Voices, The Peoples News
December 29, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Biden Administration Plans to Expand Title 42 to Expel Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians: The new rules will model the policy used for Venezuelan asylum seekers, which advocates have denounced as inhumane. According to Reuters, officials say that the administration is planning to implement new rules for the asylum seekers under Title 42, modeling the guidelines on the administration’s expansion of the policy for Venezuelans.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-admin-plans-to-expand-title-42-to-expel-cubans-nicaraguans-and-haitians/
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Guaranteed income programs should replace, not supplement, other welfare subsidies: The concern among many participants in guaranteed income programs is that the new revenue could cancel out other social subsidy programs, such as food stamps. But many economists say the best way for guaranteed income programs to work is if they consolidate all government aid programs, creating one subsidy with less bureaucracy and thereby reducing administrative expenses paid for by taxpayers.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/economists-guaranteed-income-programs-should-replace-not-supplement-other-welfare-subsidies/article_2414ade0-86c3-11ed-a52b-531b3529a3aa.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
Stamps to increase in price starting Jan. 22: The increase and decrease in prices are expected to take effect Jan. 22, prices for standard 1-oz. letters will increase from 60 cents to 63 cents, domestic postcards will increase from 44 cents to 48 cents and international postcards and letters will both increase by 5 cents to $1.45.
https://www.fp-usa.com/usps-rate-change-planned-for-january-22-2023
# Education / Schools
Progressives Must Not Concede School Board Elections to the Right: Austin school board victories show how progressive organizing can beat anti-LGBTQ candidates.
https://truthout.org/articles/progressives-must-not-concede-school-board-elections-to-the-right/
# Employment / Labor
Union Organizing Surged in 2022: Let’s Push for a Radical Labor Movement in 2023: More workers are forming independent unions, untethered from the AFL-CIO and other established labor groups.
https://truthout.org/articles/union-organizing-surged-in-2022-lets-push-for-a-radical-labor-movement-in-2023/
Before COB on the first workday of 2023, CEOs will make more than the average annual pay for all US workers:
Less than seven hours the first workday of the New Year, a typical CEO will have made as much as the average U.S. worker will make all year. A look at wider disparities for various types of essential workers, calculations based on average S&P 500 CEO pay of $18.3 million in 2021 (most recent figure available), works out to $8,798 per hour, or $147 per minute.
https://inequality.org/great-divide/ceo-pay-hours-comparison-other-occupations/
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
A 3M plant in Illinois was the country’s worst emitter of a climate-killing ‘immortal’ chemical in 2021: The 566-acre facility on the east bank of the Mississippi River, which also makes resins and fluorochemicals, released 73 tons of perfluoromethane (CF4) into the air in 2021, more than any other facility in the country, according to data the company reported to the Environmental Protection Agency.
https://www.kwqc.com/2022/04/05/illinois-ig-suing-3m-over-forever-chemicals/
# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
These Easy Tricks Will Make Anyone An Expert In The Kitchen: For some of us, cooking can be a daunting task, either because your pancakes don’t come out fully round or because you don’t want to wait for something to cook thoroughly to eat it. These hacks will save you time and energy in the kitchen, so why not give them a try?
https://toptiphacks.com/en/trick-guide-to-be-a-kitchen-expert/
# General Information / Other News
Girl Sold into Slavery After Facebook Did Nothing for 24Hrs: The Daily Beast tracked down a teen girl who was sold into sex slavery via a Facebook account, even though the Silicon Valley giant was warned about the ad showing her picture.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/teen-sold-into-sex-slavery-after-facebook-did-nothing-for-24-hours
Southwest Owes Passengers Refunds. This Is What They’ve Been Doing Instead: Between Dec. 23 and Dec. 27, Southwest Airlines canceled nearly 10,000 flights, more than 50 percent of its schedule, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking company. Southwest has apologized, blaming its “operational challenges” on the way severe weather intersected with its scheduling tool.
https://slate.com/business/2022/12/southwest-canceled-flights-refunds-department-of-transportation-rules.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Swears In Far-Right Government That Pledges to Expand Illegal Settlements: Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as Israel’s prime minister on Thursday in a comeback at the head of a hard-right cabinet that promises to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and pursue other policies criticised at home and abroad.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-swears-in-netanyahu-as-prime-minister-most-right-wing-government-in-countrys-history
Taliban bans women from higher education in Afghanistan: This ban “takes Afghanistan back to the Taliban’s first period of rule when girls could not receive formal education.” Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered an indefinite ban on university education for the country’s women, the ministry of higher education said in a letter issued to all government and private universities.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/20/taliban-ban-afghan-women-university-education
Second Russian Defense Sector Bigwig Dies in Two Days: The former army general previously commanded Russia’s ground troops, and died just two days after Vladimir Putin abruptly canceled a planned visit.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2872711744515/second-russian-defense-sector-bigwig-dies-in-two-days
# Gov / Politics / US
Dems Must Ask, ‘How the Hell Did We Lose to George Santos’?: Republicans nominated a complete fraud, and the media failed to vet him. But we couldn’t beat him.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-must-ask-how-the-hell-did-we-lose-to-george-santos
# Law Enforcement
FBI Cointelpro is Back and Worse Than Ever: James Bovard: Americans would be damn fools to believe their constitutional rights are safe. The FBI massively intervened to pressure Twitter to suppress accounts and tweets from individuals the FBI disapproved, including parody accounts. The FBI and other federal agencies also browbeat Facebook, Instagram, and many other tech companies.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/29/fbi-cointelpro-is-back-and-worse-than-ever/
# Legal / DOJ
In Child Welfare Cases, Most of Your Constitutional Rights Don’t Apply: the mostly low-income families who are ensnared in this vast system have few of the rights that protect Americans when it is police who are investigating them, according to dozens of interviews with constitutional lawyers, defense attorneys, family court judges, CPS caseworkers and parents.
https://www.propublica.org/article/some-constitutional-rights-dont-apply-in-child-welfare
Federal prosecutors are investigating Rep.-elect George Santos’ finances: Santos told Semafor on Wednesday that he made his money through “capital introduction” and “deal making” for “high net worth individuals.” The US attorney’s office in the Eastern District of New York declined to comment.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/28/politics/george-santos-investigating-federal-nassau-county/index.html
New York Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Representative-Elect George Santos: The investigation comes as top Republicans have remained silent about his numerous lies.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/29/1145950468/n-y-rep-elect-george-santos-is-being-investigated-for-lying-about-his-past
George Santos’ Massive Campaign Loans May Not Be Legal: Rep. elect George Santos managed to loan his campaign $700,000. How he did that has been a bit of a mystery. But it also may have been illegal.
https://archive.vn/oqaek
George Santos’ List of Dubious Claims Is STILL Growing: From being half-Black to attending an elite New York City private school, a slew of new claims were being picked apart Thursday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3791375-list-of-george-santos-falsehoods-continues-to-grow-amid-apology-tour/
Trump Lawyer Celebrates Beating Jan. 6 Committee: ‘Waved the White Flag’: One of Donald Trump’s lawyers reacted with glee after the January 6 House Select Committee withdrew its subpoena for the former president.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-subpoena-jan6-withdrawn-harmeet-dhillon-1770065
# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
New York’s First Legal Weed Store Opens Today. The state’s plan prioritizes restorative justice.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/new-york-legal-weed-starts-today.html
# Medical / Health
TennCare costs will increase as emergency COVID waiver ends: Throughout the federal COVID-19 emergency, Tennessee’s Medicaid service TennCare and programs like it across the country have been barred from removing those who initially qualified for services. Medicaid program will need to recertify eligibility for all recipients as federal matching dollars end
https://www.thecentersquare.com/tennessee/tenncare-costs-will-increase-as-emergency-covid-waiver-ends/article_129b9952-8619-11ed-b332-af9443cfc696.html
Insulin costs will be capped in 2023, but most people with diabetes won’t benefit: Under the bill, a Part D beneficiary’s cost-sharing would be no more than $35 for a 30-day supply of insulin.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/house-passes-bill-cap-insulin-copays-35-month-medicare-private-plans
# Military / Global
Russia intensifies artillery attacks on Ukraine’s liberated Kherson: Russia fired 33 missiles from multiple rocket launchers at civilian targets in Kherson in the 24 hours leading to Wednesday, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in a daily bulletin. Russia, however, denied targeting civilians
https://www.firstpost.com/world/russia-intensifies-artillery-attacks-on-ukraines-liberated-kherson-11889311.html
China Warns Taiwan over Military Expansion; U.S. Approves Sale of Anti-Tank Mines to Taiwan: Taiwan says the sale will boost the island’s capacity for ‘asymmetric warfare’ amid escalating tensions with China.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/29/us-approves-sale-of-180mn-anti-tank-systems-to-taiwan
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