Voices, The Peoples News
July 15, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Home From Carlisle: Rosebud Sioux Youth Council Reclaims Their Ancestors https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/home-from-carlisle-rosebud-sioux-youth-council-reclaims-their-ancestors
Indigenous Children’s Remains Returned to Families Amid Reckoning over Genocidal U.S. Gov’t Schools https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/15/headlines/indigenous_childrens_remains_returned_to_families_amid_reckoning_over_genocidal_us_govt_schools
# Indigenous / Global
Fewer Inuit youth than ever are learning how to become hunters in Greenland. What does it mean for their culture?
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/seal-hunters-greenland-photo-essay/
In the 20th century, Japanese anthropologists and officials tried to hide the existence of the Indigenous Ainu. Then the Ainu fought back like their cousins, the bears.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/prejudice-pride/
“There Are Many Others”: 215 Bodies Found at Canadian Residential School for Indigenous Children https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/1/indigenous_children_remains_found_canada
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Death of a Modern Wolf: Once feared, vilified, and exterminated, the wolves of Vancouver Island face an entirely different threat: our fascination, our presence, and our selfies.
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/death-modern-wolf/
# Border / Immigration
Immigration advocates on Thursday will be watching Sheriff Ed Gonzalez’s Senate confirmation hearing to become ICE director. If confirmed by the Senate, Gonzalez will lead one of the most heavily derided agencies in the federal government.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2021/07/14/403102/immigrant-advocates-want-progressive-leadership-at-ice-can-sheriff-gonzalez-deliver/
# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine still in clinical trials and tests) Growing GOP resistance to COVID-19 vaccines is raising alarms among public health experts and creating a major challenge as the U.S. tries to move past a pandemic that has lasted almost a year and a half.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/563107-gop-vaccine-resistance-poses-growing-challenge-in-pandemic-fight
# Economy / Trade
President Biden has drawn a line in the sand and made clear that certain Social Security reforms are off the table. At a 2020 Iowa Brown & Black Presidential Forum held in January 2020, Biden said: “There will be no compromise on cutting Medicare & Social Security, period. That’s a promise.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/the-must-read-biden-quote-on-social-security/ar-AAMbEF4?ocid=winp1taskbar
Top Senate Democrats pitched their colleagues on a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that would pave the way to pass a wide-ranging spending package without any Republican votes.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/infrastructure/563085-what-we-know-so-far-about-the-35-trillion-budget-deal
Nancy and Paul Pelosi Making Millions in Stock Trades in Companies She Actively Regulates. The Speaker, already one of the richest members in Congress, has become far richer through investment maneuvers in Big Tech, as she privately chats with their CEOs.
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/nancy-and-paul-pelosi-making-millions
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Trans-Alaska pipeline under threat from thawing permafrost. Structural integrity of the pipeline and potential oil spills are at risk.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/permafrost-thaw-threatens-alaskas-largest-oil-pipeline/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden to restore protections for Tongass National Forest in Alaska:
Former President Donald J. Trump invited mining and logging to a vast wilderness of bald eagles, black bears and 800-year-old trees.
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/biden-administration-starts-restore-protections-alaskas-tongass-national-forest
Why Nauru is pushing the world toward deep-sea mining: A small South Pacific nation gave the International Seabed Authority a two-year deadline to finalize the rules for mining the deep sea https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/why-nauru-is-pushing-the-world-toward-deep-sea-mining/
Brazil’s Amazon is now a carbon source, unprecedented study reveals.
According to a study published today in Nature, the Brazilian Amazon is emitting more carbon than it captures.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/brazils-amazon-is-now-a-carbon-source-unprecedented-study-reveals/
Infrastructure Summer: The Senate Budget Deal Kicks Off a Flurry of Negotiation This is only the beginning of a long, long process.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/infrastructure-summer-senate-budget-deal-kicks-off-flurry-of-negotiation/
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Since his release from prison in the 1980s, Carlos Rafael has ruthlessly run his Massachusetts seafood business with little regard for the law.
But is there any other way to survive the gauntlet of restrictions on the New England fishing industry?
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/last-trial-codfather/
USDA Attacks Amish Farmers Selling REAL Food to Protect Corporate Industrial Farming The vast majority of the American population is completely ignorant about the United States militarized industrial corporate food system https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/usda-attacks-amish-farmers-selling-real-food-to-protect-corporate-industrial-farming/
# Food Recalls / Alerts
The Tyson recall expanded again this week is being updated to alert consumers that the recalled ready-to-eat products were used in additional products produced by other establishments and retailers.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/07/tyson-foods-inc-recalls-chicken-products-with-different-establishment-numbers/
FDA outbreak investigations ongoing; three new illness clusters
identified: The table below shows outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The investigations are in a variety of stages.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/07/fda-outbreak-investigations-ongoing-three-new-illness-clusters-identified/
Deli patrons urged to get hepatitis A vaccinations because of infected employee A case of hepatitis A has been diagnosed in an employee who recently handled food at Zayde’s Deli in Memphis, TN.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/07/deli-patrons-urged-to-get-hepatitis-a-vaccinations-because-of-infected-employee/
# Global Politics and other news
Kremlin Leak Appears to Confirm Existence of Trump Kompromat: A leaked document cryptically refers to “certain events” that happened during Trump’s “non-official visits to Russian Federation territory.” An alleged leak from the heart of the Kremlin appears to show them boasting about kompromat.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-leak-appears-to-confirm-existence-of-trump-kompromat?source=world&via=rss
Cuba’s President Admits Mistakes As Country Concedes to Protesters’ Demands https://mcutimes.com/cubas-president-admits-mistakes-as-country-concedes-to-protesters-demands/
Poland Just Bought America’s M1 Abrams Tank. That’s Ironic. Ironically, the M1 Abrams was originally designed to fight Poland when the country was a member of the Warsaw Pact.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a37026843/poland-buys-us-m1a2-abrams-main-battle-tank/
Exclusive: Documents suggest Russia launched secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy. Leaked Kremlin Papers Show Just How Important It Was To Russia That Trump Become President https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/15/kremlin-papers-appear-to-show-putins-plot-to-put-trump-in-white-house
Leaked Kremlin documents support claim that Russia has compromising material on Trump https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/leaked-kremlin-documents-support-claim-that-russia-has-compromising-material-on-trump-report-says/ar-AAMbyKB?ocid=winp1taskbar
Intelligence security experts react to bombshell new Trump-Putin allegations with skepticism https://www.salon.com/2021/07/15/intelligence-security-experts-react-to-bombshell-new-trump-putin-allegations-with-skepticism/
# Gov / Politics
It’s Time for George W. Bush to Stand Down and Shut Up. It’s outrageous that the president responsible for the disastrous war in Iraq that helped turned the one in Afghanistan into a quagmire is objecting to Biden’s troop withdrawal.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-time-for-george-w-bush-to-stand-down-and-shut-up-about-joe-bidens-decision-to-exit-afghanistan
The dramatic exodus of Democratic Texas lawmakers has choked the political airways in a haze of confusion, posturing and finger-pointing.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/12/texas-democrats-voting-bill-quorum/
Behind the partisan drama lies a profoundly serious struggle over who gets shut out under Texas voting laws. Whose voices will be heard in Texas halls of power? That question beats at the heart of the Democratic quorum break that has brought the Legislature to a halt and focused national attention on GOP efforts to make voting in Texas harder.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/14/texas-democrats-walkout-voting-rights/
Texans testifying on GOP voting bill faced a 17 hour-wait to be heard by lawmakers in the dead of night. Members of the public arrived at the Texas Capitol as early as 6 a.m. to sign up to speak before lawmakers considering the legislation. In the House, public testimony wouldn’t begin until early the next morning.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/10/texas-legislature-gop-voting-bill/
Here’s why the fight over voting rights is causing another major divide across the US. Republican states are passing several voter restriction laws in response to Trump’s 2020 loss. Here’s how it could impact midterms and 2024 elections.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/justthefaqs/2021/07/15/voter-restriction-laws-why-republican-states-changing-them/7982670002/
Miami security firm faces questions in Haiti assassination. For the owner of a small private security company with a history of avoiding paying debts and declaring bankruptcy, it looked like a good
opportunity: Find people with military experience for a job in Haiti.
https://apnews.com/article/business-miami-haiti-assassinations-9ee8e2deb6de5be44d8ed82fe3da932d
Retired soldier claims 26 Colombians accused in Haiti assassination were actually hired to protect the President. After 26 Colombians were accused of assassinating Haitian President Jovenel Moise, a retired special forces soldier in Colombia has told CNN that they were actually hired to provide the leader security, and that he himself was approached for the job by a US-based company.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/14/americas/colombians-haiti-assassination/index.html
Freedom Is Not Free (That’s Why You Don’t Have Any) Military personnel are out there laying their lives on the line fighting for your right to do as you’re told and toil away at a meaningless job making some rich asshole even richer.
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/07/13/freedom-is-not-free-thats-why-you-dont-have-any/
Bomber Joe Biden Strikes Iraq and Syria: Retaliation Breeds More Incidents. Biden is continuing down the path that began with George W.
Bush, with military action used as a substitute for any real foreign policy.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/07/15/bomber-joe-biden-strikes-iraq-and-syria-retaliation-breeds-more-incidents/
Executive Action Tracker: Updates on what Biden’s getting done.
https://prospect.org/day-one-agenda/executive-action-tracker?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=In+Focus%3A+The+Latest+in+Executive+Actions&utm_campaign=In+Focus%2C+w%2Fo+7%2F12+-+EAT%2FD1A
President Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are scheduled to hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House.
Livestream: https://bit.ly/3kiczHP
# Law Enforcement
6th Detroit cop sentenced to prison for extortion. “I fully commend all agencies involved for the hard work and countless hours put forth to bring these corrupt officers to justice.”
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/former-detroit-police-department-officer-sentenced-80-months-federal-prison-extortion
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
NY Times reporter breaks down corruption inside the Barr DOJ https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ny-times-reporter-breaks-down-221647809.html
To Build Back Better, Biden Needs to Promptly Staff the Department of Justice. Numerous positions are vacant, threatening progress in a host of areas https://prospect.org/justice/build-back-better-biden-needs-to-promptly-staff-justice-department/
# Medical / Health
More people than ever died of drug overdoses in the US in 2020. At the start of the pandemic, the CDC expressed worry about vulnerable populations, among them drug users. A public health crisis that forced people to be away from each other was a worrying sign.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/overdose-deaths-record-2020
# Medical Recalls
Johnson & Johnson has found traces of benzene in some Neutrogena and Aveeno-brand sunscreens and has asked customers to stop using them right away.
https://www.dermatologytimes.com/view/johnson-johnson-recalls-5-aerosol-sunscreen-brands-with-benzene-traces
# Military / DOD
The family of slain U.S. Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen learned this week that among more than a dozen Fort Hood soldiers accused of wrongdoing in her case, none has been removed from the military.
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/vanessa-guillen-army-confirms-sexual-harassment-slain-soldier-21-disciplined-fort-hood/CNDJ432MMRH7LGZPG2ISZTQUTU/
# Military / Global
Russia Sends Fighter Jets to Intercept U.S. Strategic Bombers
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-bomber/russian-fighter-intercepts-u-s-bomber-over-baltic-sea-idUSKBN18X166
Russia warns U.K. and NATO next Black Sea spat will be met with ‘most severe’ response https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-warns-u-k-and-nato-next-black-sea-spat-will-be-met-with-most-severe-response/ar-AAMbBCS?ocid=winp1taskbar
# Veterans / VA
Vietnam War vet dies after Chicago carjackers beat him in broad daylight. After the attempted carjacking and beating of Keith Cooper, witnesses who helped fight off two attackers also helped police track them down.
https://abc7chicago.com/2-in-custody-after-vietnam-vet-dies-in-hyde-park-carjacking-attempt/10889203/
# Water
Reservoirs at Record Low Water Levels: The U.S. federal government may soon declare a first-ever water shortage in the Colorado River basin by
2022 at the latest. Declaring a water shortage would https://ktla.com/news/local-news/hoover-dam-reservoir-reaches-record-low-water-levels-cutting-down-hydroelectric-power-in-socal/
Lake Mead: Largest US reservoir dips to record low
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57436860
America’s Two Largest Water Reservoirs at Record Lows https://www.ecowatch.com/water-reservoirs-record-lows-2653781043.html
Can Puget Sound’s orca and salmon survive Seattle’s dams? Federal regulators reassessing the ecological impacts of Skagit River dams.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.8/north-dams-can-puget-sounds-orca-and-salmon-survive-seattles-dams
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