Voices, The Peoples News
April 8, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration
Investigating allegations: Gov. Greg Abbott called for the federal government to close a San Antonio facility currently housing more than
1,300 unaccompanied migrant children after he became aware of allegations of sexual assault.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/07/greg-abbott-migrant-children-texas/
# CoronaVirus
Vaccine passports are likely to be a part of the future. But before they’ve even been developed, in the US, they’ve already become highly politicized.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/scottlucas/vaccine-passports-already-exist
I Got My Second Shot Yesterday, and the U.S. Saw 73,200 New COVID Cases COVID still rages, and the more virulent B.1.1.7 variant that emerged from Britain is now the dominant strain in the U.S.
https://truthout.org/articles/i-got-my-second-shot-yesterday-and-the-us-saw-73200-new-covid-cases/
The Real Reason to Worry About the Latest COVID Surge. More cases mean more opportunities for the novel coronavirus to mutate. And the more the pathogen mutates, the greater the chance it will evolve into an even deadlier variant.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres-one-truly-alarming-reason-to-worry-about-the-latest-covid-surge-even-with-vaccines
# Economy / Trade
91 corporations did not pay federal income taxes on their 2018 U.S.
income. Biden challenged critics to explain why it’s acceptable that 91 of the largest U.S. corporations paid no federal taxes in 2018. “It’s just not fair,” Biden said. “Damn it. … I’m sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced.”
https://itep.org/corporate-tax-avoidance-in-the-first-year-of-the-trump-tax-law/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=38175
Biden administration details plan to tax corporations, crack down on offshoring Proposal would raise $2.5T in new revenue over 15 years https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/biden-administration-tax-plan-offshoring-crackdown
# Employment / Labor
Amazon Overnight Workers in Chicago Walk Off Job to Protest Grueling 10+ Hour Overnight Shifts https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/8/headlines/amazon_overnight_workers_in_chicago_walk_off_job_to_protest_grueling_10_hour_overnight_shifts
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals The Biden administration is slated to decide on Friday whether to temporarily shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. The closely-watched decision on whether to stop the pipeline’s operations during this process will be a political test for the Biden administration, as progressives have called for a shut down, while conservatives want to keep its oil flowing.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/537873-biden-faces-calls-to-shut-down-dakota-access-pipeline
# Environment / Climate / Interior
North Carolina ghost forests grow due to sea level rise. Dead. Pale.
Devoid of limbs. No, not the stars of horror stories, but families of trees sprawled across America’s East Coast
https://theconversation.com/sea-level-rise-is-killing-trees-along-the-atlantic-coast-creating-ghost-forests-that-are-visible-from-space-147971
Human Fecal Bacteria Found in Protected Reef Ecosystem 100 Miles off Texas Coast https://www.ecowatch.com/human-fecal-bacteria-reef-ecosystem-texas-2651381017.html
Toxic Waste Ponds Dangerously Vulnerable to Climate Change https://www.ecowatch.com/toxic-waste-ponds-climate-change-2651382210.html
‘Wall Street is a primary villain’ in climate crisis, analysis shows.
DeSmog’s investigation found that at least 65% of directors from 39 global banks had 940 connections to “climate-conflicted” industries.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/07/wall-street-primary-villain-climate-crisis-analysis-shows
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Six Months to Prevent a Hostile Takeover of Food Systems, and 25 Years to Transform Them. A misguided technological revolution is about to sweep through food systems, but civil society and social movements can stop it in its tracks.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/04/07/six-months-prevent-hostile-takeover-food-systems-and-25-years-transform-them
There’s been a groundswell of investor funding in plant-based proteins.
It hasn’t led to decreased meat consumption. Will the alt-meat investment boom change our food system if we don’t invest in eating less meat, too?
https://thecounter.org/funding-investment-plant-based-proteins-meat-consumption/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Farmers Fight Back: French, Croatians Protest Seed Law and Takeover of
Food:
Farmers in France and Croatia are standing up to EU policies that are designed to end traditional farming and ranching. As a new seed law CRIMINALIZES traditional seed saving https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/04/07/farmers-fight-back-french-croatians-protest-seed-law-takeover-of-food/
# Global Politics and other news
Statement on growing Ukraine situation: Both Ukraine and Russia have issued statements accusing each other of being the aggressor and claiming to be ready for any potential conflict initiated by the other.
Large-scale military movements have been observed on both sides of the border and the usual skirmishes continue in the Donbas region of SE Ukraine.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/01/russia-and-ukraine-tensions-grow-again-on-the-border.html
# Gov / Political
Republicans Say the Georgia Law Wasn’t Designed to Suppress Voting.
Don’t Believe Them. After acting on Trump’s false claims of fraud, they’re trying to rewrite history.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/republicans-say-georgia-law-wasnt-design-to-suppress-voting-dont-believe-them/
GOP Threatens to Out Donors as “Defectors” to Trump If They Don’t Give Monthly A pre-checked box on the National Republican Congressional Committee donor website makes recurring donations automatic.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-threatens-to-out-donors-as-defectors-to-trump-if-they-dont-give-monthly/
President Biden just announced six executive actions related to gun violence. https://bit.ly/31V7fjl
# Law Enforcement
Dallas Cop Charged With Orchestrating Two Murders Walks Free.
Authorities initially alleged that Bryan Riser paid a friend almost
$10,000 to kidnap two people in 2017. The charges are now dropped.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bryan-riser-ex-dallas-cop-charged-with-orchestrating-two-murders-walks-free
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The Supreme Court’s most conservative justices are signaling an interest in issues closely associated with former President Trump, from rules on social media platforms to how elections are governed.
https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/547038-conservative-justices-signal-interest-in-lawsuits-over-issues-stoked-by-trump
Officials from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office took possession of documents potentially related to the Trump Organization and its CFO, Allan Weisselberg, as part of an ongoing investigation into the former president’s finances.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/547200-investigators-seize-documents-from-trump-executives-former-daughter-in
# Medical / Health
OxyContin Heirs Bitch About Not Being Rich Enough in Emails. “Empire of Pain” by Patrick Radden Keefe exposes the inner psyche of the scions of an opioid fortune and crisis.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sackler-family-secrets-new-book-reveals-oxycontin-heirs-self-pitying-emails?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning
HIV is on the loose in West Virginia, and so is a moral panic about needle exchanges. The state is like the “Titanic sailing right for the iceberg, and you can’t do anything to stop it.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/hiv-is-on-the-loose-in-west-virginia-and-so-is-a-moral-panic-about-needle-exchanges/
New study finds correlation between specific pesticides and central nervous system tumors in children. “Policy interventions to reduce pesticide exposure in individuals residing near agricultural fields should be considered to protect the health of children.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/08/new-study-finds-correlation-between-specific-pesticides-and-central-nervous-system-tumors-in-children/
# Other News
Billionaire NFL owner quietly buying up thousands of acres of Illinois farmland. An Investigate Midwest investigation shows Shahid Khan has snapped up 24,000 acres in recent years, but is staying mum about his next steps.
https://thecounter.org/illinois-billionaire-shahid-khan-investing-farmland-baloo-enterprises/
# Water
More than 2 million Americans exposed to high levels of strontium in drinking water https://www.ehn.org/strontium-in-drinking-water-2651752809.html
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