Voices, The Peoples News
January 19, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Montana’s Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes are among those encouraged by President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, while Lakota activists say the Dakota Access project should be next.
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montanans-give-swift-response-to-biden-plan-canceling-keystone-xl/article_ff9824ab-4f2c-53b8-b11b-7501394ddc1d.html
Native Activists File Suit After Trump Officials Hand Sacred Land to Foreign Mining Firm. The fight to protect Oak Flat is just beginning.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/16/sacred-native-american-land-arizona-oak-flat
# Border / Immigration
Trump moves to lift coronavirus travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534718-trump-moves-to-lift-travel-restrictions-on-europe-brazil
Biden rejects Trump’s move to lift coronavirus travel bans for Europe, Brazil Spokesperson for incoming US president says it is ‘not the time’ to lift restrictions amid the worsening pandemic.
https://www.politico.eu/article/biden-rejects-trumps-move-to-lift-coronavirus-travel-bans-for-europe-brazil/
Biden Plans 8-Year Path to Citizenship for Immigrants https://time.com/5930687/us-immigrants-citizenship/
# CoronaVirus
So many people are dying of COVID in LA, they’ve had to suspend cremation limits https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/01/los-angeles-county-cremation-limits-coronavirus.html
California Health Officials Call for Pause on Moderna Vaccine Batch Due to Reports of Allergic Reactions https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-covid-california-moderna-vaccine-petco-park-allergic-20210118-tpqxbscrkndojlnbt6szs7idwa-story.html
10 Dead with 51 Severe Side-Effects Among Germany’s Elderly after Experimental Pfizer COVID Injections https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/10-dead-with-51-severe-side-effects-among-germanys-elderly-after-experimental-pfizer-covid-injections/
Wisconsin Nursing Home Believed to be First in U.S. to Fire Staff for Refusing Experimental COVID Injections https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/wisconsin-nursing-home-believed-to-be-first-in-u-s-to-fire-staff-for-refusing-experimental-covid-injections/
13,000 NY Nursing Home Residents And Nearly Half Of Staff Decline
COVID-19 Vaccine
https://laptrinhx.com/13-000-ny-nursing-home-residents-and-nearly-half-of-staff-decline-covid-19-vaccine-902990179/
California Halts COVID Vaccinations From Moderna Batch Linked To ‘Unusually High Number’ Of Adverse Reactions https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/california-halts-vaccinations-moderna-batch-linked-unusually-high-number-adverse-reactions
A new SARS-CoV-2 variant, first seen in the United Kingdom, appears to be roughly 50% more transmissible than other variants.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00144-6
Immune cells gone wild are tied to COVID lung damage: Some of the severe respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 seem to result from the activity of specific immune cells, which can cause long-term inflammation of the lungs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03148-w
Doctors Begin to Crack Covid’s Mysterious Long-Term Effects https://www.pharmacist.com/article/doctors-begin-crack-covids-mysterious-long-term-effects
# Employment
Facing aggressive pushback, Amazon workers to vote on forming the company’s first American union https://thecounter.org/amazon-workers-vote-rwdsu-first-american-union-alabama/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Biden to cancel Keystone XL pipeline in inauguration day executive order https://tellusdaily.com/2021/01/19/biden-to-cancel-keystone-xl-pipeline-in-inauguration-day-executive-order/
Biden to cancel $9bn Keystone XL pipeline’s permit, says source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/18/joe-biden-cancel-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit
Ohio becomes the latest state to enact harsher penalties for trespassing on or interfering with energy infrastructure, which critics say is an attempt to chill pipeline protests.
https://grist.org/politics/will-states-use-the-capitol-riot-to-crack-down-on-pipeline-protests/?utm_source=Energy+News+Network+daily+email+digests&utm_campaign=a343c7c061-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_11_11_46_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_724b1f01f5-a343c7c061-89260183
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining Global
Canadian officials urge President-elect Biden not to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney saying the province may pursue legal damages.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-alberta-canada-jason-kenney-4bb6721d53d8764f8ab8da8d81893543
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Ask a Scientist: What Should the Biden Administration and Congress Do to Address the Climate Crisis?
https://blog.ucsusa.org/elliott-negin/what-should-the-new-administration-and-congress-do-to-address-the-climate-crisis
# Gov / Politics
The Pentagon says there is no evidence of an “insider threat” to Biden’s inauguration https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-national-guard/acting-pentagon-chief-no-indication-of-insider-threat-before-inauguration-idUSKBN29O00M
The Trump movement’s break with reality will outlive his presidency https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/trump-supporters-inauguration-future
Biden Transition Team: National Guard Members Might Kill Biden During Inauguration, So They’ve Asked Commanders to Seize All Ammo and Magazines From the Soldiers
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1350800988496687106
President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday will look like no inauguration before it in American history.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534684-bidens-inauguration-unprecedented-in-us-history
Trump Is Enraged by Biden’s A-List Inauguration Guests: Trump Flew Into Jealous Rage Over Biden’s A-List Inauguration Guests, Says Report https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-flew-into-jealous-rage-over-lady-gaga-and-bidens-a-list-inauguration-guests-says-report
Trump Says He’ll Ease COVID Travel Rules, Biden Says No https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-hell-ease-coronavirus-travel-restrictions-on-uk-europe-brazil-biden-says-no
Trump signs executive order for Martial Law under ‘Insurrection Act, orders Biden-Pence Arrests with ‘McPillow’ [False] https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jan/11/fact-checking-claims-about-insurrection-act-martia/
Across the US, governors are readying themselves for possible attacks from violent pro-Trump mobs ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration later this week.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-states-see-small-protests-ahead-of-joe-biden-inauguration/a-56252577
Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/pentagon-papers-neil-sheehan.html
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday accused President Trump of provoking the violent crowd that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/534804-mcconnell-trump-provoked-crowd-that-stormed-capitol
Trump has removed the heart and soul of the Republican Party. The GOP is dying, what will replace it? Most of them feel that the party cannot be reformed but that a new party must be created with new ideas, a new agenda, and new directions.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/01/19/trump-has-removed-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-republican-party-the-gop-is-dying-what-will-replace-it/
Dozen National Guard Troops Pulled From Inauguration. At least two were accused of “inappropriate” posts or messages about the event specifically, and all were said to be linked to far-right militias or have extremist views.
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-01-19/dozen-us-national-guard-removed-from-inaugural-duty-after-vetting
Even Pence Is Skipping Trump’s Send-Off for Biden Inaug: Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy will join Pence in skipping Trump’s farewell.
https://deadline.com/2021/01/mike-pence-donald-trump-inauguration-1234676434/
Tearful Biden Remembers Late Son in Farewell to Delaware. Beau Biden served as Delaware’s attorney general from 2007 to 2015, before succumbing to brain cancer.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/in-tearful-farewell-address-biden-thanks-delaware-remembers-late-son/ar-BB1cT6Bs?li=BBnbcA1
Trump’s Bizarre Farewell: ‘The Movement’ Is ‘Just Beginning.’ Trump published the video via the official White House Twitter account, as his personal handle was banned in the aftermath of the Capitol riot.
https://www.vox.com/2021/1/19/22239471/trump-farewell-speech
Trump seeks to box-in Biden with executive actions. President Trump has issued a string of last-minute executive actions that appear intended to make life more difficult for the incoming Biden administration.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534890-trump-seeks-to-box-in-biden-with-executive-actions
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Serious charges, Felony Murder and Sedition, to be filed in weeks, months against Those Being Arrested in Capitol Violence https://theintercept.com/2021/01/14/capitol-riot-fbi-federal-charges/
Attorney Roberta Kaplan is about to make Trump’s life extremely difficult https://thehill.com/legal/534706-attorney-says-shell-try-to-depose-trump-in-three-cases-after-he-leaves-white-house
# LGBTQ
Biden Pick Would Be First Ever Transgender Senate Confirmee https://www.axios.com/health-coronavirus-hhs-pennsylvania-a1d68907-d541-4888-b1cf-53c8adb61fb8.html
# Media
Fox News Launches ‘Purge’ to ‘Get Rid of Real Journalists.’ Fox laid off at least 16 staffers, including Chris Stirewalt, who defended the election-night call that pissed off Trump. Insiders say the firings are part of an ideological purge.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-launches-purge-to-get-rid-of-real-journalists
# Social
Far right troll “Baked Alaska” has been arrested over the coup attempt at the Capitol. His livestream of the insurrection, which showed the faces of many of the rioters, may be the reason many of them are being identified and arrested.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/baked-alaska-tim-gionet-arrest-capitol-coup-attempt-dlive
Doc Who Pushed Trump’s Favorite COVID Drug Arrested in Riots. Simone Gold, an outspoken critic of the coronavirus vaccine, is among three Los Angeles residents who were arrested this week in connection with the insurrection.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/beverly-hills-doctor-who-pushed-trumps-favorite-covid-19-drug-arrested-in-riots
# Technology
Social media platforms are cracking down to prevent Inauguration Day violence https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-01-18/inauguration-platforms
Facebook reportedly has no plans to lift President Trump’s suspension from the social media network even after he leaves the White House.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/534879-facebook-has-no-current-plan-to-end-the-trump-suspension-report
# United Nations
UNFF Expert Group Meeting on the Assessment of the Impact of the
COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Forest Management https://www.un.org/esa/forests/events/egm-covid-jan-2021/index.html
Launch event and Thematic exchange on the Protection of Religious Sites
– Global Programme on Countering Terrorist Threats against Vulnerable Targets https://www.un.org/counterterrorism/events/launch-global-programme-countering-terrorist-threats-against-vulnerable-targets
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