Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-04-18

Voices, The Peoples News

April 18, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Archaeology

Mystery sarcophagus found in Notre-Dame to be opened: A mysterious leaden sarcophagus discovered in the bowels of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral after it was devastated by a fire will soon be opened and its secrets revealed, archaeologists said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnet.com/science/mystery-sarcophagus-found-below-notre-dame-to-be-opened-very-soon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYimxQkOhH$

 

# Border / Immigration

Texas has spent billions of dollars on border security. But what taxpayers got in return is a mystery. Since 2005, Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched a multitude of widely publicized and costly border initiatives, which usually kicked off during their reelection campaigns or while they were considering bids for higher office.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/18/texas-border-security-spending/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYih9pHcZ8$

 

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals

Trying to Solve a Covid Mystery: Africa’s Low Death Rates https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/health/covid-africa-deaths.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYitGv7MDz$

 

Are Africa’s Low Covid Death Rates Really A Mystery?

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://plantbasednews.org/opinion/the-long-read/africas-low-covid-death-rates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiqQfgL_J$

 

FDA Shuts Out Its Own Experts in Authorizing Another Vaccine Booster:

Two top FDA officials quit the agency in September complaining of undue pressure to authorize boosters.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-shuts-out-its-own-experts-in-authorizing-another-booster-covid-vaccine-pandemic-science-11649016728__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYivqPT7Xd$

 

California cities spent huge share of federal Covid relief funds on

police: Cities in California spent large portions of their federal Covid relief money on police departments, a review of public records has revealed, with several cities prioritizing police funding by a wide margin.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/07/covid-relief-funds-california-cities-police__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYigsyQydw$

 

# Economy / Finance / Trade

Escobar: Russian Geoeconomics Tzar Introduces The New Global Financial System The world’s new monetary system, underpinned by a digital currency, will be backed by a basket of new foreign currencies and natural resources.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-russian-geoeconomics-tzar-introduces-new-global-financial-system__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYinsvfTQW$

 

“Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank,”

ProPublica, June 24, 2021

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://act.moveon.org/go/161707?t=7&akid=321008*2E1195276*2EvTe8Kn__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiigXjKX9$

 

“The Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker,” The New York Times, February 14, 2022 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/technology/republican-trump-peter-thiel.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYivDVG1C_$

 

# Education / Schools

Michigan School Under Fire After Student Leaks “McCarthyist” Questionnaire “There is no information on the sheet that suggests it’s a part of curriculum or an exercise…”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationandstate.com/2022/04/16/michigan-school-under-fire-after-student-leaks-mccarthyist-questionnaire/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYii27XP1l$

 

Florida’s anti-woke crusade has a new target: math textbooks: When vetting math books for K–12 classes, the state education commissioner rejected 41 percent of submissions because of “references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core, and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics.”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/04/florida-anti-crt-math-textbooks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiqUIY_XU$

 

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical What are acetogens? And how could synthetic biology turn oil, coal and other fossil fuels into green, carbon-negative chemicals?

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/04/12/what-are-acetogens-and-how-could-synthetic-biology-turn-oil-coal-and-other-fossil-fuels-into-green-carbon-negative-chemicals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiiohL20P$

 

Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. New demonstrations show it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency, a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mit.edu/2022/thermal-heat-engine-0413__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYigTSPILB$

 

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global # Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Authorities lift some evacuation orders after a fire breaks out in New Mexico. So far, the McBride Fire has killed two people and destroyed more than 200 homes.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2022/04/16/1093194355/wildfires-new-mexico-ruidoso-mcbride-fire__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYigFEV4fp$

 

‘We’ve been trying to warn you’: Fed-up scientists get arrested demanding climate action. Scientists have chained themselves to a bank, glued their hands to building windows and more in climate protests around the world.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scientist-climate-protests_n_625b06fae4b0723f801972a7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYirJznVoZ$

 

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Harry Rhodes: FDA needs to follow through on its plan to ban carbadox in animal feed. Carbadox can damage genes and cause cancer, so why does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allow pork producers to keep using it?

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/15/fda-follow-through-long-stalled-plan-ban-carbadox-animal-feed/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYirPB1ITT$

 

# Global Politics

Should Finland and Sweden Join NATO? The Dilemma at the Heart of New NATO Membership Bids. Washington shouldn’t rush headlong into commitments it might later regret. One consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may be the exact thing Russian president Vladimir Putin, the war’s architect, has indicated he did not want: the enlargement of NATO, starting with Finland and Sweden.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.csis.org/analysis/will-finland-and-sweden-join-nato__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYii9C57jD$

 

Israel’s Temple Movement Provokes Settler Violence in Jerusalem’s

Al-Aqsa: Palestinian families are fighting to remain in the homes they lived in for generations as they face possible forced expulsion by Israeli authorities to make way for Israeli settlers, a move illegal under international law.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/23/the-hardline-israelis-stoking-violence-in-east-jerusalem__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYitsFNBtL$

 

# Gov / Politics

Nina Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, a professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York City, said she fears Russian President Vladimir Putin may eventually deploy tactical nuclear weapons to claim victory in Ukraine.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/putin-prepared-use-nuclear-weapons-khrushchev-great-granddaughter-1698487__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYimXz3vSI$

 

Ukraine War Tests Boundaries of China, Russia Alliance: Three weeks ago, the leaders of China and Russia declared that the friendship between their countries “has no limits.”  That was before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a gambit that is testing just how far China is willing to go https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-united-states-beijing-xi-jinping-a726107ba1203d08f96468cdf4c99eaf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYitoQEjXt$

 

After Undermining International Criminal Court, U.S. Now Wants It to Charge Russians. U.S. hypocrisy is no more nakedly apparent than in the Senate’s unanimous resolution condemning Russia.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/after-undermining-international-criminal-court-us-wants-it-to-charge-russians/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiog_TJVS$

 

What is genocide, and is Russia carrying it out in Ukraine? President Biden has accused Russia of committing genocide in Ukraine. World leaders and genocide experts are divided over the merits of using the term.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/13/joe-biden-accuses-vladimir-putin-of-committing-genocide-in-ukraine?msclkid=68f86881bb1111ec8accc792ae163524__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYisxEtY1W$

 

Why it must happen soon: The United States vs. Donald J. Trump. Merrick Garland must do it now, before it’s too late. What’s really at stake for Trump is the selling of Trump and his big lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-it-must-happen-soon-the-united?s=r__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiupFiZCl$

 

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy privately pushed to find evidence of fraud in the

2020 presidential election and argued against attempts to block the election’s certification, according to texts published in a CNN report.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/15/chip-roy-2020-election-texts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYipT7uO_4$

 

How many fixated right-wingers ‘aided and abetted’ Trump’s crime wave, now ‘accessories after the fact’? If Trump’s scattergun of skullduggery escapes real, permanent penalties, brace for equally audacious, sneakier political sneaks.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/04/18/how-many-fixated-right-wingers-aided-and-abetted-trumps-crime-wave-now-accessories-after-the-fact/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYigDOxgdq$

 

# Law Enforcement

Corrections Officer Aided Racist Attack on Black Inmates: Former Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Convicted for Facilitating White Supremacist Assault on Black Inmates and Ordering Other Abuse:

Matthew Ware transferred the inmates to an area where he knew white supremacists were detained and then ordered the cells to be unlocked.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/former-oklahoma-supervisory-corrections-officer-convicted-facilitating-white__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiiQlx6Mt$

 

Prison Guards in Illinois Used Prison Labor to Raise Money for Golf Tournaments Guards got incarcerated people to wash their personal cars, give haircuts and shine shoes at the fundraisers.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/prison-guards-in-illinois-used-prison-labor-to-raise-money-for-golf-tournaments/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYijuEhI5w$

 

Many families whose loved ones have died in Tarrant County jails since

2016 have struggled to get basic information from authorities on the circumstances surrounding those deaths.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theautimes.com/when-inmates-die-in-tarrant-county-jail-taxpayers-need-answers-just-like-families/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYim1VSDJA$

 

Locked up and left to die: In Texas, dying in jail is “par for the course.”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texasobserver.org/locked-up-and-left-to-die/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYioVYpxz_$

 

LA jail guards routinely punch incarcerated people in the head, monitors

find: The Los Angeles sheriff’s department (LASD), which oversees the largest local jail system in the country, appears to be routinely violating use-of-force policies, with supervisors failing to hold guards accountable https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/08/los-angeles-jail-sheriffs-department-violence-accusation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYijX0hIIM$

 

When It Comes to Prison Education, Some Who Need It Most May Be Left Behind As prison education gets more funding, activists are pushing for equitable access.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-prison-education-some-who-need-it-most-may-be-left-behind/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYikDoIF9n$

 

Police have no duty to protect the public: Though unsaid in police reform debates, numerous court precedents have established that cops aren’t obligated to act in the interests of citizens.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/justice/police-have-no-duty-to-protect-the-public/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYihReVOTQ$

 

John Oliver Slams Cops for Gaslighting People Into Prison https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/john-oliver-slams-cops-gaslighting-051629797.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiovDTy_H$

 

# Legal / DOJ

A Survivor of Violence and Her Sibling Share How the Legal System Punishes Them.

Twenty-two-year-old Leah Eggleson is facing a 20-to-life sentence for defending herself against her abuser. Legal protection for self-defense was originally meant for property-owning white men,” writes Survived and Punished, a national coalition working to decriminalize survival.

“Therefore, domestic and sexual violence are often rejected as legitimate justifications for self-defense, either by the law’s design or through its interpretation and application in courts.”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/a-survivor-of-violence-and-her-sibling-share-how-the-legal-system-punishes-them/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiu2m5HGI$

 

SCOTUS Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Appeal Over Racial Bias: In his appeal, Kristopher Love pointed out that a juror at his murder trial had claimed non-white races are statistically more prone to violence.

“Racial bias is odious in all aspects, but especially pernicious in the administration of justice,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissent joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/04/18/texas-death-row-supreme-court-reject-case-claiming-juror-bias/73567850__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYioIgLnCB$

 

South Carolina Mall Gunman Will Be Allowed To Return To Work After Getting Out On Bail https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10727175/South-Carolina-mall-shooting-suspect-22-allowed-return-WORK-ankle-monitor.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiip6LyqH$

 

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil

Recreational marijuana access reduces demand for prescription drugs:

“The reductions in drug utilization that we find could lead to significant cost savings for state Medicaid programs. The results also indicate an opportunity to reduce the harm that can come with the dangerous side effects associated with some prescription drugs,” one researcher said.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/3271896-legalizing-marijuana-lowers-demand-for-prescription-drugs-study-finds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYihTCE3JX$

 

# Media

Noam Chomsky Is Right, U.S. Should Work for Peace in Ukraine: Twitter users roasted the antiwar writer and professor over the weekend for daring to argue that peace is better than war.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/04/noam-chomsky-on-how-to-prevent-world-war-iii__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYimz3S4ow$

 

MSNBC Blast From The Past: It’s Our Job To Control How People Think…

Not Elon Musk’s: “…he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think… that is our job.”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/msnbc-blast-past-its-our-job-control-how-people-think-not-elon-musks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYirajSwdq$

 

In a break with the past, U.S. is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn’t rock solid: “It doesn’t have to be solid intelligence,” one U.S. official said. “It’s more important to get out ahead of them [the Russians], Putin specifically, before they do something.”

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-using-declassified-intel-fight-info-war-russia-even-intel-isnt-rock-rcna23014__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYislPK53_$

 

# Medical / Health Care / Science

Teen Opioid Deaths Have Surge 350% Thanks To Rise Of Fentanyl: Opioid overdose deaths in adolescents rose far more rapidly than the general population between 2019 and 2021, according to a new analysis of mortality data released by the CDC. Data showed that deaths from opioid overdoses in teens aged 14 to 18 increased by a staggering 94% between

2019 and 2020 and by an additional 20% between 2020 and 2021.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/teen-opioid-deaths-have-surge-350-thanks-rise-fentanyl__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYimSsx6xX$

 

Chinese scientists build robot nanny to care for babies in artificial

womb: Researchers say technology could help with imminent population crisis, with birth rates in China at their lowest level in six decades https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robot-nanny-china-population-b2004342.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiuLIO0jP$

 

Mysterious liver illness seen in kids in US, Europe: Health officials in several countries are investigating mysterious cases of severe liver disease in children, and they think it may be related to a kind of virus usually associated with colds. The U.S. children ranged in age from 1 to

6 years old, and two required liver transplants. The European cases are in a similar age range, though some have been older, WHO officials said.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/science-health-ireland-europe-liver-transplants-12b3531355158c4f971be6b416e77bca__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYipRZaGNz$

 

California start-up sends tiny robots on voyage into brains: Sending miniature robots deep inside the human skull to treat brain disorders has long been the stuff of science fiction—but it could soon become reality, according to a California start-up.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-california-start-up-tiny-robots-fantastic.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYitN-4ns7$

 

New study reveals how to rejuvenate the immune system of elderly people and reduce their risk of infectious disease: A new study identifies a reason why older adults are significantly more susceptible to infectious diseases than younger people, a critical societal issue most recently exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-reveals-rejuvenate-immune-elderly-people.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiqQ84yRn$

 

Abortion Bans Pass in GOP-Led Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma & Tennessee as SCOTUS Set to Overturn Roe https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/4/18/scotus_could_uphold_gop_abortion_bans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiqt44wSU$

 

Tumors partially destroyed with sound don’t come back: Noninvasive sound technology developed at the University of Michigan breaks down liver tumors in rats, kills cancer cells and spurs the immune system to prevent further spread — an advance that could lead to improved cancer outcomes in humans.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/04/220418093955.htm*:*:text=Summary*3A,improved*20cancer*20outcomes*20in*20humans__;I34lJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYiqYxgCpa$

 

Mystery Chemicals in Plastics Might Lead to Obesity: It’s well known that plastics contain endocrine-disrupting chemicals like bisphenol A

(BPA) and phthalates. However, a recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology found that these infamous chemicals may just be the tip of the trashberg.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/plastics-chemicals-obesity.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYisXMhgDT$

 

Cleveland Clinic Denies Boy Kidney Transplant Because He Didn’t Get COVID Shot https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/04/cleveland-clinic-denies-boy-kidney-transplant-because-he-didnt-get-covid-shot/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYim6NuJQN$

 

Man’s kidney transplant canceled because donor wasn’t vaccinated https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/10/12/mans-kidney-transplant-canceled-because-donor-wasnt-vaccinated/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYioM1jG53$

 

# Military / DOD

The nuclear missile next door: What it’s like to live with a bomb stronger than 20 Hiroshimas in a time of rising worldwide tensions.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://thewashingtonpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYitUoZjEh$

 

US intelligence satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base: The

NROL-85 satellite lifted off at 6:13 a.m. from Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/a/us-intelligence-satellite-launched-from-california/6533306.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYigiwvIRT$

 

# Military / Global

North Korea tests ‘tactical guided’ weapons, condemns US-South Korean drills. North Korea has conducted at least 11 other rounds of missile tests so far this year.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/04/17/north-korea-test-fires-nuclear-capable-tactical-weapon-day-before-us-south-korea-military-drills/?sh=7a6311a5dfa7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYirfHxeZO$

 

Ukrainians defy surrender-or-die demand: Ukrainian fighters who were holed up in a steel plant in the last known pocket of resistance inside Mariupol, ignored surrender-or-die ultimatums from Russia and held out against the capture of the strategically vital port.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-business-europe-893384be23cf0fc1c0b9e566de372046__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYivJ9gmF6$

# Social
A Poor People’s Pandemic Report: Mapping the Intersections of Poverty, Race and COVID-19.  Income and wealth information is not systematically collected for people who have died or fallen ill from COVID-19 in the US, therefore, there is no systematic way to know the poverty status of those who died.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/pandemic-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYilLp4HXh$

The Strange Career of Beautiful Crescent: How an old textbook lodged itself in the heart of New Orleans’ self-mythology. The state of Louisiana hasn’t passed a law against teaching its history of racism, but not for lack of trying.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/04/history-textbook-controversy-new-orleans-louisiana.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYikIsUEBS$

# Space
Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after 183 days in space, ending China’s longest crewed mission as it continues its quest to become a major space power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/17/23029421/chinese-astronauts-return-earth-six-months-space-shenzhou-13-tiangong-tianhe-china__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hh23-PGDyFxXkr2PoVWkXYRQohjGogSq-8o7g8VhnoYwiDsYFP9zCm9sE8RYirdmXvvC$

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