Voices, The Peoples News
April 21, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Ken Burns on ‘The American Buffalo’ and Indigenous histories: The prolific filmmaker discusses his latest project and his attempt to make space for Indigenous voices.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-arts-culture-ken-burns-on-the-american-buffalo-and-indigenous-histories?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-04-21-Newsletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_44BCBya$
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Biden to grant illegal aliens free government health care, funded by debt placed on American taxpayers: Biden is also offering expanded assistance with renting or purchasing a home to illegals who qualify under DACA. The Biden regime announced that illegal aliens who enter the country illegally can enroll in the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, allowing them to receive free health care on the taxpayer dime https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://citizens.news/716919.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE__eszbzj$
# Employment / Labor
Rural Letter Carriers Complain About Dramatically Reduced Pay: After a new evaluation system is implemented, some workers could lose $8,000 per year or more. Threats to quit have been widespread.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-04-21-rural-letter-carriers-reduced-pay/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_8ko8QSh$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Biden to create White House Office of Environmental Justice: In a Rose Garden announcement, Mr. Biden is expected to pledge new policies to end environmental racism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/biden-to-create-new-environmental-justice-office-at-white-house__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_ygwGfEe$
They cleaned up BP’s massive oil spill. Now they’re sick – and want
justice: Thirteen years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, documents shed light on the company’s response and ‘scorched earth’ legal tactics. Thirteen years ago, they helped clean up BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest ever in US waters. They rushed toward the toxic oil to save the place they loved, joining forces with more than 33,000 others to clean up our coastlines. Now, they have active lawsuits against BP, saying the company made them sick.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/20/bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-health-lawsuits__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_zNSyfIG$
Advocates fear that radioactive waste from one of Calif.’s most toxic sites could contaminate more communities: Since 2015, the I-Team has been exposing how chemical and radioactive waste, from years of secret nuclear accidents and rocket tests, still contaminates the ground and the buildings at the field lab, and has been migrating to nearby communities. Parents against Santa Susana Field Lab and other groups are worried the contamination from the lab will end up in communities far beyond the area.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/advocates-fear-that-radioactive-waste-from-one-of-calif-s-most-toxic-sites-could-contaminate-more-communities/3139095/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_4q3dQuU$
House GOP’s debt-limit plan seeks to repeal major parts of Democrats’ climate law: House Republicans’ proposal for averting a breach of the federal debt limit seeks to relitigate one of the most consequential congressional debates of last year, by taking an ax to President Joe Biden’s signature climate law. The White House’s counterargument, gutting the law would wipe out tens of thousands of jobs that the law is creating in Republican-held states. The proposal from Speaker Kevin McCarthy would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act’s green energy incentives. But much of that money is going to red states, Democrats counter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/20/house-gop-debt-limit-plan-inflation-reduction-act-00092891__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_1QWntjE$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global New research sparks concerns that ocean circulation will collapse: A new analysis by Australian and American researchers, using new and more detailed modeling of the oceans, predicts that the long-feared turn-off of the circulation will likely occur in the Southern Ocean, as billions of tons of ice melt on the land mass of Antarctica.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-ocean-circulation-collapse-antarctica__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_5Lr0ty4$
# Gov / Politics / Global
A New Conscription Law Brings Russia’s Social Control System Closer to Reality: The “digital gulag,” first outlined in 2019, would usher in the opportunity to further monitor and regulate civic behavior. The government wants to create a digital system of social control by regulating individual access to rights and benefits. Being outside of this system will effectively spell social death.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/89553__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_7bCbgse$
Enslavement of African migrants ‘big business’ in Libya thanks to EU funding: An investigation by the United Nations has concluded that money provided by the European Union to state entities in Libya has facilitated crimes against humanity ranging from forced labor and sexual slavery to torture.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thegrayzone.com/2023/04/17/enslavement-african-migrants-libya-eu-funding/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_-Cy76M-$
# Gov / Politics
Virginia discovers nearly 19,000 dead people on voter rolls: As Virginia election officials work to clean up the state’s voter rolls, they announced the discovery of a huge number of dead people still listed as registered voters in the state. “It was a computer coding error that missed between the date of the death being reported and the date of the death certificate,” Beals said. “We are in the process of building a new statewide voter registration system, and I want to make sure that the data we put into that system is as up to date as it can possibly be.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wtop.com/virginia/2023/04/virginia-discovers-nearly-19000-dead-people-on-voter-rolls/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_80vTSiS$
White House Blasts ‘Ransom Demands’ in GOP Debt Plan: The White House firmly rejected the 320-page debt ceiling plan released by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), saying it would damage the U.S. economy while aiding corporations and the wealthy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2023/04/20/White-House-Blasts-Ransom-Demands-GOP-Debt-Plan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_8G0TURl$
The Republican operative leading the super PAC backing Florida Gov. and likely Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was closely involved with a record-breaking dark money donation to conservative legal activist Leonard Leo, the architect of the Supreme Court’s rightward swing
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-leonard-leo-presidential-primary/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_7TONrge$
The Biden Administration Just Took Some Baby Steps On Child Care: This week, President Joe Biden signed an executive order on caregiving, which may sound like Washingtonspeak. It isn’t. It’s entirely possible that the order could make a real difference in the real lives of some real Americans. But it’s still just executive action, which means there are limits to its potential.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-child-care-executive-order_n_6442c391e4b04997b5715ae8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_7gnaKhf$
# Law Enforcment
The Gruesome Death of Lashawn Thompson in the Fulton County Jail: He was discovered unresponsive on 13 September 2022 in a psychiatric wing of the jail in Atlanta. He had been “eaten alive” by bed bugs, say relatives. A medical examiner listed the 35-year-old’s cause of death as undetermined. Three of Fulton County Jail’s staff have resigned amid an ongoing internal investigation. The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News’ request for comment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/lashawn-thompson-jail-death-bedbugs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_85DYQtI$
# Legal / DOJ
Oklahoma’s Top Prosecutor Doesn’t Want to Execute an Innocent Man. A Court Is Forcing Him to Do It Anyway: In a unanimous opinion, the court waved away overwhelming evidence of innocence and decided that, actually, Glossip is guilty—and must be put to death on May 18. The decision makes a sadistic mockery of the judiciary’s supposed role as a guardian of individual liberties. It favors vengeance over justice. Sadly, it aligns with the current U.S. Supreme Court’s merciless enthusiasm for the swift execution of people who are probably innocent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/richard-glossip-attorney-general-innocent-execution.html?sid=623cb62a440f2846fb4804c7&email=1602501a99a5758652052c0857f4beec9307dbfdcb75c1cebcb48b174fbab7bf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=traffic&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=TheSlatest__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_7-q-Mfg$
3 St. Louis residents indicted on charges of spreading ‘disinformation,’ promoting pro-Russian ‘propaganda,’ and ‘sowing discord’ : A federal grand jury has charged three St. Louis residents with illegally pushing pro-Russian “propaganda” and “misinformation” about Ukraine and sowing discord across Missouri, Georgia and Florida through the African People’s Socialist Party. The indictment alleges that African People’s Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela and members acted as illegal agents of the Russian government without notifying the U.S. attorney general.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2023-04-18/three-st-louis-residents-indicted-on-charges-of-illegally-pushing-pro-russian-propaganda__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_zjaoiyf$
# LGBTQ / Gender
Hundreds gathered in downtown St. Louis over the weekend to protest a wave of legislation to curtail rights for transgender people, including new emergency rules in Missouri putting restrictions on gender-related care such as hormone therapies and surgeries. A rally Saturday in downtown St. Louis drew hundreds of transgender individuals, their partners, drag performers, members of the gay, lesbian, and queer communities, and other allies and protesters who said basic rights are under siege, a message shouted throughout Kiener Plaza.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mycouriertribune.com/news/state_news/hundreds-rally-in-st-louis-for-transgender-rights-against-missouri-actions/article_44971ca1-b5a4-5b04-a41e-3e95c429ebbe.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_9ZFbzkB$
Attorneys general support Florida ban on Medicaid payments for gender transition procedures: Seventeen attorneys general have filed an amicus brief supporting Florida’s healthcare regulation that denies Medicaid coverage for gender transitioning procedures. Seventeen attorneys general have filed an amicus brief supporting Florida’s healthcare regulation that denies Medicaid coverage for gender transitioning procedures
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7dfa0978-e040-11ed-b93b-afb183eba077.html?a&seyid=61271*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2Fnewsletters*2Flists*2Ft2*2Fnatinoal*2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline__;PyUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_2GTGvAh$
# Media
BuzzFeed News Is Shutting Down: “I’m Shocked and Sad but Not Totally
Surprised”: Jonah Peretti announced the end of BuzzFeed’s Pulitzer Prize–winning online news site, citing sluggish returns in the stock market and struggling advertising. The news comes alongside another round of company-wide layoffs at BuzzFeed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/buzzfeed-news-shuts-down__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_z6qTNS-$
# Medical / Health
Microplastics found in human blood for first time: The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs. Scientists find tiny particles in almost 80% of the people tested.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_yzsaWAs$
A myth no more: Cranberry products can prevent urinary tract infections for women. Drinking cranberry juice has long been a mythical prevention strategy for women who develop a urinary tract infection, and new medical evidence shows consuming cranberry products is an effective way to prevent a UTI before it gets started.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-myth-cranberry-products-urinary-tract.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_3-UCQlA$
Birth Control Is Next: If you look closely, attempts to restrict contraception are already in the works. Even among the politically sophisticated and catastrophically cynical, there remains a sense that, since contraception is so widely used and deeply integrated into American life, restrictions on birth control might be too politically unpopular for even far-right Republicans to attempt. About two-thirds of U.S. women of childbearing age use some form of contraception (including female and male sterilization).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/birth-control-is-next-republicans-abortion.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_1dRofYr$
# Military / DOD
Another female soldier died at Fort Hood, the base said nothing: In the wake of the Vanessa Guillen death, Army officials promised that Fort Hood would increase transparency. Military.com has uncovered one recent death that went undisclosed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/17/another-female-soldier-died-fort-hood-base-said-nothing.html?ESRC=dod_230421.nl__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_xGgoHbL$
Marine Recruit Dies on Parris Island: 4th Death on Base in 2 Years: Officials did not provide additional details, including whether Evans had any prior medical conditions or what part of the test was being conducted when he died.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/20/marine-recruit-dies-parris-island-marking-fourth-death-base-two-years.html?ESRC=dod_230421.nl__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_ytSZixc$
# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
SpaceX’s Starship Explodes in Fireball Soon After Launch: The upper-stage Starship vehicle apparently did not separate from the booster, and four minutes after liftoff, the automated flight termination system destroyed the rocket, ending the flight in a fireball. The launch lived up to SpaceX’s promise of “excitement guaranteed.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-rocket-explodes-first-orbital-launch-attempt-2023-4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_3c8ZgJK$
# Sports
House Republicans voted to pass the ‘Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,’ the latest salvo in the ongoing battle over transgender athletes. The legislation would ban schools that receive federal funding, which is nearly all schools, from allowing biological males to compete in sports designated for women and girls.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_91634ea4-df8f-11ed-acb7-5f77d5a7880f.html?a&seyid=61271*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2FNational*2Flists*2Ft2*2F*2F&utm_medium=email__;PyUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_2vMOoJF$
# Veterans / VA
US Veteran Runs Prolific Pro-Russia Propaganda Channel: A Prolific Pro-Russia Propaganda Channel is Run by a US Navy Veteran. A social-media account that spread misinformation about the war in Ukraine and pro-Russian war talking points was created by former US Navy non-commissioned officer,
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/04/17/prolific-pro-russia-propaganda-channel-run-us-navy-veteran.html?ESRC=dod_230421.nl__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_9NLhLyu$
# Water
As states replace lead pipes, plastic alternatives could bring new risks: Cities and states that substitute PVC for lead pipes “may well be leaping from the frying pan into the fire.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/regulation/as-states-replace-lead-pipes-plastic-alternatives-could-bring-new-risks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2_jSc4zeGpYDZbKifAkYHt681Jy1MCoOgPur4DXRFxur_Wgiuc_m8RMfWsmQscHW_gg3txP7b3A-yiPR5Rk3U7IE_1M2JLe8$
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