Voices, The Peoples News
January 26, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
The U.S. government has denied two petitions to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales during the species’ calving season, which takes place between November and April each year, raising concerns that this population of whales will continue to decline without intervention. There are currently about 340 of these whales left, making them one of the most threatened cetaceans in the world. Some protections for right whales are already in place, but experts say urgent modifications are needed to protect pregnant females, lactating mothers and calves.
https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-refuses-to-shield-endangered-right-whales-from-lethal-vessel-strikes/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Surge in illegal immigration from Cuba, Haiti to Florida continues: In the first three months of fiscal 2023, U.S. Coast Guard’s 7th District-Southeast crew apprehended and repatriated a record number of Haitians and Cubans attempting to illegally enter Florida by sea
https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/In-The-News/In-The-News/Article/Surge-in-illegal-immigration-from-Cuba-Haiti-to-Florida-continues/2/20/87542
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Republicans Want to Raise Retirement Age to 70 as Life Expectancy Is Falling. This would shorten the retirement window to a mere six years, if the latest life expectancy average holds.
https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-want-to-raise-retirement-age-to-70-as-life-expectancy-is-falling/
Kevin McCarthy reportedly agrees to leave cuts to Social Security and Medicare off the table in debt ceiling negotiations according to reports out of Washington D.C. today.
https://401kspecialistmag.com/mccarthy-takes-social-security-cuts-off-the-table-in-debt-ceiling-debate/
Seniors May Have to Give Some of Their 8.7% Social Security Raise Back to the Government: The average Social Security benefit might be climbing, but this important rule remains the same. There’s a little-known Social Security rule that hasn’t changed in decades, and it’s coming back to bite more and more seniors. Here’s what you need to know about it.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2023/01/20/seniors-may-have-to-give-some-social-security-back/
The Freedom Caucus Has a Harebrained Plan to Jack Up Taxes on the Poor: Under the ‘Fair Tax,’ the poorest fifth of Americans would pay roughly 70 percent of their income in taxes. Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) is the lead Republican behind the reintroduction of congressional “Fair Tax” legislation that would repeal the federal income tax and abolish the IRS.
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-26-freedom-caucus-fair-tax-act-irs/
# Education / Schools
School officials were warned three times before a 6-year-old shot his teacher, her lawyer said: At a news conference on the shooting incident at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, in which a teacher was shot in the chest by a 6-year-old student, lawyers said that school administrators were warned repeatedly that the boy had a gun and was threatening other students. Toscano went on to say that the tragedy was “entirely preventable” and alleged that school administrators had failed to act when they had knowledge of imminent danger.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annabetts/virginia-school-officials-boy-gun-warnings-lawsuit
Superintendent Fired Amid Furor Over Shooting By 6-Year-Old: Despite an uproar following the shooting, the Newport News School Board maintains that Dr. George Parker III’s termination happened “without cause.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/newport-news-superintendent-george-parker-voted-out-amid-furor-over-6-year-olds-shooting?source=cheats&via=rss
School Accused of Ignoring Sick Teens’ Pleas Until She Died: Taylor Goodridge, 17, was allegedly told to “suck it up” and take an aspirin as she repeatedly complained of feeling ill. She collapsed on campus and died on Dec. 20.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/utah-boarding-school-accused-of-ignoring-sick-teens-pleas-until-day-she-died
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden bans logging roads in much of America’s largest national forest: “As our nation’s largest national forest and the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, the Tongass National Forest is key to conserving biodiversity and addressing the climate crisis,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement Wednesday afternoon.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3830484-biden-restores-protections-for-tongass-forest-after-trump-era-rollback/
# Environment / Climate / Global
‘China’s North Pole’ City of Mohe Just Saw Its Lowest Recorded Temperature at 63.4 Degrees Below Zero: Known as “China’s North Pole,” Mohe is located just below Russian Siberia in northeastern Heilongjiang province and is one of the few places in China with a subarctic climate.
https://www.ecowatch.com/china-coldest-temperature-mohe.html
Logging threats loom over tree kangaroo refuge in Papua New Guinea: Logging is threatening the Torricelli Mountains, a biodiversity-rich forested range in Papua New Guinea known for its tree kangaroos and other threatened species of birds and mammals. Community conservation efforts have helped to increase the numbers of tree kangaroos, once nearly pushed to extinction by hunting and logging, in conjunction with development projects for the people of the Torricellis. Satellite imagery shows the loss of forest and an increase in roadbuilding over the past two years. And residents of the Torricellis say that representatives of logging companies have been trying to secure permission to log the region’s forests.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/logging-threats-loom-over-tree-kangaroo-refuge-in-papua-new-guinea/?mc_cid=2f6c123eeb&mc_eid=b34babbd89
Illegal road found in Yanomami land accelerates destruction: Currently, about 20,000 illegal miners operate across the Yanomami Territory, causing violence, health issues and child malnutrition for the region’s 27,000 Yanomami inhabitants. Newly elected President Lula has issued several decrees to protect Indigenous lands and the environment, most recently declaring a state of emergency in the Yanomami Territory.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/illegal-road-found-in-yanomami-land-accelerates-destruction/
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
[Repost] “It’s a huge list”: Iowa GOP bill would ban people on food stamps from buying fresh meat, and more.HF3 also targets several other public assistance programs, such as Medicaid, and reduces the income level Iowans need to qualify for the program. Nearly 40 House Republicans have co-sponsored the bill led by House Speaker Pat Grassley, one that would limit SNAP food purchases (formerly known as food stamps) to only what is on the state’s approved WIC list, a supplemental nutritional aid for women, infants, and children.
https://www.salon.com/2023/01/20/its-a-huge-list-iowa-bill-would-ban-people-on-stamps-from-buying-fresh-meat–and-more/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Told Gas Exec the Real Goal of His War Is a ‘Secret’: First it was “de-Nazification.” Then “de-Satanization.” Now there’s a new deranged Kremlin rationale.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-told-gas-exec-the-real-goal-of-his-war-is-a-secret
# Law Enforcement
Cops Charged With Horrific Beating of Cuffed Homeless Man: Rafael Otano, 27, and Lorenzo Orfila, 22, allegedly arrested homeless man Jose Ortega-Gutierrez and took him to an isolated location where they proceeded to beat him. Both officers were removed from active duty before being fired from the department, police chief George Fuente said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-florida-police-officers-charged-211200460.html
# Legal / DOJ
Proud Boys ‘intend to subpoena’ Trump at their seditious conspiracy trial: Although it’s not clear why members of the gang would want Trump to testify on their behalf, many other January 6th defendants have argued that broke into the Capitol and violently clashed with police officers because it was what the former president wanted them to do. Feuer, however, expresses skepticism that the defendants will really be able to compel Trump’s testimony.
https://www.alternet.org/proud-boys-subpoena-donald-trump/
DeSantis Wants to Make It Easier to Execute State Prisoners: His proposed legislation would allow those convicted of certain crimes to be executed even if there are a few holdouts on a death penalty jury.
Republican governor suggests ‘super-majority’ should suffice in state that has required jury unanimity in capital cases since 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/ron-desantis-florida-death-penalty-unanimous-jury
# Media
USPS Has Suspended Services in Several Places, New Alert Confirms: Over the past year, the agency has temporarily curbed delivery operations in certain areas as a result of attacks on its employees, and shuttered other facilities for hazardous weather conditions. Now, a new alert from the agency is showing that some suspensions aren’t as temporary as we’d like.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/usps-suspending-services-5-states-205802314.html
# Medical / Health
Congress and the Biden administration took a sledgehammer to the American healthcare system in 2022. Our reliably robust and world-leading medical technology that brings new treatments and cures to the market will soon be slowed to a trickle, and Americans will realize the extent to which Democrat-controlled Washington sabotaged medical and scientific progress through the one-two punch of tearing down intellectual property (IP) rights and enacting government price controls on medicine.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/25/scimeca-congress-and-biden-made-healthcare-more-expensive-in-2022-the-gop-must-fix-that-in-2023/
House GOP Is Passing Bills Based on Outright Lies About “Pro-Choice Violence”: Meanwhile, clinics are getting firebombed and assaults against abortion providers increased by 720 percent since 2018.
https://truthout.org/articles/house-gop-is-passing-bills-based-on-outright-lies-about-pro-choice-violence/
# Military / DOD
Biden Announces Shipment of Abrams Tanks to Ukraine: President Biden on Wednesday authorized the shipment of 31 Abrams M1 tanks to Ukraine, ramping up U.S. investment in military equipment and artillery for the embattled country as it fights to repel the Russian invasion.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-announces-shipment-of-abrams-tanks-to-ukraine/
# Military / Global
Ukraine war, latest: ‘Chilling’ signs Putin has become ‘reckless and emotional’; Russia launches wave of missile attacks after tanks announcement. Regions across Ukraine are hit by missiles as Russia launches an assault on the country, after the US and Germany announce they will send a battle tanks to Kyiv in the face of dire threats from Moscow.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-pledges-sweeping-personnel-changes-allies-jostle-over-tanks-2023-01-23/
# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Earth’s Inner Core Just Stopped Spinning And Then Flipped Its Direction: Deep in the center of the Earth is the inner core, which spans roughly 746 miles and is composed of primarily pure, solid iron, NASA explains. Though we’ve long believed, and research has shown, that the inner core rotates, a new study suggests it may have “paused” its spin and could even have reversed. The liquid outer core that surrounds the inner core causes Earth’s magnetic field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfx4r3Ins_I
# Veterans / VA
Boozman files bill that addresses staff shortages at VA hospitals: Boozman: “We have a responsibility to ensure adequate leadership at medical centers is in place to provide vital oversight and meet the needs of veterans.”
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/boozman-files-bill-addresses-staff-shortages-va-hospitals
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