Voices, The Peoples News
May 4, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
At least 63 different dog foods have been recalled for excessive levels of vitamin D. Too much Vitamin D could be toxic to dogs. The FDA is investigating.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns-dog-foods-recalled-vitamin/story?id=59601549__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYEgnxDDE$
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Getting “vaccinated” for the COVID-19 is a great way to massively increase your risk of suffering a stroke, government data show. Data from the United States government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) show that a jabbed person is about 115 times more likely to suffer a stroke compared to a non-jabbed person.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-05-03-covid-jabs-increase-stroke-risk-11361percent.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYPViI_37$
Vaccines could work better up the nose: Eight vaccines that fight
COVID-19 on the front line of infection, in the nose, are in clinical development. Developers hope to give us more protection from infection by harnessing the mucosal immune system: disease-fighting cells that inhabit the mucus-rich lining of our airways and gut.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nose-spray-vaccines-could-quash-covid-virus-variants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYMbubNZI$
# Education / Schools
Are We Headed to a Great Teacher Resignation? The United States is facing a Great Resignation of K-12 teachers, a brain drain that could deal another blow to children already struggling to overcome the disruption caused by COVID-19. In 2021, the education sector led the nation in resignation increases.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/are-we-headed-to-a-great-teacher-resignation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYCFs-KLt$
# Employment / Labor
Amazon reportedly told its staff this week that it will reimburse up to
4,000 in travel expenses every year for medical treatments, including abortions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-reimburse-us-employees-who-travel-treatments-including-abortions-2022-05-02/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYP_KQShv$
It’s Time To Give Job Seekers With Arrest or Conviction Records a Second
Chance: The U.S. job market is steadily recovering to near pre-pandemic levels. There are a record 5 million more open positions than unemployed people and nearly two open jobs for every job seeker.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/its-time-to-give-job-seekers-with-arrest-or-conviction-records-a-second-chance/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYPx3TYDQ$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global DR Congo approves auction of oil blocks in one of the world’s largest carbon sinks:
Cabinet ministers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have approved the auction of 16 oil blocks, including in one of the world’s largest carbon sinks and most environmentally sensitive areas https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.climatechange.ie/dr-congo-approves-auction-of-oil-blocks-in-one-of-the-worlds-largest-carbon-sinks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYIWcb2Xj$
Europe is about to ban Russian oil: What happens next? Policymakers want to stop financial support to a war machine. Replacing that energy supply is going to be difficult and expensive for consumers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-calls-for-russian-oil-embargo-as-eu-prepares-new-sanctions-11651488395__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYHLB7IX3$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure West’s megadrought delivers another blow: Saving Glen Canyon Dam: Lake Powell releases cut by nearly a half million acre feet https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/5/3/23055602/wests-megadrought-delivers-another-blow-saving-glen-canyon-dam-hydropower-drought-colorado-river__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYJ4dvtA6$
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Diet type can increase potentially harmful gas in the gut: Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School looked at the production of colonic hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas in the body that smells like rotten eggs, in people in response to animal and plant-based diet interventions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220503190209.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYGgyE6vy$
# General Information / Other News
Trump Allies May Be Prosecuted as Accessories to ‘Crimes’: Glenn Kirschner https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/trump-allies-may-prosecuted-accessories-crimes-glenn-kirschner-1702491__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYJ9dYZP1$
Jan. 6 Committee Sees Breakthrough, Will Get Trove of Trump-Related Emails:
Trump ally John Eastman had previously tried to block a subpoena for January 6-related documents, claiming attorney-client privilege.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/jan-6-committee-sees-breakthrough-will-get-trove-trump-related-emails-1702450__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYDTNzhsP$
# Gov / Politics
MAGA Voter Deaths by Fentanyl via Border ‘Does Look Intentional’: Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance on Friday alleged that MAGA voters dying from fentanyl looks “intentional” and claimed that President Joe Biden is responsible for those deaths.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/maga-voter-deaths-fentanyl-via-border-does-look-intentional-jd-vance-1702428__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYPmKvUzx$
J.D. Vance parrots a Tucker Carlson conspiracy theory that Biden is intentionally allowing fentanyl to cross the border to kill Trump
voters: The new right faux-populists blame immigration for opioid overdoses. It’s an old trick with a long, racist history.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/jd-vance-parrots-tucker-carlson-conspiracy-theory-biden-intentionally-allowing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYBDEC2It$
Vance wins Ohio Senate primary, handing Trump key victory, scoring the nomination after a brutal race and handing former President Trump a key victory after a late endorsement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3473848-vance-wins-ohio-senate-primary-handing-trump-key-victory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYGW1gqSM$
Biden rolls out new China policy with Blinken’s Asian tour: Jim W. Dean
– “So here we are with an arms race still rolling on, which to a degree is a no win situation for countries because there is no end to having enough.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/antony-blinken-china-asean-summit-00029368__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYJkhNVdx$
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to bring a bill codifying abortion access as a right nationwide for a floor vote. However, it’s unlikely that a law like this would ever come to pass in Congress.
Congress Is Not Going To Step In To Save Roe V. Wade, “Unfortunately, many of us said the sky was going to fall, and it did.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/congress-roe-abortion-access-supreme-court?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=05*04*2022*20Incoming*20newsletter&utm_term=News*20confirmed*20list__;Ly8lJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYHybaKtm$
The Supreme Court May Have Just Fundamentally Altered the 2022 Election:
At issue for Democrats is that, with less than 200 days before the midterms, their base is significantly less motivated to vote than the Republicans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/03/politics/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-midterm-election/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYL8I7OOq$
Democratic Leadership Still Supporting the House’s Only Anti-Abortion
Democrat: Henry Cuellar was the only Democrat to oppose codifying Roe v.
Wade. He’s getting leadership support in his runoff election against a progressive pro-choice challenger.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/democratic-leadership-still-supporting-houses-only-anti-abortion-democrat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYEkONa8b$
Nancy Pelosi Is Trying to Save an Anti-Choice Democrat as Roe v. Wade
Falls: South Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar is one of the last remaining anti-choice Democrats in the House.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgm7xb/rep-henry-cuellar-abortion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYH-L1ZNO$
Matt Gaetz Lashes Out At ‘Over-Educated’ Women Protesting For Abortion Rights. The congressman from Florida and the Republican Party at large are using a familiar tactic to argue against freedom of choice: rampant sexism https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/matt-gaetz-abortion-rights-over-educated-women-1347619/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYJk2635O$
# Legal / DOJ
Supreme Court chief justice directs marshal to investigate leak, calls out ‘egregious breach of trust’: Chief Justice John Roberts called the leak a ‘betrayal of the confidences of the Court’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2022/05/03/egregious-breach-of-trust-chief-justice-roberts-orders-investigation-of-leaked-draft-abortion-opinion/?slreturn=20220404104753__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYMAI8DdU$
# LGBTQ
What Is Obergefell v. Hodges? Same-Sex Marriage Could Be Overturned Next:
From LGBTQ rights to interracial marriage, abortion ruling could be map for GOP’s next push. Rights to contraception, gay marriage and interracial marriage could be endangered under a draft Supreme Court ruling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/05/04/lgbtq-rights-next-if-abortion-rights-go-supreme-court-has-new-path/9629255002/?gnt-cfr=1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYAsjcubq$
45% of LGBTQ Youth ‘Seriously Considered’ Suicide Recently: The Trevor Project’s National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health also found nearly
1 in 5 trans and nonbinary youth had attempted suicide, and mental health support is lacking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://2022survey.thetrevorproject.org/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYAXxbVO9$
Fundamental LGBTQ Rights Also Under Attack In Leaked Supreme Court Draft Amid his criticisms of Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito eerily ripped landmark civil rights cases that legalized marriage equality and private, consensual sex.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lgbtq-rights-roe-v-wade-leaked-supreme-court-opinion_n_6271425ae4b01131b127b198__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYCEsbJaf$
# Medical / Health Care
The Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis is one of the world’s oldest and most widely used vaccines, used to immunize
100 million newborns every year. Why is the 100-year-old BCG vaccine so broadly protective in newborns?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/37476/20220504/100-year-old-bcg-vaccine-protects-newborns-infants-beyond-tb.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYDX2g9Pb$
All the Ways Alito’s Opinion Might Criminalize Pregnancy: The actual impact of the decision, however, would go far beyond abortion. The opinion explicitly recognizes the constitutionality of laws that profess to protect prenatal life “at all stages of development.” This gives a blank check to politicians who want to regulate the behavior of pregnant people and even people who merely could become pregnant in the future, signed by the highest court in the land.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/05/alito-opinion-abortion-pregnancy-coffee-cigarette-bans.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYIrEg7UR$
# Military / DOD
Push to arm Ukraine putting strain on US weapons stockpile: The planes take off almost daily from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, hulking C-17s loaded up with Javelins, Stingers, howitzers and other material being hustled to Eastern Europe to resupply Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russia https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-eastern-europe-dover-35586737ec1923b1477d26bc45eeb7ed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYFbIhfvw$
Pentagon finds hundreds of cyber vulnerabilities among contractors: A Department of Defense pilot program designed to root out digital vulnerabilities among contractors identified hundreds of flaws over the course of one year, organizers said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://therecord.media/researchers-find-over-400-vulnerabilities-in-defense-industrial-base-bug-bounty-effort/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYJtWhMkB$
Space Force’ is now official to the VA, but not everyone is on the same
page: The Department of Veterans Affairs has officially recognized the Space Force as a branch of the military, nearly 2½ years after the service was established.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/03/va-officially-recognizes-space-force-military-branch-recognition-problems-still-persist.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYJ1Usj-l$
# Science
Revisiting ‘gain-of-function’ guidance: Researchers and biosecurity specialists are calling on the US government to issue clearer guidance about experiments that it might fund to make pathogens more transmissible or deadly. After a delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, US biosecurity board revisits policies governing risky pathogen experiments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01209-w__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYKktM34G$
Study of promising Alzheimer’s marker in blood prompts warning about brain-boosting supplements: Elevated levels of an enzyme called PHGDH in the blood of older adults could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s disease. A study led by the University of California San Diego provides new evidence to support this claim.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-05-alzheimer-marker-blood-prompts-brain-boosting.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYKDCQwHJ$
‘Resetting’ the injured brain offers clues for concussion treatment: New research in mice raises the prospects for development of post-concussion therapies that could ward off cognitive decline and depression, two common conditions among people who have experienced a moderate traumatic brain injury.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220502170928.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYK-TbP_r$
Repairing tendons with silk proteins: Tendon injuries are well known for their lengthy, difficult and often incomplete healing processes. Sudden or repetitive motion, experienced by athletes and factory workers, for example, increases the risk of tears or ruptures in the tendons https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220503091508.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYBeNdVLx$
# Security
Chinese hackers cast wide net for trade secrets in US, Europe and Asia, researchers say: The hackers targeted blueprints for producing materials with broad applications to the pharmaceutical and aerospace sectors, according to Boston-based security firm Cybereason.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/04/politics/china-hackers-economic-espionage-manufacturing/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYPPI9q4P$
CIA instructs Russians on how to share secrets with the spy agency: The CIA published instructions for how Russians disaffected by the Ukraine war can covertly volunteer information using an encrypted conduit to the agency’s website.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/cia-using-instagram-teach-Russians-share-state-secrets-ukraine-war-2022-5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYKnxBXCc$
# Social
White Supremacist Extremism Is No Longer a Domestic Issue. It’s a Global One When it comes to domestic terrorism, white extremist terrorism in particular, policymakers, law enforcement and the general public have shown themselves to have a serious blind spot: the fact that homegrown domestic terrorism in the U.S. is deeply interwoven with a global network of white supremacist terrorist activity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/white-supremacist-extremism-no-longer-domestic-issue-its-global-one-opinion-1701927__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYEzkfx_J$
# Technology
Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public After Buyout: The Tesla boss has told potential investors that it could be as little as three years before Twitter is returned to public markets.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-plans-to-take-twitter-public-again-later-sources-say-11651609707__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYDQNS2t7$
Facebook, Google Face Regulatory Reckoning That May End Big Tech Dominance https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/2022/05/13/facebook-google-face-regulatory-reckoning-that-may-end-big-tech-dominance-1703179.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYErkn9qY$
# Water
Portable briefcase-sized device could make saltwater drinkable: The unit was tested at the beach and it worked on its first run.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/portable-briefcase-sized-device-could-make-saltwater-drinkable/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jPl195QYoCM1LfdtpEiNyx9Ua4wMNos5naty5uVA0-2CDOQTPUi7bAHNSNCTYKNGtOo1$
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