Voices, The Peoples News
February 12, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration
Biden Scraps Trump Policy, 25K Asylum-Seekers to Enter U.S.: The former president’s “Remain in Mexico” plan is dropped, with first entries coming Feb. 19.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-immigration-actions/biden-moves-to-reverse-trump-immigration-policies-too-slowly-for-some-idUSKBN2A212D
The Greening of Hate: Deregulation of polluting industries. Fossil fuel subsidies. Drilling and mining public lands. A wildlife-killing border wall. Immigration doesn’t cause climate change, but all of these things do.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2021/02/01/495228/extremist-campaign-blame-immigrants-u-s-environmental-problems/
# CoronaVirus
Another Medical Professional in the Prime of Life DEAD Weeks After Receiving the mRNA Experimental Injection as Memphis Mourns Loss of 36-Year-Old Doctor https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/another-medical-professional-in-the-prime-of-life-dead-weeks-after-receiving-the-mrna-experimental-injection-as-memphis-mourns-loss-of-36-year-old-doctor/
Big Tech and Big Pharma Team Up to Create Digital “Health Passports” for Global Travel. Microsoft, Epic, Mayo Clinic join effort to accelerate digital COVID-19 vaccine records https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/microsoft-epic-and-mayo-clinic-join-effort-to-accelerate-digital-covid-19-vaccine-records
Cuomo Aide: We Hid Nursing Home Deaths Because ‘We Froze.’ The aide reportedly told lawmakers the state concealed nursing home COVID-19 deaths so that the numbers could not “be used against us.”
https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds/
Feds to Buy Enough COVID-19 Vaccine for Every American Adult. The United States will have enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to inoculate 300 million people.
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-purchases-200-million-more-pfizer-moderna-covid-vaccine-doses-2021-2
# Education / Schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday released long-awaited guidance on safely reopening schools, emphasizing the importance of having schools open as long as proper safety precautions are followed https://www.axios.com/cdc-school-reopening-coronavirus-covid-5ccaadae-b7bd-47f0-8167-e964b97363ee.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Shell says its oil production has peaked and is likely to decline https://www.ecowatch.com/shell-oil-production-peak-2650478989.html
Biden Cancelled the Keystone Pipeline
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/21/959335885/biden-s-cancellation-of-permit-for-keystone-xl-pipeline-faces-mixed-reactions
Dakota Access Pipeline Ruling Should Reaffirm the Regulatory Process—Not Undermine It https://insidesources.com/dakota-access-pipeline-ruling-should-reaffirm-the-regulatory-process-not-undermine-it/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Youth Climate Advocates Vow to Take Landmark Case to Supreme Court, Following 9th Circuit Rejection https://www.ecowatch.com/youth-climate-lawsuit-juliana-2650475474.html
EPA to Amazon: Stop Selling Illegal Pesticides https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/epa-again-orders-amazon-to-stop-selling-illegal-pesticides/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Global salmon farming harming marine life and costing billions in damage https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/11/global-salmon-farming-harming-marine-life-and-costing-billions-in-damage
# Global Politics and other news
Netanyahu’s Covid plan is even more racist than Trump’s. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now facing corruption charges, this time against the backdrop of his staggering mishandling of a pandemic.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/netanyahu-s-covid-plan-even-more-racist-trump-s-n1257283
# Gov / Politics
Pence’s Nuclear-Football Close Call Was News to Military. Strategic Command learned from TV footage that the Jan. 6 insurrectionists came within yards of Pence and an aide who was carrying his copy of the nation’s nuclear launch system.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/11/politics/military-officials-were-unaware-pence-nuclear-football-riot/index.html
# Law Enforcement
Cop Told Pepper-Sprayed Child: ‘You Did It to Yourself, Hon.’ If you thought it couldn’t get any worse than the video previously released, you were wrong.
https://apnews.com/article/rochester-archive-9a86bf7fca7399cb1602f577688c7f01
Incarcerated Organizer Airlifted to Hospital Following Attack by Prison Guards Worried loved ones staged a protest at the hospital demanding that family be allowed to visit — a demand still unmet.
https://truthout.org/articles/incarcerated-organizer-airlifted-to-hospital-following-attack-by-prison-guards/
D.C. Cop Who Killed Himself Was Struck by Pole in Riots. Jeffrey Smith “wasn’t the same” after the attack, his wife said. He took his own life the same day he was scheduled to return to duty.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-smith-capitol-cop-who-killed-himself-was-struck-by-metal-pole-in-riots
Outrage and disgust as charges dropped for Buffalo police officers who fractured skull of 75-year-old peaceful protester. “Despite the video evidence of the officers’ misconduct, a grand jury has dismissed the charges.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/12/outrage-and-disgust-charges-dropped-buffalo-police-officers-who-fractured-skull-75
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Punish Trump or risk a repeat, warn Democrats. The Democratic argument is, in essence, that the Senate needs to redraw the norms of American political life that Trump so repeatedly transgressed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-memo-punish-trump-or-risk-a-repeat-warn-democrats/ar-BB1dC6mV
Former President Trump’s legal team is looking to rebound at the impeachment trial Friday after a rough initial showing that was ridiculed by Senate Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538553-trump-lawyers-look-to-avoid-repeat-of-early-trial-stumbles
Even with acquittal, GOP sees trial ending Trump’s shot at future office https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office
White Supremacy Should Also Be on Trial at Trump’s Impeachment https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/11/white_supremacy_should_also_be_on
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee scheduled the first hearing on a marijuana legalization bill sponsored by the majority leader and speaker for Wednesday.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/minnesota-marijuana-legalization-bill-gets-first-hearing-next-week/
Iowa Senate Judiciary subcommittee approved a bill to slash medical cannabis patient fees from $100 annually to just $10 every two years.
Fees on medical marijuana providers would also be cut.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/iowa-senators-approve-bill-to-slash-medical-marijuana-patient-and-provider-fees/
# Medical / Health
Biden Plans to Rescind Trump-Era Medicaid Work Requirements. The move has been lauded as a step toward reversing one of Trump’s most vicious attacks on the poor and vulnerable.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-plans-to-rescind-trump-era-medicaid-work-requirements/
# Technology
Facebook hiring of a former NATO press officer for the role of intelligence chief. It’s difficult to distinguish where the deep state ends and the fourth estate begins and Ben Nimmo’s move from NATO to NATO-aligned think tank to Facebook is just another example of this phenomenon.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/facebook-nato-press-officer/
How paving with plastic could make a dent in the global waste problem.
Roads in which waste plastic is melted down and mixed with paving materials are becoming more common around the world.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2161895903798/how-paving-with-plastic-could-make-a-dent-in-the-global-waste-problem
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