Voices, The Peoples News
January 20, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
– Langston Hughes
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# Indigenous
Native American tribes want the Biden administration to strike a balance between pursuing renewable energy goals and protecting culturally important areas, especially in the West.
https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-environment/2021/01/18/tribes-want-biden-balance-renewable-energy-and-cultural-issues/4102836001/
The Bureau of Land Management formally issues drilling leases for 685 square miles of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which one Indigenous leader calls a “cowardly assault” on her people.
https://www.bdtonline.com/news/trump-administration-issues-leases-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge/article_9da5c4bc-9b5a-5199-b4d0-903454e8dec3.html
Biden-Harris campaign announces tribal nations plan. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris released detailed plans to uphold federal trust responsibilities by addressing health disparities, restoring tribal lands and providing economic opportunity for tribal nations https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/biden-harris-campaign-announces-tribal-nations-plan-tIgiIPyG10Sh3sYMfQnT0A
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reintroduces bighorn sheep on tribal lands https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1510338689553/the-pyramid-lake-paiute-tribe-reintroduces-bighorn-sheep-on-tribal-lands
# Border / Immigration
US officials admit they violated a court order when they expelled 32 immigrant kids to Guatemala. After our reporting on how the hectic day unfolded, government attorneys say they will work to bring the children back to the US as soon as possible.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/14/2001905/-Border-officials-admit-they-unlawfully-expelled-dozens-of-kids-following-court-order-forbidding-it
ICE Rips 9-Year-Old Haitian Boy from His Older Brother, Before Deporting 19-Year-Old https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/20/headlines/ice_rips_9_year_old_haitian_boy_from_his_older_brother_before_deporting_19_year_old
# Children / Youth
170 People Arrested In Largest Child Trafficking Bust In History Of Tallahassee Florida https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/17/170-plus-people-charged-massive-child-sex-trafficking-investigation-tallahassee/6331680002/
# CoronaVirus
Microsoft, Big Tech Coalition Developing Rockefeller Funded COVID Passports. The group is calling itself the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), and includes Microsoft, Salesforce and Oracle.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/microsoft-big-tech-coalition-developing-rockefeller-funded-covid-passports
COVID Detention Camps Proposed by NY State Bill | Sorta true:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-detention-camps-new-york/
40% of L.A. Firefighters Decline COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.newsweek.com/l-firefighters-reluctant-get-covid-vaccine-offered-prizes-incentive-1559146
COVID-19 Vaccine Passports to be Trialed by Thousands in the UK https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9139923/Covid-UK-Britons-received-jab-offered-vaccine-passport-trial.html
What Are the Differences Between the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines? Here’s What We Know So Far.
https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/difference-between-pfizer-moderna-vaccine
# Economy / Trade
The Justice Department has closed its months-long insider trading investigation involving Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) without charges, the GOP senator said Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/534947-justice-department-closes-insider-trading-case-against-burr-without-charges
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
2 contractors of oil company indicted for leaks from platforms off Louisiana coast. “they knowingly allowed oil to leak from their platforms off Louisiana’s shores, bypassing safety and environmental protocols meant to prevent such leaks.”
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_3e9760ba-5a9f-11eb-b0eb-7beb452a34df.html
An FBI investigation helped uncover the dark money political spending of
FirstEnergy: ‘It’s a Secret, a (c)(4) Is a Secret’: Dark Money Powers
$60 Million Bribery Scheme in Ohio
https://readsludge.com/2020/07/29/dark-money-powers-60-million-bribery-scheme-in-ohio/
Federal regulators table a proposal to split the PennEast pipeline into two phases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and block Mountain Valley Pipeline’s request to bore beneath West Virginia waterways https://www.nj.com/news/2021/01/federal-energy-commission-opts-not-to-consider-penneast-pipeline-a-day-before-biden-becomes-president.html
Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline is a gift to someone. The radical green groups for sure: they have opposed the oil link since its inception https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-canceling-keystone-xl-pipeline-is-a-gift-to-china-and-russia/article_10799a88-5b47-11eb-a999-438f4d674807.html
Washington denies permits for massive fracked gas-to-methanol refinery https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/01/20/washington-denies-permits-for-massive-fracked-gas-to-methanol-refinery/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining Global
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Feds triple the size of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest coral sanctuary https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_f013bc58-5aa4-11eb-a27b-0fbd816bfd8e.html
President Biden took action to have the U.S. rejoin the Paris climate accord, following through on a campaign pledge to recommit to the Obama-era agreement on his first day in office.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/535075-biden-recommits-us-to-paris-climate-accord
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
11th-hour deal strips FDA oversight of genetically modified animals.
This is the latest instance of Trump political appointees overriding the agency’s scientists.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/fda-hhs-genertically-modified-animals-460486
# Food Recalls / Alerts
Millions Of Hot Pockets Recalled, May Contain “Pieces Of Glass And Plastic”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hot-pockets-pepperoni-recalled-may-contain-pieces-glass-plastic-usda/
# Global Politics and other news
China Bans Pompeo, Ex-Trump Staff as Biden Takes Office. The new sanctions will bar Pompeo from visiting China or doing business with any Chinese companies or institutions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-20/china-sanctions-pompeo-other-trump-officials-as-his-term-ends?sref=r2w222lv
# Gov / Politics
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, capping a winding political career and marking the beginning of a new administration.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535018-biden-sworn-in-as-nations-46th-president
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is keeping colleagues guessing on his endgame for the upcoming impeachment trial, as Republicans weigh whether to convict President Trump over the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/534920-mcconnell-keeps-gop-guessing-on-trump-impeachment
President Trump’s term of office will end at noon on Wednesday, but his impact will reverberate for years. Trump has been a uniquely destructive figure, insulting every opponent and sowing havoc across the nation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534921-the-memo-trump-leaves-changed-nation-in-his-wake
President Trump granted clemency to more than 100 people in one of his final acts as commander-in-chief, including his former chief strategist, Stephen Bannon.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534960-trump-grants-clemency-to-more-than-100-people-including-bannon
President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign 17 executive actions in the Oval Office to try to hit the ground running on his top priorities, and to roll back some of President Trump’s initiatives in those areas https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958630029/heres-what-biden-plans-to-do-in-his-1st-day-as-president
Now Joe Biden gets to sort out America’s soul. Whatever Biden’s America will become, it will start deep into an exhausted panic.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/joe-biden-inauguration-soul
The “Patriot Party”? Trump has talked to associates recently about starting a new political party. The outlet noted that Trump’s wide base of supporters was not heavily involved in the Republican Party before Trump became the party’s 2016 presidential nominee.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534952-trump-has-talked-to-associates-about-forming-new-political-party
Pelosi: Trump’s Role in Riot Makes Him Accessory to Murder. The House speaker said she reached her conclusion on the basis that the president “instigated that insurrection that caused those deaths and this destruction.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/pelosi-trump-accessory-murder-capitol-riot-460590
Trump Pardons ISIS Commanders, Rearms them for War on an America that Betrayed Him. 40 ISIS leaders and well over 1000 jihadists were pardoned by Trump, and were released to an American column that approached Ghweran Prison this morning.
https://opinion471358172.wordpress.com/2021/01/20/syria-trump-pardons-isis-commanders-rearms-them-for-war-on-an-america-that-betrayed-him/
Has President Trump Committed a War Crime by Pardoning War Criminals?
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2049&context=auilr
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has long fought climate policy, issues a statement calling on Congress to support “a market-based approach” to cutting emissions.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-business/bracing-for-biden-climate-rules-u-s-chamber-asks-congress-to-make-laws-idUSKBN29O2JN
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Baltimore’s climate lawsuit that could determine whether such cases could be heard in state courts.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20012021/supreme-court-climate-change-jurisdiction/
Former Trump aides do not have to abide by any lobbying ban; Trump lifted the order last night, among the pardons and commutations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534963-trump-revokes-5-year-lobbying-ban-for-administration-officials
Trump leaves White House, promises to be back in ‘some form’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534983-trump-leaves-white-house-promises-to-be-back-in-some-form
Joe Biden Will Have to Address the War in Afghanistan—Again: Joe Biden should go slow on Afghanistan. We need patience in this peace process.
Though many are pressuring Biden to resolve the war in Afghanistan quickly once in office, it needs to be done slowly and carefully.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/21/sorting-out-afghanistan-take-time-under-biden-column/3928731001/
Post-inauguration, restoring the soul of Biden’s America must be truly inclusive https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/01/20/post-inauguration-restoring-the-soul-of-bidens-america-must-be-truly-inclusive/
Trump Is Walking Out of the White House Into a Minefield of Legal Perils. Trump will likely face a barrage of criminal indictments and high-profile civil lawsuits in multiple states.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-walking-out-of-the-white-house-into-a-minefield-of-legal-perils/
Biden’s Goal of Unity Requires a Defense of Democracy First https://www.thedailybeast.com/bidens-goal-of-unity-requires-a-defense-of-democracy-first
# Law Enforcement
Feds Charge Capitol Rioter With ‘Barbaric’ Assault on DC Cop. Patrick McCaughey III is accused of pinning an officer between a police riot shield and a Capitol door—as the cop cried out in pain.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-charge-capitol-rioter-patrick-edward-mccaughey-with-barbaric-assault-on-dc-cop-using-police-shield
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Synthetic CBD kills gonorrhea, may provide first new antibiotic to resistant bacteria in 60 years https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/synthetic-cbd-kills-bacteria-095626/
Biden Transition Team Highlights Top Health Pick’s Medical Marijuana Work. In addition to her recent posts, Dr. Levine is also an accomplished regional and international speaker, and author on the opioid crisis https://www.marijuanamoment.net/biden-transition-team-highlights-top-health-picks-medical-marijuana-work/
The Virginia Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Marijuana Subcommittee held its first hearing on a legalization bill that was filed last week by the governor and top legislative leaders.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-virginia-senate-marijuana-committee-holds-first-hearing-on-legalization-bill/
The Washington State House Commerce and Gaming Committee held a hearing on a bill to legalize home cultivation of marijuana—and a vote could be held as soon as this Friday.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/washington-state-marijuana-homegrow-bill-draws-smooth-reception-at-initial-hearing/
# Medical / Health
New research has shown the potential for clinically available cancer treatments to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106103446.htm
# Military / DOD
U.S. Soldier Wanted to Help ISIS Blow Up 9/11 Memorial: Cole James Bridges, 20, stands accused attempted material support of a terrorist organization after making threats in a chat with an FBI informant.
https://apnews.com/article/us-soldier-plot-blow-up-nyc-memorial-2b7225db9f47a21097b981ab0e5e3687
# Social
Bent on Revenge, the Far Right Will Rage Against Reality in the Biden Era. Trump’s most dangerous supporters now see themselves as renegades in a stolen country.
https://truthout.org/audio/bent-on-revenge-the-far-right-will-rage-against-reality-in-the-biden-era/
# Water
The ongoing collapse of the world’s aquifers. When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottle.
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_3e9760ba-5a9f-11eb-b0eb-7beb452a34df.html
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