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March 22, 2021
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# Border / Immigration
DHS secretary says border is closed: ‘The message is quite clear, do not come’
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544201-dhs-secretary-the-message-is-quite-clear-do-not-come
DHS secretary blames Trump administration for current border crisis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544198-dhs-secretary-blames-trump-administration-for-current-border
President Biden’s secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, clashed Fox News host Chris Wallace over press access to Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facilities where migrant children are housed before being transferred to Health and Human Services (HHS) housing.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544202-dhs-secretary-clashes-with-fox-host-over-press-access
GOP representative predicts 1 million migrants at the border by summertime. “It’s gonna get worse. It’s gonna get a lot worse springtime, summer, more and more come over,” Rep. Michael McCaul
(R-Texas) told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s ‘This Week.’
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/544205-gop-representative-predicts-a-million-migrants-at-the-border-by
Biden Admin Inks $86M Deal to Put Migrants in Hotels: Hotels in border area states like Texas and Arizona will help host migrant families overnight, as part of a newly signed contract with a Texas company.
https://www.axios.com/ice-hotel-rooms-border-migrant-families-7682092b-952c-428e-ae3b-f8b2d4072c0a.html
A new temporary overflow facility for unaccompanied migrant children is opening in Pecos and may potentially house 2,000 youths.
https://www.kxan.com/border-report/new-overflow-facility-in-west-texas-may-house-2000-unaccompanied-migrant-children/
# CoronaVirus
U.S. AstraZeneca Study Shows Vaxx Totally Stops Severe COVID. The findings will now be sent to the Food and Drug Administration to support an emergency authoritzation application.
https://us.cnn.com/2021/03/22/health/astrazeneca-vaccine-efficacy-us-based-clinical-trial/index.html
Kent Taylor, the 65-year-old founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse chain, died by suicide after battling ongoing “long COVID” symptoms that included unbearable tinnitus.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/21/texas-roadhouse-ceo-kent-taylor-commits-suicide-amid-covid-battle/
Israelis Cry Out to the World to Stop Mandatory COVID Injections as Lawsuit is Filed in International Criminal Court Over Nuremberg Code Violation https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/israelis-cry-out-to-the-world-to-stop-mandatory-covid-injections-as-lawsuit-is-filed-in-international-criminal-court-over-nuremberg-code-violation/
Moderna expects to rake in $18.4bn (£13bn) of sales from its coronavirus vaccine this year, marking a huge turnaround in the fortunes of the US biotech firm.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/25/moderna-forecasts-18bn-in-sales-of-covid-vaccine-this-year
Doubting the dose, what the science says about 7 common COVID-19 vaccine myths No, the vaccine development process didn’t cut corners, even though it happened in record time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90614102/what-the-science-says-about-7-common-covid-19-vaccine-myths
Studies suggest COVID-19 may cause hearing loss https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/studies-suggest-covid-19-may-cause-hearing-loss/
Since the pandemic began, advocates and congressional leaders have been raising concerns about the safety of incarcerated people in federal prisons and questioned the management and policies of the Bureau of Prisons.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/prisons-coronavirus-biden
Pandemic whistleblower: we need a non-political way to track viruses.
Rick Bright exposed former president Donald Trump’s political meddling.
Now he’s spearheading a privately funded initiative to rapidly contain coronavirus variants and other outbreaks.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00760-2
# Economy / Trade
Our Taxes Subsidize as Much as 74 Cents of Every Dollar Donated by a Billionaire. Our system subsidizes the “generous” donations of billionaires in the form of lost tax revenue.
https://truthout.org/articles/our-taxes-subsidize-as-much-as-74-cents-of-every-dollar-donated-by-a-billionaire/
The Biden administration is preparing a massive spending proposal on infrastructure and other domestic priorities like child care and drug costs that could put fights over hot-button issues like climate change and taxes front and center.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544400-white-house-eyes-sweeping-3t-spending-proposal
# Education / Schools
Biden reverses Devos cruelty with MAJOR change https://www.ajc.com/news/bidens-education-department-will-move-fast-to-reverse-devos-policies/WBJTNVJGEFFJLF45C6D3DBD2II/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals The coal plant next door: Near America’s largest coal-fired power plant, toxins are showing up in drinking water and people have fallen ill.
https://www.propublica.org/article/coal-ash-georgia-power
Why frack wastewater injected underground doesn’t always stay there.
Consider porous sandstone, which has tiny spaces in the rock. Liquid under high pressure like fracking wastewater can find spaces in the sandstone and travel underground. And if the wastewater meets a well, it can rush up to the surface.
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/why-frack-wastewater-injected-underground-doesnt-always-stay-there/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Line 3: Stopping the Next Big Climate Threat Crossing the U.S.-Canada Border https://www.ecowatch.com/enbridge-line-3-climate-threat-2651088475.html
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global He tried to save a rare parrot. It cost him his life. Armed groups and criminals are targeting environmentalists as Colombia’s moment of shaky peace slips away.
https://www.pehalnews.in/he-tried-to-save-a-rare-parrot-it-cost-him-his-life/636050/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Supreme Court Case on Farmworker Protections Could End Up Harming All Regulation. A legion of well-funded right-wing think tanks is leading the charge to dismantle these protections.
https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-case-on-farmworker-protections-could-end-up-harming-all-regulation/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Biden Pushes Colombia to Restart Glyphosate Spraying Program. After a six-year halt, Colombia plans to restart the toxic aerial spraying of glyphosate on coca crops as early as next month—drawing “most welcome”
support from U.S.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/20/biden-pushes-colombia-restart-glyphosate-spraying-program
# Gov / Political
Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have effectively hit the pause button on two potentially competitive Senate races that could help determine which party controls the upper chamber through the next presidential election.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/544088-johnson-grassley-indecision-freezes-key-senate-races
Former Top Capitol Riot Prosecutor: Maybe Trump Is Culpable: The federal prosecutor who initially led the Justice Department’s inquiry into the Jan. 6 insurrection has spoken about what might happen next.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/21/politics/capitol-riot-prosecutor-michael-sherwin-donald-trump/index.html
Democrats are warning they won’t tolerate GOP stonewalling as they try to make good on their pledge to enact a “bold” agenda and avoid Obama-era missteps https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/544117-democrats-vow-to-go-bold-with-or-without-gop
Texas Republicans begin pursuing new voting restrictions as they work to protect their hold on power. Hearings are set to begin today on the first major bill in a push by Republican lawmakers to further tighten the state’s already restrictive voting rules and raise new barriers for some voters.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/22/texas-republicans-voting-restrictions/
D.C. Statehood Bill, Supported by Majority of Americans, to Get Hearing on Monday.
A recent poll shows that 54 percent of Americans back making Washington, D.C. the 51st state in the U.S.
https://truthout.org/articles/dc-statehood-bill-supported-by-majority-of-americans-to-get-hearing-on-monday/
Trump ramps up activities, asserts power within GOP: Former President Trump is reemerging on the political scene after a months-long hiatus and Trump world insiders expect him to ramp up his activity even more as the midterm elections get closer.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544382-trump-ramps-up-activities-asserts-power-within-gop
How Right-Wing Dark Money Is Trying to Kneecap the Biden DOJ. A shadowy group is fighting DOJ appointees Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke. Their crime? Their desire to use their skills to defend Americans’ right to vote.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-right-wing-dark-money-is-trying-to-kneecap-the-biden-doj
# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
6-Year-Old Texas Girl Shot Dead Over Clogged Toilet. The murder comes days after the girl’s four cousins were killed in a car crash.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article250103139.html
Kentucky Mom Charged With Murder After Toddler’s Fentanyl OD. The 2-year-old died after taking the drug, which he allegedly found in his mother’s purse, while she was sleeping.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article250080659.html
Cops Failed ‘Nationwide’ During George Floyd Protests: An analysis of nine after-action reviews concludes police were “poorly trained, heavily militarized and stunningly unprepared” for the scale of the protests after Floyd’s death.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/04/george-floyd-protests-riots-rebellion
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Can Merrick Garland Uncover Trump’s Role in the Capitol Riot? The ongoing federal criminal inquiry is the most promising route to the truth.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-leader-ag-trump-capitol-riot-probe/story?id=76087308
DOJ Official Says Trump, Capitol Breach Attackers May Be Charged With Sedition Sedition is defined as conspiring to “overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States.”
https://truthout.org/articles/doj-official-says-trump-capitol-breach-attackers-may-be-charged-with-sedition/
# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) said she will call lawmakers into a special session this month to work on marijuana legalization after the Senate failed to act on a House-passed cannabis bill by Saturday’s end of the regular session.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-mexico-governor-plans-special-session-on-marijuana-as-legalization-bill-stalls-on-final-stretch/
Democratic members of Congress are pushing back against the Biden administration’s move to fire or otherwise punish White House staffers over past marijuana use.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-related-firings-in-biden-white-house-represent-antiquated-response-congressman-says/
# Medical / Health
Progressives Demand Repeal of Paygo Law as Automatic Medicare Cuts Loom.
Statutory Paygo requires deficit spending to be offset by cuts to government programs. The leadership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus is calling for permanent repeal of a notorious 2010 law that is threatening to inflict deep, automatic cuts to Medicare and other safety net programs following passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan earlier this month.
https://truthout.org/articles/progressives-demand-repeal-of-paygo-law-as-automatic-medicare-cuts-loom/
20 Rural Hospitals Closed in 2020. 13 Were in the South. The closures will leave many rural communities without their primary employer and main economic infrastructure.
https://truthout.org/articles/20-rural-hospitals-closed-in-2020-13-were-in-the-south/
# Military / DOD
Jockeying over defense funding is heating up amid expectations President Biden will request an essentially flat Pentagon budget for next year.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/544126-battle-heats-up-over-pentagon-spending-plans
# Social
This is where 150 years of ignoring anti-Asian racism got us. For so long, we’ve thought keeping our heads down and being invisible in America might help us gain acceptance, but the recent wave of racist violence has shattered that myth.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/asian-american-invisible-hate-crimes
# Technology
President Biden is coming under increasing pressure from lawmakers and other officials to nominate a White House cyber czar as the government starts formulating its response to two major foreign cyberattacks.
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/544124-biden-under-growing-pressure-to-nominate-cyber-czar?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37748
# Water
Trump rule imperils more than 40,000 waterways. More than 70% of U.S.
waterways reviewed under a controversial Trump-era rule could be permanently damaged. Wetlands and streams that are not given federal protections can be damaged and destroyed forever, along with their abilities to sequester carbon and protect downstream water quality.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063727993
Massachusetts has awarded $3 million in grants to 17 public water supply systems to support efforts to address elevated levels of so-called PFAS https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/03/21/massachusetts-awards-3m-to-towns-to-fight-water-pollution
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