Voices, The Peoples News
October 19, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Feds Step in After South Dakota Hotel Owner’s Racist Rant: Indigenous Americans were barred from staying at the Grand Gateway Hotel because the owner said she couldn’t tell “the nice ones from the bad Natives.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-sues-south-dakotas-grand-gateway-hotel-for-racist-treatment-of-native-americans
See also: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Challenging Policy Barring Native Americans From Accessing South Dakota Hotel and Sports Lounge
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sd/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-challenging-policy-barring-native-americans-accessing
# Indigenous / Global
How an Indigenous family under siege became a symbol of resistance in the Amazon: Indigenous territories in Rôndonia have been the target of a recent wave of illegal activities such as land invasions, illegal mining and illegal logging, while their defenders have been threatened and even killed.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/how-an-indigenous-family-under-siege-became-a-symbol-of-resistance-in-the-amazon/
# Children / Youth
Texas Giving Parents DNA Kits So Kids Can Be ID’d After Shootings: The kits will allow parents to keep a description, saliva sample, and fingerprints on file for their child that can then be turned over to authorities should they need to be identified.
https://sports.yahoo.com/texas-giving-parents-dna-kits-141408944.html
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
California Passes COVID Policy Law Silencing Doctors: A new law in California will punish doctors if they give their patients information related to COVID-19 that does not conform to “contemporary scientific consensus” and can be deemed “misinformation” or “disinformation” by the California Medical Board or California Osteopathic Board.
https://californiaglobe.com/articles/gov-newsom-signs-bill-to-censor-ca-doctors-accused-of-spreading-covid-misinformation/
# Economy / Finance / Trade
McCarthy’s Plan for a Debt Limit Showdown: Republican are prepared to play with fire if they win control of the House. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) confirmed the GOP will look to use the federal debt limit as leverage to force Democratic concessions on spending. The cuts could potentially involve Social Security and Medicare.
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20221018-GOP-Signals-Plan-Debt-Limit-Showdown
No one knows for sure what will happen in the midterm elections. But if Republicans take over one or both houses of Congress, the biggest question will be one that receives little public attention: What will the Biden administration do when the GOP threatens to blow up the world economy by refusing to raise the debt limit?
https://time.news/preparing-for-republican-debt-blackmail/
What Social Security should really be paying to survive in this economy: There is a basis for the conservative critique that an 8.7 percent increase in Social Security benefits slated for 2023 is insufficient, the solution is to make benefits more generous, rather than to cut the program as Republicans aim to do.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/17/what-social-security-should-really-be-paying-to-survive-in-this-economy/
Republicans Plan on Threatening Recession If They Can’t Cut Medicare, Social Security: The GOP plans to use the debt ceiling as a political bludgeon, threatening either recession or Social Security cuts.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-plan-on-threatening-recession-if-they-cant-cut-medicare-social-security/
House Dem Says ‘Every Republican Should Be Asked’ About GOP Ploy to Cut Social Security: “This is Republicans’ own words and Americans need to hear them loud and clear,” said Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/house-dem-says-every-republican-should-be-asked-about-gop-ploy-cut-social-security
# Education / Schools
Refused by Lower Courts, Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Stop Student Debt Relief: The long-shot appeal comes days after the Biden administration opened up applications for debt relief
https://rollcall.com/2022/10/19/taxpayer-group-asks-supreme-court-to-halt-student-debt-program/
Texas commission recommends tying community colleges’ state funding to their performance: State higher education leaders are pushing for the changes as community colleges face greater workforce demands and financial pressures. The commission’s report now goes to lawmakers, who are expected to file legislation on the matter next session.
https://localtoday.news/tx/the-texas-commission-recommends-tying-state-funding-for-community-colleges-to-performance-75099.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
President Joe Biden is set to announce Wednesday a plan to release 15 million barrels of oil from U.S. emergency reserves in an effort to ease high gasoline prices and ease pressure on Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/10/19/biden-will-release-15-million-barrels-of-oil-from-reserves–heres-what-to-watch-for/?sh=4919c99b5545
EPA, enviro groups file last flurry of comments for Army Corps’ review of Line 5 tunnel: Other recommendations include those regarding environmental justice, tribal resources, climate change, impacts to endangered species and habitats and more.
https://michiganadvance.com/2022/10/18/epa-enviro-groups-file-last-flurry-of-comments-for-army-corps-review-of-line-5-tunnel/
New oil slick in Long Beach has campaigners demanding environmental change statewide: “How many more oil spills and fossil fuel accidents do we need until the city and the state begins to prioritize public health and the environment?”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/10/19/new-oil-slick-in-long-beach-has-campaigners-demanding-environmental-change-statewide/
New Jersey sues five oil companies, alleging decades of ‘concealment’ and ‘public deception’ on climate change
The New Jersey legal campaign, like the others, seeks compensation from the oil industry for the large and growing destructive cost of the worsening climate crisis. The case adds to a growing number of major climate accountability cases against the oil industry, a scenario that Shell predicted in 1998.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/
Group Calls for US Ban on Gasoline Exports to Combat Big Oil Price Gouging: “The fossil fuel industry has made obscene profits throughout a deadly global pandemic, and will continue this profiteering at the pump by promoting fuel exports when supplies are tight.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/18/biden-big-oil-gas-prices-00062289
# General Information / Other News
A man who billed himself the Used Car King of New York pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Houston federal court, admitting to buying and selling thousands of fake Texas temporary license plates to people in New York, Florida and Washington, D.C.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/05/used-car-king-of-ny-busted-in-paper-license-plate-scam/
# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Can’t Force Love’: Russian Diplomats to Kiss West Goodbye: In a bizarre speech, Putin’s foreign minister said there is no longer any “point nor desire” for Russian diplomats to hold posts in western countries, citing ‘inhumane’ treatment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-foreign-minister-sergei-lavrov-tells-russian-diplomats-to-bid-farewell-to-west
Putin Formally Declares Martial Law in Illegally Annexed Ukrainian Regions: As the war intensifies, his decree orders the creation of territorial defense forces in the four annexed regions.
https://truthout.org/articles/putin-formally-declares-martial-law-in-illegally-annexed-ukrainian-regions/
Frantic Putin Flexes New War Tactic That Is Mostly Useless: The Kremlin, seeking to bounce back from an “anti-Putin trend” among the public, is trying out another party trick that will only drag millions more Russians into the war.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putin-flexes-new-ukraine-war-tactic-that-is-mostly-useless
# Gov / Politics / US
President Joe Biden promised to codify Roe v. Wade into law if Democrats manage to add Senate seats and hold control of the House of Representatives in November, making it the first bill he would send to the new Congress. Biden made the pledge at a Democratic National Committee event Tuesday afternoon at The Howard theater in Washington.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-codify-roe-v-wade-congress_n_634eb359e4b0e376dc10cb7e?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Fringe%2010/18/22&utm_term=us-fringe
“That’s the end of democracy.” Liz Cheney Says Arizona GOP Candidates Threaten Democracy
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state pose a huge risk for democracy because both say they will refuse to certify election results if they don’t like the results.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-10-05/liz-cheney-says-arizona-gop-candidates-threaten-democracy
How the Center Enables Fascism. It’s not enough to be ‘pro-democracy.’ It’s necessary to be pro-worker: If we lose our democracy to fascism, one key reason will be that corporate Republicans and Democrats, who profess to care about saving democracy, have relentlessly opposed the populist economic policies that might give working-class people some reason to believe in democracy.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/how-the-center-enables-fascism/
Texas Woman’s Near-Death Experience Is What GOP ‘Hopes to See Nationwide’: “It’s this simple: If anti-choice Republicans win control of Congress, they will pass a national ban on abortion,” said one advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/texas-womans-near-death-experience-what-gop-hopes-see-nationwide
‘Imminent Danger’: Millions Set to Lose Medicaid, Food Benefits Once Public Health Emergency Ends: “When the public health emergency ends, many individuals and families will experience the cumulative impact of losing access to both Medicaid and SNAP,” advocates warned.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/imminent-danger-millions-set-lose-medicaid-food-benefits-once-public-health
Democracy Is Defenseless and the Midterms Can Kill It: A derelict Republican Party must be defeated on November 8 if our democracy is to survive.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/21/democrats-democracy-danger-midterms-00052748
# Law Enforcement
Even Cops Thought DeSantis’ Voter Fraud Crackdown Was Absurd: Body-cam footage from three of DeSantis’ much-hyped 20 arrests showed apologetic cops taking into custody people who had no idea they’d committed a crime.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-cops-thought-florida-gov-ron-desantis-voter-fraud-crackdown-was-ridiculous-body-cam-videos-show
He Marched At The Nazi Rally In Charlottesville. Then He Went Back To Being A Cop: An exclusive HuffPost report confirms that Massachusetts police officer John Donnelly played a key role in the violent Unite the Right rally five years ago.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-donnelly-police-officer-charlottesville-white-supremacist-woburn-massachusetts_n_634856a1e4b08e0e60812d63
A Cop Was Charged By The Feds For Stomping On A Handcuffed Black Man’s Face
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/indianapolis-police-charged-stomping-face-eric-huxley
# Legal / DOJ
The Incredible Mystery of How Trump Got Judge Cannon: “I find it bizarre”: Experts think it’s fishy how Trump Judge Aileen Cannon landed Mar-a-Lago case
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/18/i-find-it-bizarre-experts-think-its-fishy-how-aileen-cannon-landed-mar-a-lago-case/
U.S. Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states: The lawsuit challenged election results in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. The high court said Texas did not have standing to bring the case.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-election-results/
FBI investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: The bureau is probing allegations that Paxton broke the law by using the attorney general’s office to serve the interests of a political donor, two unnamed sources told the Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/ken-paxton-austin-texas-crime-f8413d14842d848e69cf81bb4d2e87e2
Paxton Surrenders in Securities Fraud Indictment: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appeared for booking in Collin County prior to the public release of a securities fraud indictment against him.
https://www.texastribune.org/2015/08/03/paxton-set-surrender-securities-fraud-indictment/
Former speaker Lee Chatfield under investigation for criminal enterprise, in addition to an investigation into his sister-in-law’s claims that he sexually abused her for over a decade, according to a report from the Detroit News.
He is being investigated for embezzlement, bribery and campaign finance violations, according to The Detroit News report.
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/lee-chatfield-former-michigan-house-speaker-rebekah-allegations-republican-sexual-abuse-adderall-embezzlement-bribery-campaign-finance-violations
# Media
FBI Raids Star ABC News Producer’s Home: Star news producer vanishes after FBI raids his Arlington home
‘He contacted me in the spring, and was really distraught, and told me that he had some serious personal issues going on,’ co-author says
https://deadline.com/2022/10/abc-news-producer-fbi-raid-james-gordon-meek-1235149633/
# Medical / Health
1.3 Million Diabetics Rationed Their Insulin Last Year as Prices Soar: Insulin prices have risen sharply over the last two decades, forcing more than a million diabetics in the U.S. to take less than they need to maintain good health, according to a study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://www.citizen.org/news/new-study-1-3-million-americans-with-diabetes-ration-insulin-due-to-cost/
Flesh-eating bacteria cases are rising in Florida after Hurricane Ian with 65 cases recorded state-wide, authorities say: Local authorities reported nearly six times more infections this year than last year
https://www.insider.com/florida-flesh-eating-bacteria-surging-hurricane-ian-vibrio-vulnificus-2022-10
# Military / DOD
Feds Charge Pentagon Contractor With Lying About Ties to ISIS: Mohammad Rafi Mohammadi worked for the U.S. in Afghanistan. He was also allegedly helping the terrorist group behind a bombing that killed 13 American troops
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/feds-charge-pentagon-contractor-lying-ties-isis-1234613855/
Retired Military Personnel Are Making Bank Working for Saudi Arabia: Retired military officials are finding high-paying jobs with the Saudi government and can make up up to 7-figure salaries working for other foreign governments
https://news.yahoo.com/retired-military-officials-finding-high-022045976.html
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