Voices, The Peoples News
May 14, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
The Gila River Indian Community innovates for a drought-ridden future.
Through partnerships and exchanges, the community is ensuring that its members have long-term access to their own resources while helping solve broader water supply problems.
https://medium.com/high-country-news/the-gila-river-indian-community-innovates-for-a-drought-ridden-future-c6ffba83bcf9
# Border / Immigration
He bought the land where he crossed into the US illegally. Now he’s offering it up for other immigrants to do the same.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/border-crossing-landowner-immigrant-mexico
Canadian Doctors Are Being Censored. By Ethan Yang On April 30th, 2021 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario put out a highly controversial statement regarding what it considers to be Covid misinformation.
https://ipolitics.ca/2021/03/09/concern-mounts-over-censorship-of-canadian-doctors/
# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests) Blood expert says he found why some COVID-19 vaccines trigger rare clots.
https://bioethics.com/archives/56393
Bill Maher tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/553490-bill-maher-tests-positive-for-covid-19
Tucker Carlson Interviews Dr. Peter McCullough on Worldwide Conspiracy to Suppress Existing Drugs that Effectively Treat COVID Patients in Favor of “Vaccines”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/tucker-carlson-interviews-dr-peter-mccullough-on-worldwide-conspiracy-to-suppress-existing-drugs-that-effectively-treat-covid-patients-in-favor-of-vaccines/
CDC: Death Toll Following Experimental COVID Injections Now at 4,434 – More than 21 Years of Recorded Vaccine Deaths from VAERS https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-death-toll-following-experimental-covid-injections-now-at-4434-more-than-21-years-of-recorded-vaccine-deaths-from-vaers/
Coronavirus variants including B.1.617 have been linked to India’s surge in infections. This is what we know so far about how much of a threat they pose.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jvchamary/2021/05/06/indian-coronavirus-crisis-variant/?sh=6162378351cc
The pandemic stress-tested how the world produces evidence, and revealed all the flaws. Among them was a proliferation of clinical trials, some too small or poorly designed to be of much use.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01246-x
Scientists Demand New Inquiry Into COVID-19 Origins. “Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable,” reads a letter signed by 18 top researchers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scientists-call-for-deeper-investigation-into-covid-19-origin-11620928801
Faking the science: CDC greatly exaggerated risk of coronavirus transmission outdoors, bombshell report finds –That benchmark “seems to be a huge exaggeration,” as Dr. Muge Cevik, a virologist at the University of St. Andrews, said.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-risk-coronavirus-transmission-outdoors-greatly-exaggerated-report
# Economy / Trade
By turning care into infrastructure, Biden is the first president to take women’s economic plight seriously.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/caregiving-is-infrastructure-joe-biden/
# Employment / Labor
McDonald’s Workers to Strike for $15/Hour, Call Out Pay Raise That Benefits Just 5% of Branches https://www.democracynow.org/2021/5/14/headlines/mcdonalds_workers_to_strike_for_15_hour_call_out_pay_raise_that_benefits_just_5_of_branches
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Multiple pipeline projects are emerging as flashpoints for the Biden administration as it balances clean energy targets and crucial fossil fuel infrastructure.
https://energynews.us/digests/pipelines-emerge-as-flashpoints-for-biden-energy-agenda/
Offshore wind developers have new confidence about their projects’
timelines following federal approval of Vineyard Wind, the country’s first utility-scale offshore wind project.
https://energynews.us/2021/05/13/vineyard-wind-approval-injects-fresh-optimism-into-offshore-wind-industry/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
2021 Update on Potential Release of GE Mosquitoes in Houston https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/08/20/epa-approves-release-of-gmo-mosquitoes-in-harris-county-what-has-to-happen-before-project-can-take-off/
Biden administration to repeal Trump rule aimed at curbing EPA’s power.
The Biden administration has moved to repeal a Trump-era regulation that it said weakened the government’s ability to curb air pollution https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/biden-administration-to-repeal-trump-rule-aimed-at-curbing-epas-power/
Inside the movement to clean up the world’s most toxic sites. A sprawling initiative identifies pollution hotspots so the communities affected by them can act.
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/inside-the-movement-to-clean-up-the-worlds-most-toxic-sites/
The Great Plains prairie needs fire to survive. These ranchers are bringing it back Regular fires are essential for protecting what remains of the grasslands from a stealthy invader: trees.
https://api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/environment/article/great-plains-prairie-needs-fire-to-survive-these-ranchers-are-bringing-it-back
Deepening drought triggers historic near-shutdown of the Klamath project. For the first time since the federal Klamath water management project in Southern Oregon was opened in 1907, the main canal supplying water to irrigators will remain closed this season.
https://www.ijpr.org/environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-05-12/deepening-drought-triggers-historic-near-shutdown-of-the-klamath-project?_amp=true
Biden met with a group of 10 Republicans, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), where they discussed two of the biggest sticking points:
what is considered “infrastructure” and how to pay for a potential package.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/553439-senate-gop-to-give-biden-infrastructure-counteroffer-next-week?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=39135
Biden says he and GOP both “sincere about” seeking infrastructure compromise.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/553411-biden-says-he-and-gop-both-sincere-about-seeking-infrastructure
Courts can’t keep Columbia and Snake River salmon from the edge of extinction Despite support from tribes in the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Gov.
Kate Brown, a proposal to remove hydroelectric dams on the Lower Snake River has been opposed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and the state’s U.S. senators.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.17/endangered-species-courts-cant-keep-columbia-and-snake-river-salmon-from-the-edge-of-extinction
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Glyphosate doesn’t just kill plants. It harms beetles, too. The key ingredient in RoundUp is supposed to only kill plants, but new research suggests it also interrupts a symbiotic relationship in beetles.
https://www.popsci.com/science/roundup-glyphosate-harms-beetles/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Canada officially tosses plastic in the ‘toxic’ bin. The decision, which comes despite months of lobbying by Canada’s $28-billion plastics industry, paves the way for a proposed ban on some single-use items https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/05/13/news/canada-officially-tosses-plastic-toxic-bin
# Global Politics and other news
Hamas and Netanyahu Are Gambling Dangerously in Jerusalem. Forces in Israel and in Gaza are seeking to exploit the polarizing violence.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/hamas-and-netanyahu-are-gambling-dangerously-in-jerusalem
# Gov / Political
Trump Wrongly Jailed Him for Murder. Biden Won’t Let Him Go. “There is just a level of insanity from the government on this case that is just remarkable,” said Rachelle Barbour, Ameen’s federal defender in his now-dismissed extradition case.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wrongly-jailed-him-for-murder-bidens-still-holding-him
House Dems and Republicans Strike a Deal on a 1/6 Commission—But There’s One Big Catch, Will it subpoena Republican witnesses?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/house-dems-and-republicans-strike-a-deal-on-a-1-6-commission-but-theres-one-big-catch/
Democrats don’t trust GOP on 1/6 commission: ‘These people are dangerous’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540779-democrats-dont-trust-gop-on-1-6-commission-these-people-are-dangerous
Under International Law, Israel Isn’t Entitled to “Self-Defense” Against People Living Under Its Occupation. Biden is claiming that Israel’s war crimes against Palestinian civilians are justified in the name of “self-defense.”
https://truthout.org/articles/as-an-occupier-israel-isnt-entitled-to-self-defense-under-international-law/
Republicans Oppose Kristen Clarke for DOJ Job in Latest Attack on Voting Rights If she wins the vote, the longtime voting rights champion would be the first Black woman to hold the position.
https://truthout.org/video/republicans-oppose-kristen-clarke-for-doj-job-in-latest-attack-on-voting-rights/?amp
House GOP Replaces Cheney With Trump Fave Elise Stefanik. Stefanik insisted in a Friday press conference that the party was “working as one team”— despite their very public civil war.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/politics/liz-cheney-house-republicans-vote
Lawmakers reached an agreement on legislation to establish a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to review the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol ahead of an expected vote next week.
https://www.axios.com/january-6-commission-deal-6b1b41dd-b0c6-406d-824c-645a842c7b68.html
‘They Sent Everyone Home – Rebooted the System on Election Day’:| On November 30, 2020, Maricopa County elections witness Jan Bryant testified before the Arizona legislature. Jan said back on November 30, 2020, that Maricopa County officials did not run the election. Dominion employees John and Bruce did. Jan’s testimony might explain why Maricopa County officials do not have admin passwords or access to the Dominion voting machines. They never had them.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/sent-everyone-home-rebooted-system-election-day-arizona-elections-witness-jan-bryant-joins-steve-bannon-talk-maricopa-county-election/
‘Do whatever you want’: Software to manipulate totals found on voting machines, lawyer says. A lawyer fighting an election-fraud case in Antrim County, Michigan, has revealed that the voting machines there contained a software program that could have been used to manipulate vote totals.
https://www.wnd.com/2021/05/whatever-want-software-manipulate-totals-found-voting-machines-lawyer-says/
# Law Enforcement
Witness Says CA Cops Gave Driver ‘George Floyd Treatment’: “That was just a beat down in broad daylight,” one witness said.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/05/14/witnesses-allege-officers-in-beat-down-of-arrested-suspect/
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Cop Assaulted at Capitol Riot Vents Fury at GOP’s ‘Bullsh*t’: Republican lawmakers made a series of laughably wrong claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection during a hearing on Wednesday.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/14/politics/michael-fanone-us-capitol-riot-cnntv/index.html
# LGBTQ
U.S. Will Protect Gay And Transgender People Against Discrimination In Health Care Biden administration ends Trump-era rule, banning discrimination against transgender people in health care. “Everyone – including LGBTQ people – should be able to access health care, free from discrimination or interference, period.”
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995418963/u-s-will-protect-gay-and-transgender-people-against-discrimination-in-health-car
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
The Minnesota House of Representatives approved the majority leader’s marijuana legalization bill. Leaders in the Republican-controlled Senate have indicated they’re more interested in potentially expanding medical access and reducing possession penalties than they are in the expansive reform.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/minnesota-house-approves-marijuana-legalization-bill/
# Medical / Health
Missouri’s Voters Wanted Expanded Medicaid, But Governor Says It Won’t Happen https://khn.org/morning-breakout/missouris-voters-wanted-expanded-medicaid-but-governor-says-it-wont-happen/
‘Great Reset’ Mastermind Klaus Schwab Called for Implantable Microchips to Enforce Global Health Pass in 2016. World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab, who has exploited COVID-19 fear to push his dangerous “Great Reset” scheme, once called for a global health pass to be enforced by implantable microchip technology.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/flashback-great-reset-mastermind-klaus-schwab-called-for-implantable-microchips-to-enforce-global-health-pass-in-2016/
# Security
The eerie and unsolved case of the Jan. 6 pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC:
For four months, the FBI and reporters have been asking for information.
Anything they can use. Any kind of lead
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/rnc-dnc-pipe-bombs
# Social
Asian American adoptees are grappling with incomplete histories and cultural gatekeepers.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/asian-american-adoptees-connect-identity
# Sports
NFL accused of ‘systemic racism’ in handling Black ex-players’ brain injuries. The NFL is coming under growing pressure from critics who say its landmark 2015 concussion settlement treats ex-players differently based on race, making it more difficult for Black retirees to get payouts.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/553482-nfl-accused-of-systemic-racism-in-handling-black-ex-players-brain
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