Voices, The Peoples News
April 9, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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fabric scraps never go to waste here. Old electric blankets that no longer
work are repurposed for the quilts. I no longer have a website. Money
got real short and I had to give it up, but you can find us on google.
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# Education / Schools
North Dakota Republicans Vote to Boost Own Meals After Nixing Free School Meals: One Republican who voted to expand his own meals said last week that child hunger isn’t the responsibility of the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/north-dakota-senators-boost-their-own-meal-reimbursements-after-rejecting-free-school-lunch-bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf8a8yrAW$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
The US hands China the Middle East at its own peril: Alongside the recent China-brokered agreement for Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic ties, these developments typify an ongoing transition: America is stepping back, and China is stepping up in the Middle East.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/china-saudi-arabia-gulf-middle-east-us-relations-economics-security-1768304__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf1lirwDV$
‘Gold library’ helps Brazil crack down on Amazon’s illegal mining: Launched in 2019, the Ouro Alvo program is creating a gold database with samples obtained from different parts of Brazil. The information is allowing the Federal Police to create a chemical fingerprint of each sample, which they can then use to cross-reference the origin of seized or suspicious gold. While technology can be a great ally to fight the illegal gold trade, experts say the country still needs stricter regulations governing the industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/gold-library-helps-brazil-crack-down-on-amazons-illegal-mining/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufzwepWoD$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Another casualty of climate change, dissolved oxygen: Oxygen-depleted deserts, an expected feature of our warming oceans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/news/another-casualty-of-climate-change-dissolved-oxygen/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufxNF2gqx$
Logging Plan on Yellowstone’s Border Shows Limits of Biden Greenhouse Gas Policy: Despite new ‘guidance,’ the Forest Service moves to clear-cut mature pines in Montana without a detailed accounting of the cost in carbon emissions. The U.S. Forest Service decided to move forward with a 16,000 acre logging project on the border of Yellowstone National Park without applying the new guidance, which would have involved a detailed projection of resulting greenhouse gas emissions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07042023/logging-deforestation-custer-gallatin-national-forest/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf6wGPQLg$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global New research on seafloor formations near Norway shows much faster ice sheet retreat, up to 2,000 feet per day, than has previously been documented.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05042023/ice-sheet-retreat-climate-change/*:*:text=A*20new*20study*20of*20the,of*20the*20last*20ice*20age__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufyZuHf8I$
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Plastics touching our food may be making us gain weight: Hormone-disrupting chemicals are entering our bodies. We eat 44lbs of plastic in our lifetimes. “Our experiments show that ordinary plastic products contain a mix of substances that can be a relevant and underestimated factor behind overweight and obesity,” says Martin Wagner, an associate professor at NTNU’s Department of Biology, in a university release.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://studyfinds.org/plastic-chemicals-weight-gain/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufzLLlfux$
# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin has one last step before a decisive blow to the West: The problem for Putin, however, is that India remains suspicious of China because of the protracted border standoff,” he said. The observer noted that after the clashes on the border with China in 2020, India took tough measures by imposing restrictions on Chinese mobile applications and investors. However, this does not mean that Delhi does not want to challenge the dollar’s global dominance, Zeeshan added.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/04/07/putin-has-one-last-step-before-a-decisive-blow-to-the-west/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf2KpSGDh$
# Gov / Politics
History in the Making: David Cay Johnston on Why Trump’s Arraignment May Renew American Democracy: “Donald has lied and cheated and stolen from people left and right. He spent a decade up to his eyeballs with a major international drug trafficker, for whom he did extraordinary and inexplicable favors. Nothing has ever happened to him in all of these cases. And now, finally, Donald is being called to account,” Johnston stated.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/4/trump_arraignment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf6AtZUga$
Gerald Ford’s Pardon of Nixon Is Why Trump Can Run for Prez: Trump’s legal woes will put Gerald Ford’s pardoning metric to the test. For presidents and governors, 38th president’s pardon of Nixon is lone precedent. Richard Nixon’s legal problems ended on the steps of Marine One, with a double victory signal. Donald Trump’s began Tuesday with the first U.S. presidential perp walk in Manhattan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/04/06/trumps-legal-woes-will-put-gerald-fords-pardoning-metric-to-the-test/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf1Mq8QPt$
Why Did These 5 Boot TN Black Reps but Keep White Colleague?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/why-did-5-vote-boot-205811182.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf0fbB1Y7$
Anti-Protest Laws Are Not About Safety, They Are About Silencing Dissent: We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent. While demonstrators always fear being criminalized for exercising their constitutional right to stage protests, being charged with domestic terrorism has a particularly chilling effect. The move to charge protesters with domestic terrorism comes months after one protester, Manuel Paez Terán (who went by the name Tortuguita), was killed by police.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/anti-protest-laws-are-not-about-safety-they-are-about-silencing-dissent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf240Ym3n$
# Law Enforcment
Policing Does Not Have Problems, It Is the Problem: Policing is neither reformable nor redeemable. Watching the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols for me drove home a deeper understanding that policing as an institution can never be reformed, and that policing itself is structurally tied to inherent forms of repressive control, “legitimate” violence and surveillance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/policing-does-not-have-problems-it-is-the-problem/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf0i1g83k$
7 Black People Killed After Cops Falsely Discover a Gun That was Never
There: In a number of police brutality cases, the actions of a police officer are justified if the person is holding or reaching for a firearm, even when it is found later that the cop made a mistake. Recently, a Missouri Prosecutor has decided not to criminally charge two Independence Police Department officers who shot and killed 39-year-old Tyrea Pryor after a car crash after mistaking him for holding a gun.
Pryor’s case is one of many examples of police brutality but here are seven examples of cops pulling the “they had a gun” card.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theroot.com/7-black-people-killed-after-cops-falsely-discover-a-gun-1850259091__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf_eMdRVY$
NYC Police and Landlords Are Turning to Surveillance Tech to Expand Their Reach: The city has long been a testing ground for surveillance tools as a mechanism for social control.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/nyc-police-and-landlords-are-turning-to-surveillance-tech-to-expand-their-reach/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufyAnoFv9$
# Legal / DOJ
Trump Legal Team Moves to Block Report from Georgia Grand Jury: Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia, asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to investigate or prosecute Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-georgia-grand-jury-filing-prosecutors-b92649f938006c325d9c6aa68f5cc857__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf5HMH2My$
Lawmakers Urge Chief Justice Roberts to Probe Clarence Thomas’s Secret Trips: Calls mount for Thomas to be investigated after accepting millions in undisclosed gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3940506-democrats-ask-chief-justice-to-investigate-clarence-thomas-trips-it-is-your-duty/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufw3zmeEW$
# Medical / Health
Federal Judge in Texas Rules to Restrict Access to Medication Abortion: The ruling by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who has deep anti-abortion ties, will likely be reviewed by the Supreme Court. A Texas federal judge ruled Friday evening to suspend the FDA’s approval of mifepristone — one of two drugs used together to cause an abortion, virtually banning the sale of the pills across the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/07/texas-judge-halts-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-00091096*:*:text=A*20Texas*20federal*20judge*20ruled,the*20pills*20across*20the*20country__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf_FMBcl_$
Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need: This view of the problematic use of algorithms for prior authorizations – and denial based on incorrect assessment of patient needs – is at the center of reporting and analysis published in the health, medicine and life sciences publication, STAT.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/03/medicare-advantage-uses-algorithms-to-block-care-for-seniors.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufzRdQvz5$
Minnesota Lets Nurses Practice While Disciplinary Investigations Drag On. Patients Keep Getting Hurt. A 2015 state audit found the Minnesota Board of Nursing was slow to act on complaints about nurses, putting the public at risk. The board ramped up its discipline for a few years, but now cases are backing up again.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJFCrRzgVhE__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf6JAgvQj$
See also: KARE 11 Investigates: A ProPublica and KARE 11 Investigation finds the state nursing board drags its feet investigating complaints against nurses accused of serious misconduct.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kare11.com/article/news/investigations/kare-investigates-board-delays-allow-potentially-dangerous-nurses-to-practice/89-1da65951-01ff-4d6b-a3bd-b1d55ac209af__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf8ewa3ed$
# Military / DOD
Pentagon investigating purported leak of secret military documents about Ukraine: The Defense Department is investigating a purported leak on social media of classified military documents that lay out details about U.S. and NATO support for Ukraine against invading Russian forces, a Pentagon official said Friday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-04-07/pentagon-ukraine-leak-investigation-9734347.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf-DHVO_d$
US sends guided-missile submarine to Middle East as Iran-backed attacks escalate: The U.S. Navy’s show of force comes amid growing harassment of U.S. troops in Syria and attacks on U.S. bases by Iran-backed militants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/gulf-tensions-us-submarine-iran-74d6bc9cf2b8781edab7b081151914ae__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf9X-p6ci$
# Military / Global
Iran kickstarts multi-front Middle East war against Israel – analysis: The Islamic Republic’s proxies and allies appear to have begun a multi-front conflict with Israel over the past week. A week of attacks on Israel, including rockets fired from Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, represent the manifestation of an Iranian strategy to confront Israel with multiple threats on different fronts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-738765__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufzzdTlMj$
Troops Reveal Pact to ‘Destroy’ Putin’s Empire From Within: “The same torture, the same mass graves… the things the Russians are doing in Ukraine, they were doing back in Chechnya,” Maga told The Daily Beast from his unit’s hideout in eastern Ukraine last month. “They just come and destroy everyone who could be against their power.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/chechen-fighters-make-war-pact-with-ukrainian-troops-to-fight-vladimir-putin?ref=home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf8VdsFbC$
# Social
New York tenants fight as landlords embrace facial recognition cameras: More than 130 residents at a Brooklyn apartment complex oppose plan to use the cameras, whose use, experts say, is quietly expanding in cities
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/may/29/new-york-facial-recognition-cameras-apartment-complex__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf7uqAlaz$
# Technology
Lie Detector Firm Lobbies CIA, DOD on Automated Eye-Scanning Tech: Converus is pitching EyeDetect to defense and intelligence agencies. But experts say eye movements are not reliable indicators of deception.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/04/07/lie-detector-dod-cia-converus/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRufyuv1Etq$
# Water
Water Is a Human Right. Let’s Create a Society That Affirms This: We have come to know water as the latest casualty of late capitalism’s doctrine of scarcity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/water-is-a-human-right-lets-create-a-society-that-affirms-this/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z7gXR_Itxk8FzCHYeGgsrPegS_j6fm0JtHhP3Jm86tRaNBJBYQvznc0MWOOHdH_0UsvCNfRkDdl1o-wM6HNY-BRuf2BbUzFG$
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