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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-22

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Border / Immigration
DHS secretary says border is closed: ‘The message is quite clear, do not come’
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544201-dhs-secretary-the-message-is-quite-clear-do-not-come

DHS secretary blames Trump administration for current border crisis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544198-dhs-secretary-blames-trump-administration-for-current-border

President Biden’s secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, clashed Fox News host Chris Wallace over press access to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facilities where migrant children are housed before being transferred to Health and Human Services (HHS) housing.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544202-dhs-secretary-clashes-with-fox-host-over-press-access

GOP representative predicts 1 million migrants at the border by summertime. “It’s gonna get worse. It’s gonna get a lot worse springtime, summer, more and more come over,” Rep. Michael McCaul
(R-Texas) told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s ‘This Week.’
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544205-gop-representative-predicts-a-million-migrants-at-the-border-by

Biden Admin Inks $86M Deal to Put Migrants in Hotels: Hotels in border area states like Texas and Arizona will help host migrant families overnight, as part of a newly signed contract with a Texas company.
https://www.axios.com/ice-hotel-rooms-border-migrant-families-7682092b-952c-428e-ae3b-f8b2d4072c0a.html

A new temporary overflow facility for unaccompanied migrant children is opening in Pecos and may potentially house 2,000 youths.
https://www.kxan.com/border-report/new-overflow-facility-in-west-texas-may-house-2000-unaccompanied-migrant-children/

# CoronaVirus
U.S. AstraZeneca Study Shows Vaxx Totally Stops Severe COVID. The findings will now be sent to the Food and Drug Administration to support an emergency authoritzation application.
https://us.cnn.com/2021/03/22/health/astrazeneca-vaccine-efficacy-us-based-clinical-trial/index.html

Kent Taylor, the 65-year-old founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse chain, died by suicide after battling ongoing “long COVID” symptoms that included unbearable tinnitus.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/21/texas-roadhouse-ceo-kent-taylor-commits-suicide-amid-covid-battle/

Israelis Cry Out to the World to Stop Mandatory COVID Injections as Lawsuit is Filed in International Criminal Court Over Nuremberg Code Violation https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/israelis-cry-out-to-the-world-to-stop-mandatory-covid-injections-as-lawsuit-is-filed-in-international-criminal-court-over-nuremberg-code-violation/

Moderna expects to rake in $18.4bn (£13bn) of sales from its coronavirus vaccine this year, marking a huge turnaround in the fortunes of the US biotech firm.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/25/moderna-forecasts-18bn-in-sales-of-covid-vaccine-this-year

Doubting the dose, what the science says about 7 common COVID-19 vaccine myths No, the vaccine development process didn’t cut corners, even though it happened in record time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90614102/what-the-science-says-about-7-common-covid-19-vaccine-myths

Studies suggest COVID-19 may cause hearing loss https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/studies-suggest-covid-19-may-cause-hearing-loss/

Since the pandemic began, advocates and congressional leaders have been raising concerns about the safety of incarcerated people in federal prisons and questioned the management and policies of the Bureau of Prisons.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/prisons-coronavirus-biden

Pandemic whistleblower: we need a non-political way to track viruses.
Rick Bright exposed former president Donald Trump’s political meddling.
Now he’s spearheading a privately funded initiative to rapidly contain coronavirus variants and other outbreaks.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00760-2

# Economy / Trade
Our Taxes Subsidize as Much as 74 Cents of Every Dollar Donated by a Billionaire. Our system subsidizes the “generous” donations of billionaires in the form of lost tax revenue.
https://truthout.org/articles/our-taxes-subsidize-as-much-as-74-cents-of-every-dollar-donated-by-a-billionaire/

The Biden administration is preparing a massive spending proposal on infrastructure and other domestic priorities like child care and drug costs that could put fights over hot-button issues like climate change and taxes front and center.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544400-white-house-eyes-sweeping-3t-spending-proposal

# Education / Schools
Biden reverses Devos cruelty with MAJOR change https://www.ajc.com/news/bidens-education-department-will-move-fast-to-reverse-devos-policies/WBJTNVJGEFFJLF45C6D3DBD2II/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals The coal plant next door: Near America’s largest coal-fired power plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill.
https://www.propublica.org/article/coal-ash-georgia-power

Why frack wastewater injected underground doesn’t always stay there.
Consider porous sandstone, which has tiny spaces in the rock. Liquid under high pressure like fracking wastewater can find spaces in the sandstone and travel underground. And if the wastewater meets a well, it can rush up to the surface.
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/why-frack-wastewater-injected-underground-doesnt-always-stay-there/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Line 3: Stopping the Next Big Climate Threat Crossing the U.S.-Canada Border https://www.ecowatch.com/enbridge-line-3-climate-threat-2651088475.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global He tried to save a rare parrot. It cost him his life. Armed groups and criminals are targeting environmentalists as Colombia’s moment of shaky peace slips away.
https://www.pehalnews.in/he-tried-to-save-a-rare-parrot-it-cost-him-his-life/636050/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Supreme Court Case on Farmworker Protections Could End Up Harming All Regulation. A legion of well-funded right-wing think tanks is leading the charge to dismantle these protections.
https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-case-on-farmworker-protections-could-end-up-harming-all-regulation/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Biden Pushes Colombia to Restart Glyphosate Spraying Program. After a six-year halt, Colombia plans to restart the toxic aerial spraying of glyphosate on coca crops as early as next month—drawing “most welcome”
support from U.S.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/20/biden-pushes-colombia-restart-glyphosate-spraying-program

# Gov / Political
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have effectively hit the pause button on two potentially competitive Senate races that could help determine which party controls the upper chamber through the next presidential election.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/544088-johnson-grassley-indecision-freezes-key-senate-races

Former Top Capitol Riot Prosecutor: Maybe Trump Is Culpable: The federal prosecutor who initially led the Justice Department’s inquiry into the Jan. 6 insurrection has spoken about what might happen next.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/21/politics/capitol-riot-prosecutor-michael-sherwin-donald-trump/index.html

Democrats are warning they won’t tolerate GOP stonewalling as they try to make good on their pledge to enact a “bold” agenda and avoid Obama-era missteps https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/544117-democrats-vow-to-go-bold-with-or-without-gop

Texas Republicans begin pursuing new voting restrictions as they work to protect their hold on power. Hearings are set to begin today on the first major bill in a push by Republican lawmakers to further tighten the state’s already restrictive voting rules and raise new barriers for some voters.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/22/texas-republicans-voting-restrictions/

D.C. Statehood Bill, Supported by Majority of Americans, to Get Hearing on Monday.
A recent poll shows that 54 percent of Americans back making Washington, D.C. the 51st state in the U.S.
https://truthout.org/articles/dc-statehood-bill-supported-by-majority-of-americans-to-get-hearing-on-monday/

Trump ramps up activities, asserts power within GOP: Former President Trump is reemerging on the political scene after a months-long hiatus and Trump world insiders expect him to ramp up his activity even more as the midterm elections get closer.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544382-trump-ramps-up-activities-asserts-power-within-gop

How Right-Wing Dark Money Is Trying to Kneecap the Biden DOJ. A shadowy group is fighting DOJ appointees Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke. Their crime? Their desire to use their skills to defend Americans’ right to vote.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-right-wing-dark-money-is-trying-to-kneecap-the-biden-doj

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
6-Year-Old Texas Girl Shot Dead Over Clogged Toilet. The murder comes days after the girl’s four cousins were killed in a car crash.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article250103139.html

Kentucky Mom Charged With Murder After Toddler’s Fentanyl OD. The 2-year-old died after taking the drug, which he allegedly found in his mother’s purse, while she was sleeping.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article250080659.html

Cops Failed ‘Nationwide’ During George Floyd Protests: An analysis of nine after-action reviews concludes police were “poorly trained, heavily militarized and stunningly unprepared” for the scale of the protests after Floyd’s death.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/04/george-floyd-protests-riots-rebellion

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Can Merrick Garland Uncover Trump’s Role in the Capitol Riot? The ongoing federal criminal inquiry is the most promising route to the truth.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-leader-ag-trump-capitol-riot-probe/story?id=76087308

DOJ Official Says Trump, Capitol Breach Attackers May Be Charged With Sedition Sedition is defined as conspiring to “overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States.”
https://truthout.org/articles/doj-official-says-trump-capitol-breach-attackers-may-be-charged-with-sedition/

# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) said she will call lawmakers into a special session this month to work on marijuana legalization after the Senate failed to act on a House-passed cannabis bill by Saturday’s end of the regular session.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-mexico-governor-plans-special-session-on-marijuana-as-legalization-bill-stalls-on-final-stretch/

Democratic members of Congress are pushing back against the Biden administration’s move to fire or otherwise punish White House staffers over past marijuana use.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-related-firings-in-biden-white-house-represent-antiquated-response-congressman-says/

# Medical / Health
Progressives Demand Repeal of Paygo Law as Automatic Medicare Cuts Loom.
Statutory Paygo requires deficit spending to be offset by cuts to government programs. The leadership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus is calling for permanent repeal of a notorious 2010 law that is threatening to inflict deep, automatic cuts to Medicare and other safety net programs following passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan earlier this month.
https://truthout.org/articles/progressives-demand-repeal-of-paygo-law-as-automatic-medicare-cuts-loom/

20 Rural Hospitals Closed in 2020. 13 Were in the South. The closures will leave many rural communities without their primary employer and main economic infrastructure.
https://truthout.org/articles/20-rural-hospitals-closed-in-2020-13-were-in-the-south/

# Military / DOD
Jockeying over defense funding is heating up amid expectations President Biden will request an essentially flat Pentagon budget for next year.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/544126-battle-heats-up-over-pentagon-spending-plans

# Social
This is where 150 years of ignoring anti-Asian racism got us. For so long, we’ve thought keeping our heads down and being invisible in America might help us gain acceptance, but the recent wave of racist violence has shattered that myth.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/asian-american-invisible-hate-crimes

# Technology
President Biden is coming under increasing pressure from lawmakers and other officials to nominate a White House cyber czar as the government starts formulating its response to two major foreign cyberattacks.
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/544124-biden-under-growing-pressure-to-nominate-cyber-czar?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37748

# Water
Trump rule imperils more than 40,000 waterways. More than 70% of U.S.
waterways reviewed under a controversial Trump-era rule could be permanently damaged. Wetlands and streams that are not given federal protections can be damaged and destroyed forever, along with their abilities to sequester carbon and protect downstream water quality.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063727993

Massachusetts has awarded $3 million in grants to 17 public water supply systems to support efforts to address elevated levels of so-called PFAS https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/03/21/massachusetts-awards-3m-to-towns-to-fight-water-pollution

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-21

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Murder Hornet season is coming: Scientists worried about honey bees ask public for help https://www.ecowatch.com/murder-hornet-season-honey-bees-2651148157.html

# Border / Immigration
Biden admin considering flying Latin American migrants to states near Canadian border: It is not clear whether CBP will be able to provide warmer clothing for families https://nypost.com/2021/03/19/biden-admin-weighs-flying-migrants-to-canadian-border-amid-surge/

Biden administration limits what Border Patrol can share with media about migrant surge at border. Restrictions on what border agents can share with the media were passed down verbally, say officials.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/543608-border-patrol-prevented-from-talking-to-media-report

House OKs path to citizenship for millions, including ‘Dreamers’
https://nypost.com/2021/03/18/house-oks-path-to-citizenship-for-millions-including-dreamers/

# CoronaVirus
1,739 DEAD as CDC Adds Another 200+ Recorded Deaths this Week Following COVID Experimental “Vaccines”
https://www.algora.com/Algora_blog/2021/03/19/1739-dead-as-cdc-adds-another-200-recorded-deaths-this-week-following-covid-experimental-vaccine-s

Animal Testing Is Useless for Determining COVID Vaccine Effectiveness in Humans The future of vaccine development must move away from ineffective animal testing and focus on human biology.
https://truthout.org/articles/animal-testing-is-useless-for-determining-covid-vaccine-effectiveness-in-humans/

Can we fight COVID-19 without animal testing?
https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/can-we-fight-covid-19-without-animal-testing/

Scientists Worldwide Work to Fight COVID-19 Without Hurting Animals https://www.peta.org/blog/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-non-animal-tests/

Professor Resigns from Israel’s COVID Vaccine Committee Over Decision to Vaccinate Pregnant Women https://hfaculty.news/professor-resigns-from-israels-covid-vaccine-committee-over-decision-to-vaccinate-pregnant-women/

Coroner calls for audit as people who recovered 9 months ago counted as COVID deaths https://thefreethoughtproject.com/coroner-calls-for-audit-as-people-who-recovered-9-months-ago-counted-as-covid-deaths/

Prosecutors launch manslaughter investigation in Italy as teacher dies hours after getting AstraZeneca vaccine https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/italy-opens-manslaughter-case-teacher-140353740.html

Italy Seizes Nearly 400K AstraZeneca Doses, Starts Investigation After Man Dies Following Shot
https://www.newsweek.com/italy-seizes-nearly-400k-astrazeneca-doses-starts-investigation-after-man-dies-following-shot-1576560

Like it or not, vaccine passports are coming soon to an airport near you https://fortune.com/2021/03/19/covid-vaccine-passports-coming-soon-airport-near-you/

China Demands to be in Charge of Global ‘Vaccine Passport’ System https://theohiostar.com/2021/03/15/china-demands-to-be-in-charge-of-global-vaccine-passport-system/

Fully Vaccinated People Testing Positive for COVID – So How Does the “Benefit” of Experimental Vaccines “Outweigh the Risk”? This “fact sheet” (one exists for each experimental COVID shot on the FDA.gov
website) is supposed to be given to everyone before receiving one of the experimental shots. It clearly states that this is not an approved vaccine, that it “may not protect everyone,” and that “the duration of protection against COVID-19 is currently unknown.”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/fully-vaccinated-people-testing-positive-for-covid-so-how-does-the-benefit-of-experimental-vaccines-outweigh-the-risk/

12 Times Simone Gold and the Frontline Doctors Misled You About the
COVID-19 Vaccine
https://medshadow.org/frontline-doctors/

# Economy / Trade
GOP picks fight over states’ rights in coronavirus relief. Republicans are aiming to stir up a legal battle over Biden’s pandemic relief bill, targeting a provision in the American Rescue Plan they say is an unconstitutional infringement on states’ ability to devise their own tax policies.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/544111-gop-picks-fight-over-states-rights-in-coronavirus-relief

# Employment / Labor
Garment Workers Win $22 Billion in Historic Victory Against Wage Theft.
PayUp is one of the most successful labor rights campaigns in the fashion industry in modern times.
https://truthout.org/articles/garment-workers-win-22-billion-in-historic-victory-against-wage-theft/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals As Oil Demand Rebounds, Nations Will Need to Make Big Changes to Meet Paris Goals, Report Says https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18032021/oil-demand-surge-coronavirus-pandemic-paris-agreement/

Al Gore Describes a ‘Well-Known Playbook’ That Fossil Fuel Companies Employ to Win Community Support. The former vice president said the Byhalia Pipeline that would run through Black neighborhoods in Southwest Memphis poses a threat to the city’s water supply.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17032021/qa-al-gore-describes-a-well-known-playbook-that-fossil-fuel-companies-employ-to-win-community-support/

Texas Public Utility Commission Chair Resigns After Leaked Call Shows Effort to Help Banks Keep Overcharges https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/wall-street-profited-off-texas-blackouts/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
About 10.3 million people were displaced by climate change-induced events such as flooding and droughts in the last six months https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/17/climate-crisis-displaced-over-10-million-people-past-six-months-red-cross

Long-lost Core Drilled to Prepare Ice Sheet to Hide Nuclear Missiles Holds Clues About a Different Threat. Plant remnants frozen beneath
4,000 feet of ice show that most of Greenland’s ice sheet melted about 1 million years ago, in a climate like today’s.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15032021/ice-core-greenland-ice-sheet-climate-change/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
The global pollination ‘trade’ reveals how crucial biodiversity is to food security Pollinators underpin the global food trade, and that makes rich nations highly dependent on conservation measures in tropical countries.
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/03/the-global-pollination-trade-reveals-how-crucial-biodiversity-is-to-food-security/

How Dirt Could Help Save the Planet: Farming practices that retain carbon in the soil, or return it there, would limit both erosion and climate change https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/how-dirt-could-help-save-planet

# Global Politics and other news
Putin Challenges Biden to a Live Publicly Broadcast Discussion; Russia Ups Challenge After Biden Silent
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-reaction/putin-offers-biden-public-talks-after-u-s-president-says-he-thinks-he-is-a-killer-idUSKBN2BA0S1

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi crown prince ‘served with lawsuit’ accusing him of kidnap and assassination. Lawyers for the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi say they have served the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a legal complaint – allowing proceedings against the Saudi royal to proceed.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jamal-khashoggi-mbs-murder-lawsuit-served-b1819922.html

Iraq Confirms Withdrawal of US Troops: All U.S. troops still stationed in Iraq are to leave the country, confirmed Iraqi President Barham Salih, after a decision adopted by the Iraqi Parliament.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Iraq-Confirms-Withdrawal-of-US-Troops–20210319-0019.html

# Gov / Political
President Biden is facing serious challenges as he grapples with the border crisis and confronts racial turmoil and domestic extremism in a country that has been torn apart by cultural differences.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544125-new-challenges-emerge-for-biden-after-strong-start

Biden condemns anti-Asian violence, ‘ugly poison’ of racism. President Biden called on Americans to unite against hate and racism, condemning the rise in attacks against Asian Americans and the recent shootings in Atlanta during a trip to the area Friday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544114-biden-condemns-anti-asian-violence-ugly-poison-of-racism

Caught-Bought: Kentucky suffers as Oil Deal between McConnell and accused Russian Mobster-Murderer comes to light. Trump gave Russia the White House but Russia had to share with China as both paid off Mitch https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/19/caught-bought-kentucky-suffers-as-oil-deal-between-mcconnell-and-accused-russian-mobster-murderer-comes-to-light/

Lindsey Graham Vows to Filibuster Voting Rights Bill Until He Collapses.
Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News that he “would talk ’til I fell over”
if Democrats revive the talking filibuster.
https://truthout.org/articles/lindsey-graham-vows-to-filibuster-voting-rights-bill-until-he-collapses/

US ties with Russia, China sink as Biden toes tough lines. Moscow and Beijing both fired back, setting the stage for months, if not more, of escalating tensions that are unlikely to be resolved without intense discussions at the leadership level and major concessions from all sides.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-russia-vladimir-putin-china-national-security-550deda11d43e6bb7c1a8230ee8917ed

U.S. Aggressiveness Will Accelerate Its Demise. U.S. hostility is not restricted to Russia and China.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2021/03/us-aggressiveness-will-accelerate-its-demise.html

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Former daughter-in-law of Trump Org CFO spoke ‘multiple times’ with Manhattan DA office over financial probe. Jennifer Weisselberg told NBC that Allen Weisselberg likely has the most complete understanding of the organization’s financial workings.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/543984-ex-daughter-in-law-of-trump-org-cfo-has-spoken-multiple-times-with-manhattan-da

The one weird court case linking Trump, Clinton, and a billionaire pedophile A woman suing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring claims she was first approached while working as a towel girl at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/jeffrey-epstein-trump-lawsuit-sex-trafficking-237983

Trump Vindicated as Judge Rules Michigan Secretary of State Violated Election Laws https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/judge-rules-michigan-sec-state-broke-law-absentee-ballot
The court’s conclusion:
https://www.scribd.com/document/498855479/Genetski-v-Benson-No-20-216-MM-in-the-Court-of-Claims-for-the-State-of-Michigan

# Nuclear / Radiation
The Terrifying $1.2 Trillion Plan That Could Kill 90% of Humanity. The US will soon review its nuclear weapons programme. Should it spend $1.2 Trillion extending & updating it?
https://www.doubledown.news/watch/2021/16/march/a-12-trillion-plan-could-kill-90-stephen-fry

# Other News
Spectators from abroad will be barred from the Tokyo Olympics when they open in four months, the IOC and local organizers said Saturday.
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31098579/spectators-abroad-barred-tokyo-olympics

U.S. charges Proud Boys with conspiracy in Capitol assault that turned deadly
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-03-19/us-charges-proud-boys-with-conspiring-to-impede-congress-on-january-6

# Space
Government Accountability Office to review decision to move Space Command out of Colorado. The decision to select Huntsville, Ala., was announced in mid-January. The GAO announced Friday that it will carry out a review.
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/03/19/us-space-command-relocation-review/

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Affairs chief orders probe into health records system at Spokane VA Medical Center https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/mar/19/veterans-affairs-chief-orders-probe-into-health-re/

Doctors found jet fuel in veteran’s lungs; he can’t get full benefits https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/21/doctors-found-jet-fuel-veterans-lungs-he-cant-get-full-benefits.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-18

Voices, The Peoples News

March 18, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
This endangered bird lost its song in Australia. New generations of a critically endangered species of songbird are failing to learn the tunes they need for courtship. It could lead to extinction https://www.ecowatch.com/endangered-bird-losing-song-2651115111.html

# Border / Immigration
NGOs Shocked at U.S. ‘Horrendous’ Response to Migrant Surge. “The idea that DHS, which has $49 billion budget, can’t figure this out, to me, is the wrong conversation,” said Paola Luisi, of Families Belong Together https://www.thedailybeast.com/ngos-shocked-at-us-horrendous-response-to-migrant-surge

The Biden administration shuttered a migrant tent camp in Mexico that was created under a Trump policy. Immigration advocates praised the move, but the closure adds to growing confusion over which migrants are let in or left out.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/18/asylum-mexico-border-migrants/

Border surge scrambles Senate immigration debate. President Biden’s pledge to tackle immigration reform is running into a Senate buzzsaw, as upheaval at the border creates new gridlock in Washington.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/543751-border-surge-scrambles-senate-immigration-debate

Crisis at the Border: 13,000 “Kids in Cages” as Illegal Immigration on Track to Increase More than the Past 20 Years. What these news reports are NOT reporting, is how can all these children be coming across the border without their parents? And where are they going? The buying and selling of children is one of the largest markets in the world today, and the #1 destination is the United States.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/crisis-at-the-border-13000-kids-in-cages-as-illegal-immigration-on-track-to-increase-more-than-the-past-20-years/

House passes bill providing path to citizenship for Dreamers https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543891-house-passes-bill-providing-path-to-citizenship-for-dreamers

# CoronaVirus
The Only Company That Makes COVID Swabs Has Some Major Drama. The owners “no longer speak, no longer make joint decisions, and are essentially unable even to be in the same room together.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-03-18/covid-test-swab-company-puritan-faces-family-feud?srnd=premium

14 States Have Recorded Alarming Virus Spikes This Week: The worst acceleration of infections has been recorded in Michigan, but Delaware, Montana, Alabama, and West Virginia have also seen alarming increases.
https://apnews.com/article/0468a60b64947879926d2a16e45c00ee

# Economy / Trade
February’s winter storm that generated massive power outages across Texas also led to chemical plant shutdowns, many remain offline. That’s caused a shortage of materials needed to make everything from auto parts to smartphones.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-week-texas-freeze-seen-triggering-monthslong-plastics-shortage-11615973401

Treasury says state tax cuts OK if separated from virus aid so long as they use their own funds to offset those cuts.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-janet-yellen-missouri-tigers-mens-basketball-laws-726254db3ed675ee361e1a9d367b7e8b

IRS postpones April 15 U.S. tax deadline to May 17. Individual taxpayers can also postpone federal income tax payments for the 2020 tax year due on April 15, 2021, to May 17, 2021, without penalties and interest, regardless of the amount owed. This postponement applies to individual taxpayers, including individuals who pay self-employment tax. Penalties, interest and additions to tax will begin to accrue on any remaining unpaid balances as of May 17, 2021. Individual taxpayers will automatically avoid interest and penalties on the taxes paid by May 17.
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/tax-day-for-individuals-extended-to-may-17-treasury-irs-extend-filing-and-payment-deadline#:~:text=Individual%20taxpayers%20can%20also%20postpone,who%20pay%20self%2Demployment%20tax

The Single Most Dramatic Driver of Our Country’s Economic Divide: The Growing Gap Between CEO and Worker Pay. Excessive CEO pay is a problem that affects all of us.
While working families are suffering under the pandemic, corporate boards have bent the rules to protect massive CEO paychecks.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/18/single-most-dramatic-driver-our-countrys-economic-divide-growing-gap-between-ceo

# Education / Schools
Texas law doesn’t require public schools to have full-time nurses, and many don’t. A state lawmaker is pushing to require all districts to employ at least one full-time nurse per school and keep a ratio of at least one full-time nurse for every 750 students enrolled.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/18/texas-school-nurses-coronavirus/

# Employment / Labor
‘Poverty Is Killing Us’: Progressive Caucus Uses White House Meeting to Push Biden on $15 Wage. “The fight for at least $15 is a matter of life and death in St. Louis,” said Rep. Cori Bush.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/mar/10/joe-biden-covid-coronavirus-relief-bill-congress-george-floyd-derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Twenty-one states, led by Texas and Montana, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Biden administration for revoking a permit for the long-disputed Keystone XL pipeline.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2021/03/17/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-biden-administration-demanding-reinstatement-of-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit/

Lawmakers Urge Biden to Block Massive Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley “This disastrous project is an affront to environmental justice and contrary to your goals to reduce pollution in frontline communities.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/17/lawmakers-urge-biden-block-massive-petrochemical-complex-cancer-alley

Enbridge Line 3 Pauses Work Temporarily. Nearly 50 percent of the controversial 337-mile pipeline has been completed despite several lawsuits.
https://truthout.org/articles/enbridge-line-3-pauses-work-temporarily/

21 States Sue Biden in Attempt to Revive Keystone Pipeline. Construction on the Keystone XL pipeline was terminated by President Biden the same day he was sworn into office.
https://truthout.org/articles/21-states-sue-biden-in-attempt-to-revive-keystone-pipeline/

GRID AT RISK: Distribution systems within the U.S. electrical grid are increasingly vulnerable to cyberattack, a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday.
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-81.pdf

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Rivers across the US are losing flow to aquifers http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/45469/20210318/research-shows-how-rivers-across-the-us-are-losing-its-flow-to-aquifers.htm

Ocean areas that, if strongly protected, would help solve climate, food and biodiversity crises https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210317141645.htm

Synthetic biology startup Allonnia cleans pollution with engineered microbes A startup that uses synthetic biology to clean up pollution is taking on a $20 million funding round, Axios has learned.
https://www.axios.com/allonnia-synthetic-biology-bioremediation-pollution-ffbbaedd-810e-43b0-9497-11429f8ecc4a.html

Ocean trawling doesn’t just destroy ecosystems. It also releases massive emissions https://www.zmescience.com/science/ocean-trawling-doesnt-just-destroy-ecosystems-it-also-releases-massive-emissions/

Environmentalists Seek Climate Action in U.S. Infrastructure Bill https://www.ecowatch.com/us-infrastructure-climate-change-2651116642.html

Youth Activists in Over 800 Cities Worldwide Gear Up for Friday’s Climate Strike The climate crisis is an existential threat that requires as much urgent action as COVID-19, youth activists say.
https://truthout.org/articles/youth-activists-in-over-800-cities-worldwide-gear-up-for-fridays-climate-strike/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
The WHO and FAO interim guidelines on COVID-19 and food safety are flawed, according to one expert who is hoping a planned update will solve the problem.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/03/expert-says-covid-19-guidance-from-fao-and-who-is-misleading/

CFIA warns consumers about certain apricot kernel products that may cause cyanide poisoning https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/03/cfia-warns-consumers-about-certain-apricot-kernel-products-that-may-cause-cyanide-poisoning/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Singapore plans bill to manage food safety risks; posts updates on outbreaks https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/03/singapore-plans-bill-to-manage-food-safety-risks-posts-updates-on-outbreaks/

# Gov / Political
‘Hijacking of Democracy in Plain Sight’: Georgia GOP Transforms 2-Page Bill Into 93-Page Assault on Voting Rights https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/18/hijacking-democracy-plain-sight-georgia-gop-transforms-2-page-bill-93-page-assault

Georgia GOP Jams 91 New Pages Into Voter Suppression Bill an Hour Before Meeting. Among the new proposals is a “challenger law,” which in some states has been used to block oppressed groups from voting.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-gop-jams-91-new-pages-into-voter-suppression-bill-an-hour-before-meeting/

The Filibuster Should Be Abolished or Make Senators Pay a Price for Keeping It Letting senators block bills in secret is anti-democratic and it needs to end.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/18/filibuster-should-be-abolished-or-make-senators-pay-price-keeping-it

Rep. Meng Rips GOP for Putting ‘Bullseye’ on Asian Americans. “This hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our community and to find solutions! We will not let you take our voice away from us!” Meng emotionally declared.
https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/rep-grace-meng-accuses-trump-and-republicans-of-putting-a-bullseye-on-the-back-of-asian-americans-across-this-country/articleshow/81574482.cms

Arizona Is Rolling Back Voting Rights, and Kyrsten Sinema Is Refusing to Stop It Voting advocates are frustrated that the Democratic senator won’t end the filibuster to protect ballot access.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/arizona-is-rolling-back-voting-rights-and-kyrsten-sinema-is-refusing-to-stop-it/

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
Federal Agents Arrest Heavily Armed Man Outside Residence of VP Kamala Harris https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/03/heavily-armed-man-arrested-outside-house-of-vp-kamala-harris/

Cop Who Threw Black Girl in School Still Playing the Victim. The SXSW doc ‘Spring Valley’ revisits a South Carolina school resource officer who dragged a Black teen from her desk and examines how cops in schools can create a prison pipeline.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/school-officer-who-slammed-black-teen-to-ground-in-viral-video-still-thinks-hes-the-victim

Houston police shoot 1-year-old child in the head while pursuing robbery suspect “My son has been fighting every day for his life. He’s struggling to breathe on his own. My baby didn’t deserve it. I miss my son. I want him to be back the way he used to be.”
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/baby-injured-hpd-shooting-skull-removal-attorney-16029057.php

The FBI released new footage of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, asking the public for help identifying rioters who assaulted police officers during the insurrection.
https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/washingtondc/news/press-releases/fbi-washington-field-office-releases-videos-of-assaults-on-officers-at-us-capitol-seeks-publics-help-to-identify-suspects

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Rahul Gupta, President Biden’s leading pick to be director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, oversaw the expansion of West Virginia’s medical marijuana program and has repeatedly touted cannabis’s health benefits.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/leading-candidate-for-bidens-drug-czar-embraced-marijuanas-health-and-economic-benefits/

# Medical / Health
Lab-created heart valves can grow with the recipient https://www.genengnews.com/news/hybrid-tissue-engineered-regen-med-heart-valve-can-grow-in-recipient/

As People Keep Dying, Can the President—Can We—Really Say ‘We Did Everything We Could’? As a nation, as a society, we’ve settled instead for half measures.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/18/people-keep-dying-can-president-can-we-really-say-we-did-everything-we-could

# Science
Scientists observe nanobots coordinating inside a living host for the first time. We’re talking swarms of millions of bots here.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/nanobots-coordinating-in-vivo-82637465/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-17

Voices, The Peoples News

March 17, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Bravo Packing Expands Dog and Cat Food Recall. Bravo Packing, Inc., of Carneys Point, New Jersey, is expanding its previously announced voluntary recall of two pet food products to now include all pet food and bones in all package sizes because they may be contaminated with disease-causing bacteria.
https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recall/bravo-packing-expands-recall/

# Border / Immigration
On immigration — please stay home: Biden urged migrants not to come to the U.S. In Biden’s words: “Don’t come over. Don’t leave your town or city or community.”
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/us-news/biden-urges-migrants-to-not-come-to-us-as-criticism-mounts-says-dont-leave-your-town.html
Biden’s full response: https://abcn.ws/2P2N6Ew

The House may vote this week on targeted immigration bills that would help “Dreamers” and farm workers. Those measures face an uncertain future in the Senate.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-congress/democratic-controlled-u-s-house-to-vote-thursday-on-citizenship-path-for-dreamers-idUSKBN2B817V

US Border Patrol Arrests 22 Wanted Fugitives at Texas Ports of Entry https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/12/cbp-arrests-22-fugitives-el-paso-west-texas-new-mexico-ports-entry/4673565001/

Four people matching terror watchlist arrested at border. Three of the people arrested were from Yemen and one was from Serbia.
https://www.axios.com/four-people-matching-terror-watchlist-arrested-at-border-86b44533-4aae-4b73-b509-0501c90c370a.html

# CoronaVirus
California Virus Strains Are Now ‘Variants of Concern’: The COVID-19 variants may be more transmissible, but the good news is that vaccines don’t appear to be significantly less effective against them.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/17/health/california-variants-of-concern-cdc/index.html
See also:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html

States dismantle COVID-19 safety protocols at our peril: The gusto of Reopening 2.0 already has epidemiologists bracing for a fourth gale of coronavirus.
https://www.ehn.org/states-dismantle-covid-19-safety-protocols-2651112016.html

Moderna Is Testing Its Covid-19 Vaccine on Young Children. Trial will involve children aged 6 months to 11 years
https://www.wsj.com/articles/moderna-is-testing-its-covid-19-vaccine-on-young-children-11615892416

Italy opens manslaughter case after teacher dies hours after getting AstraZeneca vaccine. Prosecutors in the northern Italian region of Piedmont opened the probe into his death later that day. They also seized nearly 400,000 shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the same batch.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/16/italian-teacher-dies-hours-after-getting-astrazeneca-vaccine/

Reports of Deaths After COVID Vaccines Up by 259 in 1 Week, CDC Data Show. Between Dec. 14, 2020, and Mar. 5, 2021, 31,079 reports of adverse events were submitted to VAERS, including 1,524 deaths, 5,507 serious injuries and 390 reports of Bell’s Palsy.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaers-reports-death-up/

Before COVID, Gates planned social media censorship of vaccine safety advocates with Pharma, CDC, Media, China and CIA –In October 2019, shortly before the COVID outbreak, Gates and other powerful individuals began planning how to censor vaccine safety advocates from social media during a table-top simulation of a worldwide pandemic, known as Event 201.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/before-covid-gates-planned-social-media-censorship-of-vaccine-safety-advocates-with-pharma-cdc-media-china-and-cia

Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s office was warned that ordering nursing homes to readmit residents recovering from COVID-19 would lead to unnecessary deaths, a new report reveals. But Murphy went ahead with implementing the order anyway.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coronavirus-new-jersey-governor-phil-murphy-nursing-home-patients-will-die

The next wave of vaccine developers are striking deals with producers and institutes in low and middle income countries.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41587-021-00001-x?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=fad63894c2-briefing-dy-20210317&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-fad63894c2-43812897

Report Finds a Third of COVID Deaths Tied to Lack of Insurance as Dems Reintroduce Medicare for All https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/17/headlines/report_finds_a_third_of_covid_deaths_tied_to_lack_of_insurance_as_dems_reintroduce_medicare_for_all

Sacklers Offer $4.3 Billion To Settle Claims Purdue Helped Cause Opioid Crisis https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2021/03/12/605038.htm

Child Suicide is Becoming an “International Epidemic” Amid Restricted Pandemic Life, Doctors Warn. The damage we’re inflicting on children is too devastating to be waved away in the name of public health—it’s quickly becoming an emergency in its own right.
https://fee.org/articles/child-suicide-is-becoming-an-international-epidemic-amid-restricted-pandemic-life-doctors-warn/

# Economy / Trade
The IRS is planning to extend the tax-filing deadline to mid-May, according to two top House Democrats.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/543673-irs-plans-to-extend-filing-deadline-to-mid-may-report

# Employment / Labor
Amazon Is Hiring Aggressive Firms to Bust Union Efforts. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos declined Bernie Sanders’s invitation to a Senate Budget Committee hearing on inequality today.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/03/amazon-intensifies-severe-effort-discourage-first-warehouse-union

Sanders Bill Would Hike Taxes on Big Corporations That Pay CEOs Over 50 Times More Than Median Worker. “Walmart, which pays its CEO nearly 1,000 times more than its average worker, would pay up to $855 million more in taxes.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/17/sanders-bill-would-hike-taxes-big-corporations-pay-ceos-over-50-times-more-median

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Texas’ last Public Utility Commission member resigns at Gov. Greg Abbott’s request https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/16/texas-public-utilty-commission-resignation/

Electricity repricing bill hits wall in House, marking first major schism with Senate this session. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the House “stood for big business.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/16/ercot-overbilling-legislature/

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick spars with last remaining Public Utility Commission member over readjusting energy prices during winter storm. The state’s energy grid operator overcharged power companies by roughly $3 billion after the winter storm — not $16 billion https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/11/ercot-texas-overcharge-16-billion/

Griddy Energy customers may be off the hook for exorbitant energy bills after company files bankruptcy. If approved, former Griddy customers might not have to pay their outstanding bills, some of which cost more than $15,000.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/16/griddy-bankruptcy-electricity-bills/

Some on Wall Street Profited off Texas Blackouts. In a Private Call, a Top Regulator Pledged He Would Try to Protect Their Windfall.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/wall-street-profited-off-texas-blackouts/

During February’s freeze in Texas, refineries and petrochemical plants released almost 4 million pounds of extra pollutants. The companies mounted their standard “affirmative defense,” and environmentalists doubt Texas regulators will hold them accountable https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-weather-texas-emissions/texas-freeze-led-to-release-of-tons-of-air-pollutants-as-refineries-shut-idUKL1N2KP03J

Dallas Fed: Biden regulations impact New Mexico worse than Texas in Permian Basin Anticipated federal policy changes to oil and gas leasing and permitting on federal lands “could shift oil production, prompting a realignment of Permian Basin activity between Texas and New Mexico.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/dallas-fed-biden-regulations-impact-new-mexico-worse-than-texas-in-permian-basin

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is seeking an exemption or waiver for New Mexico from one of the first executive orders issued by President Joe Biden that halted new oil and gas leasing on federal land.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_mexico/new-mexico-biden-oil-and-gas-ban-undermines-states-ability-to-safeguard-economy-environment/article_ccf628be-8655-11eb-91be-23e2707bd409.html

JPMorgan staff said a $1.1 billion deal might be corrupt. The bank sent the money anyway. Two giant energy companies were offering more than $1 billion to drill oil just off Nigeria’s coast. JPMorgan Chase had been asked to facilitate the 2011 payment.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwarren/jpmorgan-corruption-risk-nigeria-oil-deal

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Great Lakes algae catching microplastics. Researchers found that one type of algae, which has greatly expanded its range within the Great Lakes and is one of the most abundant algae by weight there, could catch up to one trillion pieces of microplastic in the Great Lakes.
https://www.ehn.org/great-lakes-plastic-algae-2651097829.html

Jackson mayor demands help After month-long water crisis amid pandemic, racism, broken infrastructure. The crisis in Jackson, which is 82 percent Black, highlights how climate catastrophe threatens much of the nation’s aging infrastructure.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/03/17/jackson-mayor-demands-help-after-month-long-water-crisis-amid-pandemic-racism-broken-infrastructure/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global The human right that benefits nature. More than 100 constitutions across the world have adopted a human right to a healthy environment, which is proving to be a powerful way to protect the natural world.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-how-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-environment-helps-nature

How one woman convinced a community to love a bad omen. An Indian biologist went door-to-door, listening and helping people develop livelihoods, to save an endangered species.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/03/15/india-species-conservation/?ct=t(RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN)

The victims of Agent Orange the U.S. has never acknowledged. America has never taken responsibility for spraying the herbicide over Laos during the Vietnam War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/magazine/laos-agent-orange-vietnam-war.html

Study finds Greenland ice-sheet has melted before, and it could again.
Researchers find million-year-old plants in frozen ice core.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/study-finds-greenland-ice-sheet-has-already-melted-before-and-it-could-again/

# Gov / Political
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned a string of shootings in Atlanta on Tuesday that police said appeared to target Asian women https://www.thedailybeast.com/blinken-condemns-murder-of-asian-women-in-string-of-atlanta-shootings

Tensions are reaching a boiling point in the Senate over the fate of the legislative filibuster as Democratic support grows for eliminating the procedural roadblock.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/543521-tensions-flare-over-senate-filibuster

Biden Wants the Filibuster to Remain in Place, But Says He Supports Reforming It Biden told ABC News he wants senators to be forced to stand up and speak during a filibuster, like “in the old days.”
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-wants-the-filibuster-to-remain-in-place-but-says-he-supports-reforming-it/

Making it easier to vote does not threaten election integrity. Simply put, tightening rules to prevent astronomically rare events of fraud is likely to cause far more harm than good.
https://theconversation.com/making-it-easier-to-vote-does-not-threaten-election-integrity-157007

Texas Republican leaders vows to fight ‘For the People’ election bill https://starlocalmedia.com/news/state/texas-republican-leaders-vows-to-fight-for-the-people-election-bill/article_18b12dfc-d2e1-54a3-af93-8a0deda6e53a.html

President Biden on Wednesday acknowledged concerns of Asian Americans following shootings at massage parlors in Atlanta but said he is waiting until the FBI completes its investigation to attribute a motive to the killer.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/17/atlanta-spa-shootings-president-biden-waiting-before-assigning-motive/4734680001/

People’s Action Statement on Anti-Asian and Gender-Based Violence https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/03/17/peoples-action-statement-anti-asian-and-gender-based-violence?cd-origin=rss

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
N.C. 64-Year-Old Planted Pipe Bombs Throughout City: Terry Lee Barham allegedly targeted a church, a government building, and a veterans’ lodge.
http://my40.tv/news/local/man-arrested-in-brevard-explosives-case

Brandon Clarke Gets 25 Years for Grisly Bianca Devins Murder. Brandon Clark posted photos to social media of the 19-year-old’s corpse.
https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2021/03/brandon-clark-sentenced-bianca-devins-mom-talks-about-indescribable-pain-of-teens-murder.html

# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
The National Cancer Institute published a series of posts about the wide use of medical cannabis and CBD and how federal policies limit research.
https://prevention.cancer.gov/news-and-events/blog/cannabis-and-cancer-part-1

Cannabis and Cancer, Part 1: Despite Lack of Evidence, Cannabis Products Widely Used
https://prevention.cancer.gov/news-and-events/blog/cannabis-and-cancer-part-1

# Medical / Health
Reproductive problems in both men and women are rising at an alarming rate A likely culprit is hormone-disrupting chemicals.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/reproductive-problems-in-both-men-and-women-are-rising-at-an-alarming-rate/

94% of older adults prescribed drugs that raise risk of falling. From 1999-2017, more than 7.8 billion fall-risk-increasing drugs were prescribed to older adults in the US, and deaths from falls doubled https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210316100647.htm

# Military / DOD
Trump admin insider reveals how US military sabotaged peace agreement to prolong Afghanistan war. Appointed in the final days of Trump’s presidency to remove all US troops from Afghanistan, Douglas Macgregor tells The Grayzone how military leadership undermined the withdrawal and pressured Trump to capitulate.
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/03/16/trump-us-military-peace-agreement-war-afghanistan/

# Social
Racist clauses in property deeds can’t be enforced, but still exist. A Texas bill would make it easier to remove them. Housing advocates say they appreciate the measure, but want to see more legislative action to overcome racial inequalities in the housing market.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/17/texas-property-deeds-racist-clause/

White-Supremacist Propaganda Was Out of Control in 2020: Some 5,125 cases of racist, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ, and other hateful messages were spread through physical flyers, stickers, and posters last year.
https://www.adl.org/white-supremacist-propaganda-spikes-2020

# Technology
Twitter Deletes QAnon to Protect US from Upheaval; Russia May Delete Twitter for the Same Reason. With American social media companies increasingly controlled by the national security state, Russia is considering bans on the likes of Twitter and YouTube.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/russia-considers-deleting-twitter-for-the-same-reason/276235/

# Water
America’s drinking water is surprisingly easy to poison. The cyberbreach at a plant in Oldsmar, Florida, which could have resulted in a mass poisoning, was a reminder of a disturbing reality: Despite a decade of warnings, thousands of water systems around the country are still at risk.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hacking-water-systems

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-16

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Tribal leaders respond to the idea of an Indigenous Interior secretary.
Members of Montana’s American Indian Caucus and tribal leaders from various organizations penned separate letters to members of Montana’s delegation, expressing their support of Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary.
https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2021/02/11/montana-tribal-leaders-support-deb-haaland-interior-secretary/6721240002/

# Border / Immigration
Biden searches for the immigration solutions he promised during his campaign against Trump as Republicans seek to ensure Biden takes the blame for a burgeoning crisis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/543285-border-crisis-threatens-bidens-political-momentum?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37610

The Biden administration will send thousands of migrant teenage boys to a Dallas convention center and a former oil field workers’ camp in Midland, an emergency measures officials are taking to alleviate extreme overcrowding at border facilities in South Texas.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/15/south-texas-border-facilities-overcrowded-dallas-midland/

Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads Congressional Call to End ICE Contracts with Local Jails https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/15/omar-leads-letter-urging-biden-end-ice-contracts-local-jails

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy Arrested After Missing Trial Over Mask Policy. Provocateur was at the courthouse to fight charges stemming from an incident in August, when he refused to leave the state Capitol building.
https://www.startribune.com/ammon-bundy-arrested-after-missing-trial-on-trespass-charge/600034677/

# CoronaVirus
Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after a number of countries paused their rollouts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56411561?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Binforadio%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

This is what we know about AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots This week, Germany joined France, Italy, and Spain in halting vaccinations with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, following reports of rare blood clots in people given the shots.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-blood-clots

Drug Lobby Asks Biden to Punish Foreign Countries Pushing for Low Cost Vaccines. The drug industry has sharply criticized any attempt to share vaccine patents or the technological knowledge needed to manufacture them, despite global need.
https://theintercept.com/2021/03/03/vaccine-coronavirus-big-pharma-biden/

Trump Tower Got Vax Through Program for Poorer Nabes: Ineligible employees received a jab and the hotel admits they organized it through a program intended to help hard-hit communities on Chicago’s south and west sides.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/16/trump-tower-vaccinated-staff-at-luxury-hotel-saying-it-was-part-of-program-meant-to-help-hard-hit-south-and-west-sides/

# Economy / Trade
Biden is planning the first major tax hike in almost 30 years. The move would represent the first major federal tax hike in nearly 30 years. The last significant tax increases were implemented in 1993 under the Clinton administration.
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-plans-major-federal-tax-increase-almost-3-decades-report-2021-3

Huge fight looms over raising taxes as President Biden looks for a way to pay for his agenda while Republicans are planning to dig in their heels ahead of the 2022 elections.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/543314-huge-fight-looms-over-raising-taxes

# Employment / Labor
440 Tesla Workers Tested Positive for Coronavirus After CEO Elon Musk Defied Plant Closure Order https://www.livemint.com/news/world/over-400-tesla-workers-tested-covid-positive-after-musk-reopened-plant-report-11615685645855.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Texas Senate scrambles to advance bill that would force ERCOT to reprice energy charges from winter storm https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/15/ERCOT-winter-storm-pricing/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Under Biden, the BLM backtracks on Hammond grazing permit. Days before their herd was set to return to public lands near Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, two fire-starting ranchers lose their grazing rights.
https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2021/02/new-administration-rescinds-grazing-permit-for-hammond-ranches-inc-day-after-environmental-advocates-filed-lawsuit.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Syria’s 10-year war has left a toxic environmental legacy. A forthcoming report shows how a decade of conflict has polluted rivers, destroyed crops and scorched forests.
https://time.com/5946800/syrian-war-environmental-impact/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
The global pollination ‘trade’ reveals how crucial biodiversity is to food security. Pollinators underpin the global food trade, and that makes rich nations highly dependent on conservation measures in tropical countries https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/03/the-global-pollination-trade-reveals-how-crucial-biodiversity-is-to-food-security/

A COVID Outbreak at a California Meatpacking Plant Started a Year Ago—and Never Went Away. Almost half of the workers at the Farmer John pork processing plant have been infected with the virus.
https://thefern.org/2021/03/at-california-pork-plant-confusion-and-safety-violations-as-covid-19-spread/

# Global Politics and other news
North Korea warned the United States not to “cause a stink” if it wants to “sleep in peace.” A statement by Kim Yo Jong, who is Kim Jong Un’s sister
https://apnews.com/article/lloyd-austin-seoul-antony-blinken-south-korea-north-korea-9ace712d14a96bfbe180e666e0d20612?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37610

# Gov / Political
NEO: America’s Despicable ‘Dark War’ on the Syrian People https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/15/neo-americas-despicable-dark-war-on-the-syrian-people/

Charles Booker Eyes Running Against Rand Paul by Building Urban-Rural Coalition Booker has launched Hood to the Holler, a group working to unite rural and urban Kentuckians around populist issues.
https://truthout.org/articles/charles-booker-eyes-running-against-rand-paul-by-building-urban-rural-coalition/

Cuomo Has Worked to Protect Himself, Not New York’s People, Says State Senator.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is refusing to step down despite growing calls for his resignation.
https://truthout.org/video/cuomo-has-worked-to-protect-himself-not-new-yorks-people-says-state-senator/

Biden’s Escalation of War on Syria Amid the Pandemic. Having just taken office amid a pandemic, the Biden administration quickly ordered an airstrike that dropped 1.75 tons of explosives on a town in Syria near the Iraq border, re-inflaming tensions between Washington and Damascus.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/vanessa-beeley-biden-war-against-syria-amid-pandemic/276129/

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
9 arrested in Polk County search for laced drug source. On Facebook, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office advises a dangerous trend of drug dealers and cartels cutting various drugs with fentanyl which is leading to death and or serious hospitalizations.
https://www.kltv.com/2021/03/15/arrested-polk-county-search-laced-drug-source/

The Violent Online Persona Tied to an Accused Proud Boy Cop. The brewing scandal shows officers remain deeply involved with some of the same right-wing groups that stormed the Capitol.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/violent-online-persona-tied-to-accused-proud-boy-cop-in-fresno-california

“Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a scathing warning to Democrats on Tuesday, amid growing pressure to nix the legislative filibuster.” https://bit.ly/38LuWyg

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Attorney General Merrick Garland faces press freedom cases and leftover First Amendment questions from the Trump years. One is a quirky situation that would effectively transform the new president’s Justice Department into Trump’s law firm in a private defamation case
https://www.lawfareblog.com/heres-merrick-garlands-orientation-memo-trump-era-hangover-press-freedom?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37610

Blockbuster/Exclusive: Two with ties to Israeli Intelligence Arrested in the Murder of Capitol Police Officer (updating)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-capitol-arrests/two-charged-for-pepper-spraying-police-officer-who-died-after-assault-on-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN2B7213

Can Cyrus Vance, Jr., Nail Trump? Insiders say that the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation has dramatically intensified since the former President left office.
https://outline.com/vw9HL6

FBI Lab Flaws Traced To 3,000 Cases: More than six years after the FBI crime laboratory was rocked by controversy, the Justice Department has identified about 3,000 criminal cases that could have been affected by flawed science and skewed testimony.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-lab-flaws-traced-to-3000-cases/

NAACP’s Trump Suit Delayed Amid Hunt for Mysterious ‘Ricky’: Last month, “Ricky” signed for a federal lawsuit delivered to former President Trump, and vanished. Now, the “Ricky” mystery has spilled into federal court.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-naacp-lawsuit-against-trump-is-delayed-after-some-guy-named-ricky-took-the-paperwork

Judge Thinks QAnon Shaman Is Lying—and Has Vids to Prove It. A federal judge says Jacob Chansley “blatantly lied” during a jailhouse interview with CBS News.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-plays-videos-to-prove-qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-lied-in-60-minutes-interview-on-capitol-riot

Gov’t Job Applicant Admits Terror Plot on Polygraph: Feds say Ethan Collins told a polygraph examiner he admires ISIS for their “courage and conviction” and believes the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer was “justified.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ethan-collins-applied-for-a-govt-job-then-fessed-up-to-terror-plots-on-the-polygraph-test-feds-say

# LGBTQ
Actor Elliot Page has made history as the first openly transgender man to appear on the cover of Time magazine https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/543377-elliot-page-becomes-first-openly-transgender-man-on-time-cover

# Medical / Health
Purdue Pharma Reveals Plan to End Sackler Family’s Control. However, two dozen state attorneys general immediately rejected the bankruptcy plan.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/purdue-pharma-reveals-plan-to-end-billionaire-sackler-familys-control

Purdue’s Sackler embraced plan to conceal OxyContin’s strength from doctors, sealed deposition shows https://www.statnews.com/2019/02/21/purdue-pharma-richard-sackler-oxycontin-sealed-deposition/

‘Remarkable’ decline in fertility rates: There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers. Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a “baby bust” – meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46118103

# Military / DOD
DARPA is officially looking into jetpacks for US special forces. DoD is considering a “portable personal air mobility system” that could be used on special forces, search and rescue and logistics missions.
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/military-jetpack-research-drape/

# Other News
Jared Kushner Bids Adieu to Taxpayers With $24K Hotel Tab. The expenditure for “accommodation and food services” during Kushner’s December 2020 trip to Jerusalem came out of the State Department budget.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-kushner-says-farewell-to-us-taxpayers-with-dollar24000-jerusalem-hotel-tab

# Social
Water Crises and Environmental Racism Continue in Jackson, Miss. After Winter Storm. Even now, city officials cannot show the water is potable, forcing those residents for whom service has been restored to boil water to drink, brush their teeth, and attempt to clean themselves.
https://www.ecowatch.com/water-crisis-mississippi-2651079800.html

Albuquerque’s racist history haunts its housing market. Policymakers and activists fight to remove pro-segregation, anti-immigrant provisions from property deeds.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.4/south-race-racism-albuquerques-racist-history-haunts-housing-market

# Space
Researchers find four strains of bacteria on the ISS — three are completely new to science https://www.voanews.com/science-health/3-new-strains-bacteria-discovered-iss-researchers

# Veterans / VA
Camp Lejeune: Marine vets petition for registry for toxic water victims.
The veterans claim a registry could uncover more medical conditions and lead to more compensation for those harmed by toxic water at the Marine base https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/03/16/marine-veterans-petition-for-medical-health-registry-for-camp-lejeune-toxic-water-victims/

# Water
Premature or precautionary? California is first to tackle microplastics in drinking water. California is about to set the world’s first health guidelines for microplastics in drinking water. Yet no one agrees how to test water for the tiny bits of plastic, or how dangerous they are.
https://patch.com/california/pleasanton/s/hh0j7/premature-or-precautionary-california-first-tackle-microplastics-drinking-water

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-15

Voices, The Peoples News

March 15, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Treaty rights acknowledged for first time in oil pipeline’s controversial history Michigan’s Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal rights to protect lands and waters.
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/03/treaty-rights-line-5-oil-pipelines-controversial-history/

Deb Haaland is confirmed as the country’s Secretary of the Interior, blazing a trail as the first Native American to ever lead a Cabinet agency https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/15/deb-haaland-to-be-confirmed-as-interior-secretary.html

# Border / Immigration
3,000 children held past the legal limit: “Nearly 3,000 of the unaccompanied children in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody had been held longer than 72 hours.
The full story: https://cbsn.ws/3lgyzBn

FEMA to Deploy to U.S. Border Where 4,200 Migrant Children Are Being Held https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/15/headlines/fema_to_deploy_to_us_border_where_4_200_migrant_children_are_being_held

ICE Keeps Releasing People With Positive COVID Tests: Immigration advocates say it’s right that detainees with the virus should be released to get medical care, but that it’s reckless to release them into the public.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-keeps-releasing-detainees-with-positive-coronavirus-tests-says-report

# CoronaVirus
Vaccine Passports and Medical Martial Law. Tyranny and subjugation of the people.
https://truthunmuted.org/vaccine-passports-and-medical-martial-law/

NY Vaccine Czar Reportedly Questioned County Officials on Loyalty to Cuomo “Using vaccine distribution as a tool to control local officials is despicable and a clear abuse of public trust.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/14/ny-vaccine-czar-reportedly-questioned-county-officials-loyalty-cuomo

More Countries Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine After Reports of Blood Clots
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/astrazeneca-defends-covid-19-vaccine-after-more-countries-suspend-its-use-over-blood-clot-concerns-11615810632

“Virtually Every Indicator” Shows Pandemic (And Government Response) Sets Back Childhood Development: UNICEF https://www.zerohedge.com/political/virtually-every-indicator-shows-pandemic-sets-back-childhood-development-unicef

Leaked Pfizer Documents Reveal Only 55% of Some COVID Vaccine Samples had RNA Intact Prior to European Approval Exposing Huge Quality Control Issues https://www.lucianne.com/2021/03/15/leaked_pfizer_documents_reveal_only_55_of_some_covid_vaccine_samples_had_rna_intact_prior_to_european_approval_exposing_huge_quality_control_issues_55796.html

As COVID-19 cases decline across Texas, testing rates are dropping, too.
Experts say testing is still a crucial step as Texas continues to deal with the pandemic, but the public messaging has shifted away from testing and toward vaccinations.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/12/coronavirus-texas-testing/

With new variants spreading, testing is crucial to staying on top of the virus, said Dr. James McDeavitt, senior vice president and dean of clinical affairs at Baylor College of Medicine.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/29/coronavirus-new-variants-texas/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 92 million doses of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 have been injected, with 1,637 deaths occurring following the injections.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/03/cdc-reports-1637-deaths-following-covid-19-vaccinations/

# Economy / Trade
Congress Urged to Take ‘Immediate Action’ to Stop Debt Collectors From Snatching Relief Checks. A legislative fix is needed, said one observer, to prevent “a flood of new judgments from debt collectors to siphon stimulus funds out.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/14/congress-urged-take-immediate-action-stop-debt-collectors-snatching-relief-checks

Biden’s Stimulus Plan Contains an Experiment in Universal Basic Income.
The bill’s child tax credit has the potential to change the way that the United States addresses poverty.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/basic-guaranteed-income-stockton-experiment/

Biden to Push for Higher Taxes on Wealthy, Most Ambitious Plan Since Early 1990s. The proposals Biden is considering would increase federal revenues by around $2.1 trillion.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-to-push-for-higher-taxes-on-wealthy-most-ambitious-plan-since-early-1990s/

# Employment / Labor
How the Met Opera Is Squeezing Its Workers. The organization has locked out unionized stagehands while seeking across-the-board pay cuts, and outsourcing set building to non-union shops.
https://prospect.org/labor/how-the-met-opera-is-squeezing-its-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Texas Blackouts Are the Outcome of Systems for Private Gains at Public Expense Without organized people power, Texas lawmakers will continue to care more about private profits than lives and health.
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-blackouts-are-the-outcome-of-systems-for-private-gains-at-public-expense/

Texas’s Winter Electrical Grid Failures Highlight the Nation’s Vulnerability to EMP Attacks https://www.heritage.org/homeland-security/commentary/texass-winter-electrical-grid-failures-highlight-the-nations

Texas winter storm power outages were bad. An EMP attack would be catastrophic https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/03/11/opinion-texas-power-outages-were-bad-could-emp-attack-next-catastrophe/4640739001/

Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks Are A Real Threat And The USAF Is Guarding Against Them https://hothardware.com/news/us-air-force-surveying-emp-vulnerable-equipment-and-electronics

US Air Force is guarding against electromagnetic pulse attacks. Should we worry?
https://www.livescience.com/air-force-emp-attacks-protection.html

Cyber Attacks: Is the ‘Big One’ Coming Soon?
https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/cyber-attacks-is-the-big-one-coming-soon.html

U.S. Lawyer Steven Donziger Speaks from House Arrest in NYC After Suing Chevron for Amazon Oil Spills https://lawandcrime.com/environment/steven-donziger-after-winning-9b-judgment-against-chevron-has-been-under-house-arrest-for-500-days-awaiting-a-misdemeanor-trial/

This billionaire governor’s coal companies owe millions more in environmental fines The richest person in West Virginia, who is also the state’s governor, owns coal companies that routinely violate environmental laws https://www.propublica.org/article/this-billionaire-governors-coal-companies-owe-millions-more-in-environmental-fines

Energy companies have left Colorado with billions of dollars in oil and gas cleanup. As the state tries to reform its relationship to drilling, an expensive task awaits.
https://sentinelcolorado.com/orecent-headlines/energy-companies-have-left-colorado-with-billions-of-dollars-in-oil-and-gas-cleanup/

Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is Possible. These State-Level Plans Show How.
Crucial emissions reduction targets can be met through feasible state-level investments in clean energy.
https://truthout.org/articles/phasing-out-fossil-fuels-is-possible-these-state-level-plans-show-how/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
“Basically misleading the public.” A large PR firm pledged to fight climate change. Then it took millions from a fossil fuels trade group.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/edelman-fossil-fuel-pr-climate

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Economies Overproduce Food — But People Can’t Afford to Buy It. The pandemic has caused a spike in hunger because people are increasingly struggling to afford food.
https://truthout.org/articles/capitalist-economies-overproduce-food-but-people-cant-afford-to-buy-it/

“Huge Victory”: Black Farmers Hail $5B in New COVID Relief Law to Redress Generations of Racism https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/15/american_rescue_plan_farmers_of_color

# Global Politics and other news
Far-Right Bolivia Coup Leader Jeanine Añez Arrested on Terrorism, Sedition Charges. “The authors and accomplices of the dictatorship that looted the economy and attacked life and democracy in Bolivia” must “be investigated and punished,” said Evo Morales, the former president.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/13/far-right-bolivia-coup-leader-jeanine-anez-arrested-terrorism-sedition-charges

# Gov / Political
House Democrats have been largely unified in the opening weeks of the new Congress, suffering few defections at a time when their slimmed-down majorities make it crucial their party stays together.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543022-democratic-majority-shrinks-but-finds-unity

The US government’s aggressive propaganda campaign against China. The U.S. and its allies have declared China is guilty of genocide against Uighur Muslims. Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen examines the claim and the extremist figures behind the propaganda blitz.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/china-uighur-genocide-behind-us-government-propaganda/276085/

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
Capitol riot investigators shifting focus to militia group with ties to Stone – Flynn – Trump: ex-FBI official. This has now become the largest investigation in FBI history https://www.rawstory.com/oath-keepers-proud-boys/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Two men were arrested and charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Both face nine counts related to the Capitol attack, including assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick with a chemical irritant.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/543230-two-men-charged-with-assault-of-officer-brian-sicknick-who-died-after-jan-6

# Medical / Health
Jayapal, Dingell to Unveil Medicare for All Act Exactly One Year After 1st Covid Cases Confirmed in Every State. “This past year makes it incredibly clear why we must pass Medicare for All.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/13/jayapal-dingell-unveil-medicare-all-act-exactly-one-year-after-1st-covid-cases

Advocates Sound Alarm Over Quiet Trump Era Move That Could Further Privatize Medicare. “The Biden administration should immediately kill this toxic legacy of the former president.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/13/advocates-sound-alarm-over-quiet-trump-era-move-could-further-privatize-medicare

# Military / DOD
The food service contractor that prompted complaints for allegedly serving undercooked meals to National Guard troops at the U.S. Capitol has been cited for health violations at its restaurant and catering locations in two Maryland counties, a review found.
https://tylerpaper.com/ap/washington/food-safety-inspectors-dinged-national-guard-contractor-for-violations/article_38b69faa-664e-555c-a176-367b2c440d49.html

# Other News
Recording of Trump’s Shady GA Call ‘Found in Trash Folder’
https://us.cnn.com/2021/03/14/politics/trump-phone-call-georgia-investigator-trash-folder/index.html

Another Nigerian School Hit by Mass Kidnapping. It’s the fifth large-scale abduction of students since December in the country’s increasingly destabilized northwest.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/another-mass-kidnapping-reported-at-primary-school-in-birnin-gwari-nigeria

# Social
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said the rise in attack against Asian Americans is “unacceptable,” praising President Biden for addressing the issue during his recent primetime address.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/543115-hogan-rise-in-attacks-on-asian-americans-is-unacceptable

More Surveillance Won’t Stop White Supremacy. It Will Target Activists of Color.
More domestic terrorism laws will only further empower law enforcement to suppress protests against white supremacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/more-surveillance-wont-stop-white-supremacy-it-will-target-activists-of-color/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-13

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
The Cherokee Nation Infuses Cash Into Language Revitalization Efforts https://dailyyonder.com/the-cherokee-nation-infuses-cash-into-language-revitalization-efforts/2021/03/08/

NASA is naming the rocks and soil on Mars in the Navajo language https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/nasa-perseverance-mars-navajo-scn-trnd/index.html

# Border / Immigration
President Biden is finding it increasingly difficult to unwind his predecessor’s immigration regulations as the administration grapples with a surge of migrants at the southern border.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/543041-biden-officials-struggle-to-unravel-web-of-trump-immigration-rules

# CoronaVirus
The United States has passed 100 million vaccine doses administered, a big milestone that shows the pace of the vaccination campaign is accelerating. 100 Million Vaccine Doses Given to 66 Million People https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/543006-us-passes-100-million-covid-19-vaccinations

Reckless and premature rollbacks in states like Texas and Mississippi — and soon to be others, threaten to erode the hard-won progress we’ve made and create pockets of potential new infections.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/542897-reckless-governors-are-threatening-covid-19-progress

Cuomo administration is ordering homes for disabled to accept COVID patients. It wasn’t just nursing homes. The Cuomo administration has spent the last year quietly allowing COVID-19 patients to return to homes for the disabled and the policy remains in effect. At least 552 residents of such homes have died of the virus as of Wednesday. More than 6,900 out of the more than 34,552 who live in the facilities have been infected, the agency said.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/cuomo-administration-is-ordering-homes-for-disabled-to-accept-covid-patients/

Pa. lawmakers plan to investigate Gov. Wolf’s oversight of nursing homes during COVID-19 pandemic; 12,000 deaths in such facilities occurred on his watch https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2021/03/pa-lawmakers-plan-to-investigate-gov-wolfs-oversight-of-nursing-homes-during-covid-19-pandemic.html

3 More EU Countries Hit Pause on AstraZeneca After Reports of Illness and Deaths.| Denmark, Norway and Iceland today announced they are joining other European countries in temporarily suspending use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine following reports of blood clots in people who got the vaccine.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210311-covid-19-denmark-pauses-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-over-blood-clot-fears

Utah mom Kassidi Kurill dies four days after second dose of Moderna vaccine https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/utah-mom-kassidi-kurill-dies-days-after-second-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine/

CDC: 1,524 DEAD 31,079 Injured Following Experimental COVID mRNA “Vaccines”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-1524-dead-31079-injured-following-experimental-covid-mrna-vaccines/

What the 1918 pandemic can tell us about a post-COVID-19 world:
Historians, medical experts, sociologists, and economists look back to
1918 to make predictions for the coming year.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90613787/what-the-1918-flu-can-tell-us-about-a-post-covid-19-world

House Dems to Revive Medicare for All Bill 1 Year After COVID Reached All States Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell will introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2021 on March 17.
https://truthout.org/articles/house-dems-to-revive-medicare-for-all-bill-1-year-after-covid-reached-all-states/

ER Doctor and Advanced Trauma Life Support Professor: “I have never seen a patient sick with COVID-19. We are being deceived and manipulated.”
[Read and decide for yourself. Are we being deceived?] https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/er-doctor-and-advanced-trauma-life-support-professor-i-have-never-seen-a-patient-sick-with-covid-19-we-are-being-deceived-and-manipulated/

Pfizer Covid-Vaccines with “mRNA Flaws” in EU. Company and EMA concealed, but BMJ discovered https://www.gospanews.net/en/2021/03/11/pfizer-covid-vaccines-with-mrna-flaws-in-eu-company-and-ema-concealed-but-bmj-discovered/

President Biden is under increasing pressure to share the U.S. vaccine stockpile with the rest of the world https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/543004-us-comes-under-pressure-to-share-vaccines-with-rest-of-world

Maskless woman arrested in Galveston day after mandate lifted. Body camera footage released by Galveston police shows officers confronting the woman inside a Bank of America branch on Central City Boulevard.
https://abc13.com/woman-resists-officers-galveston-refuses-to-wear-face-mask-at-bank-of-america-protocol/10411661/

# Economy / Trade
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have started the process of sending out the $1,400 direct payments included in President Biden’s coronavirus relief law, the agencies said Friday.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/543029-irs-starts-sending-1400-direct-payments

The Stimulus Bill Is the Most Economically Liberal Legislation in Decades https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/10/house-stimulus-biden-covid-relief-checks/

GOP goes on the attack against Biden relief bill: Republicans are going on the attack against the newly signed $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill as they scramble to find a messaging foothold against Democrats’ first big win heading into 2022.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/543042-gop-goes-on-the-attack-against-biden-relief-bill

The Stimulus Payments’ Big Delivery Snafus Need to Be Addressed — Now.
The poorest households, which need the money the most, had significant problems getting their $1,200 and $600 payments.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-stimulus-payments-big-delivery-snafus-need-to-be-addressed-now/

# Employment / Labor
Right-to-Work Laws Are Rooted in Racism. The PRO Act Would Strike Them Down.
The measure must now pass the Senate to break the stranglehold that Jim Crow-era laws have placed on workers’ power.
https://truthout.org/articles/right-to-work-laws-are-rooted-in-racism-the-pro-act-would-strike-them-down/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals A Single Chemical Plant in Louisville Emits a Super-Pollutant That Does More Climate Damage Than Every Car in the City. Executives at Chemours promised at the White House in 2015 to try to abate the emissions. Now, they say it will take two more years.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09032021/a-single-chemical-plant-in-louisville-emits-a-super-pollutant-that-does-more-climate-damage-than-every-car-in-the-city/

What Happened to the Texas Power Grid? “Power companies get exactly what they want”: How Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather. Texas regulators and lawmakers knew about the grid’s vulnerabilities for years, but time and again they furthered the interests of large electricity providers.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/22/texas-power-grid-extreme-weather/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Trump’s Forest Service Planned More Logging in the Yaak Valley, Environmentalists Want Biden To Make it a ‘Climate Refuge.’ One of the wildest places in America is a test case for the new administration’s conservation and climate strategies.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12032021/trumps-forest-service-planned-more-logging-in-the-yaak-valley-environmentalists-want-biden-to-make-it-a-climate-refuge/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Teenage Activists Post Signs to Warn of Toxic Air in London Neighborhoods https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/03/13/teenage-activists-post-signs-to-warn-of-toxic-air-in-london-neighborhoods/

# Gov / Political
Cuomo clings to political life. The position of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is getting more and more dire, and he is growing more and more defiant in the face of growing allegations of sexual harassment.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/543027-the-memo-cuomo-clings-to-political-life

How Israel is shaping Biden’s Iran policy. Biden has appropriated Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy and has refused to lift sanctions on Iran and simply make the US a part of the Iran nuclear deal.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/neo-how-israel-is-shaping-bidens-iran-policy/?mc_cid=a81f307f51&mc_eid=3f7488d454

Biden Team Seeks a Way Out of Nuclear Standoff With Iran https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/18/biden-iran-nuclear-deal-policy/

Today, a story buried by CNN and others is coming to light. The plan was to have rioters herd Congress into the Tunnels, with a few exceptions and we know who they are. The rest of Congress would be trapped by corrupt capitol police. This is why the standown at the Pentagon. Here is the story CNN buried https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/trumps-coup-murder-congress-rule-with-flynn-and-his-gang-of-posers-and-fakes/

Is Oath Keepers Founder, Stewart Rhodes, Once the Protected Prince of the GOP, Finally facing a Shitstorm for Jan 6? The Oath Keepers has long been a vital part of the GOP, well financed and part of their inventory of subversive groups under the umbrella of InfoWars, Prison Planet and Fox News.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/is-oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-once-the-protected-prince-of-the-gop-finally-facing-a-shitstorm-for-jan-6/

The Great Reset: Corporate Socialism, or ‘Capitalism’ with Chinese Characteristics
https://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm?blog_id=70755

New York state assembly taking ‘first step’ to impeaching Cuomo –The news comes as the state filed a police report on an alleged incident involving potential criminal conduct https://www.berkshireeagle.com/nyt/nyt_page_one/cuomo-faces-new-threat-impeachment-inquiry-led-by-democrats/article_b6f375a8-295a-52eb-9604-05a3ab1043ca.html

Mitch McConnell is holding our nation hostage. GOP won’t agree to the basic rules that allow the Senate to function. Put another way: Nice legislative body there, shame if something happened to it.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-let-chuck-lead-20210123-zaepcvswubcnraqwjn4mp3hwdi-story.html

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
Charges Are Coming for at Least 100 More Capitol Rioters, Feds Warn https://www.thedailybeast.com/charges-are-coming-for-at-least-100-more-capitol-rioters-feds-warn

CNN has reported that the FBI is now investigating many of Rhodes’
associates in the Oath Keepers
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/breaking-news-virginia-governor-amanda-chase-met-with-extremist-who-planned-to-kill-congress-with-poison-gas-and-stewart-rhodes/?mc_cid=a81f307f51&mc_eid=3f7488d454

The Twisted Group Focused on Making Nazis Comfy in Prison. It calls itself the Global Minority Initiative. Experts say it resembles a petri dish fostering far-right grievance when the feds are finally cracking down after Jan. 6.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-twisted-group-focused-on-making-nazis-comfy-in-prison

# Media
90,000 Ballots in Largest Nevada County Sent to Wrong Addresses, Bounced Back https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nevada-thousands-mail-in-ballots-went-wrong-addresses

# Medical / Health
Owners of Hospital Conglomerate Made Billions as Health Care Workers Lacked PPE. The largest for-profit hospital conglomerate in the U.S. has made billions for its biggest shareholders during COVID.
https://truthout.org/articles/owners-of-hospital-conglomerate-made-billions-as-health-care-workers-lacked-ppe/

Community Health Centers Are Fueling Vaccine Equity. The Relief Bill Funds Them.
Data shows that 54 percent of those who received their vaccines at a community health center were people of color.
https://truthout.org/articles/community-health-centers-are-fueling-vaccine-equity-the-relief-bill-funds-them/

# Military / DOD
US military deploys new type of nuclear weapon seen as key to countering Russia https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/politics/us-nuclear-weapon-submarine/index.html

# Nuclear / Radiation
New highly radioactive particles found in Fukushima. Work just published in the Journal Science of the Total Environment documents new, large (>
300 micrometers), highly radioactive particles that were released from one of the damaged Fukushima reactors.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217134852.htm

# Social
Sarah Everard’s Murder Is Every Woman’s Worst-Case Scenario. The murder of Sarah Everard in the U.K. is an extreme, devastating example of what women face every day. Even if we’re not harassed outside, we’re still always prepared for it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-everards-murder-is-every-womans-worst-case-scenario

The long history of racism against Asian Americans in the U.S.: But in the United States, Asian Americans have long been considered as a threat to a nation that promoted a whites-only immigration policy. They were called a “yellow peril”: unclean and unfit for citizenship in America.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-long-history-of-racism-against-asian-americans-in-the-u-s

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-12

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Border / Immigration
Biden wants to reopen a child detention center on top of toxic military waste. Homestead Air Force Base is still allowed to house people on potentially hazardous ground.
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/biden-administration-plans-to-reopen-child-detention-centre-on-top-of-toxic-military-waste/

# CoronaVirus
Biotech Exec Boosts Unapproved COVID-19 Cures in Webinar: The webinar was supposed to offer infected attendees health information–but instead, Peter Diamandis plugged one of his own companies.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biotech-executive-peter-diamandis-apologizes-for-superspreader-conference-with-misinfo-laden-webinar?source=cheats&via=rss

COVID-19 tracker: Regeneron’s antibody cocktail hit by safety concerns; Novo’s Rybelsus emerging from pandemic slump https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/coronavirus-tracker-novavax-boasts-billion-plus-shot-capacity-by-2021-russia-s-world-first

How COVID-19 is changing the cold and flu season. Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03519-3

Will COVID-19 be a tipping point for climate action? The pandemic caused a brief, dramatic dip in carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. Will it also bring lasting change?
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-one-year-anniversary-climate-change-impact-1139440/

9 European Nations Suspend Experimental AstraZeneca COVID Vaccines Due to Fatal Blood Clots https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/breaking-9-european-nations-suspend-experimental-astrazeneca-covid-vaccines-due-to-fatal-blood-clots/

Several European countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations over blood clot fears.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210311-covid-19-denmark-pauses-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-over-blood-clot-fears

508 Dead 297,274 Reported Injuries following COVID19 Experimental Vaccines Reported in the U.K.
https://tapnewswire.com/2021/03/508-dead-297274-reported-injuries-following-covid19-experimental-vaccines-reported-in-the-u-k/

As Vaccine Campaign Expands, A Racial Gap Persists https://khn.org/news/article/as-vaccine-rollout-expands-black-americans-still-left-behind/

Black and Latino residents in L.A. County lag behind in getting COVID-19 vaccine https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-19/blacks-latinos-covid-19-vaccine-rate-la-counnty

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
After Armed Standoff, Sugar Pine Mine at Impasse in Court: The 19th century gold mine that sparked a 2015 militia standoff is now the subject of a federal lawsuit. On Wednesday, a judge heard arguments from miners and the government on cross motions to dismiss.
https://www.courthousenews.com/after-armed-standoff-sugar-pine-mine-at-impasse-in-court/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Michael Regan Becomes First Black Man to Head EPA https://www.ecowatch.com/michael-regan-epa-head

There’s a global plan to conserve nature. Indigenous people could lead the way. Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and water.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/nyt/nyt_page_one/theres-a-global-plan-to-conserve-nature-indigenous-people-could-lead-the-way/image_54c222f6-541a-58cb-960c-d1bdfdd0750f.html

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Graphic: Glyphosate vs. dicamba: The pesticides glyphosate and dicamba, both in products produced by Bayer (formerly Monsanto) have made headlines in the past year as lawsuits mount against the company for damages from these products.
https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/03/11/glyphosate-vs-dicamba/

# Gov / Political
House Democrats open to making proxy voting the ‘new normal’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/542862-house-democrats-open-to-making-proxy-voting-the-new-normal

My Party Has Been Overtaken by ‘Cancel Culture’ Trolls. Why did the Republicans put up almost no real fight against the relief bill? Because they no longer care about policy, and the era of small government is over.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/my-party-has-been-overtaken-by-cancel-culture-trolls

How a three-word phrase sabotaged Black voting rights, and how they can be reconstructed. There’s power in the 14th Amendment. It’s time to use it.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/14th-amendment-section-2-mass-incarceration/

Leaders from the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have united in opposition to security measures at the Capitol that include deployed National Guard troops and fencing around the building due to concerns over cost, the strain on readiness and a lack of clear threat.

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Minneapolis reaches settlement with George Floyd’s family for record $27M The city of Minneapolis has settled a civil suit with the family of George Floyd for a record $27 million.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/542962-minneapolis-approves-record-27m-settlement-for-george-floyds-family

Charges Are Coming for at Least 100 More Rioters: “The investigation and prosecution of the Capitol Attack will likely be one of the largest in American history,” federal prosecutors said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charges-are-coming-for-at-least-100-more-capitol-rioters-feds-warn
See also:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charges-are-coming-for-at-least-100-more-capitol-rioters-feds-warn

# LGBTQ
Montana trans, two spirit and non-binary activists fight anti-trans legislation. Their advocacy network is striving for a more equitable state while building power across issue lines.
https://patch.com/montana/across-mt/montana-trans-two-spirit-non-binary-activists-fight-anti-trans-legislation?utm_source=amp&utm_campaign=amp&utm_medium=mobile

# Medical / Global
As Peru Battles Covid-19, Tuberculosis Finds New Footing
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947111

In India’s Bohra Community, a Battle Over Genital Mutilation https://undark.org/2021/03/10/india-battle-over-female-genital-mutilation/

# Other News
Trump Org Ex-Wife: “Only a small part of your salary is reported,” she said. “They pay you with apartments and other stuff, as a control tactic, so you can’t leave. They own you! You have to do whatever corrupt crap they ask.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jennifer-weisselberg-trump-org-insiders-ex-wife-says-only-a-small-part-of-the-pay-was-reported

New Rogue Trumpist Group Can Raise Unlimited Secret Cash. The group plans “to litigate cases of importance to the American republic.”
Original members include the MyPillow Guy and Mike Flynn’s brother.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rogue-trumpists-create-groups-to-raise-unlimited-cash-from-secret-donors

# Social
Biden: Pandemic Scapegoating of Asian Americans ‘Must Stop.’ The recent wave of attacks has been partly blamed on the rhetoric of former President Donald Trump, who liked to call the coronavirus the “China virus.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-says-pandemic-scapegoating-of-asian-americans-must-stop

75-Year-Old Asian Man Dies After Oakland Assault and Robbery. The man’s family has asked the American public to look at his photo to put a face to the wave of racist violence against Asian Americans.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/75-year-old-asian-man-dies-following-oakland-assault/2490688/

# Water
Biden EPA to reconsider Trump rule on lead in drinking water. The Biden administration said Wednesday it was delaying the effective date of a policy intended to prevent lead pollution of drinking water
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-utilities-environment-flint-traverse-city-8817d4d3c771a2dcffe44860cd16c0e1

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-11

Voices, The Peoples News

March 11, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Indigenous Woman at County Jail Nearly Dies in Custody. A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe nearly died while in custody at the Pennington County Jail due to medical negligence by medical staff in Rapid City, S.D.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/indigenous-woman-at-county-jail-nearly-dies-in-custody

# Indigenous / Global
Oil tanker traffic could endanger Indigenous way of life. While most protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are on the ground, the federal government has recognized that some of the project’s greatest risks relate to potentially catastrophic spills on water.
https://oltnews.com/oil-tanker-traffic-could-endanger-indigenous-way-of-life-investigatewest

# Border / Immigration
U.S. May Use NASA Facility to House Unaccompanied Migrant Children https://www.yahoo.com/gma/us-considers-using-nasa-facility-044639051.html

# CoronaVirus
Drug maker Eli Lilly reports positive trial results with an antibody cocktail that it says reduces death and hospitalizations by 87 percent
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly/eli-lillys-combo-therapy-for-covid-19-cuts-serious-illness-and-death-in-large-study-idUSKBN2B21C0

39-Year-Old Surgical Technician and Mother Dies 4 Days After Second Experimental Moderna COVID mRNA Shot https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-woman-39-dies-4-days-after-2nd-does-of-covid-19-vaccine-autopsy-ordered

More people are dying during the pandemic – and not just from COVID-19
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/07/10/more-people-are-dying-during-the-pandemic-and-not-just-from-covid-19

We need a people’s vaccine, not a profit vaccine’: Sanders urges Biden to support push to suspend pharma patents. “Ending this pandemic requires collaboration, solidarity, and empathy. It requires a very different mindset—a mindset that puts people over profits at every turn.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/11/we-need-peoples-vaccine-not-profit-vaccine-sanders-urges-biden-support-push-suspend

# Economy / Trade
Just Passed: Why Biden’s Bill will save America…Despite itself…What you MUST know
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/10/vote-ongoing-why-bidens-bill-will-save-america-despite-itself-what-you-must-know/?mc_cid=4fc4c76bc5&mc_eid=3f7488d454

The American Rescue Plan’s Significant Public Investments. It’s not just a rescue bill, it will lay down pieces of lasting infrastructure https://prospect.org/first100/american-rescue-plan-significant-public-investments/

# Education / Schools
The pandemic has made universal school meals the norm. This model could help cafeterias save a lot of money over time.
https://thecounter.org/universal-school-meals-usda-lunch-covid-29-biden/

# Employment / Labor
Black Workers in Alabama Aim to Slay the Trillion-Dollar Behemoth That Is Amazon Unionizing the Amazon warehouse workforce, which is 85 percent Black, is above all a civil rights issue, say organizers

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Utah agency reverses course, pulls back energy leases in original Bears Ears monument. SITLA returns fees to oil and gas companies as sides await outcome of Biden-ordered review.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/03/10/utah-agency-reverses/

Energy companies have left Colorado with billions of dollars in oil and gas cleanup. As the state tries to reform its relationship to drilling, an expensive task awaits.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.4/south-energy-companies-have-left-colorado-with-billions-of-dollars-in-oil-and-gas-cleanup

With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/15/bankruptcies-oil-gas-multi-billion-cleanup-bill-public

Who will clean up the ‘billion-dollar mess’ of abandoned US oilwells? As oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/25/us-abandoned-oil-wells-leak-methane-climate-crisis

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Senate on Wednesday voted 66-34 to confirm Michael Regan, 44, to be EPA administrator. He is the first Black man to lead the regulatory agency since its creation in 1970
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/542539-senate-confirms-michael-regan-as-epa-chief?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37493

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global The Amazon used to be ‘the lungs of the planet.’ Not anymore https://www.fastcompany.com/90613566/the-amazons-used-to-be-the-lungs-of-the-planet-not-anymore

# Gov / Political
Elizabeth Warren lost the presidential campaign. But a fleet of her mentees are working in the White House.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/how-elizabeth-warrens-acolytes-infiltrated-bidenworld/

# Law Enforcement
Why Are Police Departments Still on MAGA Hellsite Parler? Since the Jan.
6 Capitol riot that was powered by the site, some police departments have axed their accounts, while others insist they’re just lurking.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happens-when-cops-like-the-lapd-and-other-police-departments-go-on-parler

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Whistleblowers Allege Shady Hiring at Trump DOJ. Two whistleblowers allege an acting assistant attorney general chose a candidate who had defended a Trump policy over a more qualified one.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975723777/whistleblowers-allege-improper-hiring-at-justice-department-during-trumps-last-d

Senate Confirms Garland as Attorney General, Republicans Better Start Looking Over Their Shoulders
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/senate-confirms-garland-as-attorney-general-475108

Another charge for Derek Chauvin: “A third-degree murder charge has been reinstated in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is charged with killing George Floyd last May.”
https://bit.ly/3ckRrLj

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
2021 Sees Republican Lawmakers Take Lead On Marijuana Legalization In More U.S. States https://www.marijuanamoment.net/2021-sees-republican-lawmakers-take-lead-on-marijuana-legalization-in-more-u-s-states/

New York’s Assembly majority leader said marijuana legalization negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) have become so contentious that they’ve reached the point of screaming.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-new-york-lawmaker-says-legal-marijuana-talks-with-governor-reached-point-of-screaming/

The Government Accountability Office conducted a review of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s final hemp rules.
https://www.gao.gov/products/b-332899

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
The Drug Enforcement Administration is being sued by a doctor who wants permission to give psilocybin mushrooms to terminally ill cancer patients.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-sued-by-therapists-who-want-permission-to-give-psilocybin-mushrooms-to-patients/

# Military / DOD
National Guard member supporting Capitol security mission found dead.
The National Guard member died due to an apparent medical emergency https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/national-guard-member-in-dc-dies-after-medical-emergency/

# Nuclear / Radiation
Fukushima’s tragic legacy—radioactive soil, ongoing leaks, and unanswered questions The ripple effects from one of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophes continue after a decade, with implications for human health https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/fukushima-tragic-legacy-radioactive-soil

# Other News
Tape Emerges of Trump’s Shady Call to GA Elections Official. During a phone call to elections investigator Frances Watson, the former president made nonsensical allegations of “unbelievable” fraud.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-a7b4aa4d8ce3bf52301ddbe620c6bff6

# Social
How the pandemic turbocharged inequality.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/542548-how-the-pandemic-turbocharged-inequality

# Space
‘Lunar ark’ might store DNA from millions of species in Moon’s lava tubes https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/lunar-ark-might-store-dna-from-millions-of-species-in-moons-lava-tubes/

Perseverance records the song of Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover has returned the first audio recorded on Mars. The microphone on its SuperCam instrument captured Martian wind and the zapping sound of the SuperCam’s laser firing at rock targets.
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-first-mars-sounds-audio

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-08

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous / Global
Canadian government misses target to end water insecurity for First Nations communities. Many First Nations in Canada continue to live without clean water six years after the government began actively addressing the issue
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/auditor-general-reports-2021-1.5927572

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Amazon is reviewing best-selling Seresto flea collar after reports of illnesses, deaths https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/03/05/amazon-reviewing-seresto-flea-collar-amid-reports-illnesses-deaths/4586990001/

# CoronaVirus
Florida Clinic Overrun by Vaccine Seekers After False Rumor. Things got so bad, cops had to take control of the situation, according to local reports. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249760473.html

“Probable” that high schoolers will get coronavirus vaccines this year.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/542039-fauci-predicts-high-schoolers-to-receive-coronavirus-vaccinations-this-fall

Adverse Incident Reports Show 966 Deaths Following Vaccination for COVID-19. According to adverse incident reports collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 966 individuals have died after having received an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2021/03/07/adverse-incident-reports-show-966-deaths-following-vaccination-for-covid-19/

Johnson and Johnson Has Paid $BILLIONS in Criminal Settlements and Never Produced a Vaccine Before – Why Would We Trust Them for a New Experimental COVID Vaccine?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/johnson-and-johnson-has-paid-billions-in-criminal-settlements-and-never-produced-a-vaccine-before-why-would-we-trust-them-for-a-new-experimental-covid-vaccine/

Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant https://www.statnews.com/2020/10/12/johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-study-paused-due-to-unexplained-illness-in-participant/

First Court Case Against Mandatory COVID Vaccination Filed in New Mexico — Attorney Interview https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-attorney-general-files-lawsuit-against-manufacturers-of-antiretroviral-hiv-aids-treatment-drugs/

J&J to Test COVID-19 Vaccine on Babies, Pregnant Women and the Immunocompromised https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-nyt-johnson-johnson-vaccine-infants-20210228-fbcbfyirr5g2nfib6vlrfr3pfq-story.html

Severe Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine Close Schools in Michigan, Ohio and New York https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/fairless-local-schools-cancels-class-over-covid-19-vaccine-reactions/

# Economy / Trade
What’s in the stimulus bill? A guide to where the $1.9 trillion is going.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/whats-in-the-stimulus-bill-a-guide-to-where-the-1-9-trillion-is-going/

Questions and answers about the $1,400 relief payments
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/542190-questions-and-answers-about-the-1400-relief-payments?rnd=1615241311

Biden Right to Launch Critical Review of U.S. Import Dependence. The United States is now worryingly dependent on China and other nations for key strategic commodities.
https://insidesources.com/biden-right-to-launch-critical-review-of-u-s-import-dependence/

The Rise of Made-in-China Diplomacy: While political leaders trade threats, the pandemic has made Americans even more reliant on China’s manufacturers.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/the-rise-of-made-in-china-diplomacy

# Education / Schools
“An essential service”: Inside Biden’s struggle to meet his school reopening promises.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-schools-reopen/2021/03/07/962560c6-7c40-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html

The Frantic Push to Reopen Schools Ignores Educational Inequality Before COVID Rhetoric about children “falling behind” shows a desire to maintain a broken status quo, not a desire for true equity.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-frantic-push-to-reopen-schools-ignores-educational-inequality-before-covid/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Nalleli Cobo: How a nine-year-old fought an oil company and won, then she got cancer. LA is home to the largest urban oil field in the country and we don’t talk about it.
https://headtopics.com/uk/nalleli-cobo-how-a-nine-year-old-fought-an-oil-company-and-won-18989263

Groups want fracking waste included in health study. Fracking waste can be radioactive. Advocates want it included in a pair of state-sponsored studies into fracking and childhood cancer, asthma, and poor birth outcomes.
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/03/05/groups-want-fracking-waste-included-in-health-study/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
When is mountaintop removal not mountaintop removal? In Alberta, of course!
The Kenney government plays word games as it plans to strip-mine the Rockies.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/03/05/Mountaintop-Removal-Alberta/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The rubber industry’s toxic legacy in Akron. In Akron, Ohio, Black people bear the brunt of industry’s negative effects, including disease and death.
https://publicintegrity.org/health/unintended-consequences-rubber-industry-toxic-legacy-in-akron/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden’s FDA takes baby steps toward limiting toxic heavy metals in commercial baby foods. The Biden administration said Friday it plans to clamp down on toxic heavy metals commonly found in baby food.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/biden-fda-baby-food-metal-473883

Long-term monitoring shows 7% of Minnesota venison laced with toxic lead. Minnesotans may have consumed a half-million pounds of lead-tainted meat over 10 years. Minnesotans may have consumed a half-million pounds of lead-tainted meat over 10 years.
https://www.postbulletin.com/northland-outdoors/6916763-Long-term-monitoring-shows-7-of-Minnesota-venison-laced-with-toxic-lead

# Gov / Political
The Senate is threatening to box in President Biden and congressional Democrats, who pledged to enact a bold agenda if given power.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/542017-democrats-near-pressure-point-on-nixing-filibuster

Cuomo Advisers Altered Report on Covid-19 Nursing-Home Deaths. Changes resulted in a significant undercount of the death toll attributed to long-term-care facility residents https://www.axios.com/cuomo-covid-nursing-home-deaths-report-altered-1b1c07e7-b69f-4723-a067-518a2b8c5bad.html

New York state senate majority leader calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/03/07/leader-of-new-york-state-senate-calls-on-cuomo-to-quit-1367347

New York lawmakers strip Gov. Cuomo of emergency powers https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/new-york-senate-votes-to-strip-gov-cuomo-of-emergency-powers/

Four Months After 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia, No Chain of Custody Documents Produced for 404,000 Absentee Ballots Deposited in Drop Boxes; Fulton County One of 35 Scofflaw Counties. The 2020 presidential election outcome in Georgia was decided by fewer than
12,000 votes
https://georgiastarnews.com/2021/03/04/four-months-after-2020-presidential-election-in-georgia-no-chain-of-custody-documents-produced-for-404000-absentee-ballots-deposited-in-drop-boxes-fulton-county-one-of-35-scofflaw-counties/

After Finding Shredded Ballots in the Dumpster Earlier Today, a Mysterious Fire Breaks Out at Maricopa County Official’s Farm http://www.cuzzblue.com/2021/03/after-finding-shredded-ballots-in.html

“Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of GOP leadership, announced on Monday that he won’t run for reelection in 2022 — marking the latest high-profile retirement for Senate Republicans.”
Blunt is the fifth Senate Republican to announce retirement.
https://bit.ly/3t4PLfV

Gov’t-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements.” Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/csis-urges-dc-social-media-firms-promote-protests-movements/275994/

# Law Enforcement
Rochester Police Tackle and Pepper-Spray Black Mother Walking with 3-Year-Old Daughter https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/8/headlines/rochester_police_tackle_and_pepper_spray_black_mother_walking_with_3_year_old_daughter

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Political landmines await Garland at DOJ. Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland is likely to face numerous tests early on at the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the Biden administration looks to quickly turn the page on the Trump era https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/541908-political-landmines-await-garland-at-doj

Public Fatigue, Distrust and Fear Taint Chauvin Trail Before it Even Begins. Jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was set to begin today, but a last-minute delay has added to the palpable tensions surrounding the case.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/public-fatigue-distrust-fear-taint-derek-chauvin-trail/275983/

# LGBTQ
Biden to formally establish new Gender Policy Council. President Biden will sign an executive order establishing the Gender Policy Council within the White House to focus on uplifting the rights of women and address gender-based discrimination and violence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/542052-biden-to-formally-establish-new-gender-policy-council

# Medical / Health
‘Medical Racism’ Film Exposes Long-Standing Experimentation on Minorities. Medical Racism, premiering March 11, chronicles the medical cartel’s history of targeting minorities for unethical experiments, the acquiescence of regulatory agencies and medical ethicists, and the silence of physicians who allow these atrocities to continue today.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/medical-racism-film-exposes-experimentation-minorities/

# Military / DOD
Guantanamo is, and has always been, a fraudulent operation http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56419.htm

Defense secretary puts Iran on notice after Iraq rocket attack. “We’re still developing the intelligence” on the latest attack, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in his first network interview as defense chief. Iran should know “that we’re going to defend our troops.”
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/defense-secretary-puts-iran-on-notice-after-iraq-rocket-attack-1.664868

I Took Part in the U.S.-South Korean War Drills. They Make All of Us Less Safe. Real peace in Korea requires ending the U.S.-South Korea “war games.”
https://truthout.org/articles/i-took-part-in-the-us-south-korean-war-drills-they-make-all-of-us-less-safe/

# Other News
Trump Greeted by One Fan Upon Return to NYC, Says Report. The former president pulled up outside Trump Tower in New York City on Sunday night, and got a pretty underwhelming welcome.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-greeted-by-one-fan-on-first-trip-to-new-york-city-since-leaving-office-says-report

Trump is escalating his battle against GOP leaders, demanding that the Republican campaign arms stop fundraising off his name and promising to travel outside the lower 48 states to stump against Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), who is up for reelection in Alaska.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/542210-trump-ramps-up-battle-with-republican-leadership

# Science
Physicists Just Found 4 New Subatomic Particles That May Test The Laws of Nature https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-discovered-four-new-subatomic-particles-all-tetraquarks

Meet the swirlon, a new kind of matter that bends the laws of physics.
Fish school, insects swarm and birds fly in murmurations. Now, new research finds that on the most basic level, this kind of group behavior forms a new kind of active matter, called a swirlonic state.
https://www.livescience.com/swirlonic-matter-unusual-behavor.html

# Space
Astronomers have discovered the most distant radio signal ever. Its source is a radio loud quasar blasting out jets when the universe was still in its infancy.
https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-have-discovered-the-most-distant-source-of-radio-emission-ever-known-13-billion-light-years-away/

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