Voices, The Peoples News
April 28, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
# Indigenous / Global
10 First Nations sue Ontario and Canada over resource extraction and broken Treaty 9 promises: Arguing that resource extraction has violated Indigenous jurisdiction for over a century, the case could stall the Ontario government’s plans to mine the Ring of Fire. The nations are asking a court to find that a long list of federal and provincial laws related to resource extraction are not valid on their territories — and to bar Canadian governments from making any further decisions about how land there could be used without Indigenous consent.
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‘I’ll keep fighting’: Indigenous activist and Goldman winner Alessandra Munduruku: In an interview with Mongabay, Alessandra discusses what the prize means to her, the policy changes in Brazil, and the current crisis in the Munduruku territory. While she praises some actions of the current government, she says her fight isn’t over yet, as she warns of possible environmental issues arising from upcoming infrastructure projects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2023/04/ill-keep-fighting-indigenous-activist-and-goldman-winner-alessandra-munduruku/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_trwd5_Qv0$
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Global
Migrant Massacre in Ciudad Juárez Is Rooted in U.S.-Mexico Border Policing: Mexico’s borders are crucial arenas in a necessary global struggle for migrant rights.
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Arizona GOP appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to stop COVID-19 vaccine mandate: The Arizona Legislature filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court over COVID-19 vaccine mandates on the federal level
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500 Australians Join World’s First COVID Vaccine Injury Class Action
Lawsuit: Mr O’Gradie is one of the three lead applicants on a landmark Covid vaccine injury class action lawsuit filed in federal court on Wednesday. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/waiting-to-drown-covid-vaccine-injury-class-action-filed-against-federal-government/news-story/8f91ca843cc4b62b7df9cbabd398cfe6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr3FZbtPq$
# Employment / Labor
From Plumbers to Electricians, the U.S. is Gasping for Skilled Workers: The labor shortage may have an old-fashioned solution: Carpenters, electricians, and other trades are good jobs that make workers happy. As millions of Americans reevaluate their careers during the pandemic and quit their jobs, skilled trades that typically offer higher pay and on-the-job training may be a promising new career choice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/labor-shortage-skilled-trades-carpenters-electricians-plumbers-angi-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr5Uh-HbV$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry
Shell tries to quash air quality fears from Beaver County chemical plant: When a terrible odor blanketed the area around the Shell cracker plant earlier this month, residents had only their noses and sporadically high readings from public air monitors to assess the situation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2023/04/26/shell-cracker-plant-smell-benzene-air-quality/stories/202304260075__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr-9uWmo0$
The blue-collar workers left behind by the green economy: A California oil refinery shut down during the pandemic. A year later, former employees were not all right. The United States is embarking on an epochal transition from fossil fuels to green energy. That shift is necessary to avert the worst outcomes of climate change. It also stands to put hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people out of work.
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Why Republicans see electoral gold in talking up energy: The GOP believes its energy plan is a winner on the campaign trail. Most people don’t know about it. The GOP’s House campaign is planning a 2024 push that showcases the economic priorities embodied in the sprawling energy bill passed in March. Republicans have also wrapped that bill, which they gave the primo designation H.R. 1, into the legislation they approved Wednesday laying out their demands in the national debt standoff.
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California Enters ‘Uncharted Territory’ After Cutting Payments to Rooftop Solar Owners by 75 Percent: New net metering rules have taken effect in California, giving solar owners a much worse deal than they had before on the excess power they sell back to the grid. Will it tank demand for installation?
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Colorado leaders are rallying against a railway project that would carry crude oil along the Colorado River: Colorado leaders are rallying against a railway project that would carry crude oil along the Colorado River. While opponents of the project note the catastrophic consequences of a major spill into the Colorado River, those working to get the rail built say the likelihood of contamination is overstated.
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Industrial takeover: The East End, a historically Black neighborhood in the Gulf Coast city of Freeport, will soon no longer exist, as the commissioners of nearby Port Freeport have acquired the land through eminent domain to expand the port to accommodate bigger Panamax container ships. Many former East End residents echo Jones’s upset at the way their community has been displaced – churches, businesses and homes – in a way some describe as systematic. The methods the port has used, including eminent domain and house “swaps”, are the subject of ongoing legal disputes.
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Temperatures in the world’s oceans have broken records, testing new highs for more than a month in an ‘unprecedented’ run that has led to scientists stating the Earth has reached “uncharted territory” in the climate crisis. ‘Unprecedented’ warming indicates climate crisis is taking place before our eyes, experts say
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The EPA wants to broaden a ban on a deadly chemical on store shelves: But methylene chloride’s fumes are so dangerous, the chemical can kill you in a matter of minutes. Sustained pressure and a Public Integrity investigation prompted an earlier ban on certain products containing methylene chloride. The EPA would widen that to all consumer and ‘most’ business uses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/worker-health-and-safety/unequal-risk/epa-ban-methylene-chloride-paint-strippers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr2sbWLZp$
Senate votes to overturn Biden truck pollution limit: The Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican-led effort to undo a Biden administration rule that aims to cut pollution from heavy-duty trucks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3973488-senate-votes-to-overturn-biden-truck-pollution-limit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr0nyODDP$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global
Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists: There’s growing concern that the oceans are heating up quickly, and scientists are unsure of the implications. The global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickly. Scientists worry that, combined with other weather events, the world’s temperature could reach a concerning new level by the end of next year.
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# Gov / Politics / Global
A Regional Election Threatens to Upend a Delicate Balance in Moldova: A pro-Russia candidate’s victory in the race for Gagauzia governor could destabilize Moldova and derail its EU aspirations. Anew governor will be elected on April 30 in Gagauzia, a traditionally pro-Russian autonomous region in southern Moldova. The outcome of this election could be crucial, as it may offer Russia a fresh opportunity to create instability in Moldova.
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Washington’s ironclad alliance with Seoul is a tad rusty. Nuclear assurances contribute to a dangerous cycle of anxiety. At a time when the alliance’s deterrence posture toward North Korea has never been stronger, there is a real crisis of confidence in both countries. The harrowing years of the Trump administration, when an erratic president extorted payoffs from Seoul and regularly threatened to break the alliance, and North Korea’s development of intercontinental ballistic missiles have caused South Koreans to worry that Washington could abandon them in a conflict to try to protect U.S. cities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dnyuz.com/2023/04/27/americas-ironclad-alliance-with-south-korea-is-a-touch-rusty/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr8U4Ugnu$
Xi Jinping Tells Volodymyr Zelensky China Will Send Peace Envoy to Ukraine and other nations, state media said, after Beijing said it wants to act as mediator in Russia’s war with the country.
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# Gov / Politics
Big money donors rally behind Biden as he launches his reelection bid. Big money Democratic donors are lining up to support President Joe Biden now that he confirmed he’s running for reelection. Reid Hoffman, the billionaire LinkedIn co-founder, has offered to host fundraising events for Biden.
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“Don’t Get in Our Way”: Kamala Harris Kicks Off Biden’s Reelection Bid With a Battle Cry on Abortion: As Republican politicians struggle to sell the party’s extreme antiabortion agenda to the American public, Harris made clear that reproductive rights will be on the ballot in 2024.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/harris-pushes-abortion-key-issue-033459185.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr418PwNT$
‘MAGA economic sabotage’: 217 House Republicans pass debt ceiling bill with harmful cuts: “Republicans just passed a bill that would kill jobs, take away federal benefits for millions, and make everyday life for Americans more expensive. This is completely unworkable.”
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House GOP breaks with Democrats over audit of U.S. funds for Ukraine : The resolution would audit the Biden administration’s military assistance to Ukraine
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/3973322-house-gop-breaks-with-democrats-over-audit-of-u-s-funds-for-ukraine/*:*:text=The*20Republican*20majority*20of*20the,to*20Ukraine*2C*20despite*20Democratic*20opposition__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr1w3aad_$
What Should Biden Do About the Debt Limit? Negotiating with the GOP would be a disaster, but not negotiating has political perils, too. Which leaves what? So what should Joe Biden do about the debt limit, now that the Republicans have delivered their pay-up-or-we’ll-kill-the-economy-and-blame-you ransom note? The cuts it proposes are directed at the social and environmental policies enacted by Democratic presidents and Congresses past and present.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-04-27-biden-debt-limit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr-s3CFo8$
Republicans Declare War on Young Voters: The GOP answer to anger about its abortion, climate, and gun control crusades is to double down. After Mitt Romney’s 2012 loss to Barack Obama, the Republican National Committee published a water-thin self-assessment, which was known as the “Growth and Opportunity Project” or, colloquially, the “RNC autopsy.”
What was a revelation for some Republicans brought out smirks from others.
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House party leaders bring in millions in the first quarter of 2023 amid heated debt ceiling proposal https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/04/house-party-leaders-bring-in-millions-in-the-first-quarter-of-2023-amid-heated-debt-ceiling-proposal/*:*:text=U.S.*20House*20party*20leaders*20brought,federal*20campaign*20finance*20disclosures*20found__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_trwh9O7LD$
Congress members want answers about Chinese ‘police stations’ in the U.S: Two Arrested for Operating Illegal Overseas Police Station of the Chinese Government. Defendants Are New York City Residents Who Allegedly Operated the Police Station in Lower Manhattan and Destroyed Evidence When Confronted by the FBI. In a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray, congressional members on the U.S. Select Committee on the Chinese Community Party on Wednesday expressed concerns about the FBI potentially not knowing about Chinese “police stations” operating in the U.S. They also asked Wray to provide information about the FBI’s efforts to investigate Chinese transnational repression in America
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# Juvenile Justice System
Texas’ troubled juvenile justice department is sending more children to adult prisons. Texas imprisoned Joshua Keith Beasley Jr. when he was 11, purportedly for his own good. Five years later, he returned home in a casket. “They didn’t try to fix the brokenness,” his mother says. “They just broke him more.” Youth in adult prisons have historically been exposed to more physical and sexual violence than adult prisoners, and spend more time in solitary confinement, often placed there to separate them from adults. Children in adult facilities are 36 times more likely to die by suicide than those in juvenile facilities, according to a 2018 report by Neelum Arya, policy director at FREEAMERICA.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/28/texas-juvenile-justice-prison-transfers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr2fW85vC$
# Law Enforcment
From Military to Policing, Say No to a Federal Budget That Prioritizes Violence: Biden’s budget would increase sky-high military spending and expand the police, and Republican proposals are worse. As Congress holds a slew of hearings on the budget during this month and next, it’s crucial to challenge both Biden’s violence-heavy budget and the Republicans’ even-worse proposals and to demand an entirely different path.
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# Legal / DOJ
Jury Has Likely Decided Trump’s Fate in Rape Case Already: E. Jean Carroll took the stand on Wednesday—and jurors have likely already made up their minds about whether she is telling the truth
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Clarence Thomas Billionaire Benefactor Harlan Crow Bought Citizenship in Island Tax Haven: Leaked documents reveal the GOP megadonor held dual citizenship in St. Kitts and Nevis as he lavished the Supreme Court justice with gifts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/04/25/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-citizenship-st-kitts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tr8LLnldd$
The First “Wrongful Death” Case for Helping a Friend Get an Abortion: The lawsuit’s long game, beyond instilling fear, is establishing fetal personhood, the holy grail of the anti-abortion movement. The lawsuit claims that aiding a self-managed abortion is tantamount to murder under state law, allowing Marcus Silva to bring a wrongful death case. Texas law specifically exempts the abortion patient from facing prosecution, leaving Brittni Silva out of the legal crosshairs.
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Oklahoma Parole Board Denies Clemency for Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip: Glossip’s execution is set for May 18 even though the state’s own attorney general sought to vacate the conviction. “Public confidence in the death penalty requires that these cases receive the highest standard of reliability,” the attorney general said. “While the State has not questioned the integrity of previous death penalty cases, the Glossip conviction is very different. I believe it would be a grave injustice to execute an individual whose trial conviction was beset by a litany of errors.
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Former Vice President Pence Testifies to Federal Grand Jury Investigating Donald Trump: Pence’s appearance before a grand jury in Washington scrutinizing the president he once loyally served is a milestone in the Justice Department’s investigation and likely gives prosecutors a key first-person account about certain conversations and events in the weeks preceding the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It also carries significant political implications, coming as Pence hints at entering the 2024 presidential race and a potential run against Trump, the Republican front-runner.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/pence-trump-grand-jury-2020-jan-6-9dac6db37ab8923ff1b0f09f3a9a32c8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1eTdh2TqnEYwWKftNq3_dAK0d2ROQxyKtmvCW8tZZsXz9oHXyv-spHc9lAbdjcv7f8mrHImvR34qtSufgukHnk_tryXIY-c5$
# Military / DOD
Warren Report reveals vast Pentagon-to-Defense contractor lobbying pipeline: In 2021, there were at least 672 former government officials working for top defense contractors like Lockheed Martin. Officials who weren’t lobbyists were in top positions as board members or senior executives. The officials include former members of Congress, senior staffers and military officers. Perhaps not coincidentally, the companies that employed the most former government officials are also the companies who receive the most from the government in contracts.
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The Rise of China (and the Fall of the U.S.?) China’s gain is America’s loss: That war! Meanwhile, after a congressional war game simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, the head of the new House committee on China, Mike Gallagher (R-WI), insisted that Washington needed to arm that island “to the teeth.” At the same time, the U.S. military is upgrading its forces in the region, its military positions in the Pacific, and its training exercises for just such a future conflict. At the same time, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has turned a cold shoulder to the Biden administration’s attempts to restart high-level talks of any sort while, as the New York Times reported recently, his country has begun a significant buildup of its nuclear arsenal.
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# Security
FBI Official Subpoenaed Over Alleged Retaliation: An FBI official accused of retaliating against conservative employees has been subpoenaed by the House of Representatives.
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