Voices, The Peoples News
March 8, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous / Global
Canadian government misses target to end water insecurity for First Nations communities. Many First Nations in Canada continue to live without clean water six years after the government began actively addressing the issue
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/auditor-general-reports-2021-1.5927572
# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Amazon is reviewing best-selling Seresto flea collar after reports of illnesses, deaths https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/03/05/amazon-reviewing-seresto-flea-collar-amid-reports-illnesses-deaths/4586990001/
# CoronaVirus
Florida Clinic Overrun by Vaccine Seekers After False Rumor. Things got so bad, cops had to take control of the situation, according to local reports. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249760473.html
“Probable” that high schoolers will get coronavirus vaccines this year.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/542039-fauci-predicts-high-schoolers-to-receive-coronavirus-vaccinations-this-fall
Adverse Incident Reports Show 966 Deaths Following Vaccination for COVID-19. According to adverse incident reports collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 966 individuals have died after having received an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2021/03/07/adverse-incident-reports-show-966-deaths-following-vaccination-for-covid-19/
Johnson and Johnson Has Paid $BILLIONS in Criminal Settlements and Never Produced a Vaccine Before – Why Would We Trust Them for a New Experimental COVID Vaccine?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/johnson-and-johnson-has-paid-billions-in-criminal-settlements-and-never-produced-a-vaccine-before-why-would-we-trust-them-for-a-new-experimental-covid-vaccine/
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant https://www.statnews.com/2020/10/12/johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-study-paused-due-to-unexplained-illness-in-participant/
First Court Case Against Mandatory COVID Vaccination Filed in New Mexico — Attorney Interview https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-attorney-general-files-lawsuit-against-manufacturers-of-antiretroviral-hiv-aids-treatment-drugs/
J&J to Test COVID-19 Vaccine on Babies, Pregnant Women and the Immunocompromised https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-nyt-johnson-johnson-vaccine-infants-20210228-fbcbfyirr5g2nfib6vlrfr3pfq-story.html
Severe Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine Close Schools in Michigan, Ohio and New York https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/fairless-local-schools-cancels-class-over-covid-19-vaccine-reactions/
# Economy / Trade
What’s in the stimulus bill? A guide to where the $1.9 trillion is going.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/whats-in-the-stimulus-bill-a-guide-to-where-the-1-9-trillion-is-going/
Questions and answers about the $1,400 relief payments
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/542190-questions-and-answers-about-the-1400-relief-payments?rnd=1615241311
Biden Right to Launch Critical Review of U.S. Import Dependence. The United States is now worryingly dependent on China and other nations for key strategic commodities.
https://insidesources.com/biden-right-to-launch-critical-review-of-u-s-import-dependence/
The Rise of Made-in-China Diplomacy: While political leaders trade threats, the pandemic has made Americans even more reliant on China’s manufacturers.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/the-rise-of-made-in-china-diplomacy
# Education / Schools
“An essential service”: Inside Biden’s struggle to meet his school reopening promises.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-schools-reopen/2021/03/07/962560c6-7c40-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html
The Frantic Push to Reopen Schools Ignores Educational Inequality Before COVID Rhetoric about children “falling behind” shows a desire to maintain a broken status quo, not a desire for true equity.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-frantic-push-to-reopen-schools-ignores-educational-inequality-before-covid/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Nalleli Cobo: How a nine-year-old fought an oil company and won, then she got cancer. LA is home to the largest urban oil field in the country and we don’t talk about it.
https://headtopics.com/uk/nalleli-cobo-how-a-nine-year-old-fought-an-oil-company-and-won-18989263
Groups want fracking waste included in health study. Fracking waste can be radioactive. Advocates want it included in a pair of state-sponsored studies into fracking and childhood cancer, asthma, and poor birth outcomes.
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/03/05/groups-want-fracking-waste-included-in-health-study/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
When is mountaintop removal not mountaintop removal? In Alberta, of course!
The Kenney government plays word games as it plans to strip-mine the Rockies.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/03/05/Mountaintop-Removal-Alberta/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
The rubber industry’s toxic legacy in Akron. In Akron, Ohio, Black people bear the brunt of industry’s negative effects, including disease and death.
https://publicintegrity.org/health/unintended-consequences-rubber-industry-toxic-legacy-in-akron/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden’s FDA takes baby steps toward limiting toxic heavy metals in commercial baby foods. The Biden administration said Friday it plans to clamp down on toxic heavy metals commonly found in baby food.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/biden-fda-baby-food-metal-473883
Long-term monitoring shows 7% of Minnesota venison laced with toxic lead. Minnesotans may have consumed a half-million pounds of lead-tainted meat over 10 years. Minnesotans may have consumed a half-million pounds of lead-tainted meat over 10 years.
https://www.postbulletin.com/northland-outdoors/6916763-Long-term-monitoring-shows-7-of-Minnesota-venison-laced-with-toxic-lead
# Gov / Political
The Senate is threatening to box in President Biden and congressional Democrats, who pledged to enact a bold agenda if given power.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/542017-democrats-near-pressure-point-on-nixing-filibuster
Cuomo Advisers Altered Report on Covid-19 Nursing-Home Deaths. Changes resulted in a significant undercount of the death toll attributed to long-term-care facility residents https://www.axios.com/cuomo-covid-nursing-home-deaths-report-altered-1b1c07e7-b69f-4723-a067-518a2b8c5bad.html
New York state senate majority leader calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/03/07/leader-of-new-york-state-senate-calls-on-cuomo-to-quit-1367347
New York lawmakers strip Gov. Cuomo of emergency powers https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/new-york-senate-votes-to-strip-gov-cuomo-of-emergency-powers/
Four Months After 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia, No Chain of Custody Documents Produced for 404,000 Absentee Ballots Deposited in Drop Boxes; Fulton County One of 35 Scofflaw Counties. The 2020 presidential election outcome in Georgia was decided by fewer than
12,000 votes
https://georgiastarnews.com/2021/03/04/four-months-after-2020-presidential-election-in-georgia-no-chain-of-custody-documents-produced-for-404000-absentee-ballots-deposited-in-drop-boxes-fulton-county-one-of-35-scofflaw-counties/
After Finding Shredded Ballots in the Dumpster Earlier Today, a Mysterious Fire Breaks Out at Maricopa County Official’s Farm http://www.cuzzblue.com/2021/03/after-finding-shredded-ballots-in.html
“Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of GOP leadership, announced on Monday that he won’t run for reelection in 2022 — marking the latest high-profile retirement for Senate Republicans.”
Blunt is the fifth Senate Republican to announce retirement.
https://bit.ly/3t4PLfV
Gov’t-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements.” Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/csis-urges-dc-social-media-firms-promote-protests-movements/275994/
# Law Enforcement
Rochester Police Tackle and Pepper-Spray Black Mother Walking with 3-Year-Old Daughter https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/8/headlines/rochester_police_tackle_and_pepper_spray_black_mother_walking_with_3_year_old_daughter
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Political landmines await Garland at DOJ. Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland is likely to face numerous tests early on at the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the Biden administration looks to quickly turn the page on the Trump era https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/541908-political-landmines-await-garland-at-doj
Public Fatigue, Distrust and Fear Taint Chauvin Trail Before it Even Begins. Jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was set to begin today, but a last-minute delay has added to the palpable tensions surrounding the case.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/public-fatigue-distrust-fear-taint-derek-chauvin-trail/275983/
# LGBTQ
Biden to formally establish new Gender Policy Council. President Biden will sign an executive order establishing the Gender Policy Council within the White House to focus on uplifting the rights of women and address gender-based discrimination and violence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/542052-biden-to-formally-establish-new-gender-policy-council
# Medical / Health
‘Medical Racism’ Film Exposes Long-Standing Experimentation on Minorities. Medical Racism, premiering March 11, chronicles the medical cartel’s history of targeting minorities for unethical experiments, the acquiescence of regulatory agencies and medical ethicists, and the silence of physicians who allow these atrocities to continue today.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/medical-racism-film-exposes-experimentation-minorities/
# Military / DOD
Guantanamo is, and has always been, a fraudulent operation http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56419.htm
Defense secretary puts Iran on notice after Iraq rocket attack. “We’re still developing the intelligence” on the latest attack, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in his first network interview as defense chief. Iran should know “that we’re going to defend our troops.”
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/defense-secretary-puts-iran-on-notice-after-iraq-rocket-attack-1.664868
I Took Part in the U.S.-South Korean War Drills. They Make All of Us Less Safe. Real peace in Korea requires ending the U.S.-South Korea “war games.”
https://truthout.org/articles/i-took-part-in-the-us-south-korean-war-drills-they-make-all-of-us-less-safe/
# Other News
Trump Greeted by One Fan Upon Return to NYC, Says Report. The former president pulled up outside Trump Tower in New York City on Sunday night, and got a pretty underwhelming welcome.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-greeted-by-one-fan-on-first-trip-to-new-york-city-since-leaving-office-says-report
Trump is escalating his battle against GOP leaders, demanding that the Republican campaign arms stop fundraising off his name and promising to travel outside the lower 48 states to stump against Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), who is up for reelection in Alaska.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/542210-trump-ramps-up-battle-with-republican-leadership
# Science
Physicists Just Found 4 New Subatomic Particles That May Test The Laws of Nature https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-discovered-four-new-subatomic-particles-all-tetraquarks
Meet the swirlon, a new kind of matter that bends the laws of physics.
Fish school, insects swarm and birds fly in murmurations. Now, new research finds that on the most basic level, this kind of group behavior forms a new kind of active matter, called a swirlonic state.
https://www.livescience.com/swirlonic-matter-unusual-behavor.html
# Space
Astronomers have discovered the most distant radio signal ever. Its source is a radio loud quasar blasting out jets when the universe was still in its infancy.
https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-have-discovered-the-most-distant-source-of-radio-emission-ever-known-13-billion-light-years-away/
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