Voices, The Peoples News
February 26, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous / Global
How colonial systems have left some First Nations without drinking water https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2021/02/18/how-colonial-systems-have-left-some-first-nations-without-drinking-water/#.YDhWNmhKhxA
# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Land use tied to ‘intersex’ smallmouth bass in Bay rivers. Scientists are still trying to sort out exactly what’s causing sexual abnormalities among smallmouth bass in Chesapeake Bay rivers. Study suggests farm conservation practices could reduce hormone-disrupting contaminants https://www.bayjournal.com/news/fisheries/land-use-tied-to-intersex-smallmouth-bass-in-bay-rivers/article_9c309c5e-76d4-11eb-b040-33d12a3b432e.html
‘Localized harassment’: RCMP patrol Wet’suwet’en territory despite UN calls for withdrawal https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/02/23/localized-harassment-rcmp-patrol-wetsuweten-territory-despite-un-calls-for-withdrawal.html
# Border / Immigration
Stimulus Checks to Be Issued to Illegal Immigrants as Part of New COVID Relief Package https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-covid-checks-mixed-status-f/fact-check-new-covid-19-relief-grants-checks-to-legal-members-of-mixed-immigration-families-not-to-illegal-immigrants-idUSKBN29A2KS
# Children / Youth
Lost Generation? America’s War Against Parents and the Destruction of Childhood https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/lost-generation-americas-war-against-parents-and-the-destruction-of-childhood/
# CoronaVirus
5 things to know before key FDA panel votes on Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine today.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/26/jj-covid-vaccine-what-to-know-before-key-fda-panel-vote.html
Vaccine distribution to jump 40 percent next week, UPS executive says.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/540525-vaccine-distribution-to-jump-40-percent-next-week-ups-executive-says
As coronavirus infection numbers drop, governors ease restrictions.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/536462-connecticut-governor-mulls-easing-restrictions-following-coronavirus
Vaccination “passports” may open society, but inequity looms.
https://apnews.com/article/travel-pandemics-israel-united-nations-coronavirus-pandemic-7a8ce11ce37c309d97969ab71df26e62
The White House is asking social media companies to clamp down on chatter that deviates from officially distributed COVID-19 information as part of President [sic] Biden’s “wartime effort” to vanquish the coronavirus https://nypost.com/2021/02/19/white-house-working-with-social-media-to-silence-anti-vaxxers/
Paid to stay home – coronavirus aid bill pays Federal employees with kids out of school up to $21K
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/02/23/paid-to-stay-home–coronavirus-aid-bill-pays-federal-employees-with-kids-out-of-school-up-to-21k/?sh=378fe7051223
“Long Covid”: 1 in 10 COVID-19 Survivors Face Lingering and Debilitating Symptoms, WHO Warns
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351
# Economy / Trade
Can Uncle Sam afford a $1.9 trillion stimulus? President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are pushing for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Congress has already approved $4 trillion in pandemic relief and stimulus measures and billions of that money has yet to be spent.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-can-uncle-sam-afford-a-1-9-trillion-stimulus/article_1291af3c-77bb-11eb-b6c6-3759abc85137.html
# Employment / Labor
Senate parliamentarian rules against inclusion of the minimum wage.
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/25/970637190/senate-cant-vote-on-15-minimum-wage-parliamentarian-rules
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Texas’s deregulated electricity market raised consumer costs by $28B
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/540271-texass-deregulated-electricity-market-raised-cost-to-consumers-by-28
Amid lawsuits, Delaware River Basin Commission makes fracking ban permanent The formal ban came a month after a federal judge set an October trial date to hear a challenge to the drilling moratorium.
https://www.inquirer.com/business/fracking-ban-delaware-river-permanent-drbc-20210225.html
The Quiet Winner of the Texas Energy Crisis, Macquarie. An Australian investment bank, is poised to profit heavily off Texas’s briefly surging energy prices during the snowstorm. The Biden infrastructure program could be its next conquest https://prospect.org/environment/macquarie-quiet-winner-of-the-texas-energy-crisis/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Here’s why Alberta’s ban on mountaintop-removal mining won’t affect proposed coal mines in the Rockies https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-mountaintop-removal-mining-ban-mines-unaffected/
‘This is something to celebrate’: B.C. defers logging in home of Canada’s last three wild spotted owls https://thenarwhal.ca/logging-deferred-bc-valleys-spotted-owls/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Terrifying Warning Lurking in the Earth’s Ancient Rock Record. Our climate models could be missing something big.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/03/extreme-climate-change-history/617793/
Five things to watch at CPAC: Republicans are gathering in Orlando this week for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an annual event that allows grassroots activists, prominent commentators and lawmakers to rub elbows while discussing the present and future state of the GOP https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374968-five-things-to-watch-for-at-cpac
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Information on factory farms is spotty at best. CAFOs have been a point of contention between the livestock industry and environmental activists since they began to proliferate in the 1990s https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/02/25/information-on-factory-farms-is-spotty-at-best-the-government-has-been-hogtied-from-doing-more/
Portland group key to convincing General Mills to drop chemical from mac-and-cheese processing https://www.pressherald.com/2021/02/24/portland-group-key-to-convincing-general-mills-to-drop-chemical-from-mac-and-cheese-brand-packaging/
Pandemic may have left over 250 million people with acute food shortages in 2020 As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/26/pandemic-may-have-left-over-250-million-people-with-acute-food-shortages-in-2020/
Flying Robo Harvester Picks Ripe Fruit, Set To Displace Humans. It’s no secret by now that the rise of automation and robots is projected to displace millions of jobs in the coming years.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/watch-flying-robo-harvest-picks-ripe-fruit-set-displace-jobs
# Global Politics and other news
Annals of Inquiry: Seeking the true story of the comfort women. A Harvard professor’s dubious scholarship reignited a history of mistrust between South Korea and Japan. (Scroll for story)
https://github.com/duty-machine/duty-machine/issues/10212
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the October 2018 killing of U.S.-based journalist and Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a declassified report released by the Biden administration
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/26/intel-report-saudi-prince-khashoggi-murder-471756
# Gov / Politics
Native American nominee Haaland’s grilling raises questions of bias.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-cabinet-confirmation-hearings-john-barrasso-native-americans-700b7b4c6ece06ba735c288492caa257
Blockbuster: Biden Speaks to Saudi King, Demands MBS Be Removed from Any Authority https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/25/blockbuster-biden-speaks-to-saudi-king-demands-mbs-be-removed-from-any-authority/
Austin eyes rolling back Trump-era policy on special operations/political assassinations https://finance.yahoo.com/news/austin-eyes-rolling-back-trump-174924742.html
Dozens of House Democrats want Biden to give up sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. Democrats offered some alternatives to sole nuclear authority, such as requiring the vice president and House speaker to agree with a launch order from the president before it is executed, according to Politico.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/25/dozens-of-house-democrats-call-biden-give-sole-nuclear-launch-authority.html
Cost of War: US ‘counterterrorism’ activities in 85 countries. “If the U.S. is truly to end the post-9/11 wars and related activities around the world, then the U.S. public and its leaders must take a broader view of their reach.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/02/26/the-cost-of-war-us-counterterrorism-activities-in-85-countries/
Jan. 6 Militia Truck Belongs to Hitler-Quoting Rep’s Husband. At least one baseball-bat-wielding man tied to the far-right militia group has been arrested for his alleged role in the insurrection.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-mary-millers-husband-owns-three-percenter-militia-truck-at-capitol-riot
Senate Republicans are setting their sights on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, as their next target in the battle over Biden’s Cabinet.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/540623-republicans-see-becerra-as-next-target-in-confirmation-wars
# Law Enforcement
Ex-undercover officer admits role in FBI and NYPD conspiracy targeting Malcolm X The FBI and New York City Police Department face renewed calls to open their records into the assassination of Malcolm X.
https://truthout.org/video/ex-undercover-officer-admits-role-in-fbi-and-nypd-conspiracy-targeting-malcolm-x/
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Black officers who defended the Capitol against rioters tell of confronting racism as well as a mob.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emmanuelfelton/black-capitol-police-racism-mob
Colorado Sgt. to Judge: Show Mercy to Rioter Who Beat Cop. “I still believe Jeff Sabol to be an honorable person… and a good human being,”
the unnamed sergeant wrote in a letter of support.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/denver-sergeant-asks-judge-to-show-leniency-to-capitol-rioter-accused-of-beating-cop
# Military / DOD
The United States carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said [but not yet proven] were Iran-backed militia, two officials told Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-syria-strike/exclusive-u-s-carries-out-airstrike-against-iranian-backed-militia-target-in-syria-officials-idUSKBN2AP33D
# National Guard
The National Security State Doesn’t Protect Us. Let’s Redefine Security for All.
Living under COVID for the past year has driven home the reality that militarization doesn’t buy security.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-national-security-state-doesnt-protect-us-lets-redefine-security-for-all/
# Nuclear / Radiation
Water leaks indicate new damage at Fukushima nuclear plant https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-02-19/water-leaks-indicate-new-damage-at-fukushima-nuclear-plant
# Other News
QAnon Shaman Whines: Trump Groomed Me and Millions of Others. The most famous Capitol rioter has recently become far more willing to publicly criticize the former president than most Republican lawmakers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-shaman-whines-that-trump-groomed-him-and-millions-of-other-americans
Trump reemerges to legacy being erased by Biden.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/540618-trump-reemerges-to-legacy-being-erased-by-biden
At conservative gathering, ideas fall to an airing of Trump grievances.
https://www.pehalnews.in/at-conservative-gathering-ideas-fall-to-an-airing-of-trump-grievances/581414/
McConnell says he’d back Trump as 2024 GOP nominee.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/540625-mcconnell-says-hed-back-trump-as-2024-gop-nominee
# Technology
Elon Musk: Tesla Business Is Not About ‘Winning Anyone Over’ – Battery Cells Are to Supplement Max Production of Suppliers! Elon Musk explains the nature of its business, and its not about profit or appeasing anyone over its products!
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/257431/20210225/teslas-battery-cell-supplement-max-production-suppliers-not-winning-anyone-over.htm
Apple Glass Specs and More: Microphones Could Locate Indistinct Audio, Capable of Self-Cleaning! A rumored device is believed to be incorporated with Apple Glass which comes with a microphone with an audio-detection feature.
https://www.techradar.com/news/apple-glass-ar-specs-may-be-self-cleaning-and-feature-3d-audio
Big Tech Shouldn’t Be the Arbiter of Our Free Speech Rights.
Corporations mustn’t be designated gatekeepers with the power to decide who gets to communicate and who doesn’t.
https://truthout.org/articles/big-tech-shouldnt-be-the-arbiter-of-our-free-speech-rights/
# UFO’s
FBI Investigating Mystery Object Seen Over New Mexico. The radio transmission regarding a rogue cylindrical-shaped object traveling at high-speed near the Airbus A320 is authentic. American Airlines confirmed that their flight crew called in a flying object that “almost looked like a cruise missile” somewhere over New Mexico.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39416/american-airlines-confirms-pilot-report-of-bizarre-cylinder-shaped-object-over-new-mexico
# United Nations
Leaked Emails Confirm UN Gave Names of Dissidents to CCP –At least one dissident identified by the UN and detained by the CCP before leaving for Geneva, Cao Shunli, died while in detention.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/emails-confirm-un-gave-names-of-dissidents-to-ccp_3711143.html
# Water
Congress on track to approve millions more in federal funding for water debt relief First-ever federal program for household water-bill assistance could see another $500 million.
https://www.circleofblue.org/2021/world/congress-on-track-to-approve-millions-more-in-federal-funding-for-water-debt-relief/
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