Voices, The Peoples News
May 31, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Calls are mounting for greater accountability and a search for more unmarked graves in Canada after the discovery last week of 215 bodies at a former school for Indigenous children.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/indigenous-residential-schools-canada-graves?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BFN%20Incoming%2006%2F01%2F2021&utm_term=News%20confirmed%20list
# Border / Immigration
If President Biden gets his way, it will soon be far easier to immigrate to the United States. There will be shorter, simpler forms and applicants will have to jump through fewer security hoops. Foreigners will have better opportunities to join their families and more chances to secure work visas.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/joe-biden-aims-to-rebuild-and-expand-legal-immigration/articleshow/83108527.cms
Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor: A contract signed in April with the detention facility in Port Isabel, Texas, continues $1-a-day wages for those detained.
https://prospect.org/justice/biden-administration-ice-contracts-encourage-forced-labor/
Biden formally ends Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration program https://thehill.com/latino/556371-biden-formally-ends-trump-era-remain-in-mexico-immigration-program
# Children / Youth
The life and loneliness of youth under pandemic restrictions
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-teen-pandemic-restrictions-1.6024078
# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
COVID-19 ‘has NO credible natural ancestor’ and WAS created by Chinese scientists who then tried to cover their tracks with ‘retro-engineering’
to make it seem like it naturally arose from bats, explosive new study claims –An explosive new study claims researchers found ‘unique fingerprints’ in COVID-19 samples that they say could only have arisen from manipulation in a laboratory https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9629563/Chinese-scientists-created-COVID-19-lab-tried-cover-tracks-new-study-claims.html
Rep. McCaul calls COVID-19 origin ‘the worst cover-up in human history’
[Actually, the 2/47, full-court press of this experimental ‘vaccine’ has that distinction.] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-mccaul-covid-19-origin-worst-cover-up-human-history
COVID Vaccine Injury Reports Among 12- to 17-Year-Olds More Than Triple in 1 Week, VAERS Data Show https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaers-data-reports-injuries-12-to-17-year-olds-more-than-triple/
World-Renowned Doctor Blows Lid Off COVID Vaccine: ‘It’s a horrendous bioweapon that’s been thrust onto the public, and it’s going to cause great personal harm.’ Dr. Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, FACP, FACC, FCCP, FAHA, FNKF, FNLA, FCRSA – Doctor of Internal Medicine and Board-Certified Cardiologist discusses the COVID vaccine. (Video.) https://ncrenegade.com/massive-world-renowned-doctor-blows-lid-off-of-covid-vaccine/
Austin Regional Clinic will administer a possible COVID-19 vaccine to kids aged 6 months to 11 years old as part of a study starting next month.
https://www.kut.org/covid-19/2021-05-28/austin-regional-clinic-to-start-covid-19-vaccine-trials-for-kids-under-12
CDC Investigating Cases of Heart Inflammation After COVID-19 Vaccination https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-investigating-heart-problem-few-young-vaccine-recipients-nyt-2021-05-22/
Millions of Americans Decline Second Dose of Experimental mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/05/millions-of-americans-decline-second-dose-of-experimental-mrna-covid-19-vaccines/
COVID Variants Renamed With Greek Letters, Not Countries. The World Health Organization made the change so countries that discover variants won’t be stigmatized.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/05/31/covid-variants-world-health-organization-greek-alphabet/5284698001/
Canadian Doctor Removed from Hospital Duty after Speaking out about COVID “Vaccine” Side Effects https://alethonews.com/2021/05/31/canadian-doctor-removed-from-hospital-duty-after-speaking-out-about-covid-vaccine-side-effects/
The ‘most vaccinated country in the world’ is seeing a COVID outbreak
https://theconversation.com/covid-is-surging-in-the-worlds-most-vaccinated-country-why-160869
C.D.C. Will Not Investigate Mild Infections in Vaccinated Americans https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/health/cdc-coronavirus-infections-vaccine.html
“We Won’t Be Human Guinea Pigs”: 117 Doctors, Nurses Sue Over Forced “Experimental” Vaccine https://thefreethoughtproject.com/doctors-nurses-file-lawsuit-forced-vaccination/
House Republicans investigate taxpayer funding of Wuhan lab. While the origins of COVID-19 have been a political hot button issue rife with controversy, new evidence has prompted a different question: did American taxpayers help fund the controversial Wuhan lab?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/house-republicans-investigate-taxpayer-funding-of-wuhan-lab/article_9137b504-bfe4-11eb-825e-1f45c9eb0f2d.html
The Vaccine Divide and Emerging Segregation Society: The push to get everyone to take a COVID-19 injection may be the greatest social engineering project the world has ever witnessed.
http://www.wakingtimes.com/the-vaccine-divide-and-emerging-segregation-society/
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, one of the organizations at the forefront of simulations such as Event 201 and Clade X has issued a new report detailing plans to address future biological risks.
https://truthunmuted.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Center-for-Health-Security_Global-Catastrophic-Biological-Risks-tech-report.pdf
Swansea University Developing Microneedle Smart Patch COVID Vaccine That Can Track Patient Reactions https://www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office/news-events/news/2021/01/swansea-university-developing-worlds-first-covid-19-smart-patch-vaccine-that-will-measure-effectiveness.php
New Lancet Report Shows Pfizer, Moderna et al. Misled the Public with Deceptive Efficacy Statistics https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(21)00069-0/fulltext
# Economy / Trade
Covid vaccine profits mint 9 new pharma billionaires https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/business/covid-vaccine-billionaires/index.html
Trump’s Tariffs Fueling US Inflation: U.S. Manufacturers Blame Tariffs for Swelling Inflation. Some economists differ, saying removing tariffs on metal, lumber won’t mean big drop in prices
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-manufacturers-blame-tariffs-for-swelling-inflation-11622367001
Why Billionaires Like Bill Gates Can’t Fix the Problems They Helped Create https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/opinion/bill-melinda-gates-foundation.html
# Education / Schools
Republicans are passing laws to keep teachers from talking about race https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-republicans-ban-teachers-racism_n_609a96c8e4b063dccea1a3ef
# Employment / Labor
Restaurant lobbying groups and CEOs contributed to many of the GOP governors now ending pandemic unemployment benefits https://thecounter.org/restaurant-lobbying-groups-ceos-nra-greg-abbott-gop-governors/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals After pouring over $1 trillion into fossil fuel finance, CEOs of 6 US banks testify before Congress. Despite talk of an energy transition and a wave of fossil fuel bankruptcies, big bank CEOs described plans to continue business with beleaguered fossil fuel industries.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/05/31/after-pouring-over-1-trillion-into-fossil-fuel-finance-ceos-of-6-us-banks-testify-before-congress/
The Biden administration will suspend controversial leases issued under the previous administration for drilling at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, it announced Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/556352-biden-administration-to-suspend-arctic-oil-leases-issued-under
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Researchers travel to the bottom of the ocean and find almost intact plastic waste Plastic waste is all over the place, even where you less expect it.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/researchers-travel-to-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-and-find-almost-intact-plastic-waste/
More than 1 in 3 heat-related deaths can be linked to climate change.
New estimates suggest Central and South America and South-East Asia most affected regions https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/more-than-1-in-3-heat-related-deaths-can-be-linked-to-climate-change/
The White House continues to see upside to infrastructure negotiations with Republicans, even as the talks run on longer than President Joe Biden initially planned.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/01/biden-critical-infrastructure-talks-491476
Bees are dying from toxic chemicals and the feds won’t save them. A new study has pinpointed some of the probable causes of bee deaths and the rather scary results show that averting beemageddon will be much more difficult than previously thought. US Department of Agriculture have identified a witch’s brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen that bees collect to feed their hives.
https://qz.com/107970/scientists-discover-whats-killing-the-bees-and-its-worse-than-you-thought/
Bill and Melinda Gates’ Empire of Dirt. Wealthy investors are snapping up large tracts of farmland—and sowing discontent.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/05/bill-melinda-gates-farmland-wealth-cascade-young-farmers-priced-out/
# Global Politics and other news
The Neo-Nazi Advising Colombian Police on How to Break the National Strike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igiJD4ysziw
China says it will allow couples to have 3 children, up from 2. The move is the Communist Party’s latest attempt to reverse declining birthrates and avert a population crisis https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/05/china-couples-three-children-birth-policy.html
# Gov / Political
Four more indicted in alleged Jan. 6 Oath Keepers conspiracy to obstruct election vote in Congress
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/oath-keepers-conspiracy-january-6/67-b0dd49f2-12ff-4929-bc25-cd7f63ea91c3
Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of voting bill before final deadline. Midnight was the deadline for the House to approve the legislation that would alter nearly the entire voting process, create new limitations to early voting hours, ratchet up voting-by-mail restrictions and curb local voting options.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/30/texas-voting-restrictions-house/
Texas Legislature passed House Bill 1925, which would make camping in an unapproved public place a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $500. Cities may not opt out of the ban or discourage enforcement of it.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/28/camping-ban-bill-approved/
Gaetz’s GOP Primed Young Women to Sell Sex to Men Like Him. As long as lawmakers treat poverty like a personal failing that you can hustle your way out of, there will be young women doing the best they can to use G-strings as bootstraps.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gaetzs-gop-primed-young-women-to-sell-sex-to-men-like-him
Michael Flynn Calls for Myanmar-Style Coup in the U.S.: He made the insane comment at a QAnon conference in Dallas this weekend.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-flynn-calls-for-myanmar-style-coup-in-the-us
Q-OUP CALL General Michael Flynn faces calls for court-martial after telling QAnon rally ‘Myanmar-style’ coup should happen in US https://www.the-sun.com/news/2987529/michael-flynn-court-martial-qanon-myanmar-coup-america/
Texas Democrats Kill Voting-Restrictions Bill With Walkout: “When we are outnumbered, we have to use every tool to block this attempt to scare and suppress Black and Brown Texas voters,” State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez said https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-democrats-kill-voting-restrictions-bill-with-walkout
Flynn Denies Calling for Military Coup Despite Video Footage. Trump’s former national security adviser appeared at a Dallas QAnon conference this weekend and seemed to endorse a violent military uprising.
https://theweek.com/qanon/1001019/michael-flynn-denies-calling-for-biden-coup-despite-video-of-his-comments
As a negotiator, Biden leaves GOP senators unsure how far he will go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCmGV_mHMrM
For Democrats, GOP filibuster of Jan. 6 commission raises a haunting question.
https://www.aol.com/news/democrats-gop-filibuster-jan-6-100005451.html
After defeating restrictive voting bill, Texas Democrats send loud
message: “We need Congress to do their part.”
https://newshere.org/2021/05/31/after-defeating-restrictive-voting-bill-texas-democrats-send-loud-message-we-need-congress-to-do-their-part/
Democrats are setting the stage for a massive brawl over the fate of the legislative filibuster as they face growing pressure to get rid of the roadblock.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/556055-democrats-set-for-filibuster-brawl-amid-escalating-tensions
The Texas Legislature closed out its biennial 140-day session Monday with sniping among the state’s top political leaders — and with lawmakers already well aware they will be back this year for an overtime round.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/31/texas-adjourns-special-session/?mc_cid=eef1ca1af7&mc_eid=6f15633605
The greatest danger to American democracy. American democracy is at an inflection point.
https://robertreich.org/post/652741659619115009
Republicans Are Vocally Opposed to Democracy, From Texas to Myanmar.
State-level Republicans are laboring to affect their own slow-rolling coup in the upcoming elections.
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-vocally-opposed-to-democracy-from-texas-to-myanmar/
After Texas Walkout, Sanders Says Senate Democrats Must Pass Voting Rights Bill If approved, the For the People Act would increase ballot access nationwide.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-texas-walkout-sanders-says-senate-democrats-must-pass-voting-rights-bill/
Rep. Nancy Mace’s House Vandalized With Anarchist Graffiti. Pictures posted by the GOP lawmaker show slogans like “no gods no masters” and “all politicians are bastards” painted on the front steps and sidewalk of her home.
https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article251812473.html
# Law Enforcement
11 Texas jailers fired after causing inmate’s death. “The treatment of Jaquaree Simmons was both inhumane and unconstitutional.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/06/01/11-texas-jailers-fired-after-causing-inmates-death/
“Not only should we not always trust the machine, we can’t always trust the person that interprets the machine.” A study has shown that digital-forensics experts can be unintentionally biased when examining evidence from computer hard drives.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/31/digital-forensics-experts-prone-to-bias-study-shows
McConnell signals concern over changes to qualified immunity in police reform Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled concerns on Tuesday about changes to a legal shield for police officers, a major sticking point in bipartisan police reform negotiations on Capitol Hill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/556321-mcconnell-signals-concern-on-changes-to-qualified-immunity
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
He Robbed a Taco Joint With a Toy Gun and Got Life in Prison. No one got hurt, no one got killed. But Rolf Kaestel’s teenage delinquency landed him in jail—and 40 years later, he’s still fighting to get out.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rolf-kaestel-robbed-a-taco-joint-with-a-toy-gun-and-got-life-in-prison
# LGBTQ
Pride Month organizers to draw attention to anti-transgender laws:
Tuesday marks the beginning of Pride Month, and LGBTQ groups say they plan on drawing attention this year to the anti-transgender bills making their way through state legislatures across the country.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/pride-month-organizers-draw-attention-anti-transgender-laws?rnd=1622466138
# Medical / Global
China: Man in Hospital With 1st Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu: The man was hospitalized in the city of Zhenjiang at the end of April and tested positive for the rare virus last week.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/china-says-man-hospitalized-with-first-ever-human-case-of-h10n3-bird-flu
# Medical / Health
Doctors Are Hiding Mental Health Struggles. Here’s Why. They just worked through a pandemic, so why are some state licensing boards still penalizing them for being human?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doctors-are-hiding-mental-health-struggles-because-of-state-licensing-boards
Fertility Rates are Dropping Around the World https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/05/fertility-rates-are-dropping-around-the-world/
A new complex modelling study forecasts steep declines in total fertility rate by the end of this century, with most of 195 countries analysed unable to maintain their population levels.
https://www.focusonreproduction.eu/article/News-in-Reproduction-Population
Why your allergy symptoms are getting worse https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/climate/health-pollen-allergies-01062021/
# Other News
Steven Seagal Joins Pro-Kremlin Political Party. The actor, who has been extremely vocal about his admiration for Vladimir Putin, has held Russian citizenship since 2016.
https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-steven-seagal-russia-joins-leftist-pro-kremlin-political-party-environment-20210531-tasqu4nkh5apfjh4cnw5hpwwry-story.html
Intel Drop: Nuclear Terrorism, Impossible Without Control of the Narrative, History, News and Reality: Exploding fertilizer is “anti-science.” This video, and the many like it along with every single chemistry textbook, proves Beirut was attacked with a nuclear weapon. The video demonstrates how ammonium nitrate functions, totally debunking every single claim made by the MSM and right wing conspiracy media in defense of the nation responsible for the nuclear terror attack in Beirut.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/05/31/vt-science-debunking-explosive-properties-of-ammonium-nitrate/
# Science
‘Entire’ human genome sequence unveiled: An international team of scientists claims to have sequenced the entirety of the human genome, including parts that were missed in the first sequencing of the human genome 20 years ago.
https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/01/researchers-claim-they-have-sequenced-the-entirety-of-the-human-genome-including-the-missing-parts/
The Human Genome Project: https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project
# Social
Sheriff: Texas White Supremacist Plotted to Shoot Up Walmart.
Authorities say they seized firearms, ammunition and “radical ideology paraphernalia” from the suspect.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/30/texas-neo-nazi-arrested-for-planning-mass-shooting-at-walmart/
Video Shows NYC Man’s Brutal Sucker-Punch to Asian American Woman https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-shows-nyc-mans-brutal-sucker-punch-to-asian-american-woman?via=newsletter&source=CSAMedition
Inside the Attacks on Critical Race Theory: The legislative template for these bills has been shaped by evangelicalism, Newt Gingrich, the Tea Party, Fox News, Trump, and Q-anon.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/30/gop-crt-1619-inside-the-attacks-on-critical-race-theory/
The Housing Madness Will Hit Renters the Hardest: Purchase prices may be skyrocketing, but the real problem is an imminent eviction crisis and a stubborn inability to deliver rental relief.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/housing/housing-madness-will-hit-renters-the-hardest/
Minority Rule: Given the Republican ferocity in trying to destroy basic rights, the road back to democracy is not civic but political. The republic literally came apart over what was meant by minority rights.
After decades of failed compromises, it took a Civil War to settle the question of slavery. But the race issue was far from settled, and Calhoun’s legacy persists to this day.
https://prospect.org/culture/books/minority-rule-adam-jentleson-kill-switch-review/
# Technology
5G EMF/RF Memorial Day 2021: Wireless, Surveillance, & Warfare, The FCC, and the Military Budget in 3 Graphs Not Including the FCC: In April of 2021, the Brookings Institution published a Democratic-leaning series of articles entitled, “Build Back Better with Biden FCC” including “six installments reviewing issues that confront the FCC (Federal Communications Industry) today.”
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/05/5g-emf-rf-memorial-day-2021-wireless-surveillance-warfare-the-fcc-and-the-military-budget-in-3-graphs-not-including-the-fcc.html
# UFO’s
Leaked Navy video appears to show UFO off California https://globalnews.ca/news/7871671/ufo-video-water-san-diego-california-2019-omaha/
UFOs regularly spotted in restricted U.S. airspace, report on the phenomena due next month https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-military-intelligence-60-minutes-2021-05-16/
Defense Department confirms leaked Navy UFO video https://www.wistv.com/2021/05/20/defense-department-confirms-leaked-navy-ufo-video/
# Veterans / VA
How the VA Is Pushing Vets Into the Opioid Abyss: Audits and interviews reveal failures to examine medical histories and perform tests before prescribing veterans opioids. The results are disastrous.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-va-is-pushing-vets-into-the-opioid-abyss
# Weather
Experts warn US needs to better prepare for hurricane season. As hurricane season approaches, experts say the country is still not adequately prepared.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/556041-experts-warn-us-needs-to-better-prepare-for-hurricane-season
# Water
8-day delay for West Palm Beach water toxin information irks officials.
Officials say the city needed to conduct more tests, but local officials aren’t happy.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2021/05/29/8-day-delay-west-palm-beach-water-toxin-information-irks-officials/5263874001/
California faces another drought as lake beds turn to dust: Water shortages and dry conditions are already affecting California as the governor has declared an emergency in 41 of 58 counties.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/30/california-drought-water-shortage-photo-essay
‘Suezmax’ oil tankers could soon be plying the poisoned waters of Texas’
Lavaca Bay
Fishermen and environmentalists say a plan to export crude would require dredging mercury-laced sediment in a Superfund site, imperling oyster reefs and the natural habitat.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30052021/suezmax-oil-tankers-could-soon-be-plying-the-poisoned-waters-of-texas-lavaca-bay/
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