Voices, The Peoples News
January 2, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
‘Shameful and Heartbreaking’: Largest Wolf Cull in Modern History Underway in Sweden: “It’s disastrous for the entire ecosystem,” warned one activist. “The existence of wolves contributes to a richer animal and plant life. Human survival depends on healthy ecosystems.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sweden-wolves
# Children / Youth
Arizona Governor-Elect Taps Critic of Racism in Child Welfare to Lead CPS Agency: A report found that 1 in 3 Black children in Phoenix had endured a DCS investigation over one five-year period. Matthew Stewart will become the first Black leader of the Department of Child Safety, which ProPublica and NBC News found had investigated the families of 1 in 3 Black children in metro Phoenix during a recent five-year period.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-matthew-stewart-child-safety-hobbs
# Chemicals / Drugs
Bill Gates: “COVID Vaccines Are The Final Solution.” ADL: “That’s Anti-Semitic!”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/31/bill-gates-final-solution/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
After Repeated Interest Rate Hikes, IMF Warns a Third of World Will Suffer Recession in 2023: With the world’s three largest economies slowing down, said the IMF managing director, economic conditions will “feel like recession for hundreds of millions of people” this year.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-recession
# Employment / Labor
‘Union-Busting on Day 1’: House GOP Aims to Stop Congressional Staff From Organizing: “We’re going not to stop in the 118th Congress,” said the Congressional Workers Union. “When we fight, we win, and we’re ready to take on any anti-worker battles that may come our way.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/union-busting-on-day-1-house-gop-aims-to-stop-congressional-staff-from-organizing
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Colorado Law Could Force Boulder to Sell Oil and Gas to a Private Company: State regulators could order Boulder County to sell its gas rights without the consent of voters or property owners.
https://truthout.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-greed-and-tax-dodging-sanders-points-out-trump-is-not-alone/
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
It might bug you, but University of Manitoba’s insect collection is key to understanding the world: ‘These biodiversity collections are effectively a time machine,’ Jeremy Kerr says
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bugs-insects-collection-climate-change-entomology-university-manitoba-1.6684008
Lake Mead’s receding waters revealed long-lost bodies. But who are they? The remains have caused a public stir, but authorities say the falling water level due to the climate crisis is the real scandal.
https://earthsky.org/earth/lake-mead-shrinking-reveals-bodies-boats/
How agriculture hastens species extinction: Scientists believe humans are now causing a mass extinction of plants and animals. Modern agriculture is a major contributor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/agriculture-mass-extinction-60-minutes-2023-01-01/
# Environment / Climate / Global
Beavers are moving north because of climate change and overhunting, as Nunavik communities deal with the consequences and look for ways forward.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/beavers-expanding-north-bring-damning-consequences-for-inuit-and-wildlife-1.6694226
Happisburgh: The Norfolk village crumbling into the sea: A nurse says she is heartbroken that nothing can be done to save her house from coastal erosion. During the last 20 years, 34 homes have crumbled into the water in Happisburgh because of coastal erosion.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63822899
Agroindustry Lobby Is Using the Ukraine War to Push Unsustainable Farming Policy: Warfare killed pollinators and threatened food security in World War II. It’s happening again in Ukraine.
https://truthout.org/articles/agroindustry-lobby-is-using-the-ukraine-war-to-push-unsustainable-farming-policy/
# General Information / Other News
New York approves composting of human bodies: State becomes sixth to pass legislation since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial: The legislative move makes the state the sixth to do so since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial deemed environmentally friendly.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/01/new-york-governor-legalizes-human-composting-after-death
# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters: With the Russian president refusing to back down in Ukraine, Russia’s elite is split between those who want the war to end and those supporting further escalation.
https://ground.news/article/putin-unaccustomed-to-losing-is-increasingly-isolated-as-war-falters
How 46 Toddlers Were Disappeared by Putin in One Fell Swoop: Interviews with employees at a Ukrainian children’s home, along with photo and video evidence, paint a disturbing picture of a mass abduction by Russian authorities.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-46-ukraine-toddlers-were-disappeared-by-putin-in-one-fell-swoop
# Gov / Politics / US
President Biden signs $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations: President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against the Russian military.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2022/12/30/president_biden_signs_17_trillion_bill_funding_government_operations_873023.html
Biden pardons 6 convicted of murder, drug, alcohol crimes: The pardons, announced Friday, mean the criminal record of the crimes is now purged. They come a few months after the Democratic president pardoned thousands of people convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law. He also pardoned three people earlier this year and has commuted the sentences of 75 others.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/30/biden-pardons-convictions-00075877
When It Comes to Greed and Tax Dodging, Sanders Points Out “Trump is Not Alone”: Sen. Sanders called out seven major companies that also payed no federal income taxes in 2020.
https://truthout.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-greed-and-tax-dodging-sanders-points-out-trump-is-not-alone/
DoJ is concealing documents that lay bare Hunter and Jim Biden’s payoffs with China and Russia
https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1324133/pg1
Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hres57ih/html/BILLS-117hres57ih.htm
Marjorie Taylor Greene Reveals Details of Investigation Into Joe Biden: Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has shared details of the new rules that will govern the House of Representatives when Republicans take charge on Tuesday.
The proposed rules, which will have to be passed on January 3, include a resolution to create a subcommittee to probe “the Weaponization of the Federal Government” under President Joe Biden’s administration.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-reveals-details-investigation-joe-biden-1770674?utm_source=Flipboard&utm_medium=App&utm_campaign=Partnerships
Progressive Democrats Announce Nationwide Democracy Rallies for Jan. 6 Anniversary: “We cannot be complacent; we are calling for an end to the ongoing violent and criminal attacks on our freedoms.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressive-democrats-of-america
‘This Must Be Stopped’: House Republicans Plan to Gut Ethics Office: After public denunciations from watchdogs and criticism from President-elect Donald Trump, House Republicans on Tuesday reversed course and dropped plans to gut an independent agency that polices potential ethical wrongdoing by lawmakers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2017/01/03/trump-slams-house-move-ethics-watchdog/96103514/
# Legal / DOJ
Highest-profile January 6 trial begins with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio: Chairman of militia group and four others are charged with seditious conspiracy related to Capitol insurrection. Seating jury of DC residents presents a challenge in Proud Boys trial: Many D.C. residents have strong, negative views of the far-right group.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/25/january-6-proud-boys-trial-begins-enrique-tarrio
Judges Keeping Capitol Riot Trials in DC Amid Bias Claims: More Capitol riot defendants are pushing to get their trials moved out of Washington, D.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-07-06/judges-keeping-capitol-riot-trials-in-dc-amid-bias-claims
Exposé Reveals Lobbyists Bought Access to Supreme Court Justices With Donations: The Supreme Court Historical Society has raked in millions from corporations and lobbyists with cases before the court.
https://truthout.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-greed-and-tax-dodging-sanders-points-out-trump-is-not-alone/
# Military / Global
NATO rapid-response force leadership passes to Germany in wake of armor failures: The German army is about to take the lead of the NATO quick reaction force, shortly after reports of armored vehicle failures that raised concerns about its contributions to the military alliance.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_210076.htm
North Korea’s leader orders ‘exponential’ expansion of nuke arsenal: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s moves suggest he will continue his provocative run of weapons tests this year despite U.S.-led pressure campaigns to curb his nuclear ambition.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/01/north-koreas-kim-orders-exponential-expansion-of-nuke-arsenal-00075992
# Science
The Astonishing Way COVID Could Actually Help Us Cure Cancer: A momentous breakthrough in the fight against cancer may be on the horizon and the pandemic nightmare helped scientists get there.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/astonishing-way-covid-could-actually-023926697.html
# Water
Biden WOTUS rule revives decades-old protections: EPA heralded the rule as rooted in, but improving upon, Reagan-era Clean Water Act regulations.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/12/30/biden-wotus-rule-revives-decades-old-protections-00075840
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