Voices, The Peoples News
January 8, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
A crude virus: How ‘man camps’ can cause a COVID surge: The Keystone XL Pipeline threatens to spread more than just oil through Indigenous communities.
# CoronaVirus
Early Study Finds Pfizer Vaxx Works on U.K. COVID Mutation. The virus variant is more contagious than the original and has brought Britain to its knees.
The COVID vaccine rollout is such a mess that in some places people are sleeping in their cars to get doses
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/coronavirus-new-variant-transmission-b117
Nearly Half of U.S. Voters Believe Health Officials have been Misleading with COVID Data https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/poll-nearly-half-all-voters-believe-public-health-officials-have
Big Tech And Big Pharma Merge: Oracle Takes Over Vaccine Data World https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/big-tech-big-pharma-merge-oracle-takes-over-vaccine-data-world/
In aftermath of report on COVID-19 deaths at Pennsylvania veterans center, family member hopes for more accountability https://www.wfmz.com/news/state/in-aftermath-of-report-on-covid-19-deaths-at-pennsylvania-veterans-center-family-member-hopes/article_f7b5de97-3fff-5176-a073-19774a3eb832.html
Biden to quickly release nearly all vaccine doses in shift from Trump https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/533343-biden-to-quickly-release-nearly-all-vaccine-doses-in-shift-from-trump
FDA chief urges states to allow vaccination of lower-priority groups https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/533364-fda-chief-urges-states-to-allow-covid-vaccinations-of-lower-priority-groups
# Economy
Economy loses 140K jobs in December, first losses since April https://thehill.com/policy/finance/533242-december-jobs-report
Paul’s annual report details more than $54B in wasteful federal government spending. Congress “spent as never before, doing so ostensibly without a care” in 2020, greatly contributing to what is now a $3.1 trillion deficit, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, argues in his annual wasteful spending report.
# Education / Schools
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos tendered her resignation to President Trump Thursday
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/07/education-secretary-betsy-devos-resigns-456294
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to loosen mining regulations and green light new mineral projects https://www.reuters.com/article/instant-article/idUSKBN29D1AD
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Trump auctions Arctic refuge to oil companies in last bid against the environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/05/trump-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-lease-sales
Geoengineers inch closer to Sun-dimming balloon test. Today, after much technical and regulatory wrangling, Harvard University scientists are proposing a June 2021 test flight of a research balloon designed to drop small amounts of chalky dust and observe its effects.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/12/geoengineers-inch-closer-sun-dimming-balloon-test
# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Insurrection Requires His Immediate Removal
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah: “I stepped down because I saw where this was heading.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/07/alyssa-farah-q-and-a-456369
Charges for Trump family members and associates, Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Rudy Giuliani and others await the confirmation of Biden’s new Attorney General.
‘Unfathomable’: Capitol Police Officer Murdered, Kidnappings and Lynchings Planned by Trump Terrorists. Everyone involved in the attack on the Capitol now faces murder charges https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/07/unfathomable-capitol-police-officer-murdered-kidnappings-and-lynchings-planned-by-trump-terrorists/
Impeachment Begun: President Biden calls the violent pro-Trump riot at the Capitol an ‘insurrection’ and ‘domestic terrorism’ (powerful)
Congressional leaders vowed Wednesday to fire law enforcement chiefs amid bipartisan anger that a mob was able to easily enter the Capitol building, putting everyone inside in danger.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533253-bipartisan-anger-builds-over-police-failure-at-capitol
‘Conspiracy and Sedition … Are Definitely on the Table.’ Investigations into the mob violence are getting underway. Who should be held accountable, and for what?
This Army Ranger-turned-Congressman was last out of the House chamber during the Capitol riots: “Frankly, I’m pretty angry right now,” he told CBS. “I’m angry about the traitors who stormed the Capitol.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/jason-crow-army-ranger-capitol-riots/
Rep. Ro Khanna: Republicans Should Back Impeachment After Trump Incited Mob Violence https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/8/ro_khanna_trump_capitol_insurrection_impeachment
Every Lawmaker Calling for Trump to Be Removed From Office. High-profile Democrats and at least four Republicans want Trump gone for inciting a mob to take over the U.S. Capitol
https://gen.medium.com/every-lawmaker-calling-for-trump-to-be-removed-from-office-afbdf7415896
Trump Aides Rush to Keep Him From Sparking Another Conflict. Trump is increasingly unhinged. Top national security officials are trying to keep the whole world from paying the price.
Murkowski becomes first GOP senator to call on Trump to resign https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/08/donald-trump-capitol-impeachment-joe-biden-election-coronavirus-covid-live-updates?page=with:block-5ff8a49b8f08ef644fc2b61c
Trump Must Be Held Accountable. If he remains unpunished, Trump’s antidemocratic, violent movement will persist in mainstream American culture.
https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article248315905.html
The World Shook as America Raged: America’s rivals cited the chaos at the Capitol as a sign that America has forfeited its claim to be a political model or world leader.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-world-shook-as-america-raged
While Railing Against Trump Coup, Biden Appoints Chief Ukraine Coup-Plotter Victoria Nuland. Nuland was the driving force behind the
2014 insurrection that overthrew the Ukrainian government of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine and is now set to serve as Biden’s Under Secretary for Political Affairs.
History and the growing power of right-wing extremism point to a volatile future for the West during the Biden presidency.
Dems Seek to Impeach Trump for ‘Incitement of Insurrection.’ The articles could receive a vote on the House floor as soon as Monday. If passed, Trump would be the first president to be impeached twice.
https://news.yahoo.com/house-dems-seek-impeach-trump-220527700.html
# Law Enforcement
FBI Puts Up $50K for Info on Would-Be D.C. Pipe-Bomber. The person is suspected of planting pipe bombs outside the HQs of both the Republican and Democratic National Committees as rioters swamped the Capitol.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-puts-up-dollar50k-for-info-on-would-be-dc-pipe-bomber
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, submitted his resignation with barely seven months on the job https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533262-capitol-police-chief-announces-resignation-after-pro-trump-riots
Capitol Police Chief Resigns Following Insurrection, Lawmakers Demand Answers https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lawmakers-promise-investigation-firings-capitol-police-1110919/
Capitol Police firings imminent after ‘attempted coup,’ top appropriator warns With control of both chambers and the White House, Democrats could mandate changes among the Capitol Police force.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/capitol-riots-police-firings-455698
Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick collapsed after being injured while confronting rioters and died Thursday night. He became the fourth fatality tied to the Capitol clashes.
https://people.com/politics/us-capitol-police-officer-dead-after-riots-in-dc/
Trump Was ‘Pleased’ as Mob Stormed Capitol: Trump is said to have agreed to make his latest video, in which he finally acknowledges the end of his presidency, after realizing he could face legal trouble.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-was-pleased-as-mob-stormed-capitol-report-says
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Republican attorney on Trump’s call to Georgia officials resigns from law firm Cleta Mitchell left her partnership position at Foley & Lardner one day after the firm issued a statement expressing concern about Mitchell’s role in the call.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/05/trump-georgia-phone-call-attorney-resigns-455206
Another Lawyer on Trump’s Georgia Phone Call Is Out of a Job. Alex Kaufman is leaving his firm two days after Cleta Mitchell quit her job at a different firm.
Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden plans to name United States Circuit Judge Merrick Garland as his attorney general, according to media reports.
https://apnews.com/article/merrick-garland-attorney-general-e7972db4cd96352d028af3167b253481
AG Opens Grand Jury Probe Into Elijah McClain’s Death. Elijah McClain, 23, was unarmed when he was stopped by police, who used a now-banned chokehold on him.
Dominion Voting Sues Trumpist Lawyer Sidney Powell for $1.3B. Citing her role promoting baseless conspiracy theories that the company helped steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump https://www.thedailybeast.com/dominion-voting-sues-pro-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-for-dollar13-billion-over-election-conspiracy-theories?source=cheats&via=rss
# Media
Twitter permanently suspends Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell and others https://thehill.com/policy/technology/533424-twitter-permanently-suspends-michael-flynn-sidney-powell-and-others
# Security
FBI Puts Up $50K for Info on Would-Be D.C. Pipe-Bomber. The person is suspected of planting pipe bombs outside the HQs of both the Republican and Democratic National Committees as rioters swamped the Capitol.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-puts-up-dollar50k-for-info-on-would-be-dc-pipe-bomber
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