Voices, The Peoples News
February 13, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# CoronaVirus
CDC: 653 Deaths Now Recorded Following Experimental mRNA COVID Injections with 12,697 Reported Injuries.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-653-deaths-now-recorded-following-experimental-mrna-covid-injections-with-12697-reported-injuries/
4,393 (0.2%) adverse events after receipt of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
(VAERS)
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7002e1.htm
Cuomo faces rising scrutiny over COVID-19 nursing home deaths https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/538676-cuomo-faces-rising-scrutiny-over-covid-19-nursing-home-deaths
Show Me Your Papers — Del Bigtree Discusses Vaccine Passports https://truthunmuted.org/show-me-your-papers-del-bigtree-discusses-vaccine-passports/
Florida Is a COVID Nightmare—Even for Vaccinated People https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-is-a-covid-nightmare-even-for-vaccinated-people
The S. Dakota Dem Trying to Save the Legislature From Itself. Six Republican lawmakers tested positive in four days. But only a Democrat seems willing to do something about it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-rep-jamie-smith-begs-republican-colleagues-to-wear-covid-masks?ref=home
NY Rep. Tom Reed will file criminal complaint against Cuomo aide for alleged COVID-19 nursing home cover-up –State lawmaker also calling for the arrest of the aide, Melissa DeRosa https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/ny-rep-tom-reed-files-complaint-against-cuomo-aide-for-covid-19-nursing-home-cover-up
# Economy / Trade
President Biden’s proposed $1,400 coronavirus relief checks would allow
22.6 million Americans to pay their bills for at least four and a half months, according to a study from data and research company Morning Consult.
https://www.businessinsider.in/policy/economy/news/a-1400-stimulus-check-will-allow-22-6-million-americans-to-pay-their-bills-in-full-through-mid-july-new-report-finds/articleshow/80889148.cms
# Education / Schools
CDC calls for schools to reopen with precautions. The guidance states it is “critical for schools to open as safely and as soon as possible,”
given the benefits of in-person learning.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/schools.html
# Environment / Climate / Interior
The environmental threat you’ve never heard of. It’s called coastal darkening. The process of water darkening is well-studied in fresh water, but scientists are keying into the effects it may be having in coastal environments.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-environmental-threat-youve-never-heard-of/
Fruit-eating, seed-pooping animals can help restore degraded forests. A new study shows that many species of mammals and birds will consume seeds inserted into fruits at feeders and then excrete the seeds over wide areas https://news.mongabay.com/2021/02/fruit-eating-seed-pooping-animals-can-help-restore-degraded-forests/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Ocean acidification could wipe out shellfish industry: A new statewide report is urging fast action to address ocean acidification to avoid catastrophic effects on the region’s shellfish industry
https://www.capeandislands.org/post/ocean-acidification-could-wipe-out-shellfish-industry-report#stream/0
3D-Printed World’s First Cultivated Ribeye Steak Debuts, Seeks Approval https://www.technocracy.news/first-3d-printed-ribeye-steak-debuts-seeks-approval/
Coke’s newest bottle is made from paper. The company is testing alternatives to replace the millions of tons of plastic it uses every year.
https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2020/10/29/Coca-Cola-reveals-paper-bottle-prototype
# Gov / Politics
Breaking: Oath Keepers Were Trying to Seize Nuclear Football and Launch Codes Plus Pence and Family for Armageddon. Everything needed to launch a nuclear attack was there and the Pentagon never knew about it as they had been mysteriously ordered to stand down during the attack, just like they had on 9/11.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/12/breaking-oath-keepers-were-trying-to-seize-nuclear-football-and-launch-codes-plus-pence-and-family-for-armageddon/
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) McConnell also suggested that Trump could face criminal prosecution for his actions. “There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it.
The people that stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president,” McConnell said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538772-mcconnell-unloads-on-trump-morally-responsible-for-provoking-mob
Former President Trump declared victory on Saturday after Senate Republicans voted to acquit him for a second time, saying that his political movement has “only just begun” and that he would have more to share in the near future. Trump thanked his legal team for “upholding justice and defending truth.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/02/13/trump-says-maga-movement-has-only-just-begun-in-celebratory-post-acquittal-statement/?sh=57eb158656f4
Troop Deployments in Washington Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen.
Americans would be wise to recognize the growing perils of the militarization of American political disputes.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/11022021-troop-deployments-in-washington-are-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen-oped/
# Law Enforcement
Senate passes bill to award Capitol Police officer Congressional Gold Medal. The Senate on Friday passed legislation to award Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman the Congressional Gold Medal for his actions responding to the violent Jan. 6 riot.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538694-senate-passes-bill-giving-capitol-police-officer-congressional-gold-medal
White House launches review of Guantanamo Bay prison. The Biden administration is launching a review of the prison at Guantanamo Bay Military Base in Cuba with the goal of shuttering the facility, the White House said Friday.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/538648-white-house-launches-review-of-guantanamo-bay-prison
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
House Managers Rest Their Case in Donald Trump’s Senate Impeachment Trial https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/11/senate-trump-impeachment-trial-live-updates/
Republican senators are facing a historic choice after both sides in the impeachment trial of former President Trump rested their case Friday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/538699-the-memo-gop-senators-face-defining-vote-on-trump
Questions build over Trump’s knowledge of Capitol attack. Senate votes on whether he is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for “willfully inciting violence against the Government of the United States.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538712-questions-build-over-trumps-knowledge-of-capitol-attack
No. 2 GOP senator suggests he’s open to censuring Trump. Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican senator, indicated on Friday that he could be open to censuring former President Trump, depending on how the resolution was framed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538627-no-2-gop-senator-suggests-hes-open-to-censuring-trump
Democrats call for Herrera Beutler to testify in Trump impeachment. News reports emerging Friday night raised new questions about precisely when Trump knew the Capitol breach had occurred, and whether he knew that his own vice president, Mike Pence, was being targeted by the mob.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/02/13/trumps-speedy-impeachment-trial-heads-toward-senate-vote/?rel=related
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said he will vote to acquit Trump, ending weeks of speculation about what he would do.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538730-mcconnell-says-hell-vote-to-acquit-trump
LIVE COVERAGE: Senate expected to deliver Trump verdict today. The Senate is expected to give its verdict in President Trump’s impeachment trial on Saturday after both sides deliver closing arguments. The Hill will be providing updates all day.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538721-live-coverage-senate-expected-to-deliver-trump-verdict-today
House impeachment managers, former President Trump’s legal team and top senators struck a deal on Saturday that will let the Senate bypass calling additional witnesses.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/13/trump-impeachment-trial-day-5-468985
Here’s Why Trump’s Fighting Words Are a High Crime. The First Amendment does not protect months of reckless, incendiary speech that foreseeably led to violence.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-why-trumps-fighting-words-are-a-high-crime-worthy-ofWhat
Did Trump Know During the Capitol Riot?
What did Trump know during the Capitol riot? Reports of the former President’s calls to Republican congressmen during the assault changed the course of the impeachment trial.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/how-the-question-of-trumps-behavior-during-the-capitol-assault-upended-the-impeachment-trial
Senate Republicans handed former President Trump his second impeachment acquittal on Saturday, clearing him of charges that he incited the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/538750-senate-gop-acquits-trump-for-second-time
# Medical / Health
Rethink Addiction: Can our brains drive us to addiction? Yes. Like other addictions, opioid addiction happens when a biological system in our brains, the Reward System, is hijacked by opioids.
https://www.rethinkopioidaddiction.com/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=36884
Biden officials move to begin rescinding Medicaid work requirements. The Biden administration on Friday moved to start the process of revoking Medicaid work requirements, one of the signature health care policies of the Trump administration
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/11/biden-withdraws-trump-medicaid-rules-468759
Medical groups ask Oklahoma Supreme Court to halt plan to outsource Medicaid. Five Oklahoma medical groups are suing the Oklahoma Health Care Authority over plans to partially privatize the state’s Medicaid program.
https://oklahoman.com/article/5682166/medical-groups-ask-oklahoma-supreme-court-to-halt-plan-to-outsource-medicaid
“Beyond Outrageous”: Big Pharma Using Loophole to Get Taxpayers to Fund Billions in Fines for Fueling Opioid Crisis. “The tax code is so rigged for the rich that even when they kill people they get a tax break.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/12/beyond-outrageous-big-pharma-using-loophole-get-taxpayers-fund-billions-fines
# Military / DOD
Why is U.S. getting a new $100 billion nuclear weapon? It will be able to kill hundreds of thousands of people in a single shot.
https://thebulletin.org/2021/02/why-is-america-getting-a-new-100-billion-nuclear-weapon/
# Nuclear / Radiation
Sea-level rise could threaten coastal nuclear waste facilities https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-level-rise-nuclear-waste-2650415400.html
# Social
A Tense Lunar New Year for the Bay Area After Attacks on Asian-Americans https://apnews.com/article/us-news-oakland-san-francisco-coronavirus-pandemic-cfd77ca7d4b0c63890f2a087c160d03a
Thieves nationwide are slithering under cars, swiping catalytic converters. The pollution-control gadgets are full of precious metals like palladium, and prices are soaring as regulators try to tame emissions.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2161246664962/thieves-nationwide-are-slithering-under-cars-swiping-catalytic-converters
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