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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-03

Voices, The Peoples News

June 3, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Supreme Court: Tribal police may detain non-Native Americans on reservation highways https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/01/supreme-court-tribal-police-can-detain-non-natives-reservations/5289190001/

Karuk Tribe declares emergency in Klamath Basin amid catastrophic fish kill https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2021/06/01/karuk-tribe-declares-climate-emergency

At the Duwamish longhouse, a law is signed requiring environmental justice from state agencies: “The HEAL Act is a major piece of legislation with the ambitious charge of making it so that everyone, especially the most overburdened communities and people of color, have a healthy environment, clean air and water, and can lead healthy lives,”
said Cecile Hansen, chairwoman of the Duwamish Tribal Council.
https://www.invw.org/2021/06/02/at-the-duwamish-longhouse-a-law-is-signed-requiring-environmental-justice-from-state-agencies/

Navajo Nation Reports No Additional Deaths From COVID-19
https://apnews.com/article/az-state-wire-coronavirus-pandemic-health-9714ac14ade0e60d756df86d98bbf6b1

Will a Native-led initiative spur an agricultural revolution in rural Alaska? A grassroots project to build biomass-heated greenhouses aims to alleviate food insecurity in the communities most affected by it.
https://thecounter.org/native-led-agricultural-revolution-rural-alaska-greenhouses-food-insecurity/

Hoopa Valley Tribe’s Trinity River Fishery Once Again Falls Prey to Central Valley Water Barons https://lastrealindians.com/news/2021/5/13/hoopa-valley-tribes-trinity-river-fishery-once-again-falls-prey-to-central-valley-water-barons

# Indigenous / Global
Threat of legal action against Indigenous Borneans protesting timber company https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/threat-of-legal-action-against-indigenous-borneans-protesting-timber-company/

Canucks to keep Rogers Arena orange in memory of Kamloops kids
‘indefinitely’: The Canucks released a statement about the remains of
215 Kamloops kids found on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, the first NHL team to do so https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/vancouver-canucks/canucks-to-keep-rogers-arena-orange-in-memory-of-kamloops-kids-indefinitely

# Border / Immigration
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Moves to Shut Down Shelters for Unaccompanied Migrant Children
https://apnews.com/article/texas-immigration-coronavirus-pandemic-health-government-and-politics-462a36ca2ce66bda30e7abeb807a17a7

# Bundy Rides Again
Vigilante’s ‘Alarming’ Run for Guv Sparks Fears of Chaos: Ammon Bundy is currently barred from entering the Idaho state capitol, where he would ostensibly need to conduct official business. But his campaign is anything but a joke.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-vigilante-ammon-bundys-alarming-gubernatorial-run-has-some-bracing-for-chaos

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Man Who Developed CDC Vaccine Tracking System, BBC Radio Personality – Among the DEAD Following COVID-19 Injections https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/man-who-developed-cdc-vaccine-tracking-system-bbc-radio-personality-among-the-dead-following-covid-19-injections/

Hong Kong: 12 DEAD Four Miscarriages in One Week Following COVID-19 Injections https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/hong-kong-12-dead-four-miscarriages-in-one-week-following-covid-19-injections/

The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins.
Throughout 2020, the notion that the novel coronavirus leaked from a lab was off-limits. Those who dared to push for transparency say toxic politics and hidden agendas kept us in the dark.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins

Norton To Test COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine In Kids As Young As 6 Months https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2021/06/02/norton-to-test-covid-pfizer-vaccine-in-young-kids/7504237002/

New US Covid Infections At Lowest Level Since Pandemic Began https://khn.org/morning-breakout/new-us-covid-infections-at-lowest-level-since-pandemic-began/

# Economy / Trade
The economic recovery is here. It’s unlike anything you’ve seen.
Households saved cash and banks amassed capital, but supply shortages are popping up and some employers can’t find workers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-economic-recovery-is-here-rebound-jobs-stock-market-unemployment-biden-aid-package-11622642152

# Education / Schools
U.S. Schools Support Genocide Denial and What To Do About It: By failing to educate students about the many genocides the U.S. government has supported, they promote a dangerous nationalistic ideology.
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/05/13/u-s-schools-support-genocide-denial-and-what-to-do-about-it/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Everyday Texans overlooked in state lawmakers’ response to power outages during winter storm. While lawmakers took significant steps toward preventing another blackout, hardly any of the proposals passed during this legislative session will aid consumers in recovering from the February storm, but they’ll see higher utility bills.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/03/texas-electricity-bills-winter-storm-legislature/

Biden Suspends Oil Leases in Arctic Refuge, But OKs Drilling Elsewhere in Alaska “Until the leases are canceled, they remain a threat to one of the wildest places left in America.”
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-arctic-wildlife-refuge-oil-gas-drilling-biden-b9f20088957d42e99b791ff94169198f

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Infrastructure negotiations enter make-or-break week: President Biden will sit down with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Wednesday as his infrastructure negotiations with Republicans enter a critical and potentially final week.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/556380-infrastructure-negotiations-enter-make-or-break-week

Lakes are experiencing deoxygenation worldwide. “Climate change, together with [agricultural pollution], threatens vulnerable freshwater systems, adding to the urgency to strongly cut emissions.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/06/03/lakes-are-experiencing-deoxygenation-worldwide/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Food Additive in Popular Foods No Longer Considered Safe: Titanium dioxide, an additive found in more than 3,000 ultra-processed foods, including Starbursts, Jello, and Little Debbie snack cakes, may cause cell mutations and damage DNA. Titanium dioxide is a synthetic white pigment used to color processed foods and is created in a process that uses fluoride and sulfate.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/study-additive-found-skittles-and-starburst-no-longer-considered-safe

# Global Politics and other news
New Investigation Reveals Role of Israeli Operatives in Colombia’s “Political Genocide”: Known as the “Red Dance,” the systematic murder of the Patriotic Union remains one of the most extreme cases of political violence in Latin America and new evidence suggests that it was concocted by one of the most decorated spies in Israeli history.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/investigation-israel-mossad-colombia-genocide-rafael-eitan/277499/

Syria’s Victory Stuns NATO Enemies. For those willing to see reality, Syria exposes the forces of evil in this world. Syria’s presidential elections this week were a resounding success against a backdrop of 10 years of brutal, relentless war imposed on the Arab country by the United States and its NATO partners.
https://sputniknews.com/columnists/202105281083021828-syrias-victory-stuns-nato-enemies/

The Bibi Legacy: From Sex-Tape Scandal to Far-Right Zealot. After 12 years of rule, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s blatant corruption, scandals, and controversies seem to have finally spelled his demise.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-benjamin-netanyahu-legacy-from-sex-tape-hoaxer-to-far-right-zealot

# Gov / Political
Texas GOP Finalizes ‘Ruthless’ Voter Suppression Bill, Sparking Calls for Congressional Action: The state legislation has been slammed by voting rights advocates nationwide—including President Joe Biden, who said that “it’s part of an assault on democracy that we’ve seen far too often this year.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/30/texas-gop-finalizes-ruthless-voter-suppression-bill-sparking-calls-congressional

George P. Bush Announces Challenge to Texas Attorney General: Bush, son of Jeb Bush, currently serves as a Texas land commissioner. Bush made his challenge official during an event at a downtown Austin bar. Former President Donald Trump said last week that he would issue an endorsement in the race “in the not-so-distant future.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/02/george-p-bush-ken-paxton-texas-attorney-general/

Biden tries new strategy with moderates as frustration grows. President Biden this week took the rare step of calling out two Democratic moderates, Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.), in a sign of growing frustration over stalled legislative priorities.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/556604-biden-tries-new-strategy-with-moderates-as-frustration-grows

Antisemitism isn’t a partisan issue, it’s a crisis both parties must fight together. The bitter truth is that this isn’t a Republican Party or Democratic Party crisis, this is an American crisis. We are turning antisemitism from what it is, hatred of Jews, to what it should not be:
a matter of partisan bickering.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/556455-antisemitism-isnt-a-partisan-issue-its-a-crisis-both-parties-must-fight

9 Republicans not named Trump who could run in 2024: A growing number of Republicans are already jockeying ahead of 2024 as they await former President Trump’s decision on another possible White House run.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/555979-9-republicans-not-named-trump-who-could-run-in-2024

# Law Enforcement
Police Are Backing Bills That Make It Easier to Crush Nonviolent Protests https://truthout.org/articles/police-are-backing-bills-that-make-it-easier-to-crush-nonviolent-protests/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Gaetz Faces Obstruction Probe Over Witness Call: Federal prosecutors are reportedly eyeing whether the congressman obstructed justice during a phone call with his ex and a witness.
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/06/02/gaetz-obstruction-federal-probe-491705

DoJ Probing Hunter Biden-Linked Consulting Firm: There are reportedly no signs that the probe is targeting Hunter Biden, the president’s second son.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/blue-star-burisma-justice-department-investigation-491681

Justice faces pressure for action on civil rights post-Trump: The top DOJ officials who have been confirmed in recent months have pledged a renewed commitment to enforcing voting rights protections and tackling police misconduct across the country https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/556039-justices-faces-pressure-for-action-on-civil-rights-post-trump

# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
A senior science policy advisor with the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration said the government needs to work with—not against—states that legalize or decriminalize psychedelics.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/feds-should-work-with-not-against-states-that-legalize-psychedelics-government-health-official-says/

# Media
FBI Probes Louis DeJoy for GOP Fundraising at Ex-Company. Employees at DeJoy’s old company have claimed he gave them larger bonuses for donating to Republican candidates.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/06/03/louis-dejoy-under-fbi-investigation-for-alleged-political-donations-scheme/?sh=549820cdb54a

# Medical / Health
Sackler Family, Owner Of Purdue Pharma, Set To Win Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits. Public health experts and many government officials say the introduction of OxyContin fueled the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/02/1002085031/sackler-family-empire-poised-to-win-immunity-from-opioid-lawsuits

The editor of a top medical journal is leaving after the publication said “no physician is racist”: Howard Bauchner is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association and has been at the helm of its extended network of journals for a decade.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/bauchner-jama-leaving-racism

A Public Option Will Destroy Private Insurance. A public option could destroy the private insurance market — and in the process, deprive the majority of Americans of the employer-sponsored coverage they’re comfortable with and like.
https://insidesources.com/a-public-option-will-destroy-private-insurance/

Expanding Insurance Coverage Is Top Priority for New Medicare-Medicaid Chief https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210603/Expanding-insurance-coverage-is-top-priority-for-new-Medicare-Medicaid-chief.aspx

Newsom Wants to Spend Millions on the Health of Low-Income Mothers and Their Babies https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-06-03/newsom-wants-to-spend-millions-on-the-health-of-low-income-mothers-and-their-babies

Many New Moms Get Kicked Off Medicaid 2 Months After Giving Birth.
Illinois Will Change That.
https://khn.org/news/article/maternal-deaths-new-moms-kicked-off-medicaid-2-months-after-giving-birth-illinois-safeguards/

Hospital Tried To Discharge Patients Without Telling Them, Records Show https://khn.org/morning-breakout/hospital-tried-to-discharge-patients-without-telling-them-records-show/

# Other News
Trump Aide: Telling Him He Lost Is ‘Pissing Into the Wind’: People close to Trump are reportedly growing concerned about the level of his obsession for attempting to overturn last year’s election.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-adviser-says-telling-him-he-lost-to-biden-is-like-pissing-in-the-wind

Trump Admin Seized New York Times Reporters’ Phone Records: The Justice Department took similar extreme measures against reporters for CNN and The Washington Post.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/03/trump-justice-department-secretly-obtained-new-york-times-reporters-phone-records-paper-says

# Social
Undoing Welfare Reform: The expanded Child Tax Credit will lift an additional 4.1 million children out of poverty, cutting child poverty by about half. Contributor Kalena Thomhave explores what things would look like if we made this policy simple, universal, and permanent.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/undoing-welfare-reform-child-tax-credit/

Report Shows Stimulus Checks Significantly Reduced Hardship for Families. The checks unanimously slammed by the GOP helped reduce financial instability by 45 percent, a new report finds.
https://truthout.org/articles/report-shows-stimulus-checks-significantly-reduced-hardship-for-families/

# Space
Critical insights and analysis on technological advancements, program development and emerging trends propelling the global aerospace & defense industry forward https://aviationweek.com/AWST

“BACK TO THE FUTURE NASA’S NEW NUCLEAR VISION” was the headline emblazoned on the cover this past month of the leading U.S. aerospace trade publication, Aviation Week & Space Technology. “More than sixty years after the U.S. began serious studies into nuclear propulsion for space travel, NASA is taking the first steps on a new path to develop nuclear-powered engines for crewed missions to Mars by the end of the next decade,” it began.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/03/the-nuclearization-of-space-2/

# Veterans / VA
Organizer Cuts Veteran’s Mic as He Talks About Black History: Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter’s mic was cut during his speech explaining the role Black Americans played in establishing Memorial Day.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/556607-organizer-cuts-off-veterans-mic-when-he-discusses-role-black

Arkansas: Dozens Dead, Thousands Suffered in VA Coverup of Addict/Drunk Pathologist. Oversight failures, a fearful workplace culture and lax quality standards for years at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Arkansas allowed a pathologist, Robert Levy, who was routinely drunk on the job to misdiagnose thousands of veterans — sometimes with dire or deadly consequences https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/02/arkansas-dozens-dead-thousands-suffered-in-va-coverup-of-addict-drunk-pathologist/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-02

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous / Global
“This goes to show that, no matter the odds, the voices of our Tribes matter.”
Arctic tribal leaders have welcomed US President Joe Biden’s decision to suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
https://twitter.com/MaraGay/status/1399816195419918348

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Florida manatees are dying at an alarming rate: ‘They listened to anti-manatee groups and prematurely took manatees off the endangered species list.’ A high number of manatee deaths in Florida have environmental groups on high alert.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article249959239.html

# Border / Immigration
Biden Ends Trump-Era ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy. Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas does away with 2019 decision credited with curbing migrant flow https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-border/u-s-formally-ends-trumps-remain-in-mexico-asylum-policy-idUKKCN2DD4DG

‘Unfathomable Cruelty’: Texas Order Would Revoke Licenses of Child Care Facilities Housing Unaccompanied Minors. One critic said that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is “intentionally subjecting these children to being crammed in detention facilities.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/unfathomable-cruelty-texas-order-would-revoke-licenses-child-care-facilities-housing

# Children / Youth
Texas child safety advocates say the child welfare system can act as an extension of over-policing in Black and brown communities. Last year, Black children in Travis County were 4.2 times more likely to be removed from their homes than white children.
https://www.texasobserver.org/in-travis-county-black-children-more-likely-to-be-taken-from-parents/?mc_cid=b8b16edd9d&mc_eid=6f15633605

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Anthony Fauci and Chinese CDC Director’s Email Exchanges Exposed: ‘We Will Get Through This Together’
https://www.legitgov.org/anthony-fauci-and-chinese-cdc-directors-email-exchanges-exposed-we-will-get-through-together

Bombshell: Fauci wrote in 2012 that benefits of gain-of-function research ‘outweigh the risks’: Gain-of-function (GOF) research — which involves intentionally strengthening viruses to better study their potential effects — at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Such research could have given birth to COVID-19.
https://thefederalist.com/2021/05/28/fauci-in-2012-gain-of-function-research-into-bat-viruses-is-worth-the-risk-of-a-pandemic/

CDC Investigating Cases of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination –At least 17 of the cases reportedly involve members of the U.S. military.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-investigating-heart-problem-few-young-vaccine-recipients-nyt-2021-05-22/

Mixing and matching COVID-19 shots in fully vaccinated people is subject of new study.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mixing-and-matching-covid-19-shots-in-fully-vaccinated-people-is-subject-of-new-study-11622588194

NEO, The Terrible Truth Behind President Biden’s COVID Investigation:
Simply put, this order is, minimally, a two-edged sword, one that could drive international tensions or, if carried out as stated, something the US has never done before, it might well throw the US into chaos.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/01/blockbuster-neo-the-terrible-truth-behind-president-bidens-covid-investigation/

Anthony Fauci’s emails reveal the pressures that fell on one man. We obtained thousands of pages of communications that show how Fauci tried to keep Americans calm and develop an effective strategy despite conflicts with the Trump administration.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nataliebettendorf/fauci-emails-covid-response

White House Offers Free Beer, Other Perks To Incentivize Vaccines: To reach its goal of getting at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of 70% of U.S. adults by July 4, the White House is offering Americans a whole lot of free stuff.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-free-beer-vaccine-incentives_n_60b7c945e4b00a70313b8877

# Education / Schools
Dallas High School Valedictorian Scraps Approved Speech to Speak Out Against State’s Extreme Anti-Choice Law: “I refuse to give up this platform to promote complacency and peace, when there is a war on my body and a war on my rights,” said Paxton Smith.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/dallas-high-school-valedictorian-scraps-approved-speech-speak-out-against-states

# Employment / Labor
The Jobs Report That Could Upend Biden’s Economic Agenda. The jobs numbers for May hold big implications for the U.S. economy, and for Biden.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/02/may-jobs-report-biden-agenda-491533

UN Labor Agency Finds Pandemic Pushed Over 100 Million Workers Into Poverty The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated preexisting inequalities and undermined progress on poverty reduction, gender equality, and battling child and forced labor, according to the International Labor Organization.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/un-labor-agency-finds-pandemic-pushed-over-100-million-workers-poverty

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Biden Reverses Trump Policy on Arctic Oil Drilling. Donald Trump’s administration had opened up the refuge—home to polar bears, caribou, and snowy owls—to drilling.
https://www.cnet.com/news/biden-reverses-trump-by-pausing-oil-drilling-in-arctic/

It’s Time for a Price on Carbon: Reduce America’s carbon pollution quickly, 50% by 2030. Climate change threatens America’s communities and our economy. Putting a price on carbon is the single most powerful tool we have to turn the tide.
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/price-carbon-now/?utm_medium=ads&utm_source=TheHill&utm_content=CarbonPricing&utm_campaign=Wave1-2021&&utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=39555

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
JBS cyberattack forces shutdown of all company’s US beef plants –Meat shortage in the US a concern following cyberattack https://abc13.com/business/what-the-jbs-cyberattack-means-for-your-meat-supply/10727480/

Scientists develop a pollen grain–sized “medicine” that could save bees from pesticide poisoning https://www.salon.com/2021/06/01/scientists-develop-a-pollen-grainsized-medicine-that-could-save-bees-from-pesticide-poisoning/

Pesticides are killing the world’s soils. They cause significant harm to earthworms, beetles, ground-nesting bees and thousands of other vital subterranean species https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pesticides-are-killing-the-worlds-soils/

Food additive in Starbursts, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles, +3,000 others no longer considered safe. The additive, titanium dioxide, may cause cell mutations and damage DNA.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/06/02/food-additive-in-starbursts-sour-patch-kids-skittles-3000-others-no-longer-considered-safe/

# Global Politics and other news
How an Accused Russian Agent Worked With Rudy Giuliani in a Plot Against the 2020 Election. Andriy Derkach fondly recalled meeting with Giuliani, saying “When we spoke, it was very useful for me.”
https://time.com/6052302/andriy-derkach-profile/

Pro-Russia Demo Was False-Flag Op Staged by Coup Plotters. An extraordinary show of support for Russian intervention in the streets of Africa can be exposed as a total sham.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-russia-demonstration-was-false-flag-operation-staged-by-mali-coup-plotters

Israel to ask U.S. for $1 billion in emergency military aid https://www.axios.com/israel-1-billion-military-aid-gaza-iron-dome-486f640a-4b95-470b-a59b-b28673fd404e.html

How much military aid funds does Israel get from the US? – report https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2021-05-24/afghanistan-israel-largest-recipients-of-us-foreign-aid

Israel Says Military Exports Hit $8.3 BN in 2020 https://www.thedefensepost.com/2021/06/01/israel-military-exports-hit-8bn/

# Gov / Political
Flynn’s Coup Talk Is a Warning About the MAGA Violence Ahead. The collapse of American democracy that Sinclair Lewis wrote about nearly a century ago as a fictional cautionary tale is what retired general Mike Flynn is calling for now.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/flynns-coup-talk-is-a-warning-about-the-maga-violence-ahead

Russians Likely Behind Cyberattack on Meat Supplier: “The White House is engaging directly with the Russian government on this matter,” Karine Jean-Pierre said.
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-says-russian-criminals-likely-behind-jbs-cyberattack-2021-6

U.S. spied on Merkel and other Europeans through Danish cables – broadcaster DR: The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) used a partnership with Denmark’s foreign intelligence unit to spy on senior officials of neighbouring countries https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-security-agency-spied-merkel-other-top-european-officials-through-danish-2021-05-30/

Police investigating multiple shots fired into state Capitol building in Hartford –Lamont says shooting appears to be random https://ctmirror.org/2021/06/01/gunshots-hit-ct-state-capitol-building/

Texas Gov. Abbott to veto funding for state legislature amid spat over election bill –Abbott’s action came hours after Democratic lawmakers left the House floor and broke quorum ahead of a planned vote https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/31/texas-greg-abbott-funding-legislature/

Increasing criminal penalties for protesters: On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a slate of legislation targeting protesters and restricting cities’ abilities to reduce police budgets
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/01/texas-abbott-defund-police-protest/?mc_cid=b8b16edd9d&mc_eid=6f15633605

Texas officials speak at QAnon-affiliated event where Trump adviser Michael Flynn encouraged military coup on U.S. government
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/01/texas-allen-west-sid-miller-louie-gohmert-qanon/?mc_cid=b8b16edd9d&mc_eid=6f15633605

Democrats Stretch House Majority With NM Election Win https://www.thedailybeast.com/melanie-stansbury-wins-new-mexico-special-election-for-congressional-seat

King County Votes to Ban Use of Facial Recognition. The measure, the first of its kind to pass at a county level, would prohibit the government from purchasing and using facial recognition.
https://kingcounty.gov/council/mainnews/2021/June/6-01-facial-recognition.aspx#:~:text=A%20groundbreaking%20proposal%20to%20ban,a%20vote%20of%209%2D0

Biden Pushes for US Voting Rights Law as Restrictions Mount. Invoking the words of the late Rep. John Lewis, Biden said the right to vote is “precious” and must be protected
https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-voting-government-and-politics-48c29c71f4b86983cac0f7ef57bc5359

Jim Crow Killed Voting Rights for Generations. Now the GOP Is Repeating History. More than a century later, another generation of Black lawmakers is battling a familiar enemy.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/jim-crow-killed-voting-rights-for-generations-now-the-gop-is-repeating-history/

100+ Democracy Scholars Issue Dire Warning About Threats to Voting
Rights in U.S.
As Republicans refuse to accept the results of the 2020 election, they’re escalating attempts at voter suppression.
https://truthout.org/articles/100-democracy-scholars-issue-dire-warning-about-threats-to-voting-rights-in-us/

The 139 Republicans who lied, fueled an insurrection and then voted to cover it up. Don’t forget the names of these GOP lawmakers who chose Donald Trump over American democracy. Twice.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-january-6-insurrection_n_60b134a7e4b0ead279685a40

‘GOP Isn’t Going to Meet Us Halfway’: Top Progressive Presses Biden to Cut Off Infrastructure Talks With Republicans. “It’s time to go alone—and get this done,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/gop-isnt-going-meet-us-halfway-top-progressive-presses-biden-cut-infrastructure

# Law Enforcement
Chicago Cops Lose Guns, Badges for Allegedly Beating Teen. Neither has been charged with disciplinary violations, but have been reassigned.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-chicago-cops-stripped-of-guns-badges-for-allegedly-beating-teen

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., denied a request by a group of landlords to resume evictions, leaving the temporary nationwide eviction moratorium intact for now.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/556536-appeals-court-rejects-bid-by-landlords-to-resume-evictions

# LGBTQ
Christian Billionaires Are Funding Push to Kill Equality Act. Instead of becoming law, The Equality Act is falling victim to what one LGBTQ movement leader called one of “the most sophisticated dark money operations” they’ve ever seen.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/christian-billionaires-are-funding-a-push-to-kill-the-equality-act

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Amazon said it will stop drug testing many workers for marijuana and will also actively lobby Congress to pass a federal legalization bill.
The move to treat cannabis “the same as alcohol use” from one of the U.S.’s largest employers is likely to have a large impact.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/amazon-to-stop-testing-many-workers-for-marijuana-and-will-lobby-congress-for-federal-legalization/

# Military / DOD
UnBelievable! The US used Nuclear Weapons in Central Asian War: OhMyGawd They Did it! Well, the United States Military has finally done it. They have had and are using nuclear weapons in the Central Asian War; at Fallujah, Iraq to be exact.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/01/unbelievable-the-us-used-nuclear-weapons-in-central-asian-war/

US Air Force Plans to Buy More Bombs ‘Better-Suited for Operations in the Pacific’
“The new Cold War with China currently being pushed in Washington does not serve the millions of people demanding change across this country nor the billions of people affected by U.S. foreign policy abroad.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/02/us-air-force-plans-buy-more-bombs-better-suited-operations-pacific

Pentagon Eyes New Bombs for War With China, Not ISIS: The Air Force will buy fewer Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs; Hellfire missiles; and small-diameter bombs as it prepares to invest in state-of-the art, long-range weapons that are better-suited for operations in the Pacific, according to its fiscal 2022 budget request.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/01/pentagon-eyes-new-bombs-war-china-not-isis.html

US Actively Prepares for War with Russia. The US government has essentially begun its preparations for an invasion of Russia via the Baltic countries.
https://www.forces.net/services/tri-service/experts-warn-both-nato-putin-are-actively-preparing-war

# Security
Feds Eye Rudy’s Security Firm as Probe Ramps Up. Feds’ interest in Giuliani’s security and consulting business comes at a time when they have ramped up their scrutiny of his work, including his Ukraine-related efforts.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-investigators-eye-rudy-giulianis-security-firm-as-probe-ramps-up

# Social
We need to understand how we got to January 6 before we can move forward. The Mother Jones podcast explores how the Capitol attack was a recruitment event.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/podcast-january-6-qanon-history-whats-next/

# Space
Something Bizarre Found on the Moon Has Scientists Speechless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GWEv-kzw1s

Moon footage captures strange activity on camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4MSrSKXf8E

Strange orbs have been filmed flying extremely close to the moon casting convincing shadows on the rocky lunar surface.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/09/strange-objects-flying-close-moon-12531607/

# Technology
The largest ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket was hit by a ransomware attack Wednesday that hampered some operations, the latest in a string of cyberattacks in recent weeks.
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/556489-massachusetts-ferry-operator-hit-by-ransomware-attack

Killer drone ‘hunted down a human target’ autonomously: After a United Nations commission to block killer robots was shut down in 2018, a new report from the international body now says the Terminator-like drones are now here.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/29/killer-drone-hunted-down-a-human-target-without-being-told-to/

# Water
U.S. Southwest, already parched, sees ‘virtual water’ drain abroad: As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.
https://undark.org/2021/05/31/foreign-farms-virtual-water/

Amid historic drought, a new water war in the West. A drought crisis has erupted in the Klamath Basin along the California-Oregon border, with fish dying en masse and farmers infuriated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LijA3-QgyVo

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-31

Voices, The Peoples News

May 31, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Calls are mounting for greater accountability and a search for more unmarked graves in Canada after the discovery last week of 215 bodies at a former school for Indigenous children.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/indigenous-residential-schools-canada-graves?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BFN%20Incoming%2006%2F01%2F2021&utm_term=News%20confirmed%20list

# Border / Immigration
If President Biden gets his way, it will soon be far easier to immigrate to the United States. There will be shorter, simpler forms and applicants will have to jump through fewer security hoops. Foreigners will have better opportunities to join their families and more chances to secure work visas.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/joe-biden-aims-to-rebuild-and-expand-legal-immigration/articleshow/83108527.cms

Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor: A contract signed in April with the detention facility in Port Isabel, Texas, continues $1-a-day wages for those detained.
https://prospect.org/justice/biden-administration-ice-contracts-encourage-forced-labor/

Biden formally ends Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration program https://thehill.com/latino/556371-biden-formally-ends-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-immigration-program

# Children / Youth
The life and loneliness of youth under pandemic restrictions
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-teen-pandemic-restrictions-1.6024078

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
COVID-19 ‘has NO credible natural ancestor’ and WAS created by Chinese scientists who then tried to cover their tracks with ‘retro-engineering’
to make it seem like it naturally arose from bats, explosive new study claims –An explosive new study claims researchers found ‘unique fingerprints’ in COVID-19 samples that they say could only have arisen from manipulation in a laboratory https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9629563/Chinese-scientists-created-COVID-19-lab-tried-cover-tracks-new-study-claims.html

Rep. McCaul calls COVID-19 origin ‘the worst cover-up in human history’
[Actually, the 2/47, full-court press of this experimental ‘vaccine’ has that distinction.] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-mccaul-covid-19-origin-worst-cover-up-human-history

COVID Vaccine Injury Reports Among 12- to 17-Year-Olds More Than Triple in 1 Week, VAERS Data Show https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaers-data-reports-injuries-12-to-17-year-olds-more-than-triple/

World-Renowned Doctor Blows Lid Off COVID Vaccine: ‘It’s a horrendous bioweapon that’s been thrust onto the public, and it’s going to cause great personal harm.’ Dr. Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, FACP, FACC, FCCP, FAHA, FNKF, FNLA, FCRSA – Doctor of Internal Medicine and Board-Certified Cardiologist discusses the COVID vaccine. (Video.) https://ncrenegade.com/massive-world-renowned-doctor-blows-lid-off-of-covid-vaccine/

Austin Regional Clinic will administer a possible COVID-19 vaccine to kids aged 6 months to 11 years old as part of a study starting next month.
https://www.kut.org/covid-19/2021-05-28/austin-regional-clinic-to-start-covid-19-vaccine-trials-for-kids-under-12

CDC Investigating Cases of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-investigating-heart-problem-few-young-vaccine-recipients-nyt-2021-05-22/

Millions of Americans Decline Second Dose of Experimental mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/05/millions-of-americans-decline-second-dose-of-experimental-mrna-covid-19-vaccines/

COVID Variants Renamed With Greek Letters, Not Countries. The World Health Organization made the change so countries that discover variants won’t be stigmatized.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/05/31/covid-variants-world-health-organization-greek-alphabet/5284698001/

Canadian Doctor Removed from Hospital Duty after Speaking out about COVID “Vaccine” Side Effects https://alethonews.com/2021/05/31/canadian-doctor-removed-from-hospital-duty-after-speaking-out-about-covid-vaccine-side-effects/

The ‘most vaccinated country in the world’ is seeing a COVID outbreak
https://theconversation.com/covid-is-surging-in-the-worlds-most-vaccinated-country-why-160869

C.D.C. Will Not Investigate Mild Infections in Vaccinated Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/health/cdc-coronavirus-infections-vaccine.html

“We Won’t Be Human Guinea Pigs”: 117 Doctors, Nurses Sue Over Forced “Experimental” Vaccine https://thefreethoughtproject.com/doctors-nurses-file-lawsuit-forced-vaccination/

House Republicans investigate taxpayer funding of Wuhan lab. While the origins of COVID-19 have been a political hot button issue rife with controversy, new evidence has prompted a different question: did American taxpayers help fund the controversial Wuhan lab?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/house-republicans-investigate-taxpayer-funding-of-wuhan-lab/article_9137b504-bfe4-11eb-825e-1f45c9eb0f2d.html

The Vaccine Divide and Emerging Segregation Society: The push to get everyone to take a COVID-19 injection may be the greatest social engineering project the world has ever witnessed.
http://www.wakingtimes.com/the-vaccine-divide-and-emerging-segregation-society/

Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, one of the organizations at the forefront of simulations such as Event 201 and Clade X has issued a new report detailing plans to address future biological risks.
https://truthunmuted.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Center-for-Health-Security_Global-Catastrophic-Biological-Risks-tech-report.pdf

Swansea University Developing Microneedle Smart Patch COVID Vaccine That Can Track Patient Reactions https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-events/news/2021/01/swansea-university-developing-worlds-first-covid-19-smart-patch-vaccine-that-will-measure-effectiveness.php

New Lancet Report Shows Pfizer, Moderna et al. Misled the Public with Deceptive Efficacy Statistics https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(21)00069-0/fulltext

# Economy / Trade
Covid vaccine profits mint 9 new pharma billionaires https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/business/covid-vaccine-billionaires/index.html

Trump’s Tariffs Fueling US Inflation: U.S. Manufacturers Blame Tariffs for Swelling Inflation. Some economists differ, saying removing tariffs on metal, lumber won’t mean big drop in prices
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-manufacturers-blame-tariffs-for-swelling-inflation-11622367001

Why Billionaires Like Bill Gates Can’t Fix the Problems They Helped Create https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/opinion/bill-melinda-gates-foundation.html

# Education / Schools
Republicans are passing laws to keep teachers from talking about race https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-republicans-ban-teachers-racism_n_609a96c8e4b063dccea1a3ef

# Employment / Labor
Restaurant lobbying groups and CEOs contributed to many of the GOP governors now ending pandemic unemployment benefits https://thecounter.org/restaurant-lobbying-groups-ceos-nra-greg-abbott-gop-governors/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals After pouring over $1 trillion into fossil fuel finance, CEOs of 6 US banks testify before Congress. Despite talk of an energy transition and a wave of fossil fuel bankruptcies, big bank CEOs described plans to continue business with beleaguered fossil fuel industries.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/05/31/after-pouring-over-1-trillion-into-fossil-fuel-finance-ceos-of-6-us-banks-testify-before-congress/

The Biden administration will suspend controversial leases issued under the previous administration for drilling at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, it announced Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/556352-biden-administration-to-suspend-arctic-oil-leases-issued-under

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Researchers travel to the bottom of the ocean and find almost intact plastic waste Plastic waste is all over the place, even where you less expect it.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/researchers-travel-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-and-find-almost-intact-plastic-waste/

More than 1 in 3 heat-related deaths can be linked to climate change.
New estimates suggest Central and South America and South-East Asia most affected regions https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/more-than-1-in-3-heat-related-deaths-can-be-linked-to-climate-change/

The White House continues to see upside to infrastructure negotiations with Republicans, even as the talks run on longer than President Joe Biden initially planned.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/01/biden-critical-infrastructure-talks-491476

Bees are dying from toxic chemicals and the feds won’t save them. A new study has pinpointed some of the probable causes of bee deaths and the rather scary results show that averting beemageddon will be much more difficult than previously thought. US Department of Agriculture have identified a witch’s brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen that bees collect to feed their hives.
https://qz.com/107970/scientists-discover-whats-killing-the-bees-and-its-worse-than-you-thought/

Bill and Melinda Gates’ Empire of Dirt. Wealthy investors are snapping up large tracts of farmland—and sowing discontent.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/05/bill-melinda-gates-farmland-wealth-cascade-young-farmers-priced-out/

# Global Politics and other news
The Neo-Nazi Advising Colombian Police on How to Break the National Strike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igiJD4ysziw

China says it will allow couples to have 3 children, up from 2. The move is the Communist Party’s latest attempt to reverse declining birthrates and avert a population crisis https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/05/china-couples-three-children-birth-policy.html

# Gov / Political
Four more indicted in alleged Jan. 6 Oath Keepers conspiracy to obstruct election vote in Congress
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/oath-keepers-conspiracy-january-6/67-b0dd49f2-12ff-4929-bc25-cd7f63ea91c3

Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of voting bill before final deadline. Midnight was the deadline for the House to approve the legislation that would alter nearly the entire voting process, create new limitations to early voting hours, ratchet up voting-by-mail restrictions and curb local voting options.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/30/texas-voting-restrictions-house/

Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1925, which would make camping in an unapproved public place a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $500. Cities may not opt out of the ban or discourage enforcement of it.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/28/camping-ban-bill-approved/

Gaetz’s GOP Primed Young Women to Sell Sex to Men Like Him. As long as lawmakers treat poverty like a personal failing that you can hustle your way out of, there will be young women doing the best they can to use G-strings as bootstraps.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gaetzs-gop-primed-young-women-to-sell-sex-to-men-like-him

Michael Flynn Calls for Myanmar-Style Coup in the U.S.: He made the insane comment at a QAnon conference in Dallas this weekend.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-flynn-calls-for-myanmar-style-coup-in-the-us

Q-OUP CALL General Michael Flynn faces calls for court-martial after telling QAnon rally ‘Myanmar-style’ coup should happen in US https://www.the-sun.com/news/2987529/michael-flynn-court-martial-qanon-myanmar-coup-america/

Texas Democrats Kill Voting-Restrictions Bill With Walkout: “When we are outnumbered, we have to use every tool to block this attempt to scare and suppress Black and Brown Texas voters,” State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez said https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-democrats-kill-voting-restrictions-bill-with-walkout

Flynn Denies Calling for Military Coup Despite Video Footage. Trump’s former national security adviser appeared at a Dallas QAnon conference this weekend and seemed to endorse a violent military uprising.
https://theweek.com/qanon/1001019/michael-flynn-denies-calling-for-biden-coup-despite-video-of-his-comments

As a negotiator, Biden leaves GOP senators unsure how far he will go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCmGV_mHMrM

For Democrats, GOP filibuster of Jan. 6 commission raises a haunting question.
https://www.aol.com/news/democrats-gop-filibuster-jan-6-100005451.html

After defeating restrictive voting bill, Texas Democrats send loud
message: “We need Congress to do their part.”
https://newshere.org/2021/05/31/after-defeating-restrictive-voting-bill-texas-democrats-send-loud-message-we-need-congress-to-do-their-part/

Democrats are setting the stage for a massive brawl over the fate of the legislative filibuster as they face growing pressure to get rid of the roadblock.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/556055-democrats-set-for-filibuster-brawl-amid-escalating-tensions

The Texas Legislature closed out its biennial 140-day session Monday with sniping among the state’s top political leaders — and with lawmakers already well aware they will be back this year for an overtime round.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/31/texas-adjourns-special-session/?mc_cid=eef1ca1af7&mc_eid=6f15633605

The greatest danger to American democracy. American democracy is at an inflection point.
https://robertreich.org/post/652741659619115009

Republicans Are Vocally Opposed to Democracy, From Texas to Myanmar.
State-level Republicans are laboring to affect their own slow-rolling coup in the upcoming elections.
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-vocally-opposed-to-democracy-from-texas-to-myanmar/

After Texas Walkout, Sanders Says Senate Democrats Must Pass Voting Rights Bill If approved, the For the People Act would increase ballot access nationwide.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-texas-walkout-sanders-says-senate-democrats-must-pass-voting-rights-bill/

Rep. Nancy Mace’s House Vandalized With Anarchist Graffiti. Pictures posted by the GOP lawmaker show slogans like “no gods no masters” and “all politicians are bastards” painted on the front steps and sidewalk of her home.
https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article251812473.html

# Law Enforcement
11 Texas jailers fired after causing inmate’s death. “The treatment of Jaquaree Simmons was both inhumane and unconstitutional.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/06/01/11-texas-jailers-fired-after-causing-inmates-death/

“Not only should we not always trust the machine, we can’t always trust the person that interprets the machine.” A study has shown that digital-forensics experts can be unintentionally biased when examining evidence from computer hard drives.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/31/digital-forensics-experts-prone-to-bias-study-shows

McConnell signals concern over changes to qualified immunity in police reform Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled concerns on Tuesday about changes to a legal shield for police officers, a major sticking point in bipartisan police reform negotiations on Capitol Hill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/556321-mcconnell-signals-concern-on-changes-to-qualified-immunity

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
He Robbed a Taco Joint With a Toy Gun and Got Life in Prison. No one got hurt, no one got killed. But Rolf Kaestel’s teenage delinquency landed him in jail—and 40 years later, he’s still fighting to get out.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rolf-kaestel-robbed-a-taco-joint-with-a-toy-gun-and-got-life-in-prison

# LGBTQ
Pride Month organizers to draw attention to anti-transgender laws:
Tuesday marks the beginning of Pride Month, and LGBTQ groups say they plan on drawing attention this year to the anti-transgender bills making their way through state legislatures across the country.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/pride-month-organizers-draw-attention-anti-transgender-laws?rnd=1622466138

# Medical / Global
China: Man in Hospital With 1st Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu: The man was hospitalized in the city of Zhenjiang at the end of April and tested positive for the rare virus last week.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/china-says-man-hospitalized-with-first-ever-human-case-of-h10n3-bird-flu

# Medical / Health
Doctors Are Hiding Mental Health Struggles. Here’s Why. They just worked through a pandemic, so why are some state licensing boards still penalizing them for being human?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doctors-are-hiding-mental-health-struggles-because-of-state-licensing-boards

Fertility Rates are Dropping Around the World https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/05/fertility-rates-are-dropping-around-the-world/

A new complex modelling study forecasts steep declines in total fertility rate by the end of this century, with most of 195 countries analysed unable to maintain their population levels.
https://www.focusonreproduction.eu/article/News-in-Reproduction-Population

Why your allergy symptoms are getting worse https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/climate/health-pollen-allergies-01062021/

# Other News
Steven Seagal Joins Pro-Kremlin Political Party. The actor, who has been extremely vocal about his admiration for Vladimir Putin, has held Russian citizenship since 2016.
https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-steven-seagal-russia-joins-leftist-pro-kremlin-political-party-environment-20210531-tasqu4nkh5apfjh4cnw5hpwwry-story.html

Intel Drop: Nuclear Terrorism, Impossible Without Control of the Narrative, History, News and Reality: Exploding fertilizer is “anti-science.” This video, and the many like it along with every single chemistry textbook, proves Beirut was attacked with a nuclear weapon. The video demonstrates how ammonium nitrate functions, totally debunking every single claim made by the MSM and right wing conspiracy media in defense of the nation responsible for the nuclear terror attack in Beirut.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/05/31/vt-science-debunking-explosive-properties-of-ammonium-nitrate/

# Science
‘Entire’ human genome sequence unveiled: An international team of scientists claims to have sequenced the entirety of the human genome, including parts that were missed in the first sequencing of the human genome 20 years ago.
https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/01/researchers-claim-they-have-sequenced-the-entirety-of-the-human-genome-including-the-missing-parts/
The Human Genome Project: https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project

# Social
Sheriff: Texas White Supremacist Plotted to Shoot Up Walmart.
Authorities say they seized firearms, ammunition and “radical ideology paraphernalia” from the suspect.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/30/texas-neo-nazi-arrested-for-planning-mass-shooting-at-walmart/

Video Shows NYC Man’s Brutal Sucker-Punch to Asian American Woman https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-shows-nyc-mans-brutal-sucker-punch-to-asian-american-woman?via=newsletter&source=CSAMedition

Inside the Attacks on Critical Race Theory: The legislative template for these bills has been shaped by evangelicalism, Newt Gingrich, the Tea Party, Fox News, Trump, and Q-anon.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/30/gop-crt-1619-inside-the-attacks-on-critical-race-theory/

The Housing Madness Will Hit Renters the Hardest: Purchase prices may be skyrocketing, but the real problem is an imminent eviction crisis and a stubborn inability to deliver rental relief.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/housing/housing-madness-will-hit-renters-the-hardest/

Minority Rule: Given the Republican ferocity in trying to destroy basic rights, the road back to democracy is not civic but political. The republic literally came apart over what was meant by minority rights.
After decades of failed compromises, it took a Civil War to settle the question of slavery. But the race issue was far from settled, and Calhoun’s legacy persists to this day.
https://prospect.org/culture/books/minority-rule-adam-jentleson-kill-switch-review/

# Technology
5G EMF/RF Memorial Day 2021: Wireless, Surveillance, & Warfare, The FCC, and the Military Budget in 3 Graphs Not Including the FCC: In April of 2021, the Brookings Institution published a Democratic-leaning series of articles entitled, “Build Back Better with Biden FCC” including “six installments reviewing issues that confront the FCC (Federal Communications Industry) today.”
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/05/5g-emf-rf-memorial-day-2021-wireless-surveillance-warfare-the-fcc-and-the-military-budget-in-3-graphs-not-including-the-fcc.html

# UFO’s
Leaked Navy video appears to show UFO off California https://globalnews.ca/news/7871671/ufo-video-water-san-diego-california-2019-omaha/

UFOs regularly spotted in restricted U.S. airspace, report on the phenomena due next month https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-military-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-05-16/

Defense Department confirms leaked Navy UFO video https://www.wistv.com/2021/05/20/defense-department-confirms-leaked-navy-ufo-video/

# Veterans / VA
How the VA Is Pushing Vets Into the Opioid Abyss: Audits and interviews reveal failures to examine medical histories and perform tests before prescribing veterans opioids. The results are disastrous.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-va-is-pushing-vets-into-the-opioid-abyss

# Weather
Experts warn US needs to better prepare for hurricane season. As hurricane season approaches, experts say the country is still not adequately prepared.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/556041-experts-warn-us-needs-to-better-prepare-for-hurricane-season

# Water
8-day delay for West Palm Beach water toxin information irks officials.
Officials say the city needed to conduct more tests, but local officials aren’t happy.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2021/05/29/8-day-delay-west-palm-beach-water-toxin-information-irks-officials/5263874001/

California faces another drought as lake beds turn to dust: Water shortages and dry conditions are already affecting California as the governor has declared an emergency in 41 of 58 counties.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/30/california-drought-water-shortage-photo-essay

‘Suezmax’ oil tankers could soon be plying the poisoned waters of Texas’
Lavaca Bay
Fishermen and environmentalists say a plan to export crude would require dredging mercury-laced sediment in a Superfund site, imperling oyster reefs and the natural habitat.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30052021/suezmax-oil-tankers-could-soon-be-plying-the-poisoned-waters-of-texas-lavaca-bay/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-30

Voices, The Peoples News

May 30, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Tribal Leaders, Legislators Condemn Inslee’s Surprise Veto of Tribal Human Rights Provisions in Climate Commitment Act https://washingtonstatewire.com/tribal-leaders-legislators-condemn-inslees-surprise-veto-of-tribal-human-rights-provisions-in-climate-commitment-act/

# Border / Immigration
With Steel or Surveillance, Biden May Fill “Gaps” in Trump’s Border Wall. Whether the new barrier will be physical or technological, families along the border can only guess.
https://truthout.org/articles/with-steel-or-surveillance-biden-may-fill-gaps-in-trumps-border-wall/

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Ontario’s physician licensing body, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), issued a statement forbidding physicians from questioning or debating any or all of the official measures imposed in response to COVID-19. The CPSO then went on to threaten physicians with punishment, investigations and disciplinary action.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/canadian-physicians-band-together-to-fight-censorship-and-threats-regarding-covid-19/

More than 100 employees at Houston Methodist Hospital sued the hospital over its requirement for staff to get vaccinated for COVID-19, alleging the hospital is “forcing its employees to be human ‘guinea pigs’ as a condition for continued employment.”
https://abc13.com/hospital-sued-over-vaccine-requirement-covid-houston-methodist-petition-to-opt-out-of-the-mandatory-for-all-staff-at/10708685/

# Economy / Trade
The World Trade Organization Is Threatening Vaccine Equity and Climate Goals A 1994 WTO agreement has enabled a few large companies to control most of the intellectual property rights in the world.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-world-trade-organization-is-threatening-vaccine-equity-and-climate-goals/

# Education / Schools
Virtual class was a devastating blow to trade school students. For students learning trades like carpentry, cosmetology, or automotive technology, in-person class time is crucial. School closures hit them hard.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90640337/career-technical-students-lost-hands-on-skills-classes-covid

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals North Dakota, Using Taxpayer Funds, Bailed Out Oil and Gas Companies by Plugging Abandoned Wells. The bailout, environmentalists say, raises bigger questions about who will pay, in an energy transition, to close off the nation’s millions of aging wells.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23052021/north-dakota-orphaned-abandoned-oil-gas-wells-methane-emissions/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Outrage as regulators let pesticides from factory pollute US town for years Contamination from an ethanol plant in Mead, Nebraska, came from some of the world’s largest agricultural companies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/29/environmental-catastrophe-mead-nebraska

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
As California’s Drought Worsens, the Biden Administration Cuts Water Supplies and Farmers Struggle to Compensate https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28052021/california-central-valley-drought-water/

Fish Story: Genetically Engineered Salmon To Hit Dinner Plates https://www.technocracy.news/fish-story-genetically-engineered-salmon-to-hit-dinner-plates/

‘Forever chemicals’ found in home fertilizer made from sewage sludge.
Alarming toxic PFAS levels revealed in new report raise concerns that the chemicals are contaminating vegetables https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/28/home-fertilizer-toxic-pfas-forever-chemicals-sewage-sludge

# Global Politics and other news
Birds of a Fascist Feather: Why Israel Is Aiding Colombia’s Crackdown on Protesters President Duque’s highly controversial neoliberal policies would eliminate public healthcare, privatize pensions, reduce the minimum wage and levy a 19% tax on staple foods, moves which critics deem an all-out attack on Colombia’s working-class majority.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/birds-fascist-feather-why-israel-aiding-colombia-crackdown-protesters/277406/
Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency Senior Democrats said the latest attack, ahead of President Biden’s meeting with his Russian counterpart, demanded a stronger response.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/russia-appears-to-carry-out-hack-through-system-used-by-u-s-aid-agency/articleshow/83027750.cms

# Gov / Political
Trump, midterms fuel GOP’s effort to quash Jan. 6 commission: Former President Trump and the 2022 midterm elections are looming large over the GOP effort to quash an investigation into the Jan. 6 attack.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/556030-trump-midterms-fuel-gops-squashing-jan-6-commission

Biden releases $6T budget that foresees decade of trillion-dollar
deficits: President Biden on Friday proposed a budget that would entrench deficits in excess of $1 trillion for the next decade, pushing the nation’s debt burden to record highs.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/555985-bidens-6t-budget-foresees-decade-of-trillion-dollar-deficits

Revealed: The American Money Entwined with Israel’s Jewish Terrorist Groups Latest investigation reveals how the IRS states that terrorist activities are considered substantial means for disqualifying an organization’s tax-exempt status, yet money is still finding its way through a number of high-profile tax-exempt American charities to known terrorist groups inside Israel.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/american-money-entwined-with-jewish-terrorism-israel/277432/

Belarus crisis heightens stakes of Biden-Putin summit: An extraordinary crisis in Belarus is putting a months-long simmering conflict to the forefront of President Biden’s agenda, while also raising the stakes for an upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/555993-belarus-crisis-heightens-stakes-of-biden-putin-summit

GOP-Led Legislatures May Pass Voter Suppression Laws With Help of Trump Judges. Many of these bills will have a disproportionate impact on voters of color and are being challenged in state courts.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-led-legislatures-may-pass-voter-suppression-laws-with-help-of-trump-judges/

President Biden blasted a new bill being considered in Texas that would restrict voting in The Lone Star State, panning it as “un-American” and “part of an assault on democracy.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/556104-biden-blasts-texas-voting-bill-an-assault-on-democracy

Senate Republicans Filibuster Jan. 6 Inquiry Bill, Blocking an Investigation. The vote killed the best chance for an independent accounting of the deadly Capitol attack, which Republicans feared would damage them politically.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/28/senate-republicans-filibuster-jan-6-commission-likely-dooming-independent-investigation-491323

Democrats plot next move after GOP sinks Jan. 6 probe: House Democrats, behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), are vowing to charge ahead with internal congressional probes of their own, a process now more likely to include the creation of a select committee focused solely on the violence that day, and any role former President Trump played in instigating it.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/555873-democrats-plot-next-move-after-gop-sinks-jan-6-probe

9 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022: Democratic control of Congress will be on the line next year as Republicans look to claw their way back into power after a disappointing 2020 election that cost them the White House and their Senate majority.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/555992-9-senate-seats-most-likely-to-flip-in-2022

White House pressed on evacuating Afghan allies as time runs out: The Biden administration is facing increasingly urgent calls to evacuate Afghans who helped the United States during the 20-year war and are at risk of being hunted down and killed by the Taliban after U.S. troops depart.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/556035-white-house-pressed-on-evacuating-afghan-allies-as-time-runs-out

Texas GOP Finalizes ‘Ruthless’ Voter Suppression Bill, Sparking Calls for Congressional Action https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/30/texas-gop-finalizes-ruthless-voter-suppression-bill-sparking-calls-congressional

‘It’s the Filibuster or Democracy,’ Say Progressives After GOP Tanks January 6 Commission. “Unless we abolish the filibuster, there will be no progress on any agenda focused on justice, fairness, or basic survival,” said Sen. Ed Markey.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/28/its-filibuster-or-democracy-say-progressives-after-gop-tanks-january-6-commission

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Prosecutors Zero In On Trump’s Real-Life Wayne Manor. Donald Trump’s advisers are telling him not to worry, but the former president is already frustrated by his mounting legal fees.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/prosecutors-zero-in-on-donald-trumps-real-life-wayne-manor

Department of Justice lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss lawsuits against former President Trump, former attorney general William Barr and other administration officials for the forced clearing of racial justice protesters at Lafayette Square in June.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/05/doj-judge-dismiss-lawsuits-trump-lafayette-square.html

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Outspoken Republican Who Opposes Legalization Owns Quite a Lot of Stock in Pot Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) bought marijuana-industry stocks ahead of key votes on decriminalization bills.
https://truthout.org/articles/outspoken-republican-who-opposes-legalization-owns-quite-a-lot-of-stock-in-pot/

# Medical / Health
Widely available antibiotics could be used in the treatment of ‘superbug’ MRSA Some MRSA infections could be tackled using widely-available antibiotics, suggests new research from an international collaboration.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190624111616.htm

# Other News
Mexico City’s surprising crisis: the city is sinking. The city with a metropolitan population of over 20 million is sinking at a rate of almost 50 centimeters (20 inches) per year — and this isn’t stopping anytime soon.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/mexico-citys-surprising-crisis-the-city-is-sinking/

Scientology Founder’s Secret Pact With a Nazi Propagandist. The two cultists’ ties ran deep, including collaborating on a screenplay together—one that hasn’t seen the light of day… until now.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-untold-story-of-scientology-founder-l-ron-hubbards-secret-pact-with-nazi-propagandist-leni-riefenstahl

# Water
Biden Must Take Executive Action to Affirm That Clean Water Is a Human Right Black and Brown communities impacted by environmental racism need Biden’s promises to become a firm reality https://truthout.org/articles/biden-must-take-executive-action-to-affirm-that-clean-water-is-a-human-right/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-28

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Navajos voice concern over plan to transfer uranium waste. U.S. nuclear regulators are considering a licensing change proposed by a uranium company that would clear the way for 1 million cubic yards of waste to be transferred from a mining area in western New Mexico to a mill site a short distance away as part of a cleanup effort https://www.abqjournal.com/2394932/navajos-voice-concern-over-plan-to-transfer-uranium-waste.html

# Indigenous / Global
Remains of 215 children found at former Kamloops residential school:
First Nation
https://www.voanews.com/americas/remains-215-children-found-former-indigenous-school-site-canada

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Over 10,000 COVID-19 Infections Recorded in Americans Who Received a Vaccine – CDC –160 patients were reported dead
https://www.newsweek.com/cdc-breakthrough-infections-1594696

COVID origin dissent ‘suppressed’ by intelligence community, House GOP report finds. “We believe the [intelligence community] failed to properly support policymakers with timely products and analysis.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/24/covid-origin-dissent-suppressed-intelligence-commu/

9/11 Cover-up Director Appointed to Chair COVID Cover-up Group –Zelikow was the author of the Bush administration’s 2002 National Security Strategy, which laid out the case for pre-emptive war, which was used to invade Iraq. Deep-state fixer and cover-upper Philip Zelikow, former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission, will be chairing the COVID Commission Planning Group https://forbiddenknowledgetv.net/9-11-cover-up-director-appointed-to-chair-covid-cover-up-group/

Connecticut has seen 18 cases of heart inflammation after COVID-19 vaccination. Doctors say teens and young adults should still get the shot. The U.S. CDC is investigating after a number of people, mostly adolescents and young adults, reported heart inflammation following their COVID-19 vaccinations https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-vaccinated-teens-young-adults-heart-problems-20210526-573sf3dd3zdyjbruth3eyieaca-story.html

100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine need to be checked for contamination and may need to be thrown out. Emergent BioSolutions CEO Robert G. Kramer admitted to the House of Representatives that more than
100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are on hold and possibly contaminated
https://www.businessinsider.com/jj-doses-from-baltimore-plant-need-checked-for-contamination-2021-5

# Economy / Trade
Republicans reject will of the voters after election losses. In the chaotic race to finalize a nearly $40 billion state budget, Arizona Republicans are moving to reverse a voter-approved ballot measure that would impose special excise taxes on the wealthy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/555870-on-the-trail-republicans-reject-will-of-the-voters-after-election-losses

President Biden’s budget proposal sets the government to take on an expanded role in the economy for years to come, underscoring the White House’s desire to push forward with progressive policies that would reform taxes and the social safety net.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/555836-biden-budget-expands-governments-role-in-economy

President Joe Biden’s budget proposal outlines social spending and business tax hikes.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-government-and-politics-40c614b9e2703a549815c5d73043b03e

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Closure of all Georgia coal plants ‘on the table’: Inside Southern Company’s environmental declarations https://www.wabe.org/closure-of-all-ga-coal-plants-on-the-table-inside-southern-companys-environmental-declarations/

What Exxon, Chevron climate shake-ups mean for oil. The decisions, particularly at the American companies, arrive after decades of pressure from environmentalists and climate hawks who say the companies haven’t done enough to cut their climate-related pollution or adapt to a world with limits on greenhouse gases.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063733659#:~:text=The%20decisions%2C%20particularly%20at%20the,with%20limits%20on%20greenhouse%20gases.

Mass Mobilization Expected In June Against Line 3 Pipeline https://freespeech.org/stories/mass-mobilization-expected-in-june-against-line-3-pipeline/

Massive drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope given go ahead. Critics say the lease is at odds with President Biden’s pledge to combat the climate crisis.
https://autos.yahoo.com/biden-backs-enormous-trump-era-212613285.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Major tire companies explore the use of dandelions for a more sustainable material to rubber. Dandelion rubber tires will lessen the amount of landfill waste, decrease deforestation and reduce the economic burden of rubber tree cultivation, experts said https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/05/28/major-tire-companies-explore-the-use-of-dandelions-for-a-more-sustainable-material-to-rubber/

# Global Politics and other news
U.N. Human Rights Chief Says Israel May Have Committed War Crimes in Gaza https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-rights-chief-bachelet-says-israeli-strikes-gaza-may-be-war-crimes-2021-05-27/

To distract from Gaza slaughter, Israel lobby manufactures antisemitism freakout.
With deceptively edited videos and dubious allegations, the Israel lobby has manufactured an antisemitism epidemic to turn the media’s gaze away from dead children in Gaza.
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/05/24/gaza-slaughter-israel-lobby-antisemitism/

# Gov / Political
Feds Probing if Ukraine Used Rudy to Meddle in Election: Andriy Derkach, a sanctioned member of the Ukranian parliament, is reportedly under scrutiny.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/brooklyn-federal-prosecutors-reportedly-probing-whether-ukraine-used-rudy-giuliani-to-meddle-in-2020-election

Gaetz Tells Fans to Carry Out ‘Armed Rebellion’ if Necessary. Having learned precisely zero lessons from the Capitol riot, the troubled congressman whipped up a Georgia crowd on Thursday night.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/27/gaetz-second-amendment-about-waging-armed-rebellion-if-necessary/

GOP snag complicates Schumer’s China bill again. Orchestrating the Senate GOP’s expected opposition to the panel is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has kept his conference largely unified on the topic.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/555883-gop-snag-complicates-schumers-china-bill-again

After delays, GOP poised to block bipartisan Jan. 6 riot probe.
https://www.startribune.com/gop-blocks-bipartisan-probe-of-deadly-jan-6-riot-at-capitol/600062153/

A bunch of tired, grumpy, ready-for-the-weekend senators are directing their glares and grumbles at Sen. Ron Johnson: Johnson delays exit as votes pushed to Friday https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/555887-ron-johnson-holds-up-senates-holiday-weekend-exit

Senate Republicans just blocked the bill for a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol siege
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/senate-republicans-block-bipartisan-jan-6-commission-01622219734

The Filibuster Discourages Bipartisanship. The GOP Filibuster Of A Jan.
6 Commission Just Proved it.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/january-6-commission-filibuster_n_60ae9ad5e4b019ef10e2e410

The Senate will vote on election reform next month, setting up another filibuster fight.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-for-the-people-act-election-reform-vote_n_60b12254e4b04ddf13edbf21

Leadership tensions, potential special session loom as Texas legislative session hits uncertain end. Tensions between the two chambers are peaking, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is putting pressure on Gov. Greg Abbott to call a special session for unfinished business on conservative priorities https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/27/texas-legislature-special-session/

Senate reaches deal to vote on Jan. 6 commission and get out of town https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/555949-senate-reaches-deal-to-vote-on-jan-6-commission-and-get-out-of-town

American Democracy Isn’t Dead Yet, but It’s Getting There: A country that cannot even agree to investigate an assault on its Capitol is in big trouble, indeed.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/05/28/american_democracy_isnt_dead_yet_but_its_getting_there_543822.html

Senate meltdown reveals deepening partisan divide. An unexpected Senate meltdown this week is prompting Democrats to re-evaluate what they can realistically accomplish this year in Congress.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/556061-senate-meltdown-reveals-deepening-partisan-divide?rnd=1622244718

# Law Enforcement
3 Tacoma officers charged with felonies in the killing of Manuel Ellis.
Decision came more than a year after Pierce county medical examiner’s office ruled Black father of two’s death a homicide https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/27/manuel-ellis-tacoma-three-officers-charged-death

Cops Say He Shot Himself During Traffic Stop. Was It Murder? Was J’Mauri Bumpass’ death a tragic case of suicide during a seemingly routine traffic stop—or another case of law enforcement brazenly shooting an unarmed Black man?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cops-say-jmauri-bumpass-killed-himself-during-a-traffic-stop-his-family-says-its-murder

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Three officers were charged with murder and manslaughter in the killing of a Black man in Washington. Manuel Ellis was walking home after getting donuts when witnesses said they saw officers tackle and pin him to the pavement. The charges mark the first time the attorney general’s office has filed criminal charges against police officers for the unlawful use of deadly force.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/28/three-officers-charged-with-death-of-black-man-in-police-custody

# Media
Caged Journo Says He Falsely Confessed After Electro-Torture: In a crackdown on a U.S.-funded media outlet, the Kremlin’s FSB has allegedly beat, electro-shocked, and threatened to fake a reporter’s suicide if he didn’t confess to spying.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jailed-journalist-in-russia-says-he-falsely-confessed-after-electric-shock-torture

# Other News
Cancer-causing chemical found in 78 sunscreen products. The independent lab that made the finding is calling on the FDA to recall these sunscreen products. The independent lab that made the finding is calling on the FDA to recall these sunscreen products.
https://www.livescience.com/sunscreen-carcinogen-benzene.html#:~:text=An%20independent%20testing%20lab%20has,health%20care%20products%20for%20quality

The Gaetz-Greene Traveling Freak Show Is the GOP’s Future. And that’s bad news for Trump, whether he knows it or not, as these attention-hungry creeps are trying to get in on the hustle he’s monopolized over the last five years.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-matt-gaetz-and-marjorie-taylor-greene-traveling-freak-show-is-the-future-of-the-gop

The “steady drumbeat” of Trump’s Big Lie may stir more violent attacks, a federal judge warns https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/trump-big-lie-insurrection-republicans-congress-violent-extremism-federal-judge/

# Technology
Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Are Back, USAID Breached. The Russian-based Nobelium group has launched a fresh campaign targeting government agencies that deal with foreign policy.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/28/russian-solarwinds-hackers-launch-assault-government-agencies

# Veterans / VA
Bills touted by Jon Stewart may help millions of veterans get care for toxic exposure https://ruralradio.com/kneb-am/abc_news/jon-stewart-joins-lawmakers-to-push-benefits-for-vets-exposed-to-toxins-abcid251649aa/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-25

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Petroglyph vandalism is not a victimless crime: Indigenous archaeologists say more protective measures and education are needed to prevent future vandalism.
https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/petroglyph-vandalism-not-victimless-crime

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Safe Outdoor Dogs bill top priority for Texas Humane Legislation Network Bills banning the use of heavy chains to tether dogs, requiring animal control and shelters to scan lost dogs for microchips and giving tax breaks to pet rescue facilities have passed both the House and Senate.
They are heading to Gov. Greg Abbott for final approval.
https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/2021/04/30/safe-outdoor-dogs-bill-top-priority-texas-humane-legislation-network/7411219002/

# Border / Immigration
Biden administration resettles migrant children in Tennessee without local knowledge https://www.thecentersquare.com/tennessee/biden-administration-resettles-migrant-children-in-tennessee-without-local-knowledge/article_627bc708-ba7d-11eb-894c-373eec5f40e6.html

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy has amassed an army of over 50,000 as he looks for his next battle in a religious war https://www.alternet.org/2021/03/ammon-bundy/

Ammon Bundy has filed to run for governor of Idaho in 2022. Now, while still barred from entering the Idaho Capitol, he will run as a Republican.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/555136-ammon-bundy-files-to-run-for-idaho-governor

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Being Tested on Babies
https://abcnews.go.com/US/children-young-months-now-covid-19-vaccine-trials/story?id=77353416

Pfizer begins Covid vaccine trial on infants and young kids. Pfizer said it has started a clinical trial testing its Covid-19 vaccine on healthy children aged 6 months to 11.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/covid-vaccine-pfizer-begins-trial-on-infants-and-young-kids.html

Big Pharma’s Deadly COVID-19 Vaccine Monopoly https://theintercept.com/2021/05/12/intercepted-covid-vaccine-intellectual-property-waiver/

Documents Reveal Pharma Plot to Stop Generic COVID-19 Vaccine Waiver https://theintercept.com/2021/05/14/covid-vaccine-waiver-generic-phrma-lobby/

The face is rotting from the inside: What is the “black mold” that comes after the “covid”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/05/25/the-face-is-rotting-from-the-inside-what-is-the-black-mold-that-comes-after-the-covid/

New Findings on COVID-19 Origins Prove Big Tech Censorship is a Danger to Seeking Truth https://thefreethoughtproject.com/fact-checking-covid-skepticism-dangerous/

The media face hard questions amid a growing acceptance that it is possible COVID-19 originated in a Chinese laboratory.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/555394-the-memo-media-face-hard-questions-on-trump-wuhan-lab

# Economy / Trade
US millionaire CEOs saw 29% pay raise while workers’ pay fell, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/may/11/us-millionaire-ceos-saw-29-pay-raises-while-workers-had-decreases-report-says

Why billionaires like Bill Gates can’t fix the problems they helped create
https://iai.tv/articles/bezos-billionaires-and-the-problem-with-big-philanthropy-auid-1378

Warren Proposes Drastic IRS Budget Increase to Crack Down on Wealthy Tax Cheats Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan is larger than Biden’s recent IRS proposal and is more specific in its aims to go after the wealthy.
https://truthout.org/articles/warren-proposes-drastic-irs-budget-increase-to-crack-down-on-wealthy-tax-cheats/

DOJ Is Resisting Release of Barr Memo on Trump and Has Appealed Court Ruling. The Department of Justice (DOJ), under former Attorney General William Barr, chose not to charge Trump over 10 possible acts of obstruction.
https://truthout.org/articles/doj-is-resisting-release-of-barr-memo-on-trump-and-has-appealed-court-ruling/

The Senate voted to confirm Kristen Clarke as the new head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division in a tight 51-48 vote, with Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) the only Republican to cross party lines and vote for her.
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/05/25/senate-lines-up-vote-to-confirm-clarke-for-doj-civil-rights-division-chief/

# Education / Schools
Texas is poised to let home-schooled students compete in public school sports and other extracurricular activities after the state Senate advanced the proposal in one of its closest votes this legislative session https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/05/12/homeschoolers-get-closer-to-public-school-competition-as-tim-tebow-bill-clears-hurdle-in-texas-house/

The U.S. Department of Education now recognizes the University of Texas at Austin as a Hispanic-Serving Institution.
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/as-its-latino-population-grows-ut-austin-wary-of-backlash-for-becoming-a-hispanic-serving-institution/

Is Georgia about to hand its universities to a climate-denying MAGA stalwart? Trump’s ag secretary Sonny Perdue is reportedly being eyed for a plum job leading one of the nation’s premier higher education systems.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/sonny-perdue-georgia-universities-chancellor-search-trump/

# Employment / Labor
Red states unite in rejecting federal unemployment benefits: Red states around the nation are rejecting supplemental federal unemployment benefits, saying the $300 in additional weekly pay on top of state benefits has made it nearly impossible for employers to hire https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/red-states-unite-in-rejecting-federal-unemployment-benefits/article_d52a129c-bd6f-11eb-8dfd-07c579859d1c.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals DAPL Keeps Pumping Oil With No Permit: A federal judge recently ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) may continue pumping oil without a key federal permit while the Army Corps of Engineers conducts an environmental review.
https://www.ecowatch.com/dakota-access-pipeline-permit-judge-lawsuit-2653093045.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Central California town that keeps sinking. The very ground upon which Corcoran was built is steadily collapsing, a situation caused primarily by agriculture.
https://www.businessinsider.com/california-town-sinking-drought-central-valley-2019-2

Tensions rise in the Klamath Basin as feds further reduce water allotments to farmers The federal government is trying to preserve scarce water resources to ensure the survival of fisheries important to tribal nations. Farmers are calling on local irrigators to release it anyway.
https://apnews.com/article/wildlife-fish-droughts-oregon-california-c202dd2986fb8b7fa2cf91695237c89c

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Farmworker organizing in Washington is undoing discriminatory labor policies ‘The pandemic elevated the fact that farmworkers are killing themselves to keep our food system intact.’
https://patch.com/washington/across-wa/farmworker-organizing-washington-undoing-discriminatory-labor-policies

This under-the-radar supply chain routes food from prisons to hospitals, food banks, and even schools https://thecounter.org/this-under-the-radar-supply-chain-routes-food-from-prisons-to-hospitals-food-banks-and-even-schools/

# Gov / Political
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said that he would support a House-passed bill to create a commission to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/555185-romney-says-he-would-vote-in-favor-ot-jan-6-commission-bill

The U.S. is experiencing a rise in violent and disturbing attacks targeting the U.S. Jewish community amid the latest conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/555189-us-sees-startling-rise-in-antisemitic-attacks

Over 500 Democratic staffers (zero GOP) urge Joe Biden to ‘hold Israel accountable’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/24/joe-biden-israel-palestine-letter-democratic-staffers

Trump’s Election-Fraud Big Lie assaults everyone’s voting rights, mandating punitive laws against sedition. If a “loser” can offset his loss with lying bluster, then elections are mere puppet shows – and democracy withers.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/05/25/trumps-election-fraud-big-lie-assaults-everyones-voting-rights-mandating-punitive-laws-against-sedition/

Biden and Putin to Meet in Switzerland Next Month: The two leaders are scheduled to sit down at the tail end of the U.S. president’s first trip abroad since taking office.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/05/25/statement-by-white-house-press-secretary-jen-psaki-on-the-meeting-between-president-joe-biden-and-president-vladimir-putin-of-russia/

# Law Enforcement
Gov. Greg Abbott raises idea of “George Floyd Act” at Houston visitation Without offering specifics, Abbott said he is committed to working with lawmakers and Floyd’s family to prevent police brutality.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/06/08/george-floyd-visitation-houston/

Texas Legislative Black Caucus unveils the George Floyd Act to ban chokeholds and limit police use of force. In a press conference featuring Floyd’s brother, the lawmakers said they hope their bill wins the support of Gov. Greg Abbott.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/13/texas-george-floyd-act/

A year after George Floyd’s murder, only a few of Texas lawmakers’
police reform measures appear likely to become law. Narrowly targeted pieces of Texas’ George Floyd Act, like restricting chokeholds and requiring officers to provide first aid, are expected to pass.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/25/texas-george-floyd-police-reform-legislation/

A bombshell 40-page civil rights lawsuit filed Monday alleges a wide array of misconduct at Harris County’s largest constable’s office, including sexual harassment, sexual battery, civil rights violations and retaliation.
https://techbondhu.com/harris-county-constable-leaders-used-bachelor-party-stings-to-exploit-female-deputies-lawyer-says/

Trooper Denied Having Damning Bodycam Video of Greene Arrest. A state investigative report says Louisiana State Police Lt. John Clary also gave false statements about Greene resisting arrest.
https://apnews.com/article/arrests-death-of-ronald-greene-d2868b81b5af53a62301742d1ba4b825

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Biden Justice Department fights release of legal memo on prosecuting Trump The move puts the Biden team in the curious position of seeking to maintain secrecy surrounding legal decisions of the Trump era.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/24/biden-justice-memo-prosecuting-trump-490707

Mistrial Declared in Murder Case of Simone Biles’ Brother. All 12 jurors said they had been influenced by filings they weren’t supposed to see.
https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/05/judge-in-cleveland-declares-mistrial-in-murder-trial-of-simone-biles-brother-after-jury-mistakenly-gets-legal-briefs.html

Docs Sheds New Light on Wide Scope of Feds’ Giuliani Probe. CNN uncovered redacted parts of newly unsealed legal documents that show investigators have emails and iCloud accounts from two Ukrainian officials.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/court-docs-shed-new-light-on-wide-scope-of-feds-giuliani-probe

Feds seek outside review of seized Giuliani materials https://www.axios.com/feds-outside-review-giuliani-outside-review-fbi-c9b5bf15-2867-4411-a807-a687f02aedd9.html

Manhattan DA Convenes Grand Jury in Trump Probe. The panel will decide whether to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and the company’s executives in a formal indictment.
https://www.businessinsider.com/manhattan-da-convenes-grand-jury-in-trump-probe-report-2021-5

# Military / DOD
A simmering feud among top Democrats over the scope of reforms to how the military handles certain crimes, including sexual assault, spilled out into the open on Monday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/555198-democratic-feud-erupts-over-scope-of-military-sexual-assault-bill

# Other News
70 Percent of Americans Say Arms Sales Make Us Less Safe. We’re the World’s Top Dealer. Selling death should be no joy for any country, so halting it is a goal well worth fighting for.
https://truthout.org/articles/70-of-americans-say-arms-sales-make-us-less-safe-were-the-worlds-top-dealer/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-22

Voices, The Peoples News

May 22, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Judge denies tribal request for temporary Dakota Access Pipeline shutdown. A federal judge has denied a request from tribes to temporarily shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline while it undergoes a court-mandated environmental review.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/554809-judge-denies-tribal-request-for-temporary-dakota-access-pipeline

Tribal leaders, legislators condemn Inslee’s surprise veto of tribal human rights provisions in Climate Commitment Act https://washingtonstatewire.com/tribal-leaders-legislators-condemn-inslees-surprise-veto-of-tribal-human-rights-provisions-in-climate-commitment-act/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
4 Employees Charged With Animal Cruelty After Another Dog Dies At PetSmart https://www.peta.org/blog/dog-killed-grooming-nail-trim-petsmart-employees-charged-cruelty/

# Children / Youth
# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) French Nobel Prize Winning Virologist Professor: The COVID-19 Shots are Creating “Variants.” Epidemiologists know but are “silent” about the phenomenon, known as “Antibody-Dependent Enhancement” (ADE).
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/french-nobel-prize-winning-virologist-professor-the-covid-19-shots-are-creating-variants/

UK Scientists Admit to “Unethical” and “Totalitarian” Use of Fear in Covid Response – What Else Are They Using Against You?
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/use-of-fear-to-control-behaviour-in-covid-pandemic-was-totalitarian-admit-scientists/ar-BB1gKceh

223 People Have Died With COVID-19 After Getting Fully Vaccinated – CDC https://www.theepochtimes.com/223-people-have-died-with-covid-19-after-getting-fully-vaccinated-cdc_3818232.html

Sweden records 30,000 suspected side effects from Covid vaccines, with AstraZeneca’s jab linked to more than half of all reports https://news.in-24.com/health/6039.html

Real Time with Bill Maher halts filming after fully vaccinated presenter tests positive for Covid-19: Political satirist has been fully vaccinated against coronavirus. Bill Maher’s HBO talk show was forced to stop filming after the fully vaccinated presenter tested positive for coronavirus.
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bill-maher-covid-vaccinated-real-time-b1847426.html

Eight from Yankees test positive for Covid in post-vaccine breakthrough cases https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covid-19-vaccine/news/20210514/new-york-yankees-report-8-breakthrough-covid-cases

Texas Gov. Abbott bans mask mandates from public schools, local government –Abbott’s order makes it illegal for schools, governments to require Texans to wear a mask https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/18/greg-abbott-texas-mask-mandate/

# Economy / Trade
Population Growth and the Which Way Is Up Problem in Economics https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/opinion/low-population-growth-economy-inflation.html

# Education / Schools
Texas’ divisive bill limiting how students learn about current events and historic racism passed by Senate. The bill aims to ban critical race theory in public and open-enrollment charter schools. Supporters say it merely ensures students aren’t taught that one race or gender is superior to another. Critics say it limits how race in America is taught.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/22/texas-critical-race-theory-legislature/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Two bills that were advanced by the Texas Legislature this week attempt to protect the state’s oil and gas industry from efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/03/texas-house-fossil-fuel-oil-divest/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
As the West faces a drought emergency, some ranchers are restoring: In the face of ongoing drought, ranchers across the western United States are restoring their grasslands and water cycles.
https://civileats.com/2021/05/17/as-the-west-faces-a-drought-emergency-some-ranchers-are-restoring-grasslands-to-build-water-reserves/

Senate Republicans said there are “vast differences” between them and senior White House officials over how much to spend on a new infrastructure package and how to pay for it, leaving little hope of a bipartisan deal anytime soon.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/554836-senate-gop-warns-of-vast-differences-with-white-house-on-infrastructure

Progressives Slam Biden for Slashing His Own Infrastructure Plan by $600 Billion Critics said the president’s decision to embrace cuts is a disastrous approach to the economic and climate crises.
https://truthout.org/articles/progressives-slam-biden-for-slashing-his-own-infrastructure-plan-by-600-billion/

# Gov / Political
With less than two weeks left in the state’s legislative session, the Texas House is taking a break until Sunday in an attempt to send the Senate a clear message: Pass our priority bills or see your legislation die slowly in our chamber.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/20/texas-bills-house-senate-tensions/

The Texas House and Senate have reached a compromise on a bill to allow the permitless carrying of handguns, moving it closer to Abbott’s desk.
The governor has said he would sign it.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/20/texas-constitutional-carry/

Texas Secretary of State Ruth Ruggero Hughs, the state’s top elections official, has notified Gov. Greg Abbott that she will be stepping down from her position. This is the second consecutive legislative session Abbott will end without a secretary of state.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/21/secretary-of-state-resign-texas/

Is the January 6 attack on the Capitol not an insurrection? Republicans have an unhinged new talking point: The January 6 attack on the Capitol was not an insurrection. Confused? You should be. The attack on the Capitol was captured in countless photos and videos—and the insurrectionists left no doubt why they were there: To stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College votes and to keep Donald Trump in power against the will of the American people.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/5/12/2030221/-Republicans-double-down-on-gaslighting-narrative-in-House-hearing-It-was-not-an-insurrection

GOP efforts to downplay danger of Capitol riot increase: Attempts to whitewash the violence of the Jan. 6 insurrection and cast the rioters as sympathetic characters are becoming increasingly common among Republican members of Congress.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/554834-gop-efforts-to-downplay-danger-of-capitol-riot-increase

President Biden said Friday there is “no shift” in his commitment to the security of Israel and reiterated his support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/554852-biden-says-no-shift-in-commitment-to-israel

Legal intrigue swirls over ex-Trump exec Weisselberg: Five key points.
Donald Trump’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg faces escalating legal jeopardy on multiple fronts over questionable financial activity linked to the former president and the Trump Organization.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/554762-legal-intrigue-swirls-over-ex-trump-exec-weisselberg-five-key-points

Trump Saved Paul Manafort—but Not His Townhouse or Banker: First the feds took it. Now the bank is foreclosing on it. And the guy who pushed through the mortgage is about to go on trial.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-saved-paul-manafortbut-not-his-fancy-townhouse

The GOP Welcomes the McCloskeys’ Sick, Sad American Dream: Mark McCloskey became a Republican hero by pointing a gun at peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters, is running for the Senate. He’d fit right in to the GOP caucus there.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gop-welcomes-the-mccloskeys-sick-sad-american-dream

GOP Wants Volunteering at the Polls to Come With Risk of Jail Time or Huge Fines As the GOP moves to sabotage the electoral process, these laws aim to scare away potential voters and poll workers.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-wants-volunteering-at-the-polls-to-come-with-risk-of-jail-time-or-huge-fines/

Republicans would really like to move beyond Jan. 6. Democrats are charging ahead with plans for deep-dive investigations into the assault.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/554804-republicans-try-but-cant-escape-jan-6

FBI reclassifies 2017 shooting of Republican lawmakers as domestic terrorism https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/16/fbi-reclassifies-2017-shooting-of-gop-lawmakers-as/

# Law Enforcement
Two Dead, Eight Injured in Shootout in Downtown Minneapolis. Police say five men and five women were involved in a shootout in the center of the city, leaving two dead and one critically injured.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/22/at-least-two-dead-in-minneapolis-shooting

Deputy Kills Himself After Admitting to Child Sexual Abuse. Robert Johnson implicated two other adults in the crimes during a standoff, according to local outlets.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/05/20/harris-county-precinct-1-deputy-who-died-by-suicide-was-being-investigated-for-child-sex-abuse-police-say/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Legal intrigue swirls over ex-Trump exec Weisselberg: Five key points:
Donald Trump’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg faces escalating legal jeopardy on multiple fronts over questionable financial activity linked to the former president and the Trump Organization.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/554762-legal-intrigue-swirls-over-ex-trump-exec-weisselberg-five-key-points

Missouri AG serves Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Communist Party in lawsuit over ‘unleashing’ COVID-19 pandemic. Lawsuit claims there was an ‘appalling campaign of deceit, concealment, misfeasance, and inaction’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/missouri-ag-chinese-communist-party-wuhan-lab-covid

# LGBTQ
Anti-trans legislation: Texas lawmakers filed the most anti-LGBTQ legislation of any state this year, most of them attacking trans youth.
Families say that the persistent attacks on trans kids in recent years have taken a mental and emotional toll on them, whether or not the measures ultimately pass.
https://www.texasobserver.org/fighting-anti-trans-legislation-takes-a-toll-on-texas-kids-and-families/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
An effort to expand the state’s medical marijuana program gained new life on Thursday after weeks of outcry from advocates who said Lt. Gov.
Dan Patrick was blocking the proposal.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/20/texas-medical-marijuana-dan-patrick/

# Military / Global
Much about US pullout from Afghanistan remains unclear: Some of the unanswered questions are: What happens after the troops are gone? How will Afghan forces fare? Will the Taliban enlist Al-Qaida? And what about U.S. counterterrorism and diplomacy efforts?
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-government-and-politics-57c2bfe709dc4b30ca3786a7c77c0e14

# Science
Entire genome from Pestera Muierii 1 sequenced: Researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Pestera Muierii 1, a woman who lived in today’s Romania 35,000 years ago. Her high genetic diversity shows that the out of Africa migration was not the great bottleneck in human development but rather this occurred during and after the most recent Ice Age.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210520133722.htm

# Social
Keys, Wallet, Pepper Spray: The New Reality for Asian-Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/nyregion/asian-americans-attacks-nyc.html?referringSource=articleShare

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-20

Voices, The Peoples News

May 20, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
In Alaska, climate research struggles to incorporate Indigenous knowledge. Tribal communities are often the first affected by climate change. But their expertise and lived experiences are underappreciated https://www.circleofblue.org/2021/world/in-alaska-climate-research-struggles-to-incorporate-indigenous-knowledge/

# Children / Youth
# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Emergent BioSolutions Reaped Millions in Federal Contracts But Has Yet to Deliver Any COVID Vaccines https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/20/headlines/emergent_biosolutions_reaped_millions_in_federal_contracts_but_has_yet_to_deliver_any_covid_vaccines

Analysis of VAERS Shows the COVID Shots are Likely Cause of Deaths, Spontaneous Abortions, Cardiovascular, Neurological, and Immunological Adverse Events https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/study-analysis-of-vaers-shows-the-covid-shots-are-likely-cause-of-deaths-spontaneous-abortions-cardiovascular-neurological-and-immunological-adverse-events/

CDC is Manipulating Data to Hide Breakthrough Cases and Blame Unvaccinated for “Outbreaks”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-is-manipulating-data-to-hide-breakthrough-cases-and-blame-unvaccinated-for-outbreaks/

Could Magnetic Hydrogel Explain the COVID Vax Magnet Phenomenon?
https://thefreedomarticles.com/does-magnetic-hydrogel-explain-covid-vax-magnet-phenomenon/

Stark Racial Disparities Persist in Vaccinations, State-Level CDC Data Shows https://missouriindependent.com/2021/05/20/stark-racial-disparities-persist-in-vaccinations-state-level-cdc-data-shows/

# Economy / Trade
China beats USA by following Western classical economics! America must acknowledge its systemic problems and implement structural reforms that curtail financial capitalism and embrace smart industrial policies https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/05/20/china-beats-usa-by-following-western-classical-economics/

# Education / Schools
Our School Board Is Under Attack for Putting Anti-Racist Education Into Action My school is developing an anti-racist curriculum and polices that can be replicated at schools across the nation.
https://truthout.org/articles/our-school-board-is-under-attack-for-putting-anti-racist-education-into-action/

# Employment / Labor
AOC, Bernie Sanders Join McDonald’s Workers’ Strike Demanding $15/Hour Minimum Wage https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/19/sanders-ocasio-cortez-join-mcdonalds-workers-demand-15-minimum-wage-amid-nationwide

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Massive Ice Sheet Breaks Off Antarctica, Becomes World’s Largest Iceberg. It is the latest in a series of large ice blocks to dislodge in a region acutely vulnerable to climate change, although scientists said in this case it appeared to be part of a natural polar cycle.
https://phys.org/news/2021-05-world-largest-iceberg-antarctica-european.html

Trees fell faster in the years since companies and governments promised to stop cutting them down. Forest Trends report shows a 50 percent increase in deforestation of tropical woodlands https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052021/deforestation-climate-change-forest-trends-companies-governments/

Settlers invading, deforesting Colombian national parks ‘at an unstoppable speed’
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/settlers-invading-deforesting-colombian-national-parks-at-an-unstoppable-speed/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
EPA to review Roundup weedkiller to assess potential ‘ecological risks’:
Biden administration environmental officials say they will consider restrictions on the world’s most widely used herbicide https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/1d0ce741960c4089ca97a84a9aeb8f98-EPA-to-review-Roundup-weedkiller-to-assess-potential-ecological-risks

# Global Politics and other news
Israel and Hamas Agree to Ceasefire After 11-Day Bloodbath. After almost two weeks of violence, destruction, and unimaginable loss of life, Hamas and Israel have agreed to a truce. But the issues underlying this tragedy persist.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/israel-hamas-agree-to-ceasefire-after-11-day-bloodbath

“He Dedicated His Whole Life to His Patients” – Israel Kills Gaza Doctor and His Entire Family. Dan Cohen speaks with Gaza surgeon Sara al-Saqqa about responding to mass casualties and the massacre that killed Dr.
Ayman Abu al-Ouf and his family.
https://altnews.org/2021/05/20/he-dedicated-his-whole-life-to-his-patients-israel-kills-gaza-doctor-and-his-entire-family/

# Gov / Political
House Votes To Establish Capitol Riot Commission Over Republican Opposition. The vote sets up a showdown with the Senate, where the GOP’s Mitch McConnell opposes creating an outside panel to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-votes-capitol-riot-commission-republican-opposition_n_60a55739e4b099ba753f258c

Former Vice President Mike Pence’s own brother opposes the Capitol riot commission. Rep. Greg Pence (R-Ind.) is against an independent panel to investigate the incident, where a mob was advocating hanging his brother.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-brother-greg-pence-capitol-riot-commission_n_60a5700ee4b019ef10d581f0

Capitol Police Officers: ‘Inconceivable’ To ‘Downplay’ Capitol Riot:
Capitol Police Officers Begged Congress To Investigate The Insurrection And Called Out Republicans For Downplaying The Violence https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/capitol-police-letter-january-6-commission

The House passed a bill to establish a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, earning relatively little support from Republicans as GOP leaders sought to quash a bill negotiated by one of their own members.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-passes-bill-creating-jan-6-commission-over-gop-objections

Surreal GOP ‘Audit’: Off the Rails—and Just Getting Started: As new Arizona audit blunders come to light, the recount is widening an already gaping rift between Republican officials in the state.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/surreal-gop-audit-in-arizona-is-off-the-rails-and-just-getting-started

The Bombs Raining Down on Gaza? They’re American. The U.S. is advocating for a two-state solution with one hand, and fueling the machine that erodes it with the other.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-bombs-raining-down-on-gaza-theyre-american

AOC, Tlaib Introduce Resolution to Halt Weapons Sale to Israel https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/sanders-arms-sale-israel-1172352/

President Biden signed into law legislation that aims to combat the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans that has occurred since the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-signs-covid-anti-asian-hate-crimes_n_60a69389e4b09604b51fcb55

# Law Enforcement
No charges for deputies in Andrew Brown Jr. shooting. Brown’s family has called his death an “execution.”
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997859806/elizabeth-city-state-finds-deputies-shooting-of-andrew-brown-justified

Cops Shot Andrew Brown in a Moving Car. He’s Far from Alone. Almost inevitably, authorities suggest cars are deadly weapons as a justification for fusillades of bullets.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-andrew-brown-case-is-a-familiar-nightmare-to-people-whose-loved-ones-were-shot-in-moving-cars

North Carolina Attorney General Calls For Change To Body Cam Laws. North Carolina’s attorney general says police body cam and dash cam footage should be part of the public record, and he’s pushing for a change to state law.
https://www.newsy.com/stories/nc-attorney-general-calls-for-change-to-body-cam-laws/

Harrowing Video Shows Louisiana State Troopers Brutalizing Ronald Greene in 2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/i-m-scared-newly-released-video-shows-deadly-2019-arrest-n1267977

Judge Drops Case Against 2 Cops Accused of Killing Black Man. In a rare judicial move, a Mississippi state judge said prosecutors did not have enough evidence to prove its case against two former cops accused of beating a Black man in 2019.
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/05/20/jackson-police-murder-trial-judge-dismisses-charges-george-robinson-death/5180094001/

A small group of progressives known as the “squad” came close to sinking the House Democrats’ Capitol security spending bill on Thursday over concerns about Capitol Police accountability.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/554586-progressives-nearly-tank-house-democrats-capitol-security-bill

The House passed a $1.9 billion spending bill to upgrade Capitol security in the wake of the Jan. 6 mob attack in a tight 213-212 vote https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/554556-house-approves-19b-for-capitol-security-over-gop-opposition

Biden Must End Sanctions Against North Korea — and Finally End the Korean War Biden’s policies toward North Korea are mainly a repackaging of the failed approaches of previous administrations.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-must-end-sanctions-against-north-korea-and-finally-end-the-korean-war/

5 Trump-Voting Counties in Oregon Vote to Leave State and Join Idaho Instead The “Greater Idaho” movement faces nearly insurmountable odds at being successful.
https://truthout.org/articles/5-trump-voting-counties-in-oregon-vote-to-leave-state-and-join-idaho-instead/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
AG’s Move to Criminal Probe Is a Red Alert for the Trump Org. Auditors are trained to make criminal referrals once firm indications of fraud are unearthed—meaning evidence has been obtained demonstrating financial records were falsified.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-move-to-a-criminal-probe-is-a-red-alert-for-the-trump-organization

107-Year-Old Viola Fletcher Recounts Horror of Tulsa Race Massacre in Congressional Hearing https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/20/headlines/107_year_old_viola_fletcher_recounts_horror_of_tulsa_race_massacre_in_congressional_hearing

Oath Keeper Who Plotted With Group Before Riot Charged: “The Government has become tyrannical. The People’s Duty is to replace that Government with one they agree with,” James Breheny posted online after the Capitol riots.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-charge-oath-keeper-james-breheny-who-allegedly-plotted-with-group-ahead-of-riots

# Medical / Health
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signs extreme 6-week abortion ban. The legislation effectively bans abortion at six weeks and lets anyone file a lawsuit to enforce the law.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/18/texas-heartbeat-bill-abortions-law/

The Lawmakers Behind ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Abortion Bans Are Lying To You:
“To say that a six-week pregnancy has a fetal anything is incorrect,”
explained Dr. Colleen McNicholas, an obstetrician-gynecologist who performs abortions, noting that the term “fetal heartbeat” isn’t even applicable until about 10 weeks into a pregnancy. At that point, an embryo has developed sufficiently to be called a fetus.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fetal-heartbeat-abortion-bans_n_60a5461ee4b063dcceb1c88c

GOP Ghouls Are About to Roll Back 50 Years of Women’s Rights. Texas’
“heartbeat bill” seems like a grim joke since it’s obviously unconstitutional, but there’s nothing funny about it with the Supreme Court taking a case poised to demolish Roe https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gops-pro-life-ghouls-are-about-to-roll-back-50-years-of-womens-rights

# Military / DOD
Sanders Unveils Bill to Force Pentagon to Pass Audit, Citing “Fraud” and “Waste”
Despite receiving over half of the discretionary budget, the Pentagon hasn’t passed a single audit in 30 years https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-unveils-bill-to-force-pentagon-to-pass-audit-citing-fraud-and-waste/

# Other News
American Arms Makers Are Making a Killing Off of Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza. Major arms and aircraft manufacturers — Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon — are reaping massive profits from Israel’s assault on Gaza, and all are expected to see their earnings boom with the quarter-billion-dollar arms deal the Biden administration is trying to push through.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-weapon-makers-profits-armssales-israel-gaza/277257/

# Veterans / VA
Trump Set in Motion a Plan to Privatize the VA. Will Biden Enable It?
The president’s choices for a commission that could close many veterans’
health facilities across the country could tell the tale https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2256239892085/trump-set-in-motion-a-plan-to-privatize-the-va-will-biden-enable-it

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-16

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Tribes unveil landmark missing and murdered Indigenous person response:
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes worked with federal agencies to complete a first of its kind plan to address the crisis.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.6/indigenous-affairs-justice-tribes-unveil-landmark-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-person-response

# Indigenous / Global
Supreme Court of Canada affirms trans-boundary Indigenous rights: The Arrow Lakes Band is one of many Indigenous communities bisected and disrupted by a border about which they were never consulted.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-hunting-supreme-court-of-canada-affirms-trans-boundary-indigenous-rights

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Bornean Rajah Scops Owl Reappears After 125 Years https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/owl-documented-first-time-more-than-125-years-180977722/

# Border / Immigration
President Biden on Friday met with six recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program as he renewed a push for action immigration reform.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-dreamers-daca-white-house-immigration_n_609efdd0e4b03e1dd389d698

Six steps to prevent continued crises at the US-Mexico border. Looking ahead, the Biden administration has an opportunity to prevent the next border crisis before it starts. To do so, it must fundamentally transform the nation’s immigration system to one that is humane, fair, and orderly and ensures protection while maintaining safety.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/553444-six-steps-to-prevent-continued-crises-at-the-us-mexico-border

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
COVID-19 “Vaccine” Bioweapons Update on Spike Proteins being Transmitted from Vaxxed to Unvaxxed People: The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is what’s actually causing vascular damage in covid patients and covid vaccine recipients, promoting the strokes, heart attacks, migraines, blood clots and other harmful reactions that have already killed thousands of Americans (source: VAERS.hhs.gov).
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/covid-19-vaccine-bioweapons-update-on-spike-proteins-being-transmitted-from-vaxxed-to-unvaxxed-people/

“This Is The Ministry Of Truth”: Merriam-Webster Edits Definition For “Anti-Vaxxer” To Include Opponents Of Mandatory Jabs https://www.zerohedge.com/political/ministry-truth-merriam-webster-edits-definition-anti-vaxxer-include-opponents-mandatory

COVID-19 survivors, even those who weren’t very sick, have a 50% greater risk of death https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/covid-19-survivors-even-those-who-werent-very-sick-have-a-50-greater-risk-of-death/

Barbara Loe Fisher: Seeing Through the COVID-19 Spin – How Big Pharma and Government are Spending $BILLIONS to Deceive the Public with Misinformation on COVID ‘Vaccines’
https://vaccineimpact.com/2021/barbara-loe-fisher-seeing-through-the-covid-19-spin-how-big-pharma-and-government-are-spending-billions-to-deceive-the-public-with-misinformation-on-covid-vaccines/

# Economy / Trade
Republicans say they won’t raise taxes on corporations. Democrats say they won’t raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year. So who is going to pay for the big public works boost that lawmakers and President Joe Biden say is necessary for the country? Enter the IRS.
https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-business-government-and-politics-e6151149b8fdba343a9053e5942c0679

North Carolina Tax Professional Indicted for Helping File Fraudulent Returns https://klasing-associates.com/north-carolina-tax-professional-indicted-helping-file-fraudulent-returns/

New York, New Jersey, California face long odds in scrapping SALT.
Capping the SALT deduction, as it’s known, at $10,000 was Trump’s way of getting blue states with high state and local tax rates — principally New York and California — to pay for a big chunk of his 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/553697-new-york-new-jersey-california-face-long-odds-in-scrapping-salt

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Biden’s Pipeline Dilemma: How to Build a Clean Energy Future While Shoring Up the Present’s Carbon-Intensive Infrastructure. After Colonial’s cyber-attack and shutdown, he can’t ignore pipelines’
problems, but environmental groups want more aggressive action.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14052021/biden-colonial-pipeline-climate-dakota-access-line-5-line-3/

A U.S. Virgin Islands Oil Refinery Had Yet Another Accident. Residents Are Demanding Answers: A recent chemical release from the Limetree Bay refinery forced schools to close for the second time in less than a month, but details on the incident remain fuzzy.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12052021/a-u-s-virgin-islands-oil-refinery-had-yet-another-accident-residents-are-demanding-answers/

Citing an ‘Imminent’ Health Threat, the EPA Orders Temporary Shut Down of St. Croix Oil Refinery. It is the most significant step the Biden administration has taken to uphold its environmental justice pledge since revoking a key permit at the refinery in March.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14052021/epa-limetree-st-croix-oil-refinery-shut-down/

Colonial Pipeline’s decision to pay the cyber criminals behind a ransomware attack that forced the company to temporarily shut down operations has reignited the debate around whether victims of such attacks should pay to regain access to their networks.
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/553666-colonial-breach-underscores-concerns-over-paying-hackers

# Environment / Climate / Interior
EU top court upholds ban on Bayer pesticides linked to harming bees https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-top-court-upholds-eu-ban-bayer-pesticides-linked-harming-bees-2021-05-06/

Coal mine selenium found in bighorn herds in Alberta. Jeff Kneteman said Alberta Environment has known about the problem in bighorn sheep for years. But it has yet to commission any studies https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-knew-bighorn-sheep-contaminated-with-coal-mine-selenium-scientist-1.6022966#:~:text=Some%20herds%20of%20bighorn%20sheep,about%20the%20problem%20for%20years.

EPA Data Kept Secret Under Trump Shows Climate Crisis Becoming ‘More Evident, Stronger, and Extreme’: “Combating climate change—it’s not optional. It’s essential,” said EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/05/13/epa-data-kept-secret-under-trump-shows-climate-crisis-becoming-more-evident-stronger

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Meet the workers who put food on America’s tables – but can’t afford groceries Undocumented immigrants are doing the backbreaking farm work that keeps the US food system running but struggle to feed their families https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/13/meet-the-workers-who-put-food-on-americas-tables-but-cant-afford-groceries

In California’s farm country, climate change is likely to trigger more pesticide use, fouling waterways https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10052021/in-californias-farm-country-climate-change-is-likely-to-trigger-more-pesticide-use-fouling-waterways/

# Global Politics and other news
Why military response won’t defuse the Israel crisis — or other multiplying threats https://thehill.com/opinion/international/553508-why-military-response-wont-defuse-the-israel-crisis-or-other

Israeli-Palestinian strife widens as frantic calls for calm go unheeded https://us.newschant.com/world/israeli-palestinian-strife-widens-as-frantic-calls-for-calm-go-unheeded/

Israel, bankrolled by the U.S., is committing atrocities in Sheikh Jarrah and Gaza. The catastrophe is unending.
https://truthout.org/articles/my-grandparents-lived-through-the-nakba-now-its-happening-again/

# Gov / Political
Cheney seen as merely first victim of Trump election attacks. Trump’s continuous attacks on election integrity, and the distrust they’ve sown among a broad swath of GOP voters, pose a much vaster danger https://thehill.com/homenews/house/553680-cheney-seen-as-merely-first-victim-of-trump-election-attacks

The top Democrat and Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee reached an agreement Friday on legislation to establish a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol ahead of an expected vote next week.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/553529-lawmakers-reach-agreement-on-bipartisan-jan-6-commission

MT Greene Faces Jail (fines) for Property Tax Fraud https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/05/14/mt-for-testoserone-greene-faces-jail-fines-for-property-tax-fraud/

House to Vote Thursday on Removing Marjorie Taylor Greene From Committees https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/03/marjorie-taylor-greene-house-vote-removing-her-committees/4373488001/

The Death of Democracy Looks Nearer Than Ever. Remember that relief we felt after Joe Biden was elected? That didn’t last long, and darkness is closing in.
https://www.salon.com/2021/05/15/how-to-lose-america-the-death-of-democracy-looks-nearer-than-ever/

Biden speaks with Israel’s Netanyahu again amid ramped up strikes in Gaza President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke again Saturday as violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip continues to escalate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/553717-biden-speaks-with-israels-netanyahu-amid-ramped-up-campaign-in-gaza

“Majority of Republicans still believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump,” Ipsos, April 2, 2021 https://act.moveon.org/go/153257?t=8&akid=297169%2E1195276%2ESnv9jH

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol an “insurrection against the Constitution” as some GOP lawmakers sought to minimize the violence this week.
https://www.businessinsider.com/romney-capitol-riot-insurrection-against-the-constitution-2021-5

In GOP, survival means allowing Trump’s election lie to live on: While many Republican lawmakers have acknowledged the reality of President Joe Biden’s win, a number still twist themselves into political knots to avoid saying he won fairly. Party leaders say they don’t want to re-litigate the election, but their allegiance to Donald Trump means they can’t escape his focus on the past.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-republicans-defections-a/analysis-exodus-of-republican-voters-tired-of-trump-could-push-party-further-right-idUSKBN2AI1XC

Capitol riot fuels debate over domestic terror laws: The White House’s focus on rising domestic extremism has sparked a debate over whether the U.S. needs new laws to fight it, with some groups concerned that such measures could lead to over surveillance of communities of color and infringe on First Amendment rights.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/553659-capitol-riot-fuels-debate-over-domestic-terror-laws

# Law Enforcement
Philadelphia: Remains of Children Murdered by Police in MOVE Arial Bombing ‘thrown in dumpster’: Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Dr.
Thomas Farley resigned effective Wednesday. He made the announcement on the 36th anniversary of the bombing, which the city carried out against members of the Black liberation group MOVE.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/05/14/philadelphia-health-commissioner-resigns-after-mayor-learns-he-cremated-and-disposed-of-1985-move-bombing-victims-remains/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who is embroiled in a federal sex trafficking investigation, will plead guilty to six charges in connection with the probe and cooperate with authorities, new court documents show.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/553596-greenberg-to-plead-guilty-to-six-counts-including-child-sex

Fed screws tighten on Gaetz probe. The U.S. Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section also continues to interview potential witnesses who could provide prosecutors with evidence against Gaetz.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/13/key-player-in-federal-probe-into-gaetz-set-to-plead-guilty-488045

# LGBTQ
NYC Pride Bans Gay Cop Group From Next Year’s Parade. The move comes as some LGBTQ activists have pushed to exclude law enforcement groups as a stand against police brutality.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nyc-pride-bans-gay-cop-group-from-next-years-parade

# Media
The White House communicated its concerns to Israel over an airstrike launched in Gaza that destroyed a building that housed several news organizations, including The Associated Press.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/553701-white-house-says-safety-of-journalists-is-paramount-after-gaza

U.S. tells Israel to ensure safety of journalists after Gaza strike https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-tells-israel-ensure-safety-journalists-after-gaza-strike-2021-05-15/

Israel strikes Gaza home of Hamas leader, destroys AP office
https://apnews.com/article/israel-west-bank-gaza-middle-east-israel-palestinian-conflict-7974cc0c03897b8b21e5fc2f8c7d8a79

“Sean Hannity used to rule Fox. But in the post-Trump era, Tucker Carlson is king,”
https://act.moveon.org/go/153256?t=6&akid=297169%2E1195276%2ESnv9jH

“False news travels 6 times faster on Twitter than truthful news,” PBS NewsHour, March 9, 2018 https://act.moveon.org/go/153258?t=10&akid=297169%2E1195276%2ESnv9jH

Documentary filmmaker Shepard Ambellas risks it all in his action-packed investigation into the lockdown era. Find out what this journalist discovered the lockdowns are really for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQJ4Cs-cx0

Press advocates condemn Israeli missile strike on media building. The Associated Press, Al Jazeera and other press advocates condemned the Israeli airstrike on Saturday that blew up the building housing them and other media outlets.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/553706-press-advocates-condemn-israeli-missile-strike-on-media-building

# Medical / Health
Pharma-Backed Dark Money Group Attacks House Democrats’ Lower Drug Pricing Plan. The American Action Network is pouring millions into a TV, digital advertising and phone campaign attacking H.R. 3 https://truthout.org/articles/pharma-backed-dark-money-group-attacks-house-democrats-lower-drug-pricing-plan/

# Military / DOD
Shame: Active Duty Marine Major assaulted Police in Trump Coup Attempt:
Why the ‘civilian’ arrest warrant, and not a peep in the story about a Marine investigation. Normal procedure would have had all of this officer’s command dragged in for questioning to see who else might have been involved as active Trumpers.
https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/us-marine-officer-first-active-duty-military-charged-us-capitol-riot-2021-05-13/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-05-14

Voices, The Peoples News

May 14, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
The Gila River Indian Community innovates for a drought-ridden future.
Through partnerships and exchanges, the community is ensuring that its members have long-term access to their own resources while helping solve broader water supply problems.
https://medium.com/high-country-news/the-gila-river-indian-community-innovates-for-a-drought-ridden-future-c6ffba83bcf9

# Border / Immigration
He bought the land where he crossed into the US illegally. Now he’s offering it up for other immigrants to do the same.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/border-crossing-landowner-immigrant-mexico

Canadian Doctors Are Being Censored. By Ethan Yang On April 30th, 2021 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario put out a highly controversial statement regarding what it considers to be Covid misinformation.
https://ipolitics.ca/2021/03/09/concern-mounts-over-censorship-of-canadian-doctors/

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Blood expert says he found why some COVID-19 vaccines trigger rare clots.
https://bioethics.com/archives/56393

Bill Maher tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/553490-bill-maher-tests-positive-for-covid-19

Tucker Carlson Interviews Dr. Peter McCullough on Worldwide Conspiracy to Suppress Existing Drugs that Effectively Treat COVID Patients in Favor of “Vaccines”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/tucker-carlson-interviews-dr-peter-mccullough-on-worldwide-conspiracy-to-suppress-existing-drugs-that-effectively-treat-covid-patients-in-favor-of-vaccines/

CDC: Death Toll Following Experimental COVID Injections Now at 4,434 – More than 21 Years of Recorded Vaccine Deaths from VAERS https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-death-toll-following-experimental-covid-injections-now-at-4434-more-than-21-years-of-recorded-vaccine-deaths-from-vaers/

Coronavirus variants including B.1.617 have been linked to India’s surge in infections. This is what we know so far about how much of a threat they pose.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2021/05/06/indian-coronavirus-crisis-variant/?sh=6162378351cc

The pandemic stress-tested how the world produces evidence, and revealed all the flaws. Among them was a proliferation of clinical trials, some too small or poorly designed to be of much use.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01246-x

Scientists Demand New Inquiry Into COVID-19 Origins. “Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable,” reads a letter signed by 18 top researchers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scientists-call-for-deeper-investigation-into-covid-19-origin-11620928801

Faking the science: CDC greatly exaggerated risk of coronavirus transmission outdoors, bombshell report finds –That benchmark “seems to be a huge exaggeration,” as Dr. Muge Cevik, a virologist at the University of St. Andrews, said.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-risk-coronavirus-transmission-outdoors-greatly-exaggerated-report

# Economy / Trade
By turning care into infrastructure, Biden is the first president to take women’s economic plight seriously.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/caregiving-is-infrastructure-joe-biden/

# Employment / Labor
McDonald’s Workers to Strike for $15/Hour, Call Out Pay Raise That Benefits Just 5% of Branches https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/14/headlines/mcdonalds_workers_to_strike_for_15_hour_call_out_pay_raise_that_benefits_just_5_of_branches

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Multiple pipeline projects are emerging as flashpoints for the Biden administration as it balances clean energy targets and crucial fossil fuel infrastructure.
https://energynews.us/digests/pipelines-emerge-as-flashpoints-for-biden-energy-agenda/

Offshore wind developers have new confidence about their projects’
timelines following federal approval of Vineyard Wind, the country’s first utility-scale offshore wind project.
https://energynews.us/2021/05/13/vineyard-wind-approval-injects-fresh-optimism-into-offshore-wind-industry/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
2021 Update on Potential Release of GE Mosquitoes in Houston https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/08/20/epa-approves-release-of-gmo-mosquitoes-in-harris-county-what-has-to-happen-before-project-can-take-off/

Biden administration to repeal Trump rule aimed at curbing EPA’s power.
The Biden administration has moved to repeal a Trump-era regulation that it said weakened the government’s ability to curb air pollution https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/biden-administration-to-repeal-trump-rule-aimed-at-curbing-epas-power/

Inside the movement to clean up the world’s most toxic sites. A sprawling initiative identifies pollution hotspots so the communities affected by them can act.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/inside-the-movement-to-clean-up-the-worlds-most-toxic-sites/

The Great Plains prairie needs fire to survive. These ranchers are bringing it back Regular fires are essential for protecting what remains of the grasslands from a stealthy invader: trees.
https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/environment/article/great-plains-prairie-needs-fire-to-survive-these-ranchers-are-bringing-it-back

Deepening drought triggers historic near-shutdown of the Klamath project. For the first time since the federal Klamath water management project in Southern Oregon was opened in 1907, the main canal supplying water to irrigators will remain closed this season.
https://www.ijpr.org/environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-05-12/deepening-drought-triggers-historic-near-shutdown-of-the-klamath-project?_amp=true

Biden met with a group of 10 Republicans, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), where they discussed two of the biggest sticking points:
what is considered “infrastructure” and how to pay for a potential package.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/553439-senate-gop-to-give-biden-infrastructure-counteroffer-next-week?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=39135

Biden says he and GOP both “sincere about” seeking infrastructure compromise.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/553411-biden-says-he-and-gop-both-sincere-about-seeking-infrastructure

Courts can’t keep Columbia and Snake River salmon from the edge of extinction Despite support from tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Gov.
Kate Brown, a proposal to remove hydroelectric dams on the Lower Snake River has been opposed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and the state’s U.S. senators.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.17/endangered-species-courts-cant-keep-columbia-and-snake-river-salmon-from-the-edge-of-extinction

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Glyphosate doesn’t just kill plants. It harms beetles, too. The key ingredient in RoundUp is supposed to only kill plants, but new research suggests it also interrupts a symbiotic relationship in beetles.
https://www.popsci.com/science/roundup-glyphosate-harms-beetles/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Canada officially tosses plastic in the ‘toxic’ bin. The decision, which comes despite months of lobbying by Canada’s $28-billion plastics industry, paves the way for a proposed ban on some single-use items https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/13/news/canada-officially-tosses-plastic-toxic-bin

# Global Politics and other news
Hamas and Netanyahu Are Gambling Dangerously in Jerusalem. Forces in Israel and in Gaza are seeking to exploit the polarizing violence.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/hamas-and-netanyahu-are-gambling-dangerously-in-jerusalem

# Gov / Political
Trump Wrongly Jailed Him for Murder. Biden Won’t Let Him Go. “There is just a level of insanity from the government on this case that is just remarkable,” said Rachelle Barbour, Ameen’s federal defender in his now-dismissed extradition case.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wrongly-jailed-him-for-murder-bidens-still-holding-him

House Dems and Republicans Strike a Deal on a 1/6 Commission—But There’s One Big Catch, Will it subpoena Republican witnesses?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/house-dems-and-republicans-strike-a-deal-on-a-1-6-commission-but-theres-one-big-catch/

Democrats don’t trust GOP on 1/6 commission: ‘These people are dangerous’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540779-democrats-dont-trust-gop-on-1-6-commission-these-people-are-dangerous

Under International Law, Israel Isn’t Entitled to “Self-Defense” Against People Living Under Its Occupation. Biden is claiming that Israel’s war crimes against Palestinian civilians are justified in the name of “self-defense.”
https://truthout.org/articles/as-an-occupier-israel-isnt-entitled-to-self-defense-under-international-law/

Republicans Oppose Kristen Clarke for DOJ Job in Latest Attack on Voting Rights If she wins the vote, the longtime voting rights champion would be the first Black woman to hold the position.
https://truthout.org/video/republicans-oppose-kristen-clarke-for-doj-job-in-latest-attack-on-voting-rights/?amp

House GOP Replaces Cheney With Trump Fave Elise Stefanik. Stefanik insisted in a Friday press conference that the party was “working as one team”— despite their very public civil war.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/politics/liz-cheney-house-republicans-vote

Lawmakers reached an agreement on legislation to establish a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to review the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol ahead of an expected vote next week.
https://www.axios.com/january-6-commission-deal-6b1b41dd-b0c6-406d-824c-645a842c7b68.html

‘They Sent Everyone Home – Rebooted the System on Election Day’:| On November 30, 2020, Maricopa County elections witness Jan Bryant testified before the Arizona legislature. Jan said back on November 30, 2020, that Maricopa County officials did not run the election. Dominion employees John and Bruce did. Jan’s testimony might explain why Maricopa County officials do not have admin passwords or access to the Dominion voting machines. They never had them.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/sent-everyone-home-rebooted-system-election-day-arizona-elections-witness-jan-bryant-joins-steve-bannon-talk-maricopa-county-election/

‘Do whatever you want’: Software to manipulate totals found on voting machines, lawyer says. A lawyer fighting an election-fraud case in Antrim County, Michigan, has revealed that the voting machines there contained a software program that could have been used to manipulate vote totals.
https://www.wnd.com/2021/05/whatever-want-software-manipulate-totals-found-voting-machines-lawyer-says/

# Law Enforcement
Witness Says CA Cops Gave Driver ‘George Floyd Treatment’: “That was just a beat down in broad daylight,” one witness said.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/05/14/witnesses-allege-officers-in-beat-down-of-arrested-suspect/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Cop Assaulted at Capitol Riot Vents Fury at GOP’s ‘Bullsh*t’: Republican lawmakers made a series of laughably wrong claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection during a hearing on Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/politics/michael-fanone-us-capitol-riot-cnntv/index.html

# LGBTQ
U.S. Will Protect Gay And Transgender People Against Discrimination In Health Care Biden administration ends Trump-era rule, banning discrimination against transgender people in health care. “Everyone – including LGBTQ people – should be able to access health care, free from discrimination or interference, period.”
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995418963/u-s-will-protect-gay-and-transgender-people-against-discrimination-in-health-car

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
The Minnesota House of Representatives approved the majority leader’s marijuana legalization bill. Leaders in the Republican-controlled Senate have indicated they’re more interested in potentially expanding medical access and reducing possession penalties than they are in the expansive reform.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/minnesota-house-approves-marijuana-legalization-bill/

# Medical / Health
Missouri’s Voters Wanted Expanded Medicaid, But Governor Says It Won’t Happen https://khn.org/morning-breakout/missouris-voters-wanted-expanded-medicaid-but-governor-says-it-wont-happen/

‘Great Reset’ Mastermind Klaus Schwab Called for Implantable Microchips to Enforce Global Health Pass in 2016. World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab, who has exploited COVID-19 fear to push his dangerous “Great Reset” scheme, once called for a global health pass to be enforced by implantable microchip technology.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/flashback-great-reset-mastermind-klaus-schwab-called-for-implantable-microchips-to-enforce-global-health-pass-in-2016/

# Security
The eerie and unsolved case of the Jan. 6 pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC:
For four months, the FBI and reporters have been asking for information.
Anything they can use. Any kind of lead
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/rnc-dnc-pipe-bombs

# Social
Asian American adoptees are grappling with incomplete histories and cultural gatekeepers.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/asian-american-adoptees-connect-identity

# Sports
NFL accused of ‘systemic racism’ in handling Black ex-players’ brain injuries. The NFL is coming under growing pressure from critics who say its landmark 2015 concussion settlement treats ex-players differently based on race, making it more difficult for Black retirees to get payouts.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/553482-nfl-accused-of-systemic-racism-in-handling-black-ex-players-brain

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