Voices, The Peoples News
March 29, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
When an oil company profits from a pipeline running beneath tribal land without consent, what’s fair compensation? A Marathon Petroleum subsidiary was ordered to pay $187 million for trespassing, but in January a Trump official reduced the judgement to $4 mill https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28032021/oil-pipeline-tribal-land-fort-berthold-reservation-north-dakota/
# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Earthborn Holistic (this is its first-ever recall), Sportmix, Pro Pac and more.
Full details on this recall, including all brands affected, at the following link:
https://www.petful.com/recalled/earthborn-holistic-propac-sportmix/
Midwestern Pet Foods is recalling multiple brands of dog and cat food due to possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.
https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recall/midwestern-pet-foods-dog-cat-food/
# Border / Immigration
What so many people are getting wrong about the “border crisis.” And why it’s time for the US government to stop getting caught off guard and going into crisis mode every few years.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/top-border-crisis-misunderstandings-biden-messaging-trump-backlog/
861 criminals, 92 sex offenders encountered at Texas border in past few days, agent says https://www.kulr8.com/news/national/861-criminals-92-sex-offenders-encountered-at-texas-border-in-past-few-days-agent-says/article_ab93c59c-1e03-5e22-adb5-e1b9620788fa.html
# CoronaVirus
How did the pandemic start? The fine line between truth and conspiracy.
Theory or conspiracy theory? It’s important to separate facts from fiction.
https://www.zmescience.com/other/pieces/how-pandemic-started-theories-29032021/
President Biden is set to announce that 90 percent of U.S. adults will be eligible for vaccination and will have a vaccination site within 5 miles of where they live by April 19
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/545418-biden-to-announce-90-percent-of-adults-eligible-for-vaccine-by-april-19
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned of “impending doom” over rising coronavirus cases, telling the public that even though vaccines are being rolled out quickly, a fourth surge could happen if people don’t start taking precautions.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/545375-cdc-director-warns-of-impending-doom-on-potential-new-covid-surge
Stop the COVID Shaming! AIDS taught us that shame can be deadly. The coronavirus pandemic can’t repeat those same mistakes.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/stop-the-covid-shaming-public-health-aids-crisis/
Protests Against COVID Lockdowns Flare Up in 2021 Around the World https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/03/protests-against-covid-lockdowns-flare-up-in-2021-around-the-world/
Woman dies after receiving COVID-19 vaccine at Cal Poly Pomona https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/03/woman-dies-minutes-after-getting-covid-19-vaccine-at-cal-poly-pomona/
Obituary: Kansas Woman Died After Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine https://nypost.com/2021/03/25/family-claims-kansas-woman-died-from-covid-19-vaccine-reaction/
Understanding the toll of long COVID: A comprehensive review of the current literature reveals the prolonged effects of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, also called long COVID. COVID-19 usually lasts no more than
4 weeks from the onset of symptoms, but some people experience complications such as fatigue, shortness of breath, ‘brain fog’ and chest pain for some time afterwards.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01283-z?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=d5a18a3501-briefing-dy-20210329&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-d5a18a3501-43812897
President Biden urged state and local officials to reconsider lifting coronavirus restrictions and to reinstate mask mandates that have lapsed as the U.S. faces an increase in cases.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/545426-biden-calls-on-states-to-keep-mask-mandates-pause-reopenings
Dozens of States Report COVID Surges as Precautions Ditched. Over two dozen states are reporting at least a 10 percent increase of new cases compared to the week before.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dozens-of-states-report-coronavirus-surges-as-safety-measures-are-ditched
# Economy / Trade
Whose interests are really being served with US anti-China alliance?
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/28/whose-interests-are-really-being-served-with-us-anti-china-alliance/
# Education / Schools
Florida and West Virginia put students first; other states should follow their lead https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/03/29/florida_and_west_virginia_are_putting_students_first_other_states_should_follow_their_lead_110557.html
Colleges Are Using COVID as a Pretext to Make Draconian Cuts to the Humanities
COVID-19 is being used as a pretext to eviscerate departments at both public and private colleges throughout the U.S.
https://truthout.org/articles/colleges-are-using-covid-as-a-pretext-to-make-draconian-cuts-to-the-humanities/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Donnel Baird wants to bring green energy to America’s poorest neighborhoods. Solar panels and clean heat shouldn’t be limited to the wealthy, says Donnel Baird, who’s bringing green power to low-income neighborhoods https://announce.today/home/announce/AeZd70OQnsqSYJo9BMms
Enbridge Line 5 pipeline dispute, explained. Scientists, conservationists and Indigenous people have been calling for the 65-year-old pipeline to be retired for year https://thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-line-5-dispute-explained/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
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/
# Global Politics and other news
Faced with ICC Investigation, Apartheid Israel Asserts Moral Superiority Over The Victims of Its Terror https://www.mintpressnews.com/faced-with-icc-investigation-israel-asserts-moral-superiority-over-victims/276490/
# Gov / Political
President Biden’s Trustbusters Aren’t Just Experts on Tech. They Know About Big Ag. The new administration is signaling it might take on the massive agricultural groups.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/03/president-bidens-trust-monopoly-tech-big-ag/
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is looking at whether he could pass a third bill this year through reconciliation, an arcane budget process that lets Democrats avoid the legislative filibuster.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/545331-schumer-eyes-bypassing-filibuster-for-third-bill
# Law Enforcement
Poll: Half of Correctional Officers Do Not Want COVID-19 Vaccine https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/03/poll-half-of-correctional-officers-do-not-want-covid-19-vaccine/
Body cam video shows officers threatening and handcuffing 5-year-old.
The child’s mother subsequently filed a civil lawsuit accusing the officers of assault, false arrest, and emotional distress.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/03/29/body-cam-video-shows-officers-threatening-and-handcuffing-5-year-old/
Two Teenage Girls Charged With Murder After Alleged Carjacking, Assault of UberEats Driver in DC https://nypost.com/2021/03/28/uber-eats-driver-death-part-of-teen-carjacking-trend-in-dc/
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The Legal Line That Ties the Chicago Seven to Jan. 6 Rioters. The government should be very careful about using sedition charges or the H.
Rap Brown Law against insurrectionists, lest it hand those insurrectionists a valuable propaganda tool.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-legal-line-that-ties-the-chicago-seven-to-jan-6
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of killing George Floyd, begins today at 10:30 a.m. The jury will hear opening arguments
https://www.startribune.com/derek-chauvin-trial-represents-a-defining-moment-in-america-s-racial-history/600039431/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37944
Derek Chauvin Trial. Find all of our trial coverage on our landing page and watch the daily live streams from court.
https://unicornriot.ninja/derek-chauvin-trial/
911 Dispatcher Knew ‘Something Was Wrong’ With Floyd Arrest https://www.startribune.com/concerned-911-dispatcher-asked-supervisor-to-respond-to-floyd-scene-tapes-say/571267242/
# 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/
# Media
‘Way past time to fire Mr. DeJoy’ says Sanders after House Dems unveil bill to stop assault on USPS. “The only way to begin to defend the post office is to fire DeJoy.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/27/way-past-time-fire-mr-dejoy-says-sanders-after-house-dems-unveil-bill-stop-assault
Trump Family Officially Merges With Fox News Via Lara. The Trump daughter-in-law joins Fox as a paid contributor even as she openly weighs a run for Senate in North Carolina.
https://www.startribune.com/concerned-911-dispatcher-asked-supervisor-to-respond-to-floyd-scene-tapes-say/571267242/
# Medical / Health
Inflammatory bowel disease treatment linked to reduced COVID-19 antibody response https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/03/29/florida_and_west_virginia_are_putting_students_first_other_states_should_follow_their_lead_110557.html
NSA Suggests It Should Spy on Domestic Internet Use. The establishment of the NSA’s twin, Cyber Command, also created a Chekhov’s gun: broad access to the American internet. Now the SolarWinds hack has NSA’s finger on the trigger.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nsa-suggests-it-should-spy-on-domestic-internet-use-to-stop-hacks
# Military / DOD
Trials begin for veterans in massive lawsuit over 3M’s military-issued earplugs. A lawsuit involving more than 229,000 veterans with hearing problems that they claim are linked to faulty earplugs issued by the military begins its first trial Monday in a Florida federal courtroom.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/29/trials-begin-veterans-massive-lawsuit-over-3ms-military-issued-earplugs.html
# Other News
The large ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal was freed this morning, reopening traffic through one of the world’s most-used canals. The
latest: https://nyti.ms/31uFKwQ
Trump Crashes Mar-a-Lago Wedding to Whine About Elex Loss. In a two-minute clip obtained by TMZ, the former U.S. president laid out his own personal grievances for the happy couple.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-crashes-mar-a-lago-wedding-to-whine-about-2020-election-loss
Trump Could Face Defamation Lawsuit From Dominion, Company Lawyer Says Trump made a series of accusations against the company, falsely alleging it had “switched” votes in the 2020 election.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-could-face-defamation-lawsuit-from-dominion-company-lawyer-says/
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