Voices, The Peoples News
August 19, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Archaeology
Genetic histories and social organization in Neolithic and Bronze Age Croatia The field of Archaeogenetics has substantially contributed to a better understanding of how the movement and admixture of people across Europe during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages shaped genetic ancestries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2021-08-genetic-histories-social-organisation-neolithic.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srTnxvjFu$
# Border / Immigration
Trump weaponized COVID concerns against migrants. Families are still being brutalized by the policy. A new report provides more damning evidence of Title 42’s cruel legacy. The policy remains largely in place, and thousands of migrants continue to be turned back to danger in Mexico or to countries from where they fled persecution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/trump-weaponized-covid-concerns-against-migrants-families-are-still-being-brutalized-by-the-policy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srWwVuloU$
# CoronaVirus
Expect To Pay More For Covid Treatments As Of October, Insurers Say. No federal law requires insurers to pay for coronavirus treatment.
“Insurers can put coverage limits on anything,” said Sara Rosenbaum https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/covid-long-haulers-ask-who-pays-when-sickness-just-wont-end__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUdmevs8$
WHO Decries Vaccine Inequity as a ‘Shame on All Humanity’ as US Moves Ahead With Boosters. “The divide between the haves and have-nots will only grow larger if manufacturers and leaders prioritize booster shots over supply to low- and middle-income countries.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/who-decries-vaccine-inequity-shame-all-humanity-us-moves-ahead-boosters__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUm3lWbj$
Lawmakers Demand Answers From FDA on Timeline of Covid Vaccines for Kids Under 12. “With kids going back to school and cases surging, we need to know when children under 12 will be able to get vaccinated,” said Rep.
Katie Porter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/lawmakers-demand-answers-fda-timeline-covid-vaccines-kids-under-12__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srbgjJrKJ$
Profiteering From Vaccine Inequity: To support public institutions in times of crisis, this policy paper identifies potential corruption risks related to the deployment of a COVID-19 vaccine and how these risks may be mitigated. The United Nations Convention against Corruption provides a solid global framework for these efforts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.unodc.org/documents/corruption/COVID-19/Policy_paper_on_COVID-19_vaccines_and_corruption_risks.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srTfWXG-h$
As Covid-19 Cases Rise, Global Task Force Lays Out How to Avert Future Pandemics. “We must take actions that prevent pandemics from starting by stopping the spillover of diseases from animals to humans.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/covid-19-cases-rise-global-task-force-lays-out-how-avert-future-pandemics__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srWf0eX6K$
Nursing Homes Told To Vaccinate Staff, Or Lose Medicare, Medicaid Funds.
Division among nursing home workers regarding vaccinations is threatening the industry, which has long suffered from staffing shortages https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/18/biden-ties-federal-funds-to-nursing-home-vaccine-mandates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srbQpinOt$
When Your Life is at Stake by Following the Herd: Many of the ideas to approach our current situation don’t make rational sense, and will certainly create ever-growing dangers for ourselves, however, not wanting to suffer the embarrassment of taking action, so many fail to react to the greater dangers being presented and move toward conformity with the herd.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wakingtimes.com/when-your-life-is-at-stake-by-following-the-herd/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srWUv2VH5$
The Right To Bodily Integrity: Nobody Wins And We All Lose In The
COVID-19 Showdown
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/right-bodily-integrity-nobody-wins-and-we-all-lose-covid-19-showdown__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXREU5Ro$
Massive Nurse Shortage Hits Houston — Weeks After 150 Unvaccinated Nurses And Hospital Workers Fired https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fee.org/articles/massive-nurse-shortage-hits-houston-weeks-after-150-unvaccinated-nurses-and-hospital-workers-fired__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZviwfr4$
20,000 Kids Quarantined in Mississippi After Schools Open. Nearly 6,000 have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past two weeks, and two have died.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/20000-kids-quarantined-after-coronavirus-exposures-in-mississippi-after-schools-open__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srQFwrslq$
Three senators announced within hours of each other on Thursday that they had tested positive for the coronavirus, despite each being fully vaccinated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/568637-three-us-senators-announce-positive-covid-19-tests-in-single-day__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srSORjA0f$
# Economy / Trade
U.S. hemorrhaging money from entitlement fraud, waste. Under the Biden administration, the United States is on the path toward becoming a welfare state fully entrenched in waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-u-s-hemorrhaging-money-from-entitlement-fraud-waste/article_eeb1509c-0052-11ec-bdaa-9f3f088f2503.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srQx2AD1R$
# Education / Schools
Biden to Wipe Out Student Debt for 300K With Disabilities. The debt amounts to $5.8 billion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/education-32f68a2779c8f3366e7c7499a1f39afc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUULBeBq$
Finding Loophole in Abbott’s Mask Mandate Ban, Texas School Board Adds Face Coverings to Dress Code. “If your dress code can enforce skirt lengths, it can enforce masks.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/finding-loophole-abbotts-mask-mandate-ban-texas-school-board-adds-face-coverings__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srfzpo0k-$
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will use the U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights enforcement authority to deter states from blocking mask mandates in classrooms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/18/greg-abbott-joe-biden-texas-mask-mandates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srb4T0zZw$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Dozens of Democrats to Biden: Revoke Permits for Line 3 Pipeline. The U.S. lawmakers warned construction of the Enbridge-owned tar sands pipeline has “grave implications” for nearby ecosystems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/dozens-democrats-biden-revoke-permits-line-3-pipeline__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXTbdpLu$
Dangerous Thinking: Carbon Capture Technology Won’t Solve Our Emissions
Problems: We are on a path to global temperature rise to surpass the 2-degree threshold, bringing more intense heat waves, droughts, and sea-level rise, unless we shift rapidly away from fossil fuels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/dangerous-thinking-carbon-capture-technology-wont-solve-our-emissions-problems__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srcEBB0S5$
Residents in a densely-populated Pittsburgh suburb are demanding public hearings on two proposed fracking wells https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/pittsburgh-fracking-2654712173.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srQ4nsR5Q$
Judge Blocks Massive ConocoPhillips Oil & Gas Project in Alaska https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alaskapublic.org/2021/08/18/federal-judge-reverses-trump-environmental-approval-of-major-alaska-oil-project/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZ5cbMgE$
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
EPA Cancels All Uses of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today it will be revoking all tolerances of chlorpyrifos, effectively banning all food uses of the toxic, brain-damaging pesticide in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/press-releases/6439/epa-cancels-all-food-uses-of-brain-damaging-pesticide-chlorpyrifos*:*:text=WASHINGTON**BIn*20a*20historic*20victory,the*20Ninth*20Circuit*20Court*20of__;I37igJQlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUjS_Kk7$
Biden strays dramatically from Obama’s record on food assistance. The president’s expansion of SNAP benefits reflects a dramatic change in the debate over using the federal government to make people’s lives easier.
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# Global Politics and other news
A Houston-area immigrant and former Afghan interpreter for the U.S.
military believes his sister was killed by the Taliban, a tragedy that demonstrates the danger faced by many families of people who worked with the military.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/in-depth/2021/06/21/401044/family-of-afghan-interpreter-killed-by-the-taliban-talks-u-s-arrival-and-whats-next/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sraqJuWWQ$
Taliban Kill Woman for Not Wearing Burqa on Same Day They Vow to Honor Women’s Rights https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/taliban-kill-woman-for-not-wearing-burqa-on-same-day-it-vows-to-honour-womens-rights/news-story/bd1975d32af4a031677fd0be28a266ec__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srShMV_dF$
China, Russia, N. Korea Exploiting U.S. Freedom: Taking advantage of the extraordinary freedom they have in the U.S., foes near and far spread their views, supporting and opposing candidates, gaining access to faculties and think tanks, influencing political life, and infiltrating government offices and agencies as well as private business.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/china-russia-n-korea-exploiting-u-s-freedom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srX6CqHrC$
Stranded in Kabul and Even Their Miracle Worker Can’t Help: “Stop asking questions about immigration law niceties and get out of Afghanistan,”
Joshua Goldstein, an immigration lawyer in Los Angeles, texted one client.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/theyre-stranded-in-afghanistan-and-even-their-miracle-worker-cant-help__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srW__6Tgg$
Billions of dollars of U.S. weapons are now in the hands of the Taliban following the quick collapse of Afghan security forces that were trained to use the military equipment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/568493-billions-in-us-weaponry-seized-by-taliban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdWS9YWP$
Infighting Among the Taliban Could Lead to Humanitarian Abuse and Reign of Terrorism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/infighting-among-the-taliban-could-lead-to-humanitarian-abuse-and-reign-of-terrorism/ar-AANvMQI?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sra1I-hGf$
The Taliban have declared the ‘Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,’ the same name it used when it brutally ruled the country in the 1990s https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.co.za/taliban-declares-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan-2021-8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srbA4nSLh$
The Taliban says it will rule under sharia law. What does that mean?
“There will be no democratic system at all,” Taliban commander Waheedullah Hashimi said in an interview with Reuters. “We will not discuss what type of political system should we apply in Afghanistan because it is clear. It is sharia law and that is it.” Here are some of the basics.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-taliban-says-it-will-rule-under-sharia-law-what-does-that-mean/ar-AANvcxZ?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sra5YY_vL$
Afghans Escape to Quaint Italy Town—and Face Far-Right Wrath. Scores of evacuated Afghan workers are safely landing in Italy. Now what?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/afghans-escape-taliban-to-quaint-italian-townonly-to-face-far-right-wrath__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sra3aJFcs$
Afghan Journo: Taliban Brutally Beat Boy for Wearing Shorts. Two Afghan female journalists tell The Daily Beast about the horror they’ve witnessed in the days after the Taliban took control of Kabul.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/afghan-journalist-says-taliban-brutally-beat-boy-for-wearing-shorts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srY-NpBR1$
# Gov / Politics
GOP State Officials Take Step Toward Overseeing Elections in Georgia’s Heavily Democratic Fulton County. “Voters deserve better,” said one advocacy group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/gop-state-officials-take-step-toward-overseeing-elections-georgias-heavily__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sreSt0RaB$
Progressive Democrat Morgan Harper Launches Campaign Against Rep. Tim Ryan for Ohio Senate Seat. “I don’t think Democrats will flip Ohio if we nominate another establishment insider,” she told supporters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/08/18/ohio-senate-progressive-democrat-morgan-harper-enters-race/8098252002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srV40E246$
‘Twenty Years of War Have Failed’: Progressive Caucus Urges US Diplomacy With Taliban. “War and conflict never produce peace and stability.
Violence and militarism, even when cloaked in the language of humanitarianism, are fundamentally at odds with human flourishing and opportunity.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/twenty-years-war-have-failed-progressive-caucus-urges-us-diplomacy-taliban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdvn3ipJ$
Decades of Disaster: Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan. Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/18/decades-disaster-biden-right-end-war-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXurxcJG$
The Taliban Surrendered in 2001, but George Bush was fighting a war for oil and empire, and victory would pose a huge tactical difficulty: With no enemy to fight he would have to demobilize his forces in the Mideast and bring them home.
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Top general: No intel that Afghan government would fall in 11 days. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke amid criticism that the Biden administration didn’t prepare for a rapid Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-milley-afghanistan_n_611d5d14e4b0caf7ce2c5cd4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srR6_3ld-$
Conservatives should understand why Afghanistan collapsed so quickly https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/now/conservatives-understand-why-afghanistan-collapsed-202049826.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sreRf1CL-$
Women but Abandoned Afghan Women To Brutal Taliban. President Joe Biden’s failure to prevent the catastrophic, lightning-speed collapse of Afghanistan into Taliban control now imperils the lives and freedoms of more than 18 million Afghan women and girls.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/biden-claims-to-champion-women-but-abandoned-afghan-women-to-brutal-taliban/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srY3U7qOh$
Dem Hawks Quietly Seethe Over Biden’s Botched Afghan Exit. There are plenty of Democrats who disagree with President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan policies. But most of them are keeping their mouths shut.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/adam-smith-and-other-democratic-war-hawks-quietly-seethe-over-joe-bidens-botched-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZd7kwVp$
The Afghanistan Papers: Docs Show How Bush, Obama, Trump Lied About Brutality & Corruption of Wars https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/19/the_afghanistan_papers_craig_whitlock__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srRiB_Ra5$
Trump’s “Deal” With the Taliban Set the Stage for Afghanistan’s Collapse. Warning signs long abounded—and top Trump officials knew.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/568154-trumps-deal-with-the-taliban-set-the-stage-for-the-afghan-collapse__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sraT6oapm$
As the US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements? Hard as it may be to see beyond the chaos and suffering in Afghanistan, the larger picture reveals real opportunities for social change https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wagingnonviolence.org/2021/08/afghanistan-us-empire-decline-good-news/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUoGILX5$
GOP rift opens up over resettling Afghan refugees: The plight of Afghan allies desperately trying to flee the Taliban is exposing divisions among Republicans, with some pressing the Biden administration to help resettle those people who helped the U.S. military and others stoking nativist fears about an influx of refugees.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/568646-gop-rift-opens-up-over-resettling-afghan-refugees__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdUs6bt4$
# Law Enforcement
New Vegas Police Must Get Covid Shots. Lombardo said the department can mandate vaccinations for new employees because they are not yet under a union contract.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/health-police-coronavirus-pandemic-c4711b9bc24d28564938777c30f468ce__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9sreJiHq2V$
Unvaccinated cops must wear masks or face discipline, NYPD says. The NYPD will discipline unvaccinated cops who don’t mask up while on the job, regardless if they are indoors or outdoors, as city officials try to prevent a surge of serious coronavirus cases https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/08/18/unvaccinated-nypd-officers-will-be-disciplined-for-not-wearing-masks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srW5ZoEaE$
Lawsuit filed against California deputies who beat innocent woman unconscious. “They are approaching me and putting me on the car with force. So those that are listening, I am not resisting arrest.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/08/19/lawsuit-filed-against-california-deputies-who-beat-innocent-woman-unconscious/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srSO04jj6$
# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Wyoming’s attorney general issued official summaries for medical cannabis legalization and marijuana decriminalization initiatives that activists want to put on the 2022 ballot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/wyoming-attorney-general-issues-ballot-summaries-for-marijuana-initiatives/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9src-RySvH$
# Media
US Urged to Aid Afghan Journalists Seeking Safe Passage Amid Reports of Taliban Beatings. “This is a moral imperative for the United States,”
said James Risen of the Press Freedom Defense Fund.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/18/us-urged-aid-afghan-journalists-seeking-safe-passage-amid-reports-taliban-beatings__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srZD_zib8$
Calls to Aid Afghan Refugees ‘in Grave Danger’ Grow Following Biden’s Address “The urgency of the moment now demands we marshal an international coalition to evacuate every Afghan citizen who is fleeing for their lives,” implored Rep. Ilhan Omar.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/16/calls-aid-afghan-refugees-grave-danger-grow-following-bidens-address__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srdpf8czy$
Federal judge orders USPS to turn over docs regarding DeJoy’s potential financial conflicts of interest. “DeJoy’s decision-making as postmaster general has raised some serious ethical questions—now we should finally get some answers.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/08/19/federal-judge-orders-usps-to-turn-over-docs-over-dejoys-potential-financial-conflicts-of-interest/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srXxokfDD$
# Technology
Open Markets Act protects companies, not consumers. Should the government be able to decide what apps your smartphone can download?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-open-markets-act-protects-companies-not-consumers/article_1a4ad066-005d-11ec-9064-9b7328d209d2.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srUmP3fn1$
# Water
Leaky pipes in Baltimore are funneling a lot of pharmaceuticals into local waterways.
The paper illustrates how outsized an effect old or damaged infrastructure can have on our environment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/baltimore-pharmaceuticals-pollution-26754/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n5I7WixLpPgQD3ym2MEr1RoKc34GmVlTnqQuCQEBwIApfchHEzAsWHquHq9srTCvmbCQ$
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