formally requested that former President Trump testify under oath in his Senate impeachment trial that kicks off next week.
https://apnews.com/article/house-dems-trump-testify-impeachment-8fd6b9f5724f48cc0f4e045ec8c37000

PA District Attorney Raped Clients on His Office Desk: Docs: When he was a defense attorney, Chad Michael Salsman used a noise machine to drown out some of the alleged sex attacks, former staff told prosecutors.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pennsylvania-district-attorney-chad-michael-salsman-raped-clients-on-his-office-desk-attorney-general-says?ref=home

# LGBTQ
Biden Makes His Fight for LGBTQ Rights International. “There will be no ambiguity,” one senior administration official said. “This administration prioritizes LGBTQ rights as human rights.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-joe-biden-makes-his-fight-for-lgbtq-rights-international

# Medical / Health
Neuroprosthetic for spinal-cord injuries. “People tend to see the spinal cord as one tube with reflexes and simple circuits,” says Courtine. “The spinal cord is a brain in itself.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00087-y

# Military / DOD
Defense Secretary Orders Military-Wide Stand-Downs to ‘Address White Nationalism,’ Rid Military of ‘Extremists and Racists’
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/537251-pentagon-chief-orders-military-wide-stand-down-to-tackle-elusive-issue-of

Will the US finally get the hell out of Afghanistan once and for all?
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-withdrawal-afghanistan-uncertain/

# Nuclear / Radiation
U.S. and Russia Extend New START Nuclear Arms Treaty https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/3/us-extends-strategic-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-russia

# Science
Scientists have turned spinach into biological sensors that email environmental alerts You’ve got mail: It’s from your spinach, and it’s warning you about the arsenic in your soil.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90600720/scientists-have-turned-spinach-into-biological-sensors-that-email-environmental-alerts?partner=rss#:~:text=A%20new%2C%20engineered%20version%20of,biological%20warning%20tools%2C%20not%20food.

Scientists Have Turned Spinach Into Beating Human Heart Tissue https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-turned-spinach-into-working-human-heart-tissue

# Technology
Florida Governor DeSantis to Penalize Big Tech Companies for Unlawful Practices https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-tallahassee-news-conference-20210202-r4pdvos3rbcdnj7pgx2qupfdpa-story.html

# Water
Will Flint Water Trial Spark More Court Battles for Environmental Justice? Organizers in Flint hope the charges work as a catalyst for more accountability for polluters and corrupt officials.
https://truthout.org/articles/will-flint-water-trial-spark-more-court-battles-for-environmental-justice/

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February 2, 2021
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“Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing Freedom of Speech…
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as public Liberty”
— Cato – John Trenchard (1662-1723) & Thomas Gordon (169?-1750) – Source: Letters, 1720

“But this is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.”
– Euripides -(480-406 B.C.) – Source: The Phoenician Women, 411-409 B.C.

“A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.”
— George Sutherland (1862-1942) U. S. Supreme Court Justice – Source: Grosjean v. American Press Co., 1936
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# Indigenous
The fight for an equitable energy economy for the Navajo Nation Diné activist Nicole Horseherder’s long quest for equity from the rise and fall of the coal economy.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.2/south-coal-the-fight-for-an-equitable-energy-economy-for-the-navajo-nation

# Archaeology
Since the sixth century AD, a Roman church has held relics believed to be the remains of two apostles. Now, they have undergone scientific analysis, casting light on their age and origin.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/02022021-scientific-investigations-of-believed-remains-of-two-apostles/

Pristine 2,300-year-old Scythian woman’s boot found in frozen Altai mountains https://www.zmescience.com/science/scythian-boots-0532/

# Border / Immigration
President Biden will sign three executive orders focused on reforming the immigration system and undoing actions of the Trump administration, including establishing a family reunification task force and calling for a review of the public charge rule.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536872-biden-immigration-orders-include-family-unification-task-force

Hundreds deported under Biden, including witness to massacre: Biden’s administration has deported hundreds of immigrants in its early days despite his campaign pledge https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-02-01/hundreds-deported-under-biden-including-witness-to-massacre

# Children / Youth
‘Operation Lost Angels’ recovers 33 missing children during Human Trafficking Awareness Month. One person suspected of human trafficking was arrested on state charges during “Operation Lost Angels,” the FBI said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/33-missing-children-rescued-los-angeles-trafficking-operation-n1255435

# CoronaVirus
President Biden is facing a crossroads as he decides whether to work with Republicans on a coronavirus relief compromise or go for a larger package that likely won’t garner any GOP support.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536869-biden-faces-crossroads-on-virus-relief-bill

7 Dead and 100% of Residents Infected in Spanish Nursing Home After Experimental Pfizer mRNA COVID Shots https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/7-dead-and-100-of-residents-infected-in-spanish-nursing-home-after-being-injected-with-experimental-pfizer-mrna-covid-shots/

Minnesota Doctor Fights Medical Board’s Attempt to Restrict Informed Consent for Vaccines and Free Speech at the National Level https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/minnesota-doctor-fights-medical-boards-attempt-to-restrict-informed-consent-for-vaccines-and-free-speech-at-the-national-level/

Doctor-senator says he’s being targeted for COVID views. Sen. Scott Jensen of Chaska, who is a physician, says state’s medical board is investigating two complaints against him based on interviews and speeches
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/senator-scott-jensen-claims-targeted-for-coronavirus-beliefs/89-e4b5e652-426d-4360-b2d5-11ffaed91db1

America can vaccinate 60 million more people each month. Here’s how https://www.fastcompany.com/90599926/the-secret-weapon-that-could-dramatically-speed-up-americas-vaccine-rollout

U.S. Tops 26 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Shots, Surpassing Confirmed Coronavirus Cases https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/2/headlines/us_tops_26_million_covid_19_vaccine_shots_surpassing_confirmed_coronavirus_cases

Sputnik V vaccine has 91.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid, Russian trial suggests. Preliminary findings based on analysis of data from more than 20,000 participants https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/02/sputnik-v-vaccine-has-916-efficacy-against-symptomatic-covid-russian-trial-suggests

How the leading vaccines work: B cells, T cells, spike proteins — what do the vaccine buzzwords all really mean? Science journalist Jon Cohen talks us through the eight platforms used by the major COVID vaccines, the remaining challenges and how the spectacular achievements against COVID might help other diseases.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/how-leading-covid-19-vaccines-work

# Economy / Trade
Scottish Parliament to Address Trump Money Laundering through fake ‘golf resorts.’ Scottish MPs are set to vote on whether the Scottish Government should pursue an Unexplained Wealth Order to investigate the source of financing for former US President Donald Trump‘s Scottish resorts. The debate on Wednesday is being brought to chamber by co-convenor of the Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie.
https://www.moneylaundering.co.uk/news/us-president-accused-of-money-laundering-in-scottish-parliament/

‘Now is not the time to count pennies’: Sanders says GOP relief plan won’t cut it, urges democrats to keep election promises. “What the Republicans are talking about is just totally inadequate to meet the unprecedented crises that we’re facing.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/02/now-not-time-count-pennies-sanders-says-gop-relief-plan-wont-cut-it-urges-democrats

NYPD Deploys Counter Terrorism Unit To Protect Wall Street in Response To Gamestop Protests. The NYPD decision comes amid a growing online movement aimed at punishing wealthy hedge funds who have spent enormous sums betting on the demise of a number of companies.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/nypd-deploys-counter-terrorism-unit-protect-wall-street-in-response-gamestop-protests/274996/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
DOI Revokes 70 Improperly Issued Drilling Permits https://nexusmedianews.com/top_story/doi-revokes-70-drilling-permits/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Black-Owned Farms in New Focus as Biden Looks for Solutions to Both Race and Climate Crises https://www.ecowatch.com/black-farmers-biden-race-climate-2650234360.html

Lawsuit Challenging FDA Approval of Novel Genetically Engineered Color Additive That Makes Impossible Burger “Bleed” Moves Forward https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/29/lawsuit-challenging-fda-approval-novel-genetically-engineered-color-additive

Center for Food Safety says FDA didn’t conduct adequate testing of the genetically engineered color additive used to make the Impossible Burger appear to “bleed” like real meat.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-failed-to-safety-test-additive-impossible-burger/

# Global Politics and other news
Israel Cracks the Whip: Netanyahu tells Biden how to deal with Iran
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/israel-cracks-the-whip/281438

# Gov / Politics
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blasted Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories” as a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536850-mcconnell-says-taylor-greene-a-cancer-to-gop-country

Cheney gets boost from McConnell amid divisive intraparty battle over Trump’s impeachment.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/politics/liz-cheney-mitch-mcconnell/index.html

Trump pollster’s campaign autopsy paints damning picture of defeat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/trump-campaign-autopsy-paints-damning-picture-of-defeat-464636

Glenn Kirschner frames Capitol attack as Seditious Conspiracy per the US criminal code. Trump adds words like “fraud” and “steal”, apparently believing it will somehow help shield him from criminal liability.
Here’s why he is wrong.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/01/glenn-kirschner-frames-capitol-attach-as-seditious-conspiracy-per-the-us-criminal-code/

Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Out Of GOP https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962246187/spurred-by-the-capitol-riot-thousands-of-republicans-drop-their-party

The Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg to lead the Transportation Department.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/536914-senate-confirms-buttigieg-as-transportation-secretary

Watchdogs Appointed by Trump Pose Dilemma for Biden. Removing inspectors general installed by the former president under a political cloud could have the consequence of further eroding good-government norms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/biden-trump-inspector-general.html

White House Reporters: Biden Team Wanted Our Questions in Advance. “It pissed off enough reporters for people to flag it” for the White House Correspondents’ Association, one of The Daily Beast’s sources said.
https://archive.is/1rO9X#selection-695.0-709.142

Hedges: Papering Over the Rot: The death spiral of the American Empire will not be halted with civility.
https://scheerpost.com/2021/02/01/hedges-papering-over-the-rot/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump Legal Team Walked Out After Angry Pay Dispute: The ex president and his lead lawyer, Butch Bowers, reportedly had a bad-tempered disagreement after Bowers requested millions for impeachment defense.
https://www.axios.com/trump-legal-fees-impeachment-trial-8f6578e6-0662-4aea-8edc-aee2530c5165.html

Senate weighs jumping Biden judicial picks ahead of the queue. Some Democrats are urging the Judiciary Committee to reshuffle its priorities, mindful of their fragile majority and Mitch McConnell’s skill at blocking nominees. It is going to take years to prosecute all of the Trump era criminal cases, so getting full operational control over the DoJ is critical.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/senate-democrats-joe-biden-judicial-picks-463385

Impeachment managers say Trump conduct demands conviction https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536918-impeachment-managers-say-trump-conduct-demands-conviction

Lawyers representing former President Trump detailed the defense they’ll lay out at next week’s impeachment trial, arguing that it is unconstitutional to impeach a former president and that Trump’s speech did not directly lead to the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536975-trump-lawyers-call-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional-in-laying-out-defense

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Oregon law to decriminalize all drugs goes into effect, offering addicts rehab instead of prison https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/01/oregon-decriminalizes-all-drugs-offers-treatment-instead-jail-time/4311046001/

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NH), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced a plan to release a federal marijuana legalization proposal “in the early part of this year.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/democratic-senate-leaders-announce-steps-to-federally-legalize-marijuana-in-2021/

Five Virginia House and Senate committees and subcommittees have advanced marijuana legalization bills in the past three days alone as Friday’s key crossover deadline approaches.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/virginia-marijuana-legalization-bills-sail-though-committees-as-key-friday-deadline-nears/

Minnesota’s House speaker and majority leader filed a bill to legalize marijuana in 2021. Its path through the Republican-controlled Senate remains unclear, but Gov. Tim Walz (D) is on board with legalizing cannabis.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-minnesota-lawmakers-file-marijuana-legalization-bill-for-2021/

The U.S. Census Bureau announced another new move to collect marijuana revenue data from states—and this one includes not only sales taxes but also licensing fees. This information, federally compiled, will help legitimize the industry, advocates say.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/census-bureau-announces-another-new-move-to-collect-marijuana-tax-data-from-states/

Acting U.S. Agriculture Secretary Kevin Shea took the new Biden administration’s first meeting with the hemp industry last week to learn about market needs for the newly legal crop.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/bidens-usda-takes-first-meeting-with-hemp-industry-to-learn-about-market-needs/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released short podcasts about pest control issues for hemp growers.
https://www.usda.gov/media/radio/daily-newsline/2021-01-29/filling-data-gaps-regarding-hemp-pest-threats

# Medical Kidnapping / Arrests
Clark County Sheriff and Washington Hospital involved in Medical Kidnapping of Senior Now Lying to Media and Putting lives in Danger!
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/clark-county-sheriff-and-washington-hospital-involved-in-medical-kidnapping-of-senior-now-lying-to-media-and-putting-lives-in-danger/281412

# Medical Recalls
Urgent Recall Of The Medical Device Following Death Of 14 Patients.
https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/penumbra-recalls-some-jet-7-catheters-after-14-deaths-2/

# Science
National Geographic – scientists reaction watching a deep sea Gulper Eel
– watch it transform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7QXdlSBGGY&ab_channel=NationalGeographic

This mineral keeps turning up on Mars — and now it’s also been found in Antarctica https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/jarosite-mars-antarctic-mineral-02022021/

# Technology
The MyPillow CEO appears to have gotten his own corporate Twitter account suspended when he tried to use it to evade his ban from the service.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/02/01/mypillow-twitter-account-suspended-ban-evasion-mike-lindell-trump/4348778001/

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# Indigenous / Global
# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Deadly Dog and Cat Food Recall Expands: More Brands and Over 1000 Lots https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recall/recall-expands/

Outgoing Administration Gave Thumbs Up to Migratory Bird Massacre. It’s Time to Reverse the Damage.
https://www.ecowatch.com/migratory-bird-species-protection-2650169096.html

# CoronaVirus
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling-out. Is it time to talk about immunity passports?
https://www.zmescience.com/other/pieces/immunity-passports-pandemic-28012021/

What people might not be allowed to do if they don’t get vaccinated https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/what-people-might-not-be-allowed-to-do-if-they-dont-get-vaccinated.html

Health care worker dies after second dose of COVID vaccine, investigations underway https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/26/health-care-worker-dies-after-second-dose-of-covid-vaccine-investigations-underway/

After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-vaccine-nursing-homes-pfizer-8b7899de1c214989bb5fb16305b9c44e

After $100K Donation, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Taps Supermarket for Vaccine Distribution. Some say that giving Publix the only vaccines in Palm Beach will widen racial disparities in vaccine administration.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-100k-donation-fl-gov-desantis-taps-supermarket-for-vaccine-distribution/

New York May Have Underreported COVID Deaths at Nursing Homes by 50 Percent New York reports nursing home deaths differently than other states, which may be obscuring the actual death count.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-york-may-have-underreported-covid-deaths-at-nursing-homes-by-50-percent/

Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply and Price. Leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding by richer countries.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/coronavirus_vaccine_hoarding_mohga_kamal_yanni

This is how America gets its vaccines. The Biden administration has inherited a web of tech systems and policies that it must navigate to meet its goal of administering 100 million doses in the first 100 days.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/27/1016790/covid-vaccine-distribution-us/?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=6c06d8c1f3-briefing-dy-20210128&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-6c06d8c1f3-43812897

Unlocking US vaccine distribution. Most successful vaccine rollouts in
US: 4 state strategies
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/most-successful-vaccine-rollouts-in-us-4-state-strategies.html

U.S. supply of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be limited at first, CDC is providing recommendations to federal, state, and local governments about who should be vaccinated first.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations.html

The White House said it was unlocking a vaccine reserve — but it was reportedly already empty https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/white-house-said-unlocking-vaccine-170030454.html

Johnson & Johnson vaccine 66 percent effective, drops against South Africa variant https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/536441-johnson-johnson-vaccine-66-percent-effective-drops-against-south-africa

Second California patient dies soon after COVID-19 vaccination, investigations underway https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/26/health-care-worker-dies-after-second-dose-of-covid-vaccine-investigations-underway/?fbclid=IwAR10W7Vsl7guIWqKPOC61mGuvMdy1Odto9dm8pNAbTV-sIbHonxZ3PpWalE

California resident dies several hours after receiving COVID-19 vaccine https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-vaccine-death-COVID-Placer-County-15895656.php

4th Zimbabwean Cabinet Official Dies of COVID-19; WHO Begins Probe into Pandemic Origins in Wuhan https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-cabinets-harare-southern-africa-coronavirus-pandemic-5680a7e0435e14b20d631d35db39bb9e

Share the Technology: Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply & Price https://truthout.org/video/experts-say-we-must-end-big-pharma-monopoly-on-covid-vaccine-supply-and-price/?amp

COVID-19 Is an Unprecedented Tragedy; It Also Made Medical History https://www.insidesources.com/covid-19-is-an-unprecedented-tragedy-it-also-made-medical-history/

Lawsuits about state actions and policies in response to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021
https://ballotpedia.org/Lawsuits_about_state_actions_and_policies_in_response_to_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic,_2020-2021

How the superrich are scheming to get the vaccine before you. As the U.S. continues its fraught vaccine rollout, orderly, fair, and ethical distribution remains a moving target.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90598457/how-the-super-rich-are-scheming-to-get-the-vaccine-before-you

Why some coronavirus variants are more contagious—and how we can stop them https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/why-some-coronavirus-variants-are-more-contagious/

New COVID cases plunge 25 percent or more as behavior changes https://norwalkreflector.com/news/301129/new-covid-19-cases-plunge-25-or-more-as-behavior-changes/

Time to double mask or upgrade masks as coronavirus variants emerge, experts say https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-double-mask-variants-mutations-20210128.html

U.S. Cases of Troubling South African Variant Found in S.C.: The two U.S. patients have no history of travel, indicating that the variant was already present in the United States.
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa/us-finds-first-cases-of-south-african-covid-19-variant-in-south-carolina-idUSL1N2K32K6

What is double-masking? Here’s how it can keep you safer from the coronavirus. With the news being dominated by coronavirus variants that are reportedly more contagious, it’s time to revisit the steps we are taking to protect ourselves.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/double-masking-coronavirus-variants

Lawmakers in more than half the states are moving to curtail emergency powers their governors have used to combat the coronavirus pandemic in increasingly fraught clashes over the balance of power between legislatures and the executive https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/536479-legislators-go-after-governors-to-rein-in-covid-19-powers

# Economy / Trade
10,000 stores are expected to close in 2021, as pandemic continues to pummel retailers https://www.firstinsight.com/press-coverage/10000-stores-are-expected-to-close-in-2021-as-pandemic-continues-to-pummel-retailers

Schumer to Republicans: COVID Relief Bill Is Happening, With or Without You Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said his “preference” was a bipartisan deal, but if Republicans block or stall, he’ll move forward without them.
https://truthout.org/articles/schumer-to-republicans-covid-relief-bill-is-happening-with-or-without-you/

Schumer warns Dems could go-it-alone on coronavirus relief as soon as next week https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536280-schumer-warns-dems-could-go-it-alone-on-coronavirus-relief-as-soon-as-next

In California, COVID-19 is exacerbating housing inequities. Indigenous activist Jackie Fielder believes she has a solution.
https://patch.com/california/across-ca/it-time-decolonize-housing-market

As Americans await coronavirus stimulus checks, Biden offers $4B to migrant countries –Meanwhile, many Americans have not yet received their $600 stimulus check https://www.legitgov.org/americans-await-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-biden-offers-4b-migrant-countries

The GameStop Craziness Pulls Back the Curtain on the Stock Market. Day traders with apps have occupied Wall Street—and shown it to be a sham.
https://prospect.org/power/gamestop-craziness-pulls-back-curtain-on-stock-market/

Democrats are moving quickly to lay the groundwork for passing additional coronavirus relief, with or without help from Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536422-democrats-ready-to-bypass-republicans-on-covid-19-relief-bill

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Lakota Tribes Call on Biden to Shut Down DAPL https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/lakota_tribes_call_on_biden_to

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Litigation on the Dakota Access Pipeline https://earthjustice.org/features/faq-standing-rock-litigation

As Biden Issues Groundbreaking Climate Orders, Activists Push to Ban Fracking https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21012021/biden-executive-orders-climate-change/

How Wyoming’s Black coal miners shaped their own history. Many early Wyoming coal towns had thriving Black communities.
https://medium.com/high-country-news/how-wyomings-black-coal-miners-shaped-their-own-history-54e70ce86b11

The governor of Texas issues executive orders authorizing state agencies to sue the federal government over the Biden administration’s efforts to fight climate change if they limit oil and gas production in the state.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/28/abbott-biden-energy/

Gov. Abbott calls Biden’s energy plan a ‘hostile attack,’ vows to sue https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Gov-Abbott-calls-Biden-s-energy-plan-a-15906623.php

Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/27/denouncing-handouts-big-oil-biden-calls-congress-end-40-billion-taxpayer-subsidies

# Environment / Climate / Interior
EPA Launches Environmental Justice Investigation in Chicago https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-justice-chicago-2650168769.html#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20EPA%20launched%20an,city’s%20Southeast%20Side%20last%20year.

‘A sacrifice zone’: Why did a Chicago community of color get saddled with a polluting scrapyard?
https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2021/epa-investigation-southeast-side-chicago-scrapyard/

Can the new president overcome systemic environmental racism?
https://energynews.us/digests/can-the-new-president-overcome-systemic-environmental-racism/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden Plan Could Improve Health, Reduce Racial Disparities With WIC Investment. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has a proven record of improving lifetime health for women and their young children.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-plan-could-improve-health-reduce-racial-disparities-with-wic-investment/

As payments dwindle, farmers drop out of USDA conservation program https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2152414285806/as-payments-dwindle-farmers-drop-out-of-usda-conservation-program

# Gov / Politics
Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Orders on Climate and Science https://www.ecowatch.com/joe-biden-climate-crisis-orders-2650167632.html

At Least 30,000 GOP Voters Have Left the Party Since the Capitol Breach.
The sudden change in party affiliations, however, does not necessarily translate to more Democratic-leaning voters.
https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-30000-gop-voters-have-left-the-party-since-the-capitol-breach/

AOC Asks Who’s Leading the House GOP — Kevin McCarthy or Peddlers of QAnon?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) made the comments while discussing QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-asks-whos-leading-the-house-gop-kevin-mccarthy-or-peddlers-of-qanon/

House Democrat touts resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress.  “Her very presence in office represents a direct threat against the elected officials and staff who serve our government, and it is with their safety in mind, as well as the security of institutions and public servants across our country,” Gomez https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536226-house-democrat-touts-resolution-to-expel-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-congress

45 Republican Senators Vote Against Trump Impeachment Trial, Say It’s.
Unconstitutional. The 55 – 45 decision suggests that Trump will not be convicted in an impeachment trial https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/26/us/biden-trump-impeachment

Trump establishes ‘Office of the Former President’ in Florida https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535771-trump-establishes-office-of-the-former-president-in-florida

Maricopa County Votes to Perform Forensic Audit of Machines Used in November Election https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2021-01-26/arizona-county-to-audit-machines-used-in-november-election

Hostility Between Congressional Republicans and Democrats Reaches New Lows Amid Growing Fears of Violence https://www.pehalnews.in/hostility-between-congressional-republicans-and-democrats-reaches-new-lows-amid-growing-fears-of-violence/496782/

How McConnell Derailed Trump’s Impeachment Trial Before It Started https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536408-how-mcconnell-derailed-trumps-impeachment-trial-before-it-started

Trump is Now Obsessed With Getting Rid of Liz Cheney: Cheney was one of ten House GOPers to vote for Trump’s impeachment earlier this month—now he wants revenge.
https://www.bluemountaineagle.com/news/national/trump-and-allies-target-liz-cheney-after-impeachment-vote/video_694fbfc9-c9a1-5627-89a7-801cfca53046.html

Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster. The Republican Party is riven by internal tensions, and moderate voices fear it is headed for disaster at the hands of the far right.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536410-the-memo-center-right-republicans-fear-party-headed-for-disaster

Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is increasingly becoming a liability for her GOP colleagues because of a string of controversies that have thrown the conference off message and led to repudiations by Republican leaders.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536355-gop-has-growing-taylor-greene-problem

House Republicans are voicing frustrations with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), underscoring divisions in the conference in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533440-gop-lawmakers-voice-frustration-with-leadership-response-to-trump-riots

Pelosi Slams GOP for Embracing QAnon Rep. and Her Vile Posts. The QAnon congresswoman has “liked” Facebook posts calling for Pelosi to be executed and filmed herself harassing a Parkland teen.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nancy-pelosi-slams-gop-for-embracing-marjorie-taylor-greene-after-vile-posts

Republicans Come Crawling Back to Trump 3 Weeks After Riots. “We’re stuck with [Trump],” one longtime Republican operative said, citing recent conversations with pollsters, lawmakers, and major donors.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/three-weeks-after-capitol-riot-republicans-come-crawling-back-to-trump

Lone Star State Lawmaker Pushes Texas to Leave United States. The bill is tied to the Texas Nationalist Movement that’s made trips to Moscow, received a “small grant” from the Kremlin and funding from the Anti-Globalist Movement of Russia.
https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-biedermann-texas-state-rep-who-marched-capitol-introduces-bill-secede-union-1565159

Though it is still early, it already seems that when it comes to policy regarding the Middle East and Iran, the Biden Administration, just like the Trump Administration before it, will be taking orders from the Israeli government.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/still-early-but-signs-point-to-an-israel-first-biden-presidency/274892/

We Are Entering a New Totalitarian Era: Anybody who is in opposition to the hegemony of the neoliberal project is going to experience the heavy hand of the state https://www.blackagendareport.com/ajamu-baraka-we-are-entering-new-totalitarian-era

Capitol police chief calls for permanent fencing, back-up security https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/536349-capitol-police-assessment-calls-for-permanent-fencing-back-up

Biden administration pauses Trump’s corrupt foreign weapons sales
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-administration-pauses-arms-sales-to-gulf-states-for-further-review-01611779399

‘Stabbed with a metal fence stake’:  Much of the information and videos that have come out revealed the January 6 attack was much darker, more violent, and more organized than many initially believed. Here are 7 disturbing details about the Capitol attack we’re now learning https://www.alternet.org/2021/01/capitol-2650159453/

While America Was Sleeping: America is awakening from a long, troubled sleep to discover that the world has changed beyond all recognition.
https://www.salon.com/2021/01/26/while-america-was-sleeping_partner/

# Law Enforcement
Exposed: Proud Boys Hate Group Leader Enrique Tarrio Was “Prolific” FBI & Police Informant https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/28/tarr-j28.html

Two Texas Teens Charged in Brutal Murder of UberEats Driver https://www.crimeonline.com/2021/01/28/breaking-two-juveniles-arrested-for-brutal-murder-of-uber-eats-driver-mom-of-three-found-dead-in-entryway/

Cop Body-Cam Caught Capitol Rioters Trampling Woman Who Died https://abc7.com/us-capitol-riot-rosanne-boyland-donald-trump-supporter-family/9497193/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Convicted Killers of Daniel Pearl Told They Can Go Free. Pearl’s family lawyer, Faisal Siddiqi, said they were in “complete shock” at the decision, calling it a “travesty of justice.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/asia/daniel-pearl-pakistan-intl-hnk/index.html

# LGBTQ
Scientists who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) are more likely to experience harassment and career obstacles than their non-LGBTQ colleagues.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00221-w

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) included marijuana legalization as a priority in his 2021 legislative agenda.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania-governor-includes-marijuana-legalization-in-2021-priority-list/

The Drug Enforcement Administration is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by hemp industry organizations that are challenging its extraction rules.
https://lacannabisnews.com/dea-wants-second-hemp-rule-challenge-tossed/

SCP Moves Beyond COVID-19 Barriers to Lead the Agricultural Industry Forward!
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAMS/bulletins/2bc8cf0

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) said it is time to legalize marijuana and divert people away from prison for drug offenses, among other criminal justice reforms.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/rep-jamaal-bowman-biden-centering-racial-justice-in-executive-actions-a-first-step-100074053621

# Medical / Health
Dr. Peter Hotez: “Globalized Anti-Science Movement” Threatens Pandemic Response & Public Health https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/covid_19_vaccination_rollout_peter_hotez

Biden to Reverse “Global Gag Rule,” Expand Reproductive Healthcare in U.S.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/headlines/biden_to_reverse_global_gag_rule_expand_reproductive_healthcare_in_us

Biden signed an order directing federal agencies to open a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges from Feb.
15 to May 15 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and to review existing policies put in place under the Trump administration that limited access to health care.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536340-biden-signs-healthcare-executive-actions-to-undo-the-damage-caused-by

US drug prices more than twice as high than in 32 countries https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2021/01/28/drug-prices-rand-oecd-generics/

# Military / DOD
Reflections on the changing nature of U.S. militarism.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/24/trumps-empire-reflections-on-the-changing-nature-of-u-s-militarism/

More Military Influence and Spending Has Not and Will Not Make Us Safer.
As the Biden years begin, it’s time to give some serious thought to how to demilitarize our democracy.
https://truthout.org/articles/more-military-influence-and-spending-has-not-and-will-not-make-us-safer/

Is US defense spending too high, too low, or just right?
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/is-us-defense-spending-too-high-too-low-or-just-right/

The United States Doesn’t Spend Enough on Its Military. Our future, and the future of our allies, depends on stronger, and yes, more expensive, armed forces.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/11/military-spending-the-case-for-spending-more-not-less.html

The Pentagon tried to bury an alarming survey about widespread racism in the ranks https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-hide-survey-racism/

# Science
Despite rising numbers of support dogs, many universities remain unprepared for their presence on campus and in laboratories. Scientists who use animal helpers are working to open the doors for researchers and their canine companions.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-challenges-of-bringing-service-dogs-into-the-lab-64812

# Security
DHS Issues New Terror Advisory on ‘Domestic Violent Extremists’ Who ‘Object to Presidential Transition’
https://www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisory/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-january-27-2021

# Social
How formerly incarcerated people are helping fix America’s massive waste problem. The 1-year-old company Formr sells furniture made by formerly incarcerated people, using discarded materials from construction sites.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90598982/how-formerly-incarcerated-people-are-helping-fix-americas-massive-waste-problem

Deadly COVID Mutations Can’t Stop the Party in Florida. Extra-contagious variants and a messy vaccine rollout meet plenty of booze-fueled mayhem.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadly-coronavirus-variant-mutations-cant-stop-the-party-in-florida

# Technology
Point: Biden Should Revoke Section 230 Before We Lose Our Democracy. Big Tech is allowing bad actors to misuse their platforms and refuse to fix their numerous problems.
https://www.insidesources.com/point-biden-should-revoke-section-230-before-we-lose-our-democracy/
Counterpoint: Repealing Section 230 Would Limit Americans’ Speech https://www.insidesources.com/counterpoint-repealing-section-230-would-limit-americans-speech/

Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite has been quietly providing law enforcement agencies with the tools to retrieve data from any device for years, but they want you to know they’re on the right side of the law.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/cellebrite-spyware-israel-privacy/274854/

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Voices, The Peoples News

January 27, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on:
nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
–  Omar Khayyám
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# Indigenous
WATCH: The Klamath River is the lifeblood of the Yurok tribe. Removing four dams across southern Oregon and Northern California is vital to restoring clean water, food sovereignty, and justice for the Klamath River https://www.outsideonline.com/2420252/klamath-river-yurok-tribe-dam-removal#close

Yukoners, First Nations benefit little from mining royalties: Miners extracted minerals worth an average of $335 million per year yet only paid an average of $100,000 per year in royalties.
https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-mining-royalties-panel-review/

Biden Reaffirms Tribal Sovereignty
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/biden-reaffirms-tribal-sovereignty

President Biden issues tribal consultation and nation-to-nation directive https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-tribal-consultation-and-strengthening-nation-to-nation-relationships/

# Border / Immigration
A federal judge in Texas has blocked Biden’s 100-day pause on deportations. The judge’s order represents an initial setback for the Biden administration, which has vowed to reform agencies like ICE.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/texas-judge-blocks-biden-deportation-pause

19 Shot and Burned Bodies Found Near U.S.-Mexico Border; Victims Could Be Teenage Asylum Seekers https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/27/headlines/19_shot_and_burned_bodies_found_near_us_mexico_border_victims_could_be_teenage_asylum_seekers

# CoronaVirus
Couple Accused of Taking Vaccine Doses From Indigenous Elders. The response has been unsparing. “I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass.”
https://www.thecut.com/2021/01/rich-couple-take-covid-vaccines-from-indigenous-elders.html

There’s good news and bad news about the coronavirus variants and vaccines https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/coronavirus-variants-moderna-pfizer-vaccines

An anti-vax pharmacist pleaded guilty to trying to destroy hundreds of COVID vaccines https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/antivax-pharmacist-tamper-covid-vaccine-wisconsin

Report: Proud Boys and Police Sabotaging Vaccine Programs, Turning Away Immigrants and Minorities. A report is, police and Proud Boys have taken control of vaccine distribution, one case through a Walgreens operating under the authority of the Michigan Department of Health.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/26/report-proud-boys-and-police-sabotaging-vaccine-programs-turning-away-immigrants-and-minorities/

CNA Nursing Home Whistleblower: Seniors: “They’re dropping like flies.”
After COVID Injections! “How many more lives need to be lost before we say something?”
https://medicalkidnap.com/2021/01/26/cna-nursing-home-whistleblower-seniors-are-dying-like-flies-after-covid-injections-speak-out/

Philly CEO Took Home Vaxx Doses in Plastic Bag, Nurse Says. Philadelphia has cut ties with Philly Fighting COVID after it changed to a for-profit model and altered its privacy policy without informing the city council.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/philly-fighting-covid-coronavirus-vaccine-clinic-city-council-resolution-20210127.html

Commuting patterns can help explain why some ethnicities were worse affected by COVID-19 https://www.zmescience.com/science/commuting-patterns-covid-spread-8246246/

Biden’s Pandemic Plan Might Just Work. The coronavirus is devastating America, and getting worse—but it’s not too late for a concerted effort to save countless lives.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf

White House goes full-throttle on COVID-19 relief talks. The White House is moving forward with a range of meetings with lawmakers and other stakeholders as President Biden pushes for the passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536146-white-house-goes-full-throttle-on-covid-relief-talks

Sanofi to help produce millions of rival Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines in Europe. The pharmaceutical company Sanofi will help produce millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German company BioNTech in an effort to help meet the huge demand for the shots.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/536071-sanofi-to-help-produce-millions-of-rival-pfizers-covid-vaccines-in-europe

Yale’s COVID-19 Saliva Test Used In NBA Gets FDA Emergency Approval…
http://ow.ly/coqi50B1bUT

They Lost Sons To Drug Overdoses: How The Pandemic May Be Fueling Deaths Of Despair https://www.npr.org/2021/01/26/960492035/deaths-of-despair-how-the-pandemic-may-be-fueling-lethal-drug-overdoses

# Education / Schools
Biden Chief of Staff Backs Teachers Unions Refusing To Reopen Schools, Says They’re Not ‘Overruling’ Science https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-white-house-chief-of-staff-ron-klain-teachers-unions

# Employment
Don’t Be Fooled: The Official Unemployment Numbers Are a Lie. A dive into the murky waters of unemployment to see the designed failings of a system that purposefully miscounts, disaggregates and excludes millions of people.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/358905-dont-be-fooled-by-low-unemployment-figures

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
NYC Pension Funds Are Divesting Four Billion From Fossil Fuels https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuels-nyc-pension-2650142167.html

As Kerry Touts U.S. Climate Diplomacy, Biden Is Urged to End Dirty Energy Subsidies https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-fossil-fuels-subsidies-2650140430.html

# Global Politics and other news
Israelis Say They’ll Attack Iran If US Eases Sanctions. Israel said it will attack Iran if the U.S agrees to go back to the nuclear agreement https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/israelis-say-theyll-attack-iran-if-us-eases-sanctions/

Iran wants the nuclear deal it made. The new administration has a fundamental choice to make https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iran/2021-01-22/iran-wants-nuclear-deal-it-made

Yemen Crisis Linked to Weapons Maker Raytheon’s Influence on US Foreign Policy. Corporations like Raytheon do not, as they claim, follow U.S.
foreign policy: they make it.
https://truthout.org/articles/yemen-crisis-linked-to-weapons-maker-raytheons-influence-on-us-foreign-policy/

# Gov / Politics
Senate GOP braces for more retirements after Portman stunner.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/senate-gop-retirements-2022-462898

Senate GOP boxes itself in on impeachment: The outcome of former President Trump’s second impeachment trial has largely been determined after 45 Republican senators voted in support of a resolution declaring it unconstitutional and the impeachment of a private citizen illegal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536006-senate-gop-boxes-itself-in-on-impeachment

Pay for pardons? John Kiriakou on Trump’s final flop and Biden’s new intelligence pick. He says Giuliani demanded $2 million to work on his behalf.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/20/john_kiriakou_trump_presidential_pardons

GOP Senators Appear Ready to Let Trump Get Away With Inciting Capitol Attack Trump incited a mob to try to smash the legislature, but most Republican senators still won’t break from him.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-senators-appear-ready-to-let-trump-get-away-with-inciting-capitol-attack/

McConnell Threatens to Sabotage Senate If Democrats Scrap Filibuster.
Rep. Ilhan Omar blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his
hypocrisy: “You lost all credibility when you stole a Supreme Court seat.”
https://truthout.org/articles/mcconnell-threat-to-sabotage-senate-if-democrats-scrap-filibuster/

More than 30,000 voters who had been registered members of the Republican Party have changed their voter registration after a mob of pro-Trump supporters attacked the Capitol https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/536113-tens-of-thousands-of-voters-drop-republican-affiliation-after-capitol

The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results. They repeated Trump’s lies about widespread fraud as he incited supporters to violently attack Congress and democracy. Why are they still in office?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-overturn-election-results-capitol-insurrection_n_5ffc732fc5b63642b6fdc5d0

# Law Enforcement
Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns

Portland Cops ID Suspect in Deadly Hit-and-Run Rampage: The motive for the alleged hit-and-runs hasn’t been pinpointed, but cops have said they don’t think the spree was related to politics, racism, or terrorism.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/01/police-accuse-64-year-old-man-of-murder-in-deadly-southeast-portland-hit-and-run-rampage.html

Hostage Stand-Off at Texas Doctors’ Office Leaves Two Dead: A SWAT team’s overheard attempts to talk to the people inside suggested that a doctor may have been the hostage-taker.
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/27/961037992/texas-hostage-standoff-leaves-2-dead

Black Teen Sues Deputy for Allegedly Leading Mob to House. Dameon and Monica Shepard said they were terrified of an armed group of people who questioned them and refused to leave.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article242604661.html

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Biden Orders US DOJ to End Contracts With Private Prisons and Demilitarize Police https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-c8c246f00695f37ef2afb1dd3a5f115e

Trump conveys threats to Senate Republicans ahead of his trial. Trump wanted the word to get around he was still a Republican, and for many, still the leader of his party. The article pointed out this message was a warning to Republicans pursuing Trump’s conviction the former president might wreak vengeance against them.
https://parstoday.com/en/news/world-i132988-trump_conveys_threats_to_senate_republicans_ahead_of_his_impeachment_trial

Only Five GOP Senators Rejected Effort to Declare Impeachment Unconstitutional If the vote serves as a proxy for impeachment, it signals that Trump will be acquitted.
https://truthout.org/articles/only-five-gop-senators-rejected-effort-to-declare-impeachment-unconstitutional/

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listed cannabis reform as a top 2021 legislative priority when asked by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/chuck-schumer-lists-marijuana-as-a-priority-in-first-post-election-cannabis-comments/

Transition From Trump To Biden Impacts Federal Hemp And CBD Rules https://www.marijuanamoment.net/transition-from-trump-to-biden-impacts-federal-hemp-and-cbd-rules/

A federal court ruled that although marijuana is decriminalized in Maryland, binding precedent held that its odor coming from a person was probable cause for arrest.
https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/1353819935412117504

# Medical / Health
Medicaid’s Willful Waste Brings Woeful Want: Every year, Medicaid loses more money to waste and fraud than the GDP of a small country. The healthcare program for the poor made more than $86 billion in “improper payments” this year, one-fifth of its total spending.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2021/01/27/opinion-medicaids-willful-waste-brings-woeful-want/

# Military / DOD
For Peace With North Korea, Biden Must End the U.S. – South Korea Military Exercises. If the U.S. holds joint military exercises with South Korea in March, it could sabotage prospects for diplomacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/for-peace-with-north-korea-biden-must-end-the-us-south-korea-military-exercises/

# Social
U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-covid-19-poverty-rate-20210126-lj3g4hsnnbdbfjaujs7n4uw3pu-story.html

Five things to know about Biden’s racial equity executive orders.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535999-5-things-to-know-about-bidens-racial-equity-executive-orders

U.N. Secretary-General Says Neo-Nazism Is on the Rise, Spurred by Pandemic https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/27/headlines/un_secretary_general_says_neo_nazism_is_on_the_rise_spurred_by_pandemic

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