Voices, The Peoples News
Nov. 18, 2020
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
# Indigenous
Rapid City Council votes in favor of returning land to Native American community https://www.kotatv.com/2020/11/17/rapid-city-council-votes-in-favor-of-returning-1200-acres-to-native-american-community/
# CoronaVirus
Leading hospital, doctor associations call on Trump to share COVID-19 information with Biden
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/526295-leading-hospital-doctor-associations-call-on-trump-to-share-covid-19
MSNBC host torches Trump adviser as ‘responsible for more death than any single policymaker in recent memory’ – “managed to take over the nation’s entire COVID strategy and push the entire country towards an approach in which the virus would be left to burn through the populace.”
https://www.alternet.org/2020/11/scott-atlas-2648957256/
The latest vaccine news doesn’t tell the full story https://nyti.ms/38MYFHY
COVID Truthers Try to Invade Hospital Where This Mom Died. They don’t believe the ICU at Utah Valley Hospital is full of coronavirus patients.
If only they were right.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-truthers-try-to-invade-utah-valley-hospital-where-patrice-grossman-died
Pfizer and Moderna COVID Vaccine Results NOT based on Peer-Reviewed Science – ZERO Liability to Companies if Vaccine Kills or Injures due to FDA Fast-track Approval
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03248-7
North Dakota has set the highest mortality rate from COVID-19 in the entire world, and second is South Dakota.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dakotas-covid-19-global-mortality-rate_n_5fb30a6ac5b6a46646702d74
COVID-Positive Health Care Staff Told to Stay on the Job in North Dakota. This comes as North Dakota faces one of the worst outbreaks of
COVID-19 and grapples with health care staff shortages.
https://truthout.org/articles/covid-positive-health-care-staff-told-to-stay-on-the-job-in-north-dakota/
Mobile Morgues Fill Up in El Paso as Gov. Greg Abbott Refuses New Lockdown. El Paso County is facing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the U.S.
https://truthout.org/video/mobile-morgues-fill-up-in-el-paso-as-gov-greg-abbott-refuses-new-lockdown/
The Senate is heading out of town until after Thanksgiving, with no COVID relief deal.
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/10/26/senate-packs-up-with-coronavirus-relief-bill-on-ice-until-after-elections/
# Economy / Trade
Our House: Why China’s New South Asian Trade Deal is Making Washington Sweat https://trumpismandtrump.com/273135-2/
Fate of the stimulus looks bleak as lawmakers turn attention to spending deadline.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2104486082786/fate-of-the-stimulus-looks-bleak-as-lawmakers-turn-attention-to-spending-deadline
Outgoing Trump Rule May Deny Social Security to Millions https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/11/17/outgoing-trump-rule-may-deny-social-security-to-millions/
Lack of Economic Relief Is Costing Lives https://prospect.org/coronavirus/unsanitized-lack-of-economic-relief-costing-lives-mitch-mcconnell-stimulus/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Minnesota Permits for Line 3 Pipeline approved. Indigenous and Climate Leaders are left outraged. Environmental and Indigenous groups say this construction threatens the water where Native Americans harvest wild rice and also would be a factor in increasing climate change.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/11/17/minnesota-permits-for-line-3-pipeline-approved-indigenous-and-climate-leaders-are-left-outraged/
A new agreement among tribes, PacifiCorp, and the states of Oregon and California will advance plans to remove four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River, which, if approved by federal regulators, would be the largest dam removal in U.S. history.
https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2020/11/historic-deal-reached-to-remove-4-massive-dams-on-lower-klamath-river.html
# Environment / Climate / Interior
#Film4Climate 1st Prize Short Film Winner – “Three Seconds”
https://vimeo.com/208145716?1&ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR2QI7Ps7D9UL3hfi4tfGseJm0yAi-j80z9xowM3-PEV7bpyBQ7RR8vkLKk&utm_campaign=2470763&utm_source=affiliate&utm_channel=affiliate&cjevent=459dc503299c11eb825e00740a1c0e12
Humans Threaten The Lives Of One Million Species In Current Mass Extinction Event https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/one-million-species-risk-extinction-threatening-human-communities-around-world-un-report-warns-180972114/
Biden taps climate, environment hands for transition teams. The transition staff also sprinkles climate change policy, diplomacy and regulatory experts across several agencies.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/17/biden-climate-enviornment-team-436994
# Gov / Politics
Times Says Trump Blocked from Nuking Iran During Last Days https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/11/16/times-says-trump-blocked-from-nuking-iran-during-last-days/
Top Republicans are starting to acknowledge publicly that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States, turning the page on the Trump era.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/526247-republicans-start-turning-the-page-on-trump-era
Trump campaign sees election lawsuits fizzle https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/526249-trump-campaign-sees-election-lawsuits-fizzle
The new politics of the poor in Joe Biden’s and Mitch McConnell’s America
https://www.alternet.org/2020/11/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5901&recip_id=69961&list_id=2
Biden state media appointee advocated using propaganda against Americans and ‘rethinking’ First Amendment. Richard Stengel, has branded himself the “chief propagandist,” urged the government to use propaganda against its “own population,” and called to “rethink” the First Amendment.
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/11/11/richard-stengel-propaganda-usagm-biden/
Biden’s transition team is filled with war profiteers, Beltway chickenhawks, and corporate consultants http://accuracy.org/release/biden-transition-war-profiteers-beltway-chickenhawks-and-corporate-consultants/
As Trump rejects US election, Biden signals continued regime change abroad. With Trump rejecting the US election outcome and the Biden team advocating continued regime change abroad, Max Blumenthal on US hegemony coming home to roost https://thegrayzone.com/2020/11/13/as-trump-rejects-us-election-biden-signals-continued-regime-change-abroad/
The latest vaccine news doesn’t tell the full story https://nyti.ms/38MYFHY
Jordan Klepper Takes on MAGA Marchers Who Think Trump Won. “Should Trump have appealed more to the dead person vote?” the “Daily Show”
correspondent asked one of the many Trump supporters who were refusing to accept reality.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/daily-shows-jordan-klepper-takes-on-million-maga-marchers-who-think-trump-won
Los Angeles police just banned the use of commercial facial recognition
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03248-7
‘It’s even worse on video’: Trump adviser welcomes killing loved ones with Covid-19 as this may be ‘their final Thanksgiving’ anyway. “Eat, drink, and be merry, because tomorrow my policies may kill you.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/17/its-even-worse-video-trump-adviser-welcomes-killing-loved-ones-covid-19-may-be-their
Dems nominate Pelosi to keep Speakership. House Democrats on Wednesday nominated Speaker Nancy Pelosi to remain atop the party for another two years https://thehill.com/homenews/house/526481-democrats-nominate-pelosi-to-keep-speakership
Will Trump Burn the Evidence? How the President could endanger the official records of one of the most consequential periods in American history.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/16/will-trump-burn-the-evidence/
# Law Enforcement
Lawsuit filed against Fort Worth and police officer who killed innocent woman.
“Defendant Dean in his prowl around the backyard of her home caused Atatiana fear and uncertainty. Dean shot Atatiana, causing pain and suffering. Dean failed to render medical aid to Atatiana.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2020/11/18/lawsuit-filed-against-fort-worth-and-police-officer-who-killed-innocent-woman/
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump’s Legal Team Gives Up: David Schultz: Donald Trump’s efforts to litigate himself to a second term are effectively done.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/11/18/trumps-legal-team-is-giving-up-because-ethically-they-have-to/
# LGBTQ
Daylight is a new digital bank built to solve the LGBTQ+ community’s banking challenges. Whether it’s financial illiteracy or discriminatory practices, there’s a deep divide in equitable banking for the LGBTQ+ community—and Daylight is looking to bridge the gap.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90575639/daylight-is-a-new-digital-bank-built-to-solve-the-lgbtq-communitys-banking-challenges
# Medical / Health
The Last Children of Down Syndrome. Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/the-last-children-of-down-syndrome/616928/
# Military / DOD
President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to pull 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by mid-January, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced on Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/526362-trump-orders-pentagon-to-pull-2500-troops-from-afghanistan-and-iraq
# Security
Christopher Krebs, the top U.S. cybersecurity official, has been ousted by President Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-officials-exclusive/exclusive-top-official-on-u-s-election-cybersecurity-tells-associates-he-expects-to-be-fired-idUSKBN27S2YI
# Weather
Hurricane Iota Breaks Records as It Slams Nicaragua https://www.ecowatch.com/hurricane-iota-nicaragua-2648951908.html
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