Voices, The Peoples News
December 28, 2020
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Archaeology
Scientists Find New, Rare and Rediscovered Species in Bolivian Andes. In the Bolivian Andes, scientists found 20 new species and rediscovered plants and animals not seen for decades https://www.ecowatch.com/bolivian-andes-new-species-2649525291.html
New Discovery Throws Light On Mystery Of Pyramids. The mystery of how, exactly, the pyramids were built may have come a step closer to being unravelled after a team of archaeologists made a chance discovery in an ancient Egyptian quarry.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/06/new-discovery-throws-light-on-mystery-of-pyramids-construction#:~:text=The%20mystery%20of%20how%2C%20exactly,in%20an%20ancient%20Egyptian%20quarry.
50 Discoveries Found In The Desert That Will Leave You Speechless https://www.financerepublic.com/hidden-treasures-found-in-the-middle-of-the-desert-copy-3?utm_subid=4744401&utm_adset=1203880&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=822879&utm_content=DM-scale3&fbclid=IwAR2VCDliiBk_0tXDvpP6Je72MvLrdwAcCwz8bNCrtd33nGky3xlscktNLvk
# CoronaVirus
More Casualties Reported Among Healthcare Workers from Experimental Unapproved COVID Vaccines https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/more-casualties-reported-among-healthcare-workers-from-experimental-unapproved-covid-vaccines/
The first coronavirus vaccine shots administered across the country have raised hopes for a breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19, but experts are now raising an even more hopeful possibility: that people might only need one shot instead of the current two-dose regimen.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/530954-possibility-of-one-dose-vaccine-raises-hopes-for-faster-vaccinations
CDC squandered weeks pursuing complex test at pandemic’s start. On Jan.
13, 2019, the World Health Organization had made public a recipe for how to configure a coronavirus test.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-cdcs-failed-race-to-roll-out-a-virus-test/
Boston doctor with history of allergies has severe reaction to Moderna vaccine https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/531710-boston-doctor-with-history-of-allergies-has-severe-reaction-to-moderna
Canadian officials confirm two cases of new COVID-19 strain seen in UK https://www.livemint.com/news/world/new-coronavirus-strain-canada-detects-two-cases-of-virus-variant-first-seen-in-uk-11609038208619.html
Covid-19: Iran says US approved its transfer of funds to buy vaccines.
Central Bank governor says US approved transfer of Iranian funds to Swiss bank to pay for coronavirus vaccines https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-19-iran-says-us-approved-its-transfer-funds-buy-vaccines
Scientists Scramble To Identify Culprit Behind Covid Vaccine Allergic Reactions https://hfaculty.news/scientists-scramble-to-identify-culprit-behind-covid-vaccine-allergic-reactions/
Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on Sunday that the history of medical racism in the U.S. has to be addressed in order to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the Black community.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/531741-surgeon-general-on-medical-racism-we-need-to-acknowledge-these
Trump Claims Fla. Is ‘Doing Well,’ Ignores 17K COVID Cases. The president made false claims on Twitter about the effectiveness of lockdowns on coronavirus case numbers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-florida-is-doing-well-with-no-lockdown-ignores-17000-new-covid-cases
President Trump has signed the government funding and coronavirus relief package, the White House said, averting a government shutdown and delivering economic aid as the pandemic worsens.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531632-trump-signs-relief-bill-despite-criticism
The House passed legislation that would increase the amount of direct payments in the recently signed coronavirus relief package from $600 to
$2,000
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/531883-house-passes-bill-boosting-stimulus-checks-to-2000
Fauci Admits He Lied About Herd Immunity To Trick Americans Into Vaccine
https://www.newsweek.com/marco-rubio-rails-against-fauci-says-he-lied-about-masks-distorted-herd-immunity-1557461
Trump’s $2,000 Reality-TV Cliffhanger Ends in a Bellyflop. The problem with being governed by a man who is completely motivated by quid pro quos is that when he doesn’t get his quo he quits.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/reality-tv-president-trumps-dollar2000-stimulus-cliffhanger-ends-in-a-bellyflop?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon
Scientists Reporting Severe Psychosis in COVID-19 Patients. As with much of the more rare symptoms of the coronavirus, medical researches do not yet know much about what causes these effects.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/scientists-reporting-small-number-of-severe-psychosis-cases-in-covid-19-patients
The Plague Year: The U.S. has only four per cent of the world’s population, yet it accounts for twenty per cent of all covid deaths. How did we go so wrong?
https://www.axios.com/new-yorker-issue-pandemic-response-9cb77f80-c5e6-4d83-8064-9ba4ade84cf2.html
# Economy / Trade
President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday pressed President Trump to immediately sign a COVID-19 relief bill that is stuck in limbo, blasting what he deemed Trump’s “abdication of responsibility.”
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/biden-says-trump-abdicating-responsibility-pushes-to-sign-covid-19-relief-bill-11609029126323.html
US jobless benefit cut-off pushes millions to financial cliff-edge https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-jobless/us-jobless-benefit-cut-off-pushes-millions-to-financial-cliff-edge-idUSKBN29104T
Trump slams Washington’s $1.3bn military aid to Egypt https://www.aol.com/news/trump-urges-congress-amend-wasteful-004409755.html
Members of Congress Profited From Paycheck Protection Program. This data comes as Congress passes a meager $600 relief check for ordinary workers.
https://truthout.org/articles/members-of-congress-profited-from-paycheck-protection-program/
# Employment
Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet were set to lapse at midnight Saturday night unless President Donald Trump signed an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-politics-coronavirus-pandemic-0dd42cddbd6d2ecf7bf970f05da788d4
Emergency unemployment benefits for millions of Americans lapsed overnight with President Trump and Congress still deadlocked about how much to give people in relief checks as part of a massive coronavirus economic stimulus bill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/531725-unemployment-benefits-lapse-with-stimulus-bill-stuck-in-limbo
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Scientists Find New, Rare and Rediscovered Species in Bolivian Andes https://www.conservation.org/press-releases/2020/12/14/new-rare-and-rediscovered-species-found-in-the-pristine-andes-of-bolivia
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
A Forest Garden With 500 Edible Plants Could Lead to a Food Secure Future.
Instead of neat rows of monoculture, forest gardens combine fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables together in one seemingly wild setting.
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/short-film-showcase/00000168-c3bb-d3a0-a17f-ffbf61780000
# Gov / Politics
President-elect Joe Biden is building a team of seasoned government professionals who can help him embark on an aggressive regulatory agenda once he takes office.
https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/531499-biden-builds-team-to-get-aggressive-on-regs
President Trump on Saturday ramped up his criticism of Senate Republicans over their unwillingness to aid his efforts to overturn the election, pressing them to “fight” before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531692-trump-criticizes-senate-republicans-over-election-results-vote-urges
Can Donald Trump pardon himself? The raging political debate goes on. In the debate over pardons, some Democrats seem to be making the case for Donald Trump and against themselves.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/531695-can-donald-trump-pardon-himself-the-raging-political-debate-goes-on
Lawmakers had thought the treasury secretary was speaking for the president in negotiating the $900 billion pact, but President Trump called it a “disgrace.”
https://americanonlinenews.net/2020/12/26/mnuchins-loyalty-to-trump-could-end-with-painful-setback-as-president-shreds-stimulus-deal-the-washington-post/
Trump’s fraud claims died in court, but the myth of stolen elections lives on. For years, Republicans have used the specter of cheating as a reason to impose barriers to ballot access. A definitive debunking of claims of wrongdoing in 2020 has not changed that message.
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=120060
Growing number of House Republicans warm to proxy voting. A number of House Republicans who previously opposed Democrats’ proxy voting system to let lawmakers vote remotely during the pandemic have begun embracing it in recent weeks https://thehill.com/homenews/house/531365-growing-number-of-house-republicans-warm-to-proxy-voting
Reckless Threats and ‘Restoring Deterrence.’ The president has asked for military options for attacking Iran.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/reckless-threats-and-restoring-deterrence/
Trump issues 26 more pardons: Mr. Trump, who used the clemency power only sparingly early in his term, appears to be freely exercising it in his final weeks in office to grant reprieves to allies and associates in his political orbit.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-issues-26-more-pardons-including-to-paul-manafort-roger-stone-11608769926
What Time Is It in Lockdown? Kris Kristofferson sang: Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.
https://countercurrents.org/2020/12/what-time-is-it-in-lockdown/
Exclusive: Donald Trump’s Martial-Law Talk Has Military on Red Alert
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-donald-trumps-martial-law-talk-has-military-red-alert-1557056
What are the grounds for martial law? Martial law may be declared in cases of major natural disasters; however, most countries use a different legal construct, such as a state of emergency. Martial law has also been imposed during conflicts, and in cases of occupations, where the absence of any other civil government provides for an unstable population.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law#:~:text=Martial%20law%20may%20be%20declared,provides%20for%20an%20unstable%20population.
Republican senator: Trump will be ‘remembered for chaos and misery and erratic behavior’ if he lets COVID relief expire https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/531733-toomey-trump-will-be-remembered-for-chaos-and-misery-and-erratic
Sanders on Trump’s COVID stimulus response: ‘What the president is doing right now is unbelievably cruel’
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/531739-sanders-trumps-threats-of-derailing-covid-bill-are-unbelievably
Moore calls for tax cuts in latest COVID-19 relief bill. Economist Stephen Moore on Sunday called for tax cuts for businesses to be included in the latest COVID-19 relief and government funding bill advanced by Congress this week.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/531714-moore-calls-for-tax-cuts-to-stimulate-growth-in-latest-covid-19
Trump Is Burning All the Bridges on His Way Out. The president has turned on a huge number of Republicans who aided his rise to power. And that’s just in the past week.
https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/politics/trump-twitter/index.html
House Dems: We’ll Just Ignore Trump’s ‘Edits’ to Relief Bill. Trump said he’d be sending a “red-lined version” of the COVID back to Congress to show lawmakers which “wasteful items” he wants to be removed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-democrats-say-theyll-flat-out-ignore-trumps-suggested-edits-to-coronavirus-relief-bill-he-signed
House Freshmen Keep Asking to Bring Guns Into Capitol. The board that oversees safety in the area is considering allowing the request despite policy that bans firearms in the Capitol.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-freshmen-keep-asking-capitol-police-if-they-can-bring-guns-into-work
The House appears poised to override President Trump’s veto of the must-pass annual defense policy bill, a dramatic rebuke of Trump in the final days of his presidency.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/531624-house-gears-up-for-first-trump-veto-override
The House voted to override President Trump’s veto of a must-pass defense policy bill, the first successful override vote of Trump’s presidency.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-set-to-vote-on-defense-bill-veto-override-2-000-checks-11609168694
World Revolution Strikes as Trump holds America Hostage
https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-relations-iran-1953-2020
U.S. Relations With Iran, 1953 – 2020
https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-relations-iran-1953-2020
Left seeks leverage to move Biden: The tug-of-war between President-elect Joe Biden and the left wing of the Democratic Party is shifting onto policy grounds now that nominees have been selected for key positions in the new administration https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/531602-the-memo-left-seeks-leverage-to-move-biden
Democrats in Georgia’s runoff elections raise more than $200m in two
months: Races will decide which party controls the Senate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/27/georgia-runoff-elections-democrats-fundraising
Far-Out GOPers Sue Pence to Make Him Pick Trump Electors. Asking federal Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, to declare Pence legally authorized to pick pro-Trump electors on Jan. 6.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-pence-sued-by-louie-gohmert-kelli-ward-pack-of-republicans-to-force-vp-to-pick-trump-electors-on-jan-6
Trump Is Humiliated and More Dangerous Than Ever. Trump has been publicly shamed and routed off the field, and all for absolutely nothing but a few days of bad attention https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-humiliated-and-more-dangerous-than-ever/
# Law Enforcement
Unarmed Black man, Andre Maurice, shot dead by Ohio police officer while holding a cell phone https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/ohio-officer-fatal-shooting-unarmed-black-man
After Trump Blocked UN Inquiry of Racist Violence in the U.S., NGOs Are Conducting Their Own. The commission will hear evidence in 50 cases of police violence that occurred throughout the United States.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-trump-blocked-un-inquiry-of-racist-violence-ngos-are-conducting-their-own/
Trump and Barr Use Last Days to Execute the Most Federal Prisoners Since WWII The Trump administration has trampled over an array of barriers, both legal and practical, according to court records.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-and-barr-use-last-days-to-execute-the-most-federal-prisoners-since-wwii/
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
DOJ Charges Walmart With Illegally Dispensing and Distributing Opioids.
The Department of Justice is seeking a financial penalty for actions that helped fuel the nation’s opioid crisis https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-nationwide-lawsuit-against-walmart-inc-controlled-substances-act
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Federal marijuana legalization bill approved by House this month. Bill Would Add $13.7B To Federal Budget, Congressional Analysts Say https://www.marijuanamoment.net/house-passed-marijuana-legalization-bill-would-add-13-7b-to-federal-budget-congressional-analysts-say/
# Media
New York Post Rips ‘Insane’ Trump Months After Endorsement. The paper’s editorial board urged Trump to focus his anger on the Georgia Senate run-offs, or risk destroying his entire presidential legacy.
https://nypost.com/2020/12/27/give-it-up-mr-president-for-your-sake-and-the-nations/
Wuhan Journalist Who Warned World About COVID Sent to Prison. Foreign reporters were reportedly told by officials that they couldn’t go into the court to witness proceedings “due to the epidemic.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/28/wuhan-citizen-journalist-jailed-for-four-years-in-chinas-christmas-crackdown
# Nuclear / Radiation
150 House Democrats sign letter backing Biden’s bid to reenter Iran nuclear deal https://thehill.com/policy/international/531576-150-house-democrats-support-biden-push-to-reenter-iran-nuclear-deal
# Social
Panic sets in as 12 million Americans lose unemployment benefits. Two federal unemployment insurance programs end on Saturday. The federal eviction moratorium is set to expire on New Year’s Eve if President Trump does not take action. https://nbcnews.to/37R3eQM
USA Downgraded as Civil Liberties Deteriorate Across the Americas. The USA was one of 11 countries downgraded from its previous rating.
https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/op-eds/4802-usa-downgraded-as-civil-liberties-deteriorate-across-the-americas
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