Voices, The Peoples News
October 24, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
For the Houma People, Displacement Looms With Every Storm: The Houma, an Indigenous tribe, has seen much of its Gulf Coast community washed away by rising sea levels and dangerous storms. Its leaders say the tribe’s lack of federal recognition makes it harder to keep rebuilding.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1040259898/hurricane-ida-louisiana-houma-tribe
# Border / Immigration
‘School Choice’—Taxpayers Shouldn’t Foot the Bill for Illegal Immigrants: Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement officers encountered roughly 2.5 million illegal aliens in the fiscal year that just ended September 30 — shattering the previous record of 1.7 million set last year. That number will only grow if one supposedly conservative group gets its way.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2022/10/24/opinion-school-choice-taxpayers-shouldnt-foot-the-bill-for-illegal-immigrants-inside-sources/?amp=1
# Chemicals
12,000 fentanyl pills found packaged in candy at LAX TSA checkpoint: Authorities are encouraging parents to double-check their children’s Halloween candy following a massive fentanyl bust at Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities on Wednesday seized approximately 12,000 suspected fentanyl pills that were found disguised in several popular Halloween candy brands at the California airport.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/3696918-suspected-fentanyl-pills-hidden-in-candy-boxes-seized-at-los-angeles-airport/
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Pfizer Plans 400% Price Increase for mRNA COVID Jab After CDC Panels Recommend to Include COVID Shots for Children and Adolescents Annual Immunization Schedule
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/pfizer-set-charge-between-110-and-130-covid-vaccine-when-us-goes-commercial-model
Judge Orders Fauci, Psaki, FBI Top Official Be Deposed in Big Tech Censorship Case on the Covid-19 Info: A team of three researchers concluded that Sars-CoV-2 was a genetically modified virus, after comparing its structure to that of “wild”and laboratory-borne equivalents. The attorneys general for Missouri and Louisiana have accused the Biden administration of “colluding to suppress freedom of speech” with major tech companies and first filed in May. The duo has specifically alleged Big Tech and the Biden administration worked to suppress speech about COVID-19, election integrity, and other matters unfairly.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/fauci-psaki-top-biden-officials-deposed-free-speech
Red-hot controversy over risky COVID research: Researchers who inserted a gene from the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 into another strain of the virus have triggered a fierce controversy over what constitutes perilous COVID-19 research. The team at Boston University, Massachusetts, was trying to understand why Omicron causes mild disease. But the experiments have sparked a debate
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03344-w
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
U.S. Execs Head to ‘Davos in the Desert’ Despite Biden’s Ire: Business moguls are attending the Saudi business conference even after the president threatened the kingdom with “consequences.” The Future Investment Initiative, also known as “Davos in the Desert,” will play host to American business magnates when it opens in Riyadh on Tuesday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-execs-jet-off-to-davos-in-the-desert-despite-bidens-warning-to-saudis
MBS head to head with Biden, US officials not invited to Davos: The CEO of the organizing party of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) also known as Davos in the Desert announced no US officials were invited to the event so as not to turn it into a “political platform.”
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/mbs-head-to-head-with-biden-us-officials-not-invited-to-davo
# Education / Schools
Florida Puts Raging MAGA Moms on Book-Banning Council: Florida’s Education Department has quietly selected right-wingers for a book-banning council that’ll re-train public school librarians.
https://biz.crast.net/florida-puts-raging-mega-moms-on-book-banning-council/
Three dead, including shooter, in St Louis school mass attack as students describe gunman’s chilling words.
Officials say gunman was ‘quickly stopped’ by police at secondary school
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/10/24/three-killed-including-suspected-gunman-in-st-louis-school-shooting/
# Employment / Labor
After 2 Nurses Killed In Dallas Hospital, Worker Safety Again In Spotlight: Two employees in the mother/baby unit at Methodist Dallas Medical Center were shot and killed Saturday, reports say. A 30-year-old man out on parole has been charged in the slayings. He’d been given permission to attend the birth of his child.
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/after-2-nurses-killed-in-dallas-hospital-worker-safety-again-in-spotlight/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Colorado mountain residents fed up with mining mess win fight to keep rivers clean
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2022/10/23/mountain-fairplay-alma-mining-federal-court-pollution/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Protected bike lanes can help cities cut emissions. Bogota’s $130 million investment proves it: It’s time for cities to start taking bike lanes seriously as infrastructure.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90799071/protected-bike-lanes-can-help-cities-cut-emissions-bogotas-130-million-investment-proves-it
Saudis Sought Oil Production Cut So Deep It Surprised Even Russia: OPEC+ slashed oil production following a Saudi pressure campaign that experts say aims to hurt Democrats in the midterms.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/20/saudi-oil-production-cut/
Explosives-Laden Drone – Undetonated – Found near Nord Stream Pipeline Bomb Blast Site: News media coverage of the recovery of this drone has been forbidden by Swedish authorities.
https://www.legitgov.org/explosives-laden-drone-undetonated-found-near-nord-stream-pipeline-bomb-blast-site
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Research reveals magma activity beneath Mount Edgecumbe: Magma beneath long-dormant Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast Alaska has been moving upward through Earth’s crust, according to research the Alaska Volcano Observatory rapidly produced using a new method.
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-reveals-magma-beneath-mount-edgecumbe.html
Heartache, anger in Central Washington over drinking-water wells tainted by ‘forever chemicals’: The U.S. Army once practiced putting out simulated aircraft crashes with a firefighting foam made of chemicals that can sicken people if consumed
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/heartache-anger-in-central-washington-over-drinking-water-wells-tainted-by-forever-chemicals/
Only 5% of plastic waste generated by US last year was recycled, report says: Americans discarded 51m tons of plastic in 2021 – of which almost 95% ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/23/us-plastic-waste-recycled-2021-greenpeace
The US may have scored a climate victory in Congress, but it will be in the hot seat with other major emitters at UN climate talks: A year of floods, drought and other events linked to global warming have galvanized developing nations to demand redress for their losses. After years of frustration, they will also seek stronger commitments from colossal polluters to slash fossil fuel emissions and avert further damage.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23102022/cop27-egypt-inflation-reduction-act/
France becomes latest country to leave controversial energy charter treaty: Quitting the ECT, which protects fossil fuel investors from policy changes that might threaten their profits, was ‘coherent’ with Paris climate deal, Macron said
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/21/france-becomes-latest-country-to-leave-controversial-energy-charter-treaty
Aerial photos shows the consequences of drought on Colorado River: Photographer Paul Nicklen shows the devastating effects of drought in the United States.
https://mymodernmet.com/delta-paul-nicklen/
4 of 5 world cities faced ‘significant climate hazards’ in 2022, study finds: “The more cities know about those risks and benefits, and the more they engage citizens in the work they’re doing to confront the climate crisis, the faster they can make progress.”
One-quarter of cities surveyed also expect to see more frequent “high-risk” climate hazards by 2025.
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-hazards-world-cities.html
# General Information / Other News
Pro-Trump Rally Rages Over ‘Demonic Satellites,’ McDonald’s: The “ReAwaken America” event was a whole new kind of crazy. [I think T***p finally fell off that mental cliff.]
https://www.pehalnews.in/pro-trump-tour-flies-off-the-rails-over-demonic-satellites-and-deep-state-mcdonalds/2542659/
Trump Is Already Planning Legal Challenges to Pennsylvania Election If Oz Loses: The former president has also urged his allies to find ways to limit mail-in voting in the state. Trump has already held numerous meetings stoking election rigging claims before voting even begins
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/24/dress-rehearsal-for-2024-plans-to-challenge-senate-race-before-votes-are-cast-report-says/
# Gov / Politics / Global
CCTV Footage Adds to Iran Prison Fire Mystery: Facing international pressure, Iran released video showing how a fire ripped through a jail holding political prisoners. But questions remain.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-technology-dubai-middle-east-business-944d99079fca61439d64054db6bde941
Kherson Braces For Battle; Russian Strikes Devastate Ukrainian Energy, Water Infrastructure: Moscow’s next target may be a massive dam in Kherson. There has been a notable uptick in the rate at which Russian forces have been attacking civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities and water supplies, after Ukraine’s stunning counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast in September.
https://www.vox.com/2022/10/22/23417785/russia-infrastructure-ukraine-kherson-oblast-dam
# Gov / Politics / US
Why Must People With Disabilities Beg And Scratch For Basic Rights? The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: There are around 1 billion people with disability in the world. They are often the poorest of the poor. The stigma and discrimination they suffer are common in all societies.
https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/why-is-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-important
Mystery Surrounds Company Paying MAGA Candidate’s Salary: Joe Kent, a Trump-backed House contender in Washington state, reported making $122,110.36 from a company that does not appear to exist.
As Donald Trump-backed, alt-right-casual Washington state congressional candidate Joe Kent put it in his public appearance and public filing—he served as “project manager” for a tech start-up called “American Enterprise” last year. Earned $122,110.36 in the form. Solution.” One problem: The company has no records.
https://biz.crast.net/the-secret-of-the-company-that-paid-the-maga-candidates-salary-2/
Abrams’ Non-Profit Paid Millions to Campaign Chair’s Firm: Allegra Lawrence-Hardy’s law firm received $9.4 million in 2019 and 2020. Fair Fight Action, the non-profit founded by Abrams, paid her close friend and ally’s law firm $9.4 million in 2019 and 2020, with two more years of billing yet to be disclosed.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/24/stacey-abrams-fair-fight-action-00061348
Democrats Finally Start Talking About the Economy: For weeks, the Prospect has been warning that Democrats will lose the midterm if they don’t start talking about Republican threats to people’s economic well-being.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/democrats-finally-start-talking-about-economy/
# Legal / DOJ
The Jan. 6 committee has officially subpoenaed Trump and is calling on him to testify next month. Rep. Liz Cheney said the Jan. 6 committee won’t let Trump turn his testimony into “a circus”; the New York Times has reported that the former president has privately told aides that he only wants to testify if it’s on live TV.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annabetts/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-trump
Thomas Halts Lindsey Graham’s Testimony in Election Probe: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has until Thursday to convince the nation’s highest court why the South Carolina senator should have to respond to the grand jury.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3701807-justice-thomas-agrees-to-halt-graham-testimony-in-georgia-election-probe/
Ex-Minneapolis Cop Pleads Guilty Over George Floyd’s Murder: J. Alexander Kueng had been set for a joint trial with fellow former officer Tou Thao. J Alexander Kueng to serve 3.5 years in prison to run concurrently with previous sentence he was given in federal trial
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/24/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-officer-j-alexander-kueng-pleads-guilty
# LGBTQ
Florida Creates Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Council: In the name of “curriculum transparency,” Florida’s Republican-controlled state government has appointed several anti-gay and anti-mask conspiracy theorists to take charge of a new effort at public schools: banning books. This hastily assembled censorship council, tasked with retraining public school librarians to abide by new restrictions, is the latest ploy in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crusade to upend the state’s education system.
https://www.joemygod.com/2022/10/florida-creates-anti-lgbtq-censorship-council/
# Medical / Health
Nursing Homes Already On CMS Watchlist Could Face Stiff Penalties: The Biden administration unveiled plans to impose tougher consequences on the worst-performing nursing homes. For the small number already designated as “special focus” facilities, they could lose federal funds if they receive more than one violation citation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/10/21/medicare-nursing-homes-biden-oversight-seniors-safety/10561996002/
Abortion Bans Create ‘Insurmountable Barriers’ For Incarcerated Women In US: The Prison Policy Initiative found that an average of 58,000 people are pregnant each year when they enter local jails or prisons. In many of the states that already have the highest female state imprisonment rates, they also now have strict abortion laws ban the procedure almost entirely.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/21/us-abortion-bans-insurmountable-barriers-incarcerated-women
# Military / DOD
Elite U.S. unit ready to fight in Ukraine if conflict ‘escalates’ – CBS –America’s 101st Airborne Division, deployed close to the Ukrainian border, would step in if NATO were attacked, its commanders said
https://www.rt.com/news/565127-elite-101st-airborne-ukraine/
# Military / Global
U.S. tax dollars at work: Ukraine bombs civilian targets in Russia – regional governor: The attack destroyed a school, a kindergarten and private houses, he claims. Ukraine has again shelled Russia’s Belgorod Region, the local governor announced on Friday. The attack was deliberately aimed at civilian infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/oct/10/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-putin-russian-security-council-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-hit-again-latest-updates
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