Voices, The Peoples News
February 7, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
‘Plant A Tree For Me’: Leonard Peltier reflects on hitting 48 years in prison; “The United States has kept me locked up because I am American Indian,” said the ailing Indigenous rights activist who Biden could free, but hasn’t: Monday marks 48 years in prison for Leonard Peltier, the Indigenous rights activist who the U.S. government put behind bars after a trial riddled with misconduct and lies, and who definitely doesn’t belong there. The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office made a fall guy out of Peltier, now 78, when they convicted him of murdering two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. They never had evidence that he murdered anyone, and the amount of wrongdoing that took place in his trial is mind-boggling: Government prosecutors hid exculpatory evidence.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-prison-joe-biden_n_63e16682e4b0c8e3fc86b128?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-02-07&utm_term=us-fringe
# Indigenous / Global
The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities: Selling credits should fund forest protection, but unscrupulous firms are making deals where land stewards lose out, say local leaders. Indigenous communities are being taken advantage of in the unregulated sector, with opaque deals for carbon rights that can last up to a century, lengthy contracts written in English, and communities being pushed out of their lands for projects.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/21/amazon-indigenous-communities-carbon-offsetting-pirates-aoe
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border patrol presentation reveals plan to release illegal crossers en masse into U.S. communities: Roughly six weeks before testifying Tuesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Chief Border Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez held a meeting with local law enforcement in Weslaco, Texas, describing the administration’s plan to release en masse illegal foreign nationals into the U.S. when Title 42 ended.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/border-patrol-presentation-reveals-plan-to-release-illegal-crossers-en-masse-into-u-s-communities/article_1dca09e8-a6e5-11ed-844b-1b75d227eada.html
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
‘Scientific and public health failure’: Fauci admits COVID shots didn’t have a chance of controlling the pandemic
https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2020/08/dr-anthony-fauci-covid-19-vaccines
‘Deeply disturbing’: US watchdog uncovers $5.4 billion in potentially fraudulent COVID-19 loans, obtained using over 69,000 sketchy Social Security numbers: The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) found that 69,323 potentially fraudulent SSNs were used to obtain $5.4 billion from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The shocking revelation dropped just days before a hearing by the Republican-led House of Representatives Oversight Committee on fraudulent pandemic spending was set to begin. “What PRAC has discovered is deeply disturbing,” said Sens. Rand Paul and Joni Ernst, who are demanding an investigation into COVID-19 loan fraud. “The extent of the fraud could be far greater.”
https://moneywise.com/news/coronavirus/investigation-uncovers-widespread-pandemic-funds-fraud
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Column: Mike Pence, would-be president, has a plan to kill Social Security. It will cost you: Former Vice President Mike Pence, airing out a never-fulfilled GOP promise “Give younger Americans the ability to take a portion of their Social Security withholdings and put that into a private savings account,” he proposed. “A very simple fund that could generate 2% would give the average American twice what they’re going to get back on their Social Security today.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/column-mike-pence-would-be-president-has-a-plan-to-kill-social-security-it-will-cost-you/ar-AA17bgN7
The White House is turning the tables on House Republican lawmakers when it comes to conservative-led spending proposals that Democrats warn could mean cuts to crucial programs like Medicare and Social Security. The Biden administration is already building on a strategy it deployed during the midterm election season in which it highlighted talk from multiple GOP congressional lawmakers about how they plan to use their new House majority to consider cuts to entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3807529-white-house-turns-talk-of-medicare-social-security-cuts-against-gop/
# Education / Schools
Disturbing new details in lead-up to boy, 6, who shot Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner: The 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot his first-grade teacher had a history of abusing others at school, and even choked another teacher “until she couldn’t breathe,” according to a legal filing. The earlier alleged attack was detailed in a notice of claim alerting the Newport News school district that the shot and wounded teacher, Abby Zwerner, intended to sue. The other teacher who said she’d been choked also confirmed the alleged 2021 attack, saying she reported it at the time to school officials without getting the support she’d expected.
https://nypost.com/2023/02/07/disturbing-new-details-in-lead-up-to-boy-6-who-shot-teacher-abby-zwerner/
# Employment / Labor
Zoom CEO Taking 98% Salary Cut as Company Lays off 1,300: The company cuts come as economic uncertainty have shackled the once-booming video calling business, CEO Eric Yuan said.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/zoom-lays-off-15-percent-17755165.php
How worker ownership builds community wealth and a more just society: Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.
https://truthout.org/articles/worker-ownership-builds-community-wealth-and-a-more-just-society/
# General News
Bill would allow ‘physical force’ to ‘terminate’ suspected trespass: This story was updated with Rep. Barry Crago’s comments at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6: The Legislature has advanced a bill that legalizes use of physical force by a landowner or landowner’s agent to “terminate” what they believe is criminal trespass. Wyoming criminal trespass code to state: “A person who is the owner or legal occupant of land or a premises upon which a criminal trespass is occurring, or their agent, is justified in using reasonable and appropriate physical force upon another person when and to the extent that it is reasonably necessary to terminate what the owner, occupant or agent reasonably believes to be the commission of a criminal trespass by the other person in or upon the land or premises.”
https://wyofile.com/bill-would-allow-physical-force-to-terminate-suspected-trespass/
# Gov / Politics / Global
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un missing ahead of mass military parade; sparks health rumours: The scheduled parade will celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army and is expected to be held on Tuesday or Wednesday. Kim Jong Un has used events like these to talk about North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile program.
https://newsable.asianetnews.com/world/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-goes-missing-ahead-of-military-parade-sparks-health-rumours-ajr-rpp0us
Putin Ally Says He ‘Won’t Hide’ Intention to Invade Poland: “After all, after Ukraine, Poland is on the map,” Ramzan Kadyrov said before announcing what seemed to be a made-up deadline for a Russian war victory. “What if, after the successful completion of the NMD, Russia begins to denazify and demilitarize the next country? After all, after Ukraine, Poland is on the map! I will not hide that I personally have such an intention,” Kadyrov said on Telegram.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-putin-ally-ramzan-kadyrov-says-he-will-not-hide-intention-to-invade-poland-anymore
# Gov / Politics / US
Biden the Unappreciated: Despite his historic achievements, the public doesn’t think he’s done much at all.
Joe Biden hasn’t been faring all that well in the polls for most of the past two years, but the one splashed over the front page of today’s Washington Post is the unkindest one of all.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-02-07-biden-unappreciated-polls/
A group of several dozen residents from New York’s 3rd Congressional District traveled to Washington on Tuesday to call for their congressman, Republican Rep. George Santos, to resign or be expelled from the House of Representatives.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-santos-expel-house_n_63e29a78e4b01a43639792ca?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-02-07&utm_term=us-fringe
# Law Enforcement
Huntsville house party shooting suspects arrested: 22-year-old Joe Allen Lewis and 19-year-old Lynn Johnson, both of Livingston, TX, were taken into custody at the Huntsville Police Department Saturday afternoon.
Lewis was charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, a second-degree felony, while Johnson was charged with Assault, a class A misdemeanor.
https://abc13.com/sam-houston-state-university-police-house-party-shooting-gun-violence-fatal/12770302/
# Legal / DOJ
Trump Charges in Georgia Over 2020 Could Lead to Bigger Fed Case:
Section B. Potential Crimes Violating Other Sections of Georgia’s Criminal Code ………………….. 148
1. False Statements and Writings (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-10-20) ……………………………148
2. False Swearing (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-10-71)………………………………………………….151
3. Influencing Witnesses (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-10-93)………………………………………..154
4. Forgery in the First Degree (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-9-1(b))………………………………..155
5. Criminal Solicitation (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-4-7)……………………………………………..158
a. False Statements and Writings (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-10-20)…………………………159
b. Forgery in the First Degree (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-9-1(b))…………………………….162
c. Violation of Oath by a Public Officer (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-10-1)…………………164
d. False Official Certificates and Writings (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-10-8)……………..166
e. False Swearing (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-10-71)………………………………………………167
f. Computer Trespass (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-9-93(b)) and Computer Invasion
of Privacy (Ga. Code Ann. § 16-9-93(c)) ……………………………………………………170
https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11122022_GA_Investigation_Report_SecondEdition.pdf
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Nevada Bill Could Remove Marijuana From Controlled Substances & Strip Pharmacy Board’s Control Over It: Judge Orders Nevada Board of Pharmacy to Remove Cannabis from State’s List of Schedule I Substances. Clark County District Judge Joe Hardy’s Sept. 14 ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Nevada.
https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/news/judge-orders-nevada-board-of-pharmacy-to-remove-cannabis-from-schedule-i/
# Medical / Health
Biden Speech To Urge Cap On Insulin Costs, Narrowing Of Medicaid Gap: The president will call for finishing the reforms that the Inflation Reduction Act started. But legislative prospects for it are remote at best.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/06/biden-universal-insulin-price-cap-state-of-the-union-00081435
California Loses on Medical Censorship: The law’s goal is to enforce a public-health orthodoxy among doctors and silence dissenters. But as federal Judge William Shubb explains, the law’s definitions of “misinformation” and “contemporary scientific consensus” are unconstitutionally vague under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-loses-on-medical-censorship-gavin-newsom-doctors-coivd-misinformation-pandemic-medical-board-11675024552
Decisions by CVS and Optum Panicked Thousands of Their Sickest Patients: Many of the patients left in the lurch have life-threatening digestive disorders that render them unable to eat or drink. They depend on parenteral nutrition, or PN, in which amino acids, sugars, fats, vitamins, and electrolytes are pumped, in most cases, through a specialized catheter directly into a large vein near the heart.
https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/decisions-by-cvs-and-optum-panicked-thousands-of-their-sickest-patients/article_cee9033f-59fb-5fc0-9978-c63e9faf6818.html
The Worst Judge in America Could Outlaw the Abortion Pill Nationwide. It Gets Worse. A single judge could outlaw the abortion pill nationwide. And that’s not even the worst of it.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/abortion-pill-outlawed-single-judge-real-possibility.html
Texans brace for the end of nearly three years of pandemic Medicaid coverage: States have up to a year to determine who still qualifies for Medicaid, but the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has opted for an ambitious plan to complete the process in six to eight months. The truncated timeline has raised concerns among health advocates as the state agency faces staffing shortages and is tasked with redetermining health coverage for millions.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/07/texas-medicaid-expansion-covid/
# Military / DOD
Another year, another failed Pentagon audit: The Department of Defense underwent its fifth annual financial audit this year, and for the fifth time, it failed. This year’s audit involved a team of 1,600 analysts who visited 220 sites in person and 750 sites virtually as they reviewed the Pentagon’s $3.5 trillion in assets and $3.7 trillion in liabilities.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/another-another-failed-pentagon-audit-235617067.html
New Report Unpacks Dangers of Emerging Military Tech, From AI Nukes to Killer Robots: “While the media and the U.S. Congress have devoted much attention to the purported benefits of exploiting cutting-edge technologies for military use, far less has been said about the risks involved.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-military-technology
# Military / Global
Russia Loses 25 Tanks in Two Days As Video Shows Deadly Strike: Russian forces have lost 25 tanks in the past two days, according to the Ukrainian military.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-loses-25-tanks-two-days-video-deadly-strike-ukraine-general-staff-new-offensive-1779400
# Pharmas / Drugs
FDA Decision Allowing Unsafe Drug Imports Endangers U.S. Lives: The recent Amoxicillin shortage in hospitals demonstrates America’s dangerous dependence on imported pharmaceuticals. In addition to shortages, however, the U.S. is now confronting yet another challenge, medications from unsafe overseas factories.
The recent Amoxicillin shortage in hospitals demonstrates America’s dangerous dependence on imported pharmaceuticals. In addition to shortages, however, the U.S. is now confronting yet another challenge—medications from unsafe overseas factories.
https://dcjournal.com/fda-decision-allowing-unsafe-drug-imports-endangers-u-s-lives/
# Social
There Is Nowhere Safe When You’re Black; From the formation of America to the killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police, Black bodies have never been safe: For all the progress on civil rights made in the last couple of generations, Black people apprehended by law enforcement in 2023 have no real expectations of safety. When they get stopped by police for any reason, there are no reliable channels of reason and appeal. As the recent tragic, totally unnecessary death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, proves, again, Black people aren’t safe anywhere.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-there-is-nowhere-safe-when-youre-black_n_63e17bb2e4b07c0c7e0bfe28
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