Voices, The Peoples News
August 16, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration
DC mayor again asks for help with illegal immigrants after Pentagon declines first request: Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser renewed her request for help from the U.S. military to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants being bused to the U.S. capital from the southern border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/border/dc-mayor-again-asks-for-help-with-illegal-immigrants-after-pentagon-declines-first-request/article_e2a07bf8-1ce8-11ed-8fa9-53d918e03574.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx78WUvC6$
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Fighting current and future coronaviruses with a single vaccine: An experimental vaccine produced an immune response to a range of different coronaviruses in mice and monkeys, including SARS-CoV-2.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/fighting-current-future-coronaviruses-single-vaccine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxwdqyhQy$
Long COVID symptoms linked to inflammation: Prolonged inflammation after SARS-CoV-2 infections caused permanent damage to lungs and kidneys, affected the brain, and correlated with behavioral changes in hamsters. The results suggest a mechanism for the symptoms of Long COVID in people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/long-covid-symptoms-linked-inflammation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx1IXorc0$
# Economy / Finance / Trade
Poll Finds 3 in 4 Voters Want to Expand Social Security by Taxing the Rich: Republicans are angling to cut Social Security, threatening seniors with poverty or unretirement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/poll-finds-3-in-4-voters-want-to-expand-social-security-by-taxing-the-rich/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx7HhCb9A$
# Education / Schools
Monkey Books, Nixed Jobs: School District Accused of Racism: More educators have come forward to accuse Charleston County School District of racist hiring practices and a toxic work environment. More former employees of a South Carolina school district have come forward to blow the lid on what they say are racist hiring practices and ill treatment of Black workers, from job offers being mysteriously rescinded to monkey books left on one teacher’s desk.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/monkey-books-rescinded-jobs-school-223012476.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx5uUOqBi$
1 in 10 teachers say they’ve been attacked by students: Calls for tougher laws against assaults on teachers have been thwarted by efforts to keep kids in school. Various news outlets have reported what has been described as a “wave of student misbehavior” since students returned from remote learning to in-person instruction. The purported surge in student misconduct is part of an upward trend in student assaults on teachers. The percentage of teachers who have been attacked by students has increased from 6% to 10% over the past decade
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.channel3000.com/i/1-in-10-teachers-in-us-say-theyve-been-attacked-by-students/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxyKnZRTR$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Los Angeles homeowners are removing lawns during drought: Southern California residents are beginning to accept that lush lawns are unsustainable when reservoirs and rivers run low in a drought era.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://globalonlinemony.com/los-angeles-homeowners-are-removing-lawns-during-drought/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx4w0ux1k$
Rise in extreme heat will hit minority communities hardest: New climate projections released yesterday by a nonprofit research group and analyzed by E&E News show that extreme heat will intensify. Thirty years after Hurricane Andrew demolished Homestead, Fla., another disaster looms. The city of 80,000 will experience the nation’s sharpest increases in extreme heat, according to a groundbreaking new nationwide analysis that projects how climate change will affect neighborhood temperatures in 2053. Homestead has another notable quality: 65 percent of its residents are Hispanic, and 22 percent are Black.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/rise-in-extreme-heat-will-hit-minority-communities-hardest/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx7MxSnXv$
As rising seas swamp South Carolina’s shores, some coastal communities are left unprotected: A proposed $1.1 billion seawall bypasses marginalized Charleston neighborhoods and relies on outdated grey infrastructure. But there is an alternative: green, nature-based solutions can protect at-risk coastal communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/sponsored/selc-rising-seas-swamp-south-carolinas-coastal-communities/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx18vQfA3$
# General Information / Other News
Trump’s In La-La Land When It Comes to Executive Privilege: The ex-president’s demand for the immediate return of documents seized from Mar-a-Lago shows he doesn’t understand how any of this works.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-in-la-la-land-when-it-comes-to-executive-privilege__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx4xiVrs9$
You don’t have to be a spy to violate the Espionage Act – and other crucial facts about the law Trump may have broken: Two national security law experts explain how the Espionage Act isn’t only about international intrigue, and share other important points about the law that was invoked in a search of Trump’s estate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/you-dont-have-to-be-a-spy-to-violate-the-espionage-act-and-other-crucial-facts-about-the-law-trump-may-have-broken-188708__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxxOqR0nG$
Trump Won’t Turn Down the Heat—He Needs to Play the Victim: The ex-president says he’ll do whatever he can do “help the country,” but that would mean ending his lies about stolen elections and corrupt FBI agents.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wont-turn-down-the-heat-he-needs-to-play-the-victim__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx6bVpf60$
# Gov / Politics / Global
Both Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of shelling the largest nuclear plant in Europe, the Guardian reports. Russia took over the Zaporizhzhia plant in March, but Ukrainian workers remain on-site at the facility.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-news-russia-war-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-shelling-odesa-grain/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx5ZKO4po$
The UN has called on both parties to withdraw from the plant. According to CNN, international leaders fear that continued attacks will cause a devastating nuclear accident.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/08/1124452__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx1Ib9Wx7$
Russia’s Panicked Confession: This Is What Scares Us Most: Vladimir Putin’s cronies are in a frenzy after admitting that this one move from the U.S. could entirely screw them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/russia-panicked-confession-scares-us-085936506.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxz-kpzeu$
Putin lashes out at West’s ‘vanishing’ hegemony, outlines Russia’s goals: Russia will “take other steps to build a more democratic world”: With all eyes on Russia as it wages its destructive war in Ukraine, Putin used the event to justify his war to the Russian people and shore up support as sanctions start to make visible cuts into the standards of living.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://intellinews.com/putin-lashes-out-at-the-west-during-his-spief-keynote-and-prepares-russians-for-a-long-fight-247894/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx2DI4ajA$
# Gov / Politics / US
Dr. Fauci’s Retirement Pension ($414,667) Will Exceed President Joe Biden’s Salary ($400,000): By 2024, Fauci will likely be making $530,000 in salary, an increase of nearly $200,000 since 2014. Therefore, we estimate that Fauci’s first year pension payout will exceed $414,000, more than the salary for the President of the United States https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/dr-faucis-retirement-pension-414667__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxyM3LTuq$
The Stealth Threat of a New Constitutional Convention: Advocates of holding a new constitutional convention have filed a lawsuit in Texas, asking a federal court to order a constitutional convention to be held in Kansas by January 31, 2023. A U.S. representative has introduced legislation to provide for a convention. The bill will not move forward this year. Still, if convention advocates take control of Congress in November, we could be having our first constitutional convention since
1787 early next year. (Article V gives the president no role in this process.)
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/the-stealth-threat-of-a-new-constitutional-convention/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxygznHQg$
Biden Signs Sweeping Climate Bill: What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for You and the Planet: History was made Tuesday afternoon when President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a landmark bill focused on climate, health care and tax breaks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/inflation-reduction-act-means-for-you-and-the-planet.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx7oSEF42$
# Law Enforcement
Conversations from the porch, the FBI: Seeing as we have pundits that know nothing about the FBI, outside the propaganda the FBI itself pounds out from Hollywood, and even foreign journalists who have never met an FBI agent commenting on the disgrace in Mar-a-Lago I’m going to take this off Substack exclusively and make it available to the general public.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/08/15/conversations-from-the-porch-the-fbi/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx0YR_aZw$
# Legal / DOJ
Fauci, Biden officials served subpoenas in lawsuit over collusion to suppress free speech: Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, other Biden administration officials and five social media companies have 30 days to respond to subpoenas in a lawsuit alleging collusion to suppress freedom of speech.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/missouri/fauci-biden-officials-served-subpoenas-in-lawsuit-over-collusion-to-suppress-free-speech/article_29d5a5a0-07ab-11ed-afee-ef19381f2671.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx6jiR7uR$
Trump’s Big Mouth Sets Up Top-Secret Case Against Him: When he said too much on Twitter, he used his Justice Department to keep documents classified. Those court decisions are now building the case that he broke the law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-president-donald-trumps-big-mouth-sets-up-top-secret-case-against-him__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx2FPZvcw$
Feds Bust Ex-Congressman for Alleged Money Laundering, Fraud: Democrat T.J. Cox, a one-term congressman in California, has been accused of “multiple fraud schemes.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/16/tj-cox-democratic-ex-congressman-arrested-feds-rol/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxyQx00NA$
# Media
‘Daily Show’ Destroys Trump’s ‘Greatest Excuse of All Time’: The “most fun” part of this scandal, Trevor Noah said, has been watching how hard Trump and his allies are working to “invent new excuses for why this crime wasn’t a crime.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://unlimitedd-ttech.com/2022/08/16/daily-show-destroys-trumps-greatest-excuse-for-taking-classified-documents-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-show-destroys-trumps-greatest-excuse-for-taking-classified-documents-home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx8UOOWtf$
# Medical / Health
Study suggests Epstein-Barr virus may cause multiple sclerosis: Infection with Epstein-Barr virus dramatically increased the odds of developing multiple sclerosis. The finding suggests that vaccines against the virus could help prevent multiple sclerosis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/study-suggests-epstein-barr-virus-may-cause-multiple-sclerosis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx5kE4LT9$
Big Tech’s Plan to ‘Disrupt’ Lucrative U.S. Healthcare Market Leaves Consumers Vulnerable, Privacy Advocates Say. Big Tech is looking to “disrupt” the highly lucrative U.S. healthcare market, according to an analyst focused on the tech industry, but the path forward isn’t without obstacles, including concerns about data collection and privacy protection.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/big-tech-disrupt-united-states-healthcare-market/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx7JbYDWO$
# Military / DOD
Will China Mess With US Warships Headed for Taiwan Strait? The US has thrown down the gauntlet. A showdown may come “in the coming weeks.” Beijing claims Taiwan as one of its provinces, while Taipei says the island is already a de facto nation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/china-taiwan-strait-us-military-navy-warships-1715527__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx0iQVCko$
# Pharmaceuticals
“They have really endless resources”: Big Pharma spending $263M to keep drug prices high: The pharmaceutical industry has spent nearly $263 million on lobbying so far this year, employing three lobbyists for every member of Congress, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks money in politics. Millions of those dollars are in the form of campaign donations
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/big-pharma-lower-prescription-drug-prices/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx5hyVZ5q$
McKinsey Opened a Door in Its Firewall Between Pharma Clients and Regulators: A review of internal McKinsey documents found the firm repeatedly allowed employees who served pharmaceutical companies, including opioid makers, to also consult for the F.D.A., the drug industry’s primary government regulator. And, the documents show, McKinsey touted that inside access in pitches to private clients.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/business/mckinsey-purdue-fda-records.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxx5iqOfl9$
# Science
Ultrasound imaging gets small and wearable: Scientists created a wearable ultrasound device, about the size of a postage stamp, that can continuously image inside the body for at least two days.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/small-wearable-patch-performs-continuous-ultrasound-70287__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxyKJKh3S$
Restoring cell and organ function after the heart stops: Researchers restored cellular function in a pig’s organs more than an hour after its heart stopped. Use of an artificial blood substitute can reverse cell damage caused by lack of oxygen and could make more organs available for transplants, treat heart attacks and strokes and even reverse death
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331983-blood-substitute-repairs-damaged-organs-hours-after-heart-stops/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!14r07_KVUtNOvZcRRoySkN2qEwDUdH3kv0ZY4RPluprDwkmVCapMUrsLsyEUUZB07wQnpRmhGVxmHMy9HKFcFUVxxwQj5X81$
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