Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-02-17

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Kodinsk February 17, 2021
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# CoronaVirus
$1.4 Billion in COVID-relief payments sent to dead people by Internal Revenue Service. They’ve asked for it back, but dead people are notoriously bad about paying up.
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/25/883441640/nearly-1-4-billion-in-coronavirus-relief-payments-sent-to-dead-people

CDC Says Deep Freeze Is Already Screwing Up Vax Deliveries. Before the storm, 11 million doses were scheduled for delivery this week, but a lot of those are not going to happen now.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-officials-have-no-idea-when-millions-of-people-will-have-their-power-restored

Where things stand on the COVID-19 relief measure. Democrats are aiming to move quickly on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and give President Biden a legislative accomplishment early in his tenure.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/539124-where-things-stand-on-the-covid-19-relief-measure

# Education / Schools
L.A. Schools Defund Police, Ban Use of Pepper-Spray on Kids. Trustees of the Los Angeles Unified School District have approved a plan to remove
133 positions from the district’s 400-member police force.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/los-angeles-unified-school-district-defunds-police-bans-use-of-pepper-spray-on-students

Disadvantaged students are more likely to study online — and this could widen the achievement gap even further https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/disadvantaged-students-covid-09423/

President Biden said he doesn’t have the power to relieve $50,000 in student loan debt but said he would sign off on forgiving $10,000 per borrower. https://bit.ly/3jVJPSW

# Employment / Labor
NY AG Sues Amazon Over Coronavirus Workplace Safety Concerns. The suit alleges that the retail giant did not identify contacts of workers who tested positive for the virus, and fired a worker who organized a protest.
https://www.reuters.com/article/amazoncom-complaint/new-york-attorney-general-sues-amazon-over-covid-19-shortfalls-idUSL4N2KN0XC

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Texas Officials Have No Idea When Millions Will Have Power. Gov. Greg Abbott is placing blame on energy providers, saying they’re failing to provide clear answers to him or to the public.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-officials-have-no-idea-when-millions-of-people-will-have-their-power-restored

“Your government failed you”: Texas lawmakers, mayors sound off on power outages.
https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/article/Texas-your-government-failed-you-15954206.php

Texas Officials Have No Idea When Millions Will Have Power. Gov. Greg Abbott is placing blame on energy providers, saying they’re failing to provide clear answers to him or to the public.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-officials-have-no-idea-when-millions-of-people-will-have-their-power-restored

Severe Winter Storm Kills 23 People, Cuts Power to Millions as Texas Energy System Fails https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/17/headlines/severe_winter_storm_kills_23_people_cuts_power_to_millions_as_texas_energy_system_fails

Texas Mayor Who Told Residents to “Sink or Swim” During Winter Crisis Resigns In a now deleted post, Mayor Tim Boyd also told residents of Colorado City, “I’ll be damned if I’m going to provide for anyone.”
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-mayor-who-told-residents-to-sink-or-swim-during-winter-crisis-resigns/

ERCOT to raise Texas energy prices, blaming high demand from winter storm. Your bills, that will already be higher because of the bitter cold, will stay that way beyond winter https://www.khou.com/article/weather/ercot-to-raise-texas-energy-prices-blaming-high-demand-from-winter-storm/285-76ea495b-b67b-4cb7-8f1a-47f0fb4b4234?fbclid=IwAR0p1YLTQUmBkRpCmIZLkGvguFdTx7JNj3gp0cN9Tvc7xhSi8afa5nLsGVM

Rick Perry volunteers millions of Texans to freeze in the dark in jab at Biden admin https://occupydemocrats.com/2021/02/17/rick-perry-volunteers-millions-of-texans-to-freeze-in-the-dark-in-jab-at-biden-admin/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Youth activism alone cannot save us: A case for intergenerational environmental coalitions
https://theconversation.com/young-activists-are-boosting-the-climate-movement-so-why-all-the-flak-124220

Cities are literally starting to sink under their own weight https://www.zmescience.com/science/cities-are-literally-starting-to-sink-under-their-own-weight/

# Gov / Politics
Riot probe to likely focus on McCarthy-Trump call: Wary of inflaming tensions within his own party, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy
(Calif.) is staying silent about his frantic Jan. 6 call to then-President Trump as rioters raided the Capitol.
But he may not have that luxury forever.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/539129-riot-probe-to-likely-focus-on-mccarthy-trump-call

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Lawsuit Filed by NAACP and Civil Rights Law Firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Lawsuit Also Names Proud Boys and Oath Keepers https://naacp.org/latest/naacp-files-federal-lawsuit-accusing-trump-and-giuliani-of-inciting-u-s-capitol-riot/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
North Dakota House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to expand marijuana decriminalization https://www.marijuanamoment.net/north-dakota-marijuana-decriminalization-bill-advances-as-activists-and-lawmakers-push-legalization-measures/

The Maryland House Judiciary Committee held the legislature’s first hearing on a bill to legalize marijuana in 2021.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/maryland-lawmakers-hold-first-committee-hearing-on-marijuana-legalization/

# Military / DOD
The Pentagon wants $1.7 trillion dollars to build an entire new generation of nuclear weapons and sustain the existing ones.
https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2017/10/31/americas-nuclear-weapons-will-cost-12-trillion-over-the-next-30-years/

# Social
Neo-Nazi ‘Base’ Terror Leader Worked for Homeland Security. Spokesman confirms Rinaldo Nazzaro, now believed to be hiding in Russia, worked for department from 2004-2006. The leader of terror group the Base once worked for an agency tasked with coordinating the U.S. government’s counterterrorism efforts.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epd7wa/department-of-homeland-security-confirms-neo-nazi-leader-used-to-work-for-it

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