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March 28, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration
The Wall Is Literally Crippling People. Does Biden Care? That’s not a political mistake; it’s by design. Biden now joins a long tradition of presidents who’ve added to the immigration enforcement strategies of border militarization and prevention through deterrence.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-wall-is-literally-crippling-people-does-biden-care?ref=home
Republicans criticize Texas launch of COVID-positive unlawful
immigrants: ‘Cease these people’
https://thedailypoliticalpress.com/republicans-criticize-texas-launch-of-covid-positive-unlawful-immigrants-cease-these-people/
Biden and the Blame Game at the Border. The issues involved are nearly impossible to settle as long as policymakers regard decency as a political weakness rather than as a moral strength.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-14/u-s-taps-fema-in-response-to-migrant-surge-at-mexican-border
White House says it will give press access to border facilities. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that reporters would gain access in the near future to Border Patrol facilities being used to house unaccompanied minors who migrated to the U.S https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/545267-white-house-says-it-will-give-press-access-to-border-facilites
U.S.-Mexico Vax Deal Is Inciting a Brutal Migrant Crackdown: With increased pressure from the U.S. and the promise of a 2.5 million vaccine dose delivery, Mexico is ramping up its crackdown on migrants journeying to the southern border.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-us-mexico-vaccine-deal-is-inciting-a-brutal-migrant-crackdown
How Ted Cruz and the GOP Are Using the Border as a Prop: Texas congresswoman Veronica Escobar joins The New Abnormal to talk about what Biden can (and can’t) do to solve the immigration debate and how Latinos in her state can be pro-ICE.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-ted-cruz-and-the-gop-are-using-the-border-as-a-prop
Trump Claims ICE, Border Patrol Invited Him to Visit Border. “I feel I sort of owe it to them,” he said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-ice-and-border-patrol-are-asking-him-to-visit-the-border
# CoronaVirus
Why COVID Policies Are A War Against Humanity https://www.activistpost.com/2021/03/why-covid-policies-are-a-war-against-humanity.html
Feds spotlight Miami as capital of COVID-19 fraud, from business to employee benefits. A year ago, Congress agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on benefits for small businesses and employees devastated by the corornavirus pandemic. Con artists saw an opportunity to fleece the federal relief program to get rich quick.
https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article250235410.html
# Economy / Trade
House Democrats want to know why some $1,400 direct payments have been delayed https://thehill.com/homenews/house/544429-house-democrats-demand-answers-on-slow-1400-checks
# Employment / Labor
Cops Hired by Amazon Are Intimidating Workers and Supporters of the Union Drive The police chief of Bessemer, Alabama, says off-duty cops have been hired by Amazon as “security” for the facility.
https://truthout.org/articles/cops-hired-by-amazon-are-intimidating-workers-and-supporters-of-the-union-drive/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Donald Trump’s Parting Gift to the People of St. Croix: The Reopening of One of America’s Largest Oil Refineries https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21032021/trump-st-croix-virgin-island-oil-refinery/
The Biden EPA Withdraws a Key Permit for an Oil Refinery on St. Croix, Citing ‘Environmental Justice’ Concerns https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25032021/biden-epa-limetree-oil-refinery-virgin-islands-permit/
In Louisiana, Activists May Be Winning a Battle Against Environmental Racism Analysts say the massive petrochemical complex proposed by Formosa Plastics is “financially unviable.”
https://truthout.org/articles/in-louisiana-activists-may-be-winning-a-battle-against-environmental-racism/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Why a big mining project could wipe out rural villages in Indonesia. A mine tailings dam planned for a seismically unstable area of Sumatra’s rainforest would be at high risk of failure, experts warn.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/mining-project-could-wipe-out-rural-villages-indonesia
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Make it rain: US states embrace ‘cloud seeding’ to try to conquer drought. Cloud seeding involves adding small particles of silver iodide to clouds to spur rainfall – but will it work?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/23/us-stated-cloud-seeding-weather-modification
Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article250253275.html
White House press secretary Jen Psaki indicated Sunday that the Biden administration would pursue two pieces of legislation as part of its push to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/545270-white-house-confirms-infrastructure-plan-will-be-in-two-parts
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Nearly half the Amazon’s intact forest is on Indigenous-held lands: The forests occupied by Indigenous communities in the region hold more carbon than all of the forests in either Indonesia or the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to the next two biggest swaths of tropical forest after Brazil.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/nearly-half-the-amazons-intact-forest-on-indigenous-held-lands-report/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Gates’ Plan To Control World’s Seeds, Agriculture, Food
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/03/gates-plan-to-control-worlds-seeds-agriculture-food.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+naturalblaze+%28Natural+Blaze%29
# Global Politics and other news
China has placed sanctions on a handful of U.S. and Canadian officials in a tit for tat response amid growing tensions over the suppression of ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang province.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/545237-china-sanctions-wife-of-joe-manchin-other-us-and-canadian-officials
# Gov / Political
US tensions with China risk fueling anti-Asian harassment at home https://thehill.com/policy/international/545133-us-tensions-with-china-risk-fueling-anti-asian-harassment-at-home
Devin Nunes’ Mom F*cked Up His Campaign Finance Reports https://www.thedailybeast.com/devin-nunes-mom-fcked-up-his-campaign-finance-reports
Democrats see Georgia as opening salvo in war on voting rights.
Republican state legislators engaged in a nationwide effort to rewrite ballot access laws after the highest-turnout, most secure election in history scored their first major achievement
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/545147-democrats-see-georgia-as-opening-salvo-in-war-on-voting-rights?rnd=1616790336&rl=1
Kristi Noem Was Rising Fast—Until This Bill Landed on Her Desk https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-the-gops-rising-star-fades
Companies sidestep self-imposed bans on GOP donations. Major corporations are finding ways to sidestep their pledges from January to withhold campaign contributions for GOP lawmakers who objected to the
2020 presidential election results.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/545188-companies-sidestep-self-imposed-bans-on-gop-donations
Boehner throws support behind Republican who backed Trump impeachment https://thehill.com/homenews/house/545242-boehner-throws-support-behind-republican-who-backed-trump-impeachment
Senate Democrats are planning to use their legislative authority to roll back just a handful of Trump-era regulations, disappointing some activists who hoped they would be more aggressive in using maneuvers to topple the former president’s legacy.
https://thedailypoliticalpress.com/democrats-disappoint-by-not-going-after-more-trump-regs-with-cra/
Trump is already deeply involved in the 2022 midterm elections, headlining fundraisers and backing primary challengers, but he has yet to weigh in on one of this November’s few races: the vote for Virginia’s next governor.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/545171-trump-the-x-factor-in-virginia-governor-race
Trump says he’ll likely visit the U.S.-Mexico border soon amid an influx of migrants.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/545251-trump-says-hell-likely-visit-southern-border-soon
Trump can still hold both parties hostage: At the end of the day, Donald Trump will do what Donald Trump believes is in the best interests of Donald Trump — and that petrifies the Republican and Democratic leadership.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/544968-trump-can-still-hold-both-parties-hostage
President Biden’s announcement that he plans to run for reelection has frozen the field of potential Democratic contenders for 2024 and could potentially mean a late start to the primary process if he changes his mind.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/545178-bidens-plan-for-reelection-freezes-democratic-field
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Pentagon linguist pleads guilty to sharing classified info to romantic interest linked to Hezbollah. Mariam Taha Thompson was arrested last year in an espionage case that investigators said put the lives of American military members and confidential sources at risk.
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/pentagon-linguist-pleads-guilty-to-sharing-classified-info-to-romantic-interest-linked-to-hezbollah-1.667467
Pastor Fears Jury Won’t Convict Cop for Floyd Killing. The figure from the heart of of the Minneapolis Black community says “we’ve seen this movie before,” and suggested things could get ugly.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/minneapolis-minister-fears-jury-wont-convict-cop-over-george-floyds-death
# LGBTQ
Corporate Media Biases Threaten the Passage of Landmark LGBTQ Protections Corporate media have marginalized the Equality Act, while social media platforms have spread disinformation about it.
https://truthout.org/articles/corporate-media-biases-threaten-the-passage-of-landmark-lgbtq-protections/
# Medical / Health
Sanders Plans Push to Expand and Enhance Medicare Through the Infrastructure Bill The Vermont senator wants to lower the eligibility age and expand coverage to include services like dental work.
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-will-push-to-expand-and-enhance-medicare-through-the-infrastructure-bill/
U.S. Travelers From West Africa Being Monitored for Ebola https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article250234060.html
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