Voices, The Peoples News
March 7, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Biden Administration Mulls Return to Detention of Asylum-Seeking Families: The Biden administration is considering a return to the policy of family detention for migrants who cross the border illegally, according to The New York Times, in what would be a stark reversal by the president, who ended the practice two years ago. A final decision has not been made https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3887045-white-house-mulls-return-to-migrant-family-detention-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHiGDJb-P$
Democrats blasted the White House on Tuesday for reportedly considering reinstating a policy that would detain migrant families who cross the U.S. border illegally.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-furious-biden-might-bring-203900655.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHm4bd0RX$
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
The Mask Mandates Did Nothing. Will Any Lessons Be Learned? States with mask mandates fared no better against Covid than those without. People may have good personal reasons to wear masks, and they may have the discipline to wear them consistently. Their choices are their own. But when it comes to the population-level benefits of masking, the verdict is in: Mask mandates were a bust. The mainstream experts and pundits who supported mandates were wrong.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/opinion/do-mask-mandates-work.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHu9-5rle$
The CDC Is Breaking Trust in Childhood Vaccination: With its unscientific push to vaccinate all infants and toddlers against COVID, the agency will harm vaccine uptake for more significant diseases. There remains no solid consensus among physicians about the importance of vaccinating healthy children against COVID-19. In a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) meeting on June 28, Pfizer Vice President for Viral Vaccines Kena Swanson even acknowledged that “there is no established correlate” between antibody levels and protection from disease.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/science/articles/cdc-is-endangering-childhood-vaccination-progress__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHs5hec76$
# Employment / Labor
Meta Planning Thousands More Layoffs, Says Report: The next round of job losses for the Facebook owner reportedly could be announced as early as this week. Second round of cuts in four months driven by efficiency push Social networking giant may finalize plans in the next week
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-07/meta-is-said-to-plan-thousands-more-layoffs-as-soon-as-this-week__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHimYnWbz$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Construction starts on Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine: Lithium Americas Corp. announced that it began construction on the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada, after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request Wednesday by mine opponents to block work.
The controversial mine, located on the site of an 1865 massacre of Paiute people, is opposed by tribes and environmental groups. The Bureau of Land Management approved the $2.2 billion mine project in January 2021. Opponents say the Thacker Pass lithium project was rushed in the name of the green transition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/climate-energy/construction-begins-lithium-mine-nevada-controversial/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHndz0Tjz$
# General News
Trial of Mexico’s Former Top Cop Neglected U.S. Role in War on Drugs:
Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s former top law enforcement official known as the “architect” of the Mexican side of the drug war, was found guilty in New York federal court of collaborating with the Sinaloa cartel, the biggest organized crime group in North America. For years, García Luna was the U.S. government’s most trusted ally in the war on drugs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/02/21/garcia-luna-verdict/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHpc3AQWd$
Trump’s ‘Retribution’ Vow Is a Dark and Dangerous Signal: Trump’s ‘Retribution’ Vow Is a Dark and Dangerous Signal to His Base. At CPAC, Trump suggested that he would use the power of the presidency to exact revenge for his tribe, total catnip for his MAGA voter base.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-retribution-vow-is-a-dark-and-dangerous-signal-to-his-base__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHjsBppLk$
# Gov / Politics / Global
Chinese Minister Warns of Looming Confrontation With U.S: New Foreign Minister Qin Gang said the U.S. was wrong to see China as a rival to be suppressed and contained. The rare explicit comment was followed by a barrage of scorn and criticism aimed squarely at Washington from China’s new foreign minister and former ambassador to the U.S., Qin Gang.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161570798/china-accuses-u-s-of-containment-warns-of-potential-conflict__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHg4IOnA8$
North Korea Warns U.S. Shootdown of Test-Fired Missiles Would Be “Declaration of War”: North Korea said any move to shoot down one of its test missiles would be considered a declaration of war and blamed a joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea for growing tensions, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-warns-us-against-shooting-down-missile-tests-2023-03-07/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHs4TA_uD$
# Gov / Politics / US
“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”: Ron DeSantis’s Florida Prepares Its Next Attack on Black and LGBTQ+ Students: As DeSantis inches closer to an expected presidential run, his allies in the state’s Republican-led legislature are set to look at bills that would prohibit educators from using students’ preferred gender pronouns and eliminate diversity programs in higher education, among other provisions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/ron-desantis-florida-republicans-education-bills__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHuw1W5Kt$
Trump Claims Criminal Charges Would Boost His Chances of Winning the
Election: A Theory He May Get to Test Soon! The ex-president believes indictments would “enhance” his odds of winning back the White House.
Charges may in fact be coming.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/donald-trump-2024-election-criminal-charges__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHvY9UkIA$
Senate Dems Try to Declare ‘Independence’ Amid GOP Floor Takeover: Republicans are expected to force a floor vote on rejecting a progressive D.C. criminal justice move even after the city council tried to unilaterally withdraw the proposal. In many ways, congressional Republicans’ regulatory rollback strategy is working: It’s dividing Democrats, squashing a progressive D.C. criminal justice plan and forcing President Joe Biden to whip out his veto pen for the first time.
It’s also helping Democrats carve out politically helpful distance from the president and their party’s left flank.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/06/dc-council-criminal-code-00085655__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHnOvKuK2$
How the ‘Holman rule’ allows the House to fast-track proposals to gut government programs without debate or much thought at all: House Republicans have adopted a rule used periodically over the past 150 years that allows lawmakers to speed up and streamline votes to dismantle federal programs and fire federal employees https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/how-the-holman-rule-allows-the-house-to-fast-track-proposals-to-gut-government-programs-without-debate-or-much-thought-at-all-198384__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHjKfFQoy$
# Law Enforcement
Gang Members Hold Positions at ‘Highest Levels’ of LA Sheriff’s Department, Investigation Reveals: A blistering new official investigation decries violent, lawless “deputy gangs” that continue to wield extraordinary power within the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
The report identifies at “least a half dozen” active gangs and cliques https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://politicalwire.com/2023/03/07/gang-members-hold-positions-in-sheriffs-department/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHuUdZvS2$
Domestic Terrorism Charges Against Cop City Demonstrators Spur Further
Protests: Actions and activities are planned all week, including a National Day of Action Against Police Terror on Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/domestic-terrorism-charges-against-cop-city-demonstrators-spur-further-protests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHmtej5DK$
# Legal / DOJ
As crime-solving goes hi-tech, public defenders scramble to keep up:
Caleb Kenyon, a defense attorney in Florida, saw a geofence warrant was when a new client received an alarming email from Google in January 2020. Police were requesting personal data from the client, Zachary McCoy, and Kenyon had just seven days to stop Google from turning it over, the email said. The geofence warrant included a map and GPS coordinates, and instructed Google to provide identifying information for every user whose device was found within the radius of that location at a certain date and time. “It was so bizarre that I just didn’t even have a concept for what I was dealing with,” he said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/24/fourth-amendment-battles-geofence-warrants-public-defenders-nacdl__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHvqqEXhE$
# LGBTQ / Gender
LGBTQ lawmakers: This session, the Texas Legislature reached its highest number of openly LGBTQ lawmakers in state history, with all nine being Democrats in the Texas House, it comes at a time when GOP lawmakers have filed more than 90 bills targeting LGBTQ rights and representation. LGBTQ lawmakers aren’t focused only on playing defense but also championing bills they say would benefit the LGBTQ community.These bills include:
* House Bill 832, which would prohibit foster care providers from discriminating against LGBTQ youth based on religious beliefs
* House Bill 725, which would expand hate crime language to include protections based on gender identity and sexual orientation
* Senate Bill 110, which would add protections for LGBTQ people and veterans to prevent discrimination in housing, employment, public accommodation and state contracts
* House Bill 2235, which would expand access to HIV testing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/07/texas-lgbtq-lawmakers-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHgh6Enab$
# Medical / Health
Biden Administration Urged to Take More Aggressive Steps to Relieve Medical Debt: Dozens of advocates for patients and consumers, citing widespread harm caused by medical debt, are pushing the Biden administration to take more aggressive steps to protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/news/article/advocates-urging-biden-medical-debt-health-costs/*:*:text=Dozens*20of*20advocates*20for*20patients,medical*20bills*20and*20debt*20collectors__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHreh0Km2$
As Public Trust Wanes, FDA Pledges to ‘Save Lives’ by Policing Online
Content: Members of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee have also been found to have conflicts of interest with the very pharmaceutical companies and vaccine manufacturers they are meant to be regulating.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-robert-califf-combat-misinformation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHiQmJ0WN$
Leading American medical journal continues to omit Black research, reinforcing a legacy of racism in medical knowledge: The lack of visibility by Black researchers and physicians in scientific literature perpetuates systemic racism in medicine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/leading-american-medical-journal-continues-134409045.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHvgFIoM4$
# Military / DOD
Preparing for Russia: Inside NATO fighter pilot training in Texas: More than 5,000 miles from NATO’s eastern flank, a new generation of allied fighter pilots is coming of age in North Texas. After decades of peace at home, American and European airmen here face a new reality: They are the frontline flyers who will keep Russia’s war in Ukraine from spilling across NATO’s borders, and the instructors who will teach the new pilots how to do it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/03/06/preparing-for-russia-inside-nato-fighter-pilot-training-in-texas/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHirTIDMQ$
Pentagon Chief Pledges Support for Iraq on Baghdad Visit: America still has about 2,500 troops in the Middle Eastern country: The Pentagon chief’s trip to Baghdad on Tuesday came just before the 20-year anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which led to the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, toppled leader Saddam Hussein and helped unleash forces that paved the way for the rise of ISIL.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/7/pentagon-chief-surprise-trip-says-us-troops-stay-iraq__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHp82vlWL$
# Nuclear
“We may find ourselves for the first time in half a century in a world with no limits on US and Russian nuclear forces.” Nuclear-policy researcher Matthew Bunn notes the worrying repercussions of Russia’s declaration that it will suspend its participation in its last major nuclear-arms treaty with the United States. Is nuclear war more likely after Russia’s suspension of the New START treaty? The nation has spurned a major arms-control agreement, pushing nuclear powers toward a worrying lack of regulation, says non-proliferation researcher.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00679-w?utm_source=Nature*Briefing&utm_campaign=d6a958a9c8-briefing-dy-20230307&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-d6a958a9c8-43812897__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHk2PpNyZ$
# Science
How The Family That Walks On All Fours Baffled Scientists For Years: One scientist claimed it was “reverse evolution”, but this was condemned by the scientific community. The gait was a consequence of two rare conditions occurring at once, one biological and one developmental.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.iflscience.com/how-the-family-that-walks-on-all-fours-baffled-scientists-for-years-67686__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHm3OTFiX$
# Social
Eviction of 300-Person Encampment in California Shows Scorn for Right to Housing: The destruction of the camp that was home to over 300 unhoused people in Oakland laid bare the brutality of capitalism. Caltrans, which owns the land under an enormous freeway interchange called the MacArthur Maze, has evicted more than 300 people who had lived there for years. The U.S. Constitution does not recognize a right to housing, Caltrans asserts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/eviction-of-300-person-encampment-in-california-shows-scorn-for-right-to-housing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHsZNCOYH$
# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Congressman Says Alien UFO Tech Is Being ‘Reverse Engineered’ in Secret: Recovered UFO technology may be “being reverse-engineered right now,” but we “don’t understand” how it functions, according to a U.S. Representative. In early February, four objects were shot down over North America in quick succession. The first was identified by the Pentagon as a Chinese surveillance balloon and was shot down off the coast of South Carolina. China has stated it was a civilian airship collecting meteorological data. The Defense Department has not confirmed the nature of the remaining three objects, which were targeted by U.S. fighter jet missiles over Alaska, Canada, and Lake Huron, Michigan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-tim-burchett-ufo-technology-reverse-engineered-1786068__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHvznDPNc$
# Technology
How the Supreme Court could re-shape the internet as you know it: One option would be to preemptively remove any and all content that anyone, anywhere could even remotely allege is objectionable … reducing the range of allowed speech on social media. Another option would be to stop moderating content altogether, to avoid claims that a site knew or should have known that a piece of objectionable material was on its platform.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/business/section-230-explainer/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xclIGF8p8A4TrVA_MCSG2_Qlsu0pTCq-sO9eMALRa8bOO1sq0y_YCY2fzvg8nCcvgkG5oQMojG2QgQRYHApPWWaKHuICgzJG$
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