Voices, The Peoples News
January 27, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on:
nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
– Omar Khayyám
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# Indigenous
WATCH: The Klamath River is the lifeblood of the Yurok tribe. Removing four dams across southern Oregon and Northern California is vital to restoring clean water, food sovereignty, and justice for the Klamath River https://www.outsideonline.com/2420252/klamath-river-yurok-tribe-dam-removal#close
Yukoners, First Nations benefit little from mining royalties: Miners extracted minerals worth an average of $335 million per year yet only paid an average of $100,000 per year in royalties.
https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-mining-royalties-panel-review/
Biden Reaffirms Tribal Sovereignty
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/biden-reaffirms-tribal-sovereignty
President Biden issues tribal consultation and nation-to-nation directive https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-tribal-consultation-and-strengthening-nation-to-nation-relationships/
# Border / Immigration
A federal judge in Texas has blocked Biden’s 100-day pause on deportations. The judge’s order represents an initial setback for the Biden administration, which has vowed to reform agencies like ICE.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/texas-judge-blocks-biden-deportation-pause
19 Shot and Burned Bodies Found Near U.S.-Mexico Border; Victims Could Be Teenage Asylum Seekers https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/27/headlines/19_shot_and_burned_bodies_found_near_us_mexico_border_victims_could_be_teenage_asylum_seekers
# CoronaVirus
Couple Accused of Taking Vaccine Doses From Indigenous Elders. The response has been unsparing. “I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass.”
https://www.thecut.com/2021/01/rich-couple-take-covid-vaccines-from-indigenous-elders.html
There’s good news and bad news about the coronavirus variants and vaccines https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/coronavirus-variants-moderna-pfizer-vaccines
An anti-vax pharmacist pleaded guilty to trying to destroy hundreds of COVID vaccines https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/antivax-pharmacist-tamper-covid-vaccine-wisconsin
Report: Proud Boys and Police Sabotaging Vaccine Programs, Turning Away Immigrants and Minorities. A report is, police and Proud Boys have taken control of vaccine distribution, one case through a Walgreens operating under the authority of the Michigan Department of Health.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/26/report-proud-boys-and-police-sabotaging-vaccine-programs-turning-away-immigrants-and-minorities/
CNA Nursing Home Whistleblower: Seniors: “They’re dropping like flies.”
After COVID Injections! “How many more lives need to be lost before we say something?”
https://medicalkidnap.com/2021/01/26/cna-nursing-home-whistleblower-seniors-are-dying-like-flies-after-covid-injections-speak-out/
Philly CEO Took Home Vaxx Doses in Plastic Bag, Nurse Says. Philadelphia has cut ties with Philly Fighting COVID after it changed to a for-profit model and altered its privacy policy without informing the city council.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/philly-fighting-covid-coronavirus-vaccine-clinic-city-council-resolution-20210127.html
Commuting patterns can help explain why some ethnicities were worse affected by COVID-19 https://www.zmescience.com/science/commuting-patterns-covid-spread-8246246/
Biden’s Pandemic Plan Might Just Work. The coronavirus is devastating America, and getting worse—but it’s not too late for a concerted effort to save countless lives.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf
White House goes full-throttle on COVID-19 relief talks. The White House is moving forward with a range of meetings with lawmakers and other stakeholders as President Biden pushes for the passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536146-white-house-goes-full-throttle-on-covid-relief-talks
Sanofi to help produce millions of rival Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines in Europe. The pharmaceutical company Sanofi will help produce millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German company BioNTech in an effort to help meet the huge demand for the shots.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/536071-sanofi-to-help-produce-millions-of-rival-pfizers-covid-vaccines-in-europe
Yale’s COVID-19 Saliva Test Used In NBA Gets FDA Emergency Approval…
http://ow.ly/coqi50B1bUT
They Lost Sons To Drug Overdoses: How The Pandemic May Be Fueling Deaths Of Despair https://www.npr.org/2021/01/26/960492035/deaths-of-despair-how-the-pandemic-may-be-fueling-lethal-drug-overdoses
# Education / Schools
Biden Chief of Staff Backs Teachers Unions Refusing To Reopen Schools, Says They’re Not ‘Overruling’ Science https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-white-house-chief-of-staff-ron-klain-teachers-unions
# Employment
Don’t Be Fooled: The Official Unemployment Numbers Are a Lie. A dive into the murky waters of unemployment to see the designed failings of a system that purposefully miscounts, disaggregates and excludes millions of people.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/358905-dont-be-fooled-by-low-unemployment-figures
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
NYC Pension Funds Are Divesting Four Billion From Fossil Fuels https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuels-nyc-pension-2650142167.html
As Kerry Touts U.S. Climate Diplomacy, Biden Is Urged to End Dirty Energy Subsidies https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-fossil-fuels-subsidies-2650140430.html
# Global Politics and other news
Israelis Say They’ll Attack Iran If US Eases Sanctions. Israel said it will attack Iran if the U.S agrees to go back to the nuclear agreement https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/israelis-say-theyll-attack-iran-if-us-eases-sanctions/
Iran wants the nuclear deal it made. The new administration has a fundamental choice to make https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iran/2021-01-22/iran-wants-nuclear-deal-it-made
Yemen Crisis Linked to Weapons Maker Raytheon’s Influence on US Foreign Policy. Corporations like Raytheon do not, as they claim, follow U.S.
foreign policy: they make it.
https://truthout.org/articles/yemen-crisis-linked-to-weapons-maker-raytheons-influence-on-us-foreign-policy/
# Gov / Politics
Senate GOP braces for more retirements after Portman stunner.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/senate-gop-retirements-2022-462898
Senate GOP boxes itself in on impeachment: The outcome of former President Trump’s second impeachment trial has largely been determined after 45 Republican senators voted in support of a resolution declaring it unconstitutional and the impeachment of a private citizen illegal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536006-senate-gop-boxes-itself-in-on-impeachment
Pay for pardons? John Kiriakou on Trump’s final flop and Biden’s new intelligence pick. He says Giuliani demanded $2 million to work on his behalf.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/20/john_kiriakou_trump_presidential_pardons
GOP Senators Appear Ready to Let Trump Get Away With Inciting Capitol Attack Trump incited a mob to try to smash the legislature, but most Republican senators still won’t break from him.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-senators-appear-ready-to-let-trump-get-away-with-inciting-capitol-attack/
McConnell Threatens to Sabotage Senate If Democrats Scrap Filibuster.
Rep. Ilhan Omar blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his
hypocrisy: “You lost all credibility when you stole a Supreme Court seat.”
https://truthout.org/articles/mcconnell-threat-to-sabotage-senate-if-democrats-scrap-filibuster/
More than 30,000 voters who had been registered members of the Republican Party have changed their voter registration after a mob of pro-Trump supporters attacked the Capitol https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/536113-tens-of-thousands-of-voters-drop-republican-affiliation-after-capitol
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results. They repeated Trump’s lies about widespread fraud as he incited supporters to violently attack Congress and democracy. Why are they still in office?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-overturn-election-results-capitol-insurrection_n_5ffc732fc5b63642b6fdc5d0
# Law Enforcement
Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns
Portland Cops ID Suspect in Deadly Hit-and-Run Rampage: The motive for the alleged hit-and-runs hasn’t been pinpointed, but cops have said they don’t think the spree was related to politics, racism, or terrorism.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/01/police-accuse-64-year-old-man-of-murder-in-deadly-southeast-portland-hit-and-run-rampage.html
Hostage Stand-Off at Texas Doctors’ Office Leaves Two Dead: A SWAT team’s overheard attempts to talk to the people inside suggested that a doctor may have been the hostage-taker.
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/27/961037992/texas-hostage-standoff-leaves-2-dead
Black Teen Sues Deputy for Allegedly Leading Mob to House. Dameon and Monica Shepard said they were terrified of an armed group of people who questioned them and refused to leave.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article242604661.html
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Biden Orders US DOJ to End Contracts With Private Prisons and Demilitarize Police https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-c8c246f00695f37ef2afb1dd3a5f115e
Trump conveys threats to Senate Republicans ahead of his trial. Trump wanted the word to get around he was still a Republican, and for many, still the leader of his party. The article pointed out this message was a warning to Republicans pursuing Trump’s conviction the former president might wreak vengeance against them.
https://parstoday.com/en/news/world-i132988-trump_conveys_threats_to_senate_republicans_ahead_of_his_impeachment_trial
Only Five GOP Senators Rejected Effort to Declare Impeachment Unconstitutional If the vote serves as a proxy for impeachment, it signals that Trump will be acquitted.
https://truthout.org/articles/only-five-gop-senators-rejected-effort-to-declare-impeachment-unconstitutional/
# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listed cannabis reform as a top 2021 legislative priority when asked by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/chuck-schumer-lists-marijuana-as-a-priority-in-first-post-election-cannabis-comments/
Transition From Trump To Biden Impacts Federal Hemp And CBD Rules https://www.marijuanamoment.net/transition-from-trump-to-biden-impacts-federal-hemp-and-cbd-rules/
A federal court ruled that although marijuana is decriminalized in Maryland, binding precedent held that its odor coming from a person was probable cause for arrest.
https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/1353819935412117504
# Medical / Health
Medicaid’s Willful Waste Brings Woeful Want: Every year, Medicaid loses more money to waste and fraud than the GDP of a small country. The healthcare program for the poor made more than $86 billion in “improper payments” this year, one-fifth of its total spending.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2021/01/27/opinion-medicaids-willful-waste-brings-woeful-want/
# Military / DOD
For Peace With North Korea, Biden Must End the U.S. – South Korea Military Exercises. If the U.S. holds joint military exercises with South Korea in March, it could sabotage prospects for diplomacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/for-peace-with-north-korea-biden-must-end-the-us-south-korea-military-exercises/
# Social
U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-covid-19-poverty-rate-20210126-lj3g4hsnnbdbfjaujs7n4uw3pu-story.html
Five things to know about Biden’s racial equity executive orders.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535999-5-things-to-know-about-bidens-racial-equity-executive-orders
U.N. Secretary-General Says Neo-Nazism Is on the Rise, Spurred by Pandemic https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/27/headlines/un_secretary_general_says_neo_nazism_is_on_the_rise_spurred_by_pandemic
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