Voices, The Peoples News
February 18, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration
Biden pushes expanded pathways to citizenship as immigration bill lands in Congress The Biden administration formally rolled out its major immigration bill, introducing legislation that would give 11 million people a path to U.S.
citizenship.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/539336-biden-pushes-expanded-pathways-to-citizenship-as-immigration-bill
Tom Homan: ‘Biden has declared the entire country a sanctuary jurisdiction’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2161274908609/tom-homan-biden-has-declared-the-entire-country-a-sanctuary-jurisdiction
# CoronaVirus
DeSantis Threatens to Pull Vaccine From Places That Complain. “I wouldn’t be complaining,” the Florida governor said.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/02/17/ron-desantis-threatens-to-pull-vaccines-from-florida-counties-that-criticize-distribution/
Why Politicians and Doctors Keep Ignoring the Medical Research on Vitamin D and Covid. Many doctors have ignored a growing body of evidence suggesting that Vitamin D can play a critically important role in the prevention and treatment of Covid-19.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/17/why-politicians-and-doctors-keep-ignoring-medical-research-vitamin-d-and-covid
Florida Gov. DeSantis Prioritizes Vaccines for Rich White Residents, Then Threatens Critics https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-ron-desantis-vaccine-politics-20210217-cgew27q23fhknh7rpr3h4sf5dy-story.html
Mexico Denounces Vaccine Hoarding as U.N. Warns 130 Nations Have Yet to Receive Any Vaccines https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/18/wildly-unfair-un-says-130-countries-have-not-received-a-single-covid-vaccine-dose
Top Executives at Vaccine Manufacturers Sold $500 Million in Stocks Last Year https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/insiders-at-covid-19-vaccine-makers-sold-nearly-500-million-of-stock-last-year-11613637335300.html
Former Detroit TV Anchor Karen Hudson-Samuels Suddenly Dies One Day After Being Injected with Experimental mRNA COVID Shot https://nypost.com/2021/02/18/former-news-anchor-dead-one-day-after-receiving-covid-19-vaccine/
The US is deploying nearly 5,000 active-duty troops to vaccinate America for COVID-19 https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/02/troops-to-head-to-texas-to-help-with-vaccinations-in-wake-of-storm/
A small Georgia town was trying to play by the rules. The state seized its vaccines anyway.
https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2021/02/a-small-georgia-town-was-trying-to-play-by-the-rules-the-state-seized-its-vaccines-anyway/
Biden to commit $4 billion in funding to global vaccine initiative https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/539468-biden-to-commit-2-billion-in-immediate-funding-to-global-vaccine
# Economy / Trade
Democrats put the Biden stimulus on a 10-day fast track for a House vote.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-16/democrats-pivot-back-to-biden-s-stimulus-with-trump-s-trial-done
Ro Khanna Introduces Bill to End ‘Runaway Tax Evasion’ by US Millionaires and Billionaires. “The wealthiest 1% are responsible for roughly 70% of the ‘tax gap,'” said the California Democrat. “It’s time every American pay their fair share.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/ro-khanna-introduces-bill-end-runaway-tax-evasion-us-millionaires-and-billionaires?cd-origin=rss
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
‘People Are Greedy’: The Absurd Power Bills Slamming Texans. As millions of Texans remain in the dark amid power outages from a historic winter storm, wild swings in the price of power have left others with bills they simply can’t afford.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dollar5152-power-bill-texas-winter-storm-hell-only-gets-worse
Negligence and unjust policy decisions have left Black, brown and poor people in the United States disproportionately vulnerable whenever disaster strikes, as exemplified in Texas.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/17/corruption-gop-built-a-fake-texas-power-grid-intended-to-fail-poor-and-minorities/
Dallas Judge: Three GOP Governors ran Texas like the Old Soviet Union…and now People are Dying. Gas pipelines are regulated by the Texas Railroad Commission A whopping 4.3 million in Texas are without power, as of this morning, with no real information about when power will be restored.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/17/dallas-judge-three-gop-governors-ran-texas-like-the-old-soviet-union-and-now-people-are-dying/
Texas Is Running Out of Food, Water as Catastrophe Goes On. Some 400,000 North Texans are still without electricity three days into the crisis, and federal regulators are opening up an inquiry into what caused the outages.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/17/texas-food-supply-power-outage/
More than 3 million customers around the country are still without electricity as another winter storm system hits the eastern U.S. today.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/17/texas-winter-storm-power-outage-ercot/
First responders are seeing a surge in carbon monoxide poisoning cases as people use stoves and cars to keep warm, with at least two deaths in Texas and four in Oregon so far.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/16/texas-winter-storm-carbon-monoxide/
‘Blood Is on Abbott’s Hands’: Anger at GOP Leaders Surges as Food, Water Shortages Compound Texas Power Crisis https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/18/blood-abbotts-hands-anger-gop-leaders-surges-food-water-shortages-compound-texas
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Frontline Organizations Demand a Just Recovery After Millions are Left to Freeze in the Face of Another Climate Catastrophe in Texas & the Southeast https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/02/18/frontline-organizations-demand-just-recovery-after-millions-are-left-freeze-face?cd-origin=rss&utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Texas Is Still Powerless, Heatless, Waterless. But a Growing Group of Chefs Are Freely Distributing Food and Cash.
https://www.motherjones.com/recharge/2021/02/texas-is-still-powerless-heatless-waterless-but-a-growing-group-of-chefs-are-freely-distributing-food-and-cash/
‘Meat of the future’: KFC to ‘3D bioprint’ meat using ‘animal flesh cells’
https://nypost.com/2020/07/20/kfc-using-animal-flesh-cells-to-3d-print-chicken-meat-at-russian-lab/
# Gov / Politics
It’s a Grand Old Party of Thugs, Terrorists, Racists & Dopes. They don’t see the attempted insurrection of Jan. 6 as a crime, or even a loss of control to the most extreme elements of the party. They see it as a failure to seize control.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-gop-is-now-the-party-of-thugs-terrorists-racists-and-dopes
US sells $200m in weapons to Egypt despite human rights abuses https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/17/us-sells-200m-in-weapons-to-egypt-despite-human-rights-abuses
Biden plans to ‘recalibrate’ Saudi relations in shot at MbS – White House https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-usa-biden/biden-plans-to-recalibrate-saudi-relations-in-shot-at-mbs-white-house-idUSKBN2AG2AR
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) confirmed he flew to Mexico with family members Wednesday evening, responding for the first time to widespread backlash in his home state that’s been battered by a severe winter storm.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/539432-cruz-defends-flying-to-cancun-amid-texas-power-outages
The war between former President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is likely to turn into a battle over money as Republican donors will be forced to choose between Trump-backed and GOP-establishment candidates.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/17/trump-mcconnell-senate-469692
# Law Enforcement
Former prison officials plead guilty to bribery scheme. “Our Office will continue to seek equal justice under the law and hold accountable government officials who corrupt their oaths and betray the public’s trust.”
https://oig.justice.gov/news/press-release/two-former-bureau-prisons-officials-plead-guilty-bribery-scheme-federal-prison
6 Capitol Cops Suspended, 35 Under Investigation After Riot. The force has been criticized for allowing rioters to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/6-capitol-police-officers-suspended-35-under-investigation-after-insurrection
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Minnesota House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee approved a marijuana legalization bill that’s sponsored by the majority leader and speaker. The legislation is set to go through up to a dozen panels before hitting the floor https://www.marijuanamoment.net/minnesota-marijuana-legalization-bill-approved-in-first-committee-vote/
Hawaii Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee approved a bill to legalize marijuana as well as another one to expand the state’s existing cannabis decriminalization law.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/hawaii-senate-panel-approves-bills-to-legalize-marijuana-and-increase-decriminalization-limit/
President Joe Biden said, at a CNN town hall, “No one should go to jail for a drug offense. No one should go to jail for the use of a drug. They should go to drug rehabilitation.”
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/joe-biden-town-hall-02-16-21/h_63e3cddcaed0d44992d5b981ac08c864
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) tweeted, “Cannabis justice is a racial justice issue. But, it’s not enough to just legalize cannabis. We need to invest in Black and brown entrepreneurs, expunge nonviolent criminal records, and use the tax money to fund social programs.”
https://twitter.com/BLeeForCongress/status/1361821665399885824
# Media
74 members of Congress ask Biden for an immediate filling of vacancies on the Postal Service Board of Governors, so they can dispatch Louis DeJoy. (House letter)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/02/17/80-house-democrats-tell-biden-to-fill-postal-service-board-vacancies-in-order-to-oust-louis-dejoy/?sh=73e997865542
# Medical / Health
Winter Storms Cause Dire Water Outages at Austin Hospitals. The health-care facilities are rescheduling elective surgeries, discharging patients, and telling staff to put human waste in biohazard bags.
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/st-davids-south-austin-no-water-winter-storm-texas/269-d4c86ccc-39a0-45b6-b6b2-09c0b3dcc160
Biden’s Health Plan Shifts Even More Public Dollars Into Private Hands.
Biden’s American Rescue Plan, like the Affordable Care Act, does not move us any closer toward a single-payer system.
https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-health-plan-shifts-even-more-public-dollars-into-private-hands/
# Military / DOD
A Third of Servicemembers Refuse to Be Vaccinated: Pentagon: Officials stressed that the vaccine is “clearly safe” but acknowledged a need for more education.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/17/troops-covid-vaccine-pentagon-469518
# Technology
BREAKING: Did Google Just Get Into Bed with Fox News? Google will start paying Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., parent of Fox News, for the use of its journalism in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/17/google-fox-news/?mc_cid=cfb0b14420&mc_eid=3f7488d454
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