Voices, The Peoples News
January 24, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Klamath Tribes reclaim ancestral lands
https://klamathtribes.org/news/klamath-tribes-reclaim-ancestral-lands/
# Border / Immigration
Biden’s Immigration Declarations Open Up New Political Terrain for Organizers https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-immigration-declarations-open-up-new-political-terrain-for-organizers/
The Texas attorney general filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration Friday over its order to halt most deportations for the next 100 days.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/535453-texas-ag-sues-biden-administration-over-deportation-freeze
# Children / Youth
Investigation finds 33 missing children in Southern California, FBI says https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/23/33-missing-children-found-southern-california-fbi-investigation/6686845002/
# CoronaVirus
Baseball Legend Hank Aaron Dead After Receiving the Experimental Moderna mRNA COVID Injection https://www.wkrg.com/honoring-hammerin-hank/baseball-legend-hank-aaron-got-virus-vaccine-earlier-in-january/
Disjointed vaccine distribution poses early test for Biden. Health officials are desperate for clarity from the federal government on vaccine shipments, saying they need accurate numbers for planning weeks in advance.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535506-disjointed-vaccine-distribution-poses-early-test-for-biden
How to stay safe from the new, fast-spreading COVID-19 mutations https://www.fastcompany.com/90597156/how-to-stay-safe-from-the-new-fast-spreading-covid-19-mutations
China Health Experts Call for Suspension of COVID Vaccines as Norway Investigates 33 Deaths, Germany Probes 10 Deaths –Norway upped the number of deaths under investigation, from 23 last week to 33, while in Germany, health officials said they are investigating 10 deaths that occurred among elderly patients who received the COVID vaccine.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/china-health-experts-suspension-covid-vaccines-norway/
NSAIDs might exacerbate or suppress COVID-19 depending on timing, mouse study suggests https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210122154410.htm
Biden says nothing can change the trajectory of the Covid pandemic over the next several months: During a Friday press briefing, Biden said that Covid-19 deaths are expected to reach “well over 600,000.”
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/164070/Biden-says-nothing-will-change-trajectory-of-the-pandemic-in-next-several-months
Disjointed vaccine distribution poses early test for Biden https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535506-disjointed-vaccine-distribution-poses-early-test-for-biden
181 Dead in the U.S. During 2 Week Period From Experimental COVID Injections – How Long Will We Continue to Allow Mass Murder by Lethal Injection? A 2011 report by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stated that fewer than one percent of all vaccine adverse events are reported to the
government:
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/181-dead-in-the-u-s-during-2-week-period-from-experimental-covid-injections-how-long-will-we-continue-to-allow-mass-murder-by-lethal-injection/
U.S. Government funded database
https://vaers.hhs.gov/
# Economy / Trade
This D.C. real estate company is helping Black and Brown residents buy homes https://www.fastcompany.com/90596243/this-d-c-real-estate-company-is-helping-black-and-brown-residents-buy-homes
Senior Democrats drafting plan to give parents at least $3,000 per child in Biden stimulus https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/senior-democrats-drafting-plan-to-give-parents-at-least-3000-per-child-in/
Imperiling quick $1,400 checks, moderate Republicans push back on Biden’s economic plan https://www.yahoo.com/now/imperiling-quick-1-400-checks-093024429.html
Sanders: Senate may use budget reconciliation to pass Biden agenda. “Now as you know, reconciliation, which is a Senate rule, was used by the Republicans under Trump to pass massive tax breaks for the rich and corporations, it was used as an attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and what we’re saying is, ‘You used for that, that’s fine. We are going to use reconciliation … you did it, we’re going to do it to protect ordinary people, not the rich and the powerful,’ ” he said.
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-defends-using-budget-reconciliation-stimulus-checks-emergency-aid-1563990
# Education / Schools
Chicago Teachers Are Voting on Whether to Defy City’s Divisive Reopening Plans Chicago is trying to force its educators back into classrooms amid climbing COVID positive rates in the city.
https://truthout.org/articles/chicago-teachers-are-voting-on-whether-to-defy-citys-divisive-reopening-plans/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Rare Blue Bees Back From The Dead As Species Prove Not Extinct In Florida. A rare bit of good news (just in time for Endangered Species
Day) saw a rare species of blue bee “back from the dead” as it was spotted in Florida https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1567065864394/rare-blue-bees-back-from-the-dead-as-species-prove-not-extinct-in-florida
Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21012021/biden-executive-orders-climate-change/
The US Rejoins the Paris Agreement, but Rebuilding Credibility on Climate Action Will Take Time https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21012021/biden-paris-climate-agreement/
Why we need to “rewild” our environment. By changing how we feed the world, with plant-based burgers, bioreactor-grown dairy, and more efficient indoor farms, we could turn land now used for agriculture back into wilderness.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90594726/why-we-need-to-rewild-our-environment
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden Orders on Food Aid Heralded as ‘Most Significant Anti-Hunger Actions in Modern Times.’ The expected executive action comes as “families are struggling with food insecurity like never before.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/22/biden-orders-food-aid-heralded-most-significant-anti-hunger-actions-modern-times
# Gov / Politics
Democrats are mulling whether they can use the 14th Amendment to prevent former President Trump from ever holding office again.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535467-democrats-float-14th-amendment-to-bar-trump-from-office
White House launches sweeping review of domestic terror threats. The White House announced Friday a sweeping interagency effort to root out domestic extremism following the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535438-white-house-launches-sweeping-review-of-domestic-terror-threats
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Biden a ‘Threat to National Security.’
Files Impeachment Resolution
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-files-impeachment-articles-against-biden-fundraises-off-effort-1563517
Impeachment resolution:
https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1352368778731020288
‘A Big Deal’: Lawmakers Reintroduce Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United. “We cannot allow the wealthiest individuals and corporations to flood our elections with cash through complex webs of super PACs and dark money groups that put special interests above the will of the American people.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/21/big-deal-lawmakers-reintroduce-constitutional-amendment-overturn-citizens-united
You Counter Trumpism By Ending The Conditions Which Created It, Not With Authoritarian Policies
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/23/trump-america-authoritarianism-420681
A new ‘war on terror’ would tear America apart http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56236.htm
The Great Reset Conspiracy Smoothie: A viral conspiracy theory blends together legitimate critiques with truly dangerous anti-vaccination fantasies and outright coronavirus denialism.
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/08/great-reset-conspiracy/
Davos 2021: to achieve a ‘great reset’, we can’t count on the same old globalists to lead the way
https://theconversation.com/davos-2021-to-achieve-a-great-reset-we-cant-count-on-the-same-old-globalists-to-lead-the-way-153508
Biden administration unveils plan to combat domestic extremism https://www.axios.com/biden-domestic-terrorism-policies-psaki-556279c1-a1a9-4eeb-b5a3-60b823443a85.html
Trump Campaign Paid $2.7 Million To People, Firms That Planned Rally Sparking Capitol Riot: Eight Trump campaign officials were listed on the permit for the rally that ended with the deadly storming of the Capitol, reports the Center for Responsive Politics.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-officials-firms-funding-capitol-attack_n_600b5ac0c5b6a0d83a1b4af7
Republicans who impeached Trump are already on the chopping block Candidates, donors and local party officials are organizing against the
10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/trump-revenge-gop-impeachment-backers-461189
Trump’s back room plot to overturn election exposed. The disgraced ex-president backed down only after a group of top DOJ officials threatened to resign if acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen was ousted.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/politics/donald-trump-georgia-election-joe-biden-congress/index.html
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The Senate will start President Trump’s second impeachment trial during the week of Feb. 8, Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) announced on Friday
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-biden-cabinet-cabinets-trials-19b1f4281bbfd3df0cd7211368d74aa6
Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General https://www.voanews.com/usa/nyt-trump-justice-depart-lawyer-tried-oust-acting-attorney-general
Justice Department, FBI debating whether to charge all those involved in Capitol riots: report https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/535545-justice-department-fbi-debate-whether-to-charge-all-those-involved
Klobuchar says Senate impeachment trial of former official is
constitutional: ‘We have precedent.’ Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday defended the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, saying it is constitutional and dismissing arguments of her Republican colleagues.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/535571-sen-amy-klobuchar-on-impeaching-a-former-president-it-is?rnd=1611502014
# Media
Larry King, longtime national talk show host known for his interviews, has died at age 87. https://nbcnews.to/3sRpQJ1
Rand Paul Refuses to Admit That the Election Wasn’t Stolen. “There are not two sides to facts,” ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos retorted after Paul claimed there were, indeed, two sides to the bogus “stolen”
election conspiracies.
https://www.newsweek.com/rand-paul-refuses-say-election-wasnt-stolen-blames-media-saying-were-all-liars-1563997
# Medical / Health
Biden Nullifies Trump Executive Order Issued to Reduce Prices of Insulin and Epinephrine https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/bidens-hhs-freezes-trump-insulin-epinephrine-rule-until-march
# Military / DOD
Large US Military Convoy illegaly entered Syria On 1st Day Of Biden
Presidency: It was tweeted and pushed by those who are critical of US foreign policy and particularly some who have latched onto a narrative that former US President Donald Trump wanted to end “foreign wars” while President Joe Biden will “start” a new war. Neither is accurate.
https://www.jpost.com/international/false-claims-in-syria-biden-will-start-war-as-us-presence-there-rejected-656440
Syria demands immediate withdrawal of US forces: “Any foreign forces operating in our territories without our authorization are occupying forces and must withdraw immediately,” al-Moualem said during an address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York. “If they refuse, we have the right to take any and all countermeasures authorized under international law,” he said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-syria/syria-demands-withdrawal-of-u-s-turkish-forces-warns-of-countermeasures-idUSKBN1WD0JL
US carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions. A U.S.
aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas”, the U.S. military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-01-24/us-carrier-group-enters-south-china-sea-amid-taiwan-tensions
# Science
Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism. A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots.”
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/01/not-bot-not-beast-scientists-create-first-ever-living-programmable-organism/
# Sports
Louisiana Wrestling Tournament Was a COVD Superspreader. More than 20 athletes and attendees have tested positive—and hundreds more were likely exposed.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2150660843959/louisiana-wrestling-tournament-was-a-covd-superspreader
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