Voices, The Peoples News
February 28, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration Biden says ICE will not target undocumented immigrants at Covid-19 vaccination sites President Joe Biden said during an interview Friday that undocumented immigrants should be able to have access to the Covid-19 vaccine without fear of deportation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/540810-biden-ice-wont-target-undocumented-immigrants-at-vaccine-sites
# CoronaVirus
FDA panel endorses Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine https://www.statnews.com/2021/02/26/tracking-an-fda-advisory-panels-meeting-on-jjs-covid-19-vaccine/
28-Year-Old PhD Physical Therapist DEAD 2 Days After Being Injected with COVID Experimental mRNA Vaccine https://medicalkidnap.com/2021/02/26/28-year-old-phd-physical-therapist-dead-2-days-after-being-injected-with-covid-experimental-mrna-vaccine/
Biden Can Save Lives From COVID by Supporting Intellectual Property Rules Waiver. World Trade Organization rules are currently blocking equitable distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-can-save-lives-from-covid-by-supporting-intellectual-property-rules-waiver/
Scientists Discover “All-Natural” COVID Treatment That Can Prevent “Cytokine Storm” In Severe Patients. A team of scientists from Israel and Iceland has published a new report showing that an extraction of spirulina algae has the potential to reduce the severity of COVID-19 in advanced cases.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/israeli-scientists-discover-all-natural-covid-treatment
FDA gives green light to Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday cleared the nation’s third coronavirus vaccine, giving hope that the end of the pandemic could soon be in sight https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/540778-fda-gives-green-light-to-johnson-johnson-covid-vaccine
# Economy / Trade
House Dems pass sweeping $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill. House Democrats passed their sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package in a party-line vote early Saturday morning, advancing President Biden’s top legislative priority.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540805-house-democrats-pass-sweeping-19t-covid-19-relief-bill-with-minimum-wage-hike
House Passes Biden’s $1.9T Stimulus Plan With $1,400 Checks
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/26/house-biden-covid-relief-bill-passage-471733
White House noncommittal on ‘Plan B’ push to add wage increase to relief bill https://thehill.com/policy/finance/540745-white-house-noncommittal-on-plan-b-push-to-add-wage-increase-to-relief-bill
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Water Protectors Say Enbridge Is Pressuring Local Governments to Silence Them Opponents of the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota are concerned about recent curbs on their free speech and assembly rights https://truthout.org/articles/water-protectors-say-enbridge-is-pressuring-local-governments-to-silence-them/
Delaware River Basin Commission Votes to Ban Fracking in Historic Victory https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-ban-delaware-river-basin-2650813864.html
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Nature at it’s worst
https://1funny.com/10-most-insane-natural-phenomena-caught-on-camera/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=getresponse&utm_content=Best+of+Pets+Translated&utm_campaign=1Funny.com+Newsletter
House passes major public lands package. The House on Friday passed a sprawling conservation bill 227-200 aimed at preserving land and water in Arizona, Colorado, California and Washington state.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/26/us-house-public-lands-preservation-bill-passes
It’s not just oceans: scientists find plastic is also polluting the air https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/26/not-just-oceans-plastic-polluting-air-delhi-smog
Cost of flood damage to U.S. homes will increase by 61% in 30 years.
Rising sea levels and extreme weather could cause $20 billion of flood damage to at-risk U.S. homes this year, rising to $32 billion by 2051 https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2021-02-22/cost-of-flood-damage-to-us-homes-will-increase-by-61-in-30-years#:~:text=Cost%20of%20Flood%20Damage%20to,Investing%20News
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Border disputes threaten climate science in the Himalayas. Cross-border teams of scientists collaborate on climate models, even as their countries’ militaries clash.
https://www.wired.com/story/border-disputes-threaten-climate-science-in-the-himalayas/
# Gov / Politics
Auditions for the 2024 Republican nomination have begun and several big names are trying out for the role of the future Donald Trump. There’s one problem, however. The former president may not be ready to cede the stage to an understudy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/540786-the-memo-cpac-fires-starting-gun-on-2024
Why Congress must invoke the 14th Amendment now. Could Trump really become president again after the events of Jan. 6? The 14th Amendment to the Constitution directly addresses that question in a way that impeachment does not.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/540674-why-congress-must-invoke-the-14th-amendment-now
US to impose sweeping rule aimed at China technology threats
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-impose-sweeping-rule-aimed-at-china-technology-threats-11614362435
Democrats don’t trust GOP on 1/6 commission: ‘These people are dangerous’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540779-democrats-dont-trust-gop-on-1-6-commission-these-people-are-dangerous
Trump seeks to cement hold on GOP as he makes his first major post-presidential appearance https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2172352005586/trump-seeks-to-cement-hold-on-gop
McCarthy: ‘I would bet my house’ GOP takes back lower chamber in 2022
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540848-mccarthy-i-would-bet-my-house-gop-takes-back-the-lower-chamber-in-2022
President Biden has brought back bipartisan meetings at the White House that diminished under his predecessor, trying to find common ground with Republicans even as they remain far apart on issues related to the next round of coronavirus relief.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/540780-biden-brings-back-bipartisan-meetings-at-the-white-house
# Law Enforcement
FBI probe of Capitol riot focuses on video of chemicals being sprayed on officer who later died. Investigators have uncovered video appearing to show someone spraying a chemical irritant at Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick and other law enforcement personnel fending off rioters in last month’s attack, though they have yet to identify the person or tie the activity directly to Sicknick’s death https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fbi-focus-chemical-spray-video-brian-sicknick-death
Law Enforcement and the Problem of White Supremacy: Police chiefs have tended to dismiss the political activities of their officers as their First Amendment right to express themselves.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
NY DA Cy Vance Investigating Steve Bannon for State Crimes: Trump’s Pardon Can’t Help Him Now. Steve Bannon may have won a battle by accepting a Trump pardon to help him get out of his federal prosecution, but may end up losing the war https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-steve-bannon-manhattan-da-trump-pardon-20210224-lb2ovg243bcbxfubszinrsgc5y-story.html
People within the Trump Organization could turn on the former president.
The investigation from the Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance could target people who will flip ‘if they’re exposed to criminal liabilities,’ including Trump’s main accountant Allen Weisselberg https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/27/family-of-thieves-and-grifters-terrified-of-prison-trumps-accountant-could-turn-on-him/
Prosecutors: Oath Keepers had armed SWAT team ready to kill members of Congress-Pence on Jan 6 https://news.yahoo.com/oath-keepers-militia-ready-jan-165856299.html
# LGBTQ
Backlash Over the Equality Act Is Fueling State-Level Attacks on Trans Youth. Let’s not let the spectacle of congressional action lure us away from the life-threatening fights playing out locally.
https://truthout.org/articles/backlash-over-the-equality-act-is-fueling-state-level-attacks-on-trans-youth/
# Media
White Journalists’ Use of the N-Word Is an Intolerable Assault on Black Freedom Two white journalists have stirred debate over their use of the n-word.
Historian Elizabeth Pryor offers her analysis.
https://truthout.org/articles/white-journalists-use-of-the-n-word-is-an-intolerable-assault-on-black-freedom/
# Medical / Health
By Putting Big Pharma’s Patents Before Patients, Doctors Will Further Erode Trust in Expert https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/24/putting-big-pharmas-patents-patients-doctors-will-further-erode-trust-experts
# Military / DOD
Pentagon releases training materials to address extremism. The Pentagon on Friday released documents meant to serve as training materials for the recent departmentwide stand down order to address extremism.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2021/02/27/pentagon_releases_training_materials_to_address_extremism_685652.html
Biden Ordered U.S. Attack On Syria KillS 17. Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, affirmed that US troops’ presence in Syria is illegitimate.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56205056
# Murmurs of War
Threat level raised for US troops in Iraq; American contractors put on high alert https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/02/us-urgently-raises-troop-threat-levels-in-iraq-over-possible-airstrike-retaliation-report/
US firepower in Syria strike is revealed as officials brace for Iran’s next move https://www.pehalnews.in/us-firepower-in-syria-strike-is-revealed-as-officials-brace-for-irans-next-move/586469/
# National Guard
# Nuclear / Radiation
# Other News
Anthony Hopkins Remembers It All: At eighty-three, the actor says, performing is easier than it’s ever been. Every role slips into the story of life. https://wbhnews.com/anthony-hopkins-remembers-it-all/
# Technology
Big Tech Shouldn’t Be the Arbiter of Our Free Speech Rights.
Corporations mustn’t be designated gatekeepers with the power to decide who gets to communicate and who doesn’t https://truthout.org/articles/big-tech-shouldnt-be-the-arbiter-of-our-free-speech-rights/
# Water
Biden Urged to Back ‘Bold, Reparative’ Water Justice Bill https://www.ecowatch.com/water-justice-bill-biden-2650811832.html
Like developing nations, Texas confronts lingering water crisis. More than 1,100 water suppliers have been affected, and nearly half the state’s residents scavenge for clean water. Among the places on Earth that best know calamity born of severe ecological disruption, Texas ranks near the top https://www.circleofblue.org/2021/world/like-developing-nations-texas-confronts-lingering-water-crisis/
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