Voices, The Peoples News
August 3, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Arrests of noncitizens with criminal convictions at border at record highs: Fiscal year to date, OFO agents encountered more than 15,000 people with criminal convictions, up from roughly 6,500 in fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2022, they apprehended nearly 17,000.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arrests-of-noncitizens-with-criminal-convictions-at-border-at-record-highs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbrSzrlTo$
2 Dead Bodies Found Stuck to Buoys Texas Officials Were Ordered to Take Down: The Biden administration had ordered Texas officials to take down the buoys due to humanitarian concerns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/2-dead-bodies-found-stuck-to-buoys-texas-officials-were-ordered-to-take-down/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjboyXt4D1$
Migrants overwhelm Midtown Manhattan sidewalks: “The overcrowding is absolutely, absolutely out of control,” Paladino said. Democratic New York City Councilman Robert Holden also slammed local and federal officials for the ongoing surge amid border security concerns, calling it “absurd.” “We have 100,000 people in New York City that walked across unvetted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/media/migrants-overwhelm-midtown-manhattan-sidewalks-absolutely-control__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjFz406Z$
# Corporations / Industry
Chemical companies’ PFAS payouts are huge, but the problem is even bigger: 3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have agreed settlement in the billions for polluting drinking water with ‘forever chemicals.’ But while the sums are impressive on their face, they represent just a fraction of the estimated $400bn some estimate will be needed to clean and protect the nation’s drinking water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/03/chemical-companies-pfas-payouts-forever-chemicals*:*:text=A*20second*20June*20settlement*20with,protect*20the*20nation’s*20drinking*20water__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbs0oNvGC$
Dam builder fined $1.1M for contamination in Peace River: In B.C.’s Peace River, home to at-risk species, more than three million litres of wastewater contained a concentration of aluminum ‘acutely lethal’ to fish
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-peace-river-contamination-fine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgBj48-A$
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Why Is There A Sudden Appearance Of Malaria In The U.S. After Two Decades? On June 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported several cases of locally acquired malaria in Florida and Texas, meaning that patients were infected within the U.S.—the first such cases in over two decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/new-malaria-cases-in-the-u-s-manoj-duraisingh/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbmHH_VtZ$
What to know about malaria after U.S. cases were reported: While there’s concern over a potential rise in cases amid increased summer travel, the risk of contracting malaria in the U.S. remains extremely low.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/06/27/malaria-mosquito-cases-rising-explained__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjboKU0WAY$
The world is not prepared for another cholera wave: Sanitation and vaccination can prevent cholera. But recent outbreaks highlight obstacles to stopping the disease. And many experts believe that climate change will make matters worse, by exacerbating the droughts and storms that can spark outbreaks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearscience.com/2023/08/03/the_world_is_not_prepared_for_another_cholera_wave_970474.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqFd-841$
# Education / Schools
The U.S. Department of Defense needs to figure out if its Troops-to-Teachers program is meeting its goal to reduce teacher shortages in high-need schools and key subjects such as math, science and special education. A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that it is unclear if the Troops-to-Teachers program is meeting its goals because the Department of Defense lost access to participant data when it canceled the program in 2020
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1bd4edfe-315c-11ee-aa74-b39000aceead.html?a&seyid=80912*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2Fnewsletters*2Flists*2Ft2*2Fnational*2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read*20more__;PyUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqNs39wp$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global A look at how much less Antarctic sea ice there is this year: The clear departure from previous years is startling, since sea ice around Antarctica has been slower to respond to climate change than ice in the Arctic Ocean. Antarctic sea ice also set a record low in 2022, but this year’s ice cover is almost 500,000 square miles smaller.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-early-winter-record-low-june-2023__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjqfUKrX$
We’re gambling with the only good oceans in the universe: Earth’s precious water made life possible. Now it’s simmering. The world’s third-largest barrier reef is dying, and scientists are fishing out coral samples and bringing them to the cool safety of laboratory tanks. One spot along the coastline hit triple-digit temperatures last month, conditions you would expect inside a hot tub. Some coastal Floridians skipped their usual dips in the ocean because it didn’t seem appealing anymore.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/08/marine-heat-waves-earth-climate-change/674892/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbmMXDSPl$
# Gov / Politics / Global
Eyewittness: ‘Zelensky’s Ukraine is no democracy, It’s a thieving, corrupt, murderous gangster regime’: Right now, I’m about to try to get out of Ukraine, and seek political asylum in Hungary. Either I’ll cross the border and make it to safety, or I’ll be disappeared by the Kiev regime. I’m posting this thread just as I’m getting to the border checkpoint. I’m also posting videos on the two channels I have access to, The Roundtable and Gonzalo Lira, Again. If you don’t hear from me in the next 12 hours, whelp! I’m on my way to a labor camp!
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/eyewitness-zelenskys-ukraine-is-no-democracy-its-a-thieving-corrupt-murderous-gangster-regime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eyewitness-zelenskys-ukraine-is-no-democracy-its-a-thieving-corrupt-murderous-gangster-regime__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbk1EDDZd$
China has made its first strike on the West: It is becoming increasingly clear that Chinese computer hackers may have penetrated American military and civil critical infrastructure in ways that could cripple a US response to Chinese armed aggression from the outset. Certainly that would align with Beijing’s strategy, familiar from Sun Tzu’s “Art of War”, which is to win the war before a shot is fired.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-has-made-its-first-strike-on-the-west/ar-AA1eK44k?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=7c73a1e154104b48909c2f0450a15dea&ei=6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbkvSs2UV$
# Gov / Politics
This Democrat Thinks He Can Do What Beto O’Rourke Couldn’t; Take Down Ted Cruz: Colin Allred, an NFL linebacker turned congressman, accuses Cruz of neglecting Texans while skipping to Cancún and podcasting. “He’s a content machine,” Allred says, “not a legislative machine.” Still, it’s an uphill battle, or potentially, as one strategist warns, a “suicide mission.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/colin-allred-ted-cruz-2024-senate-texas-beto-orourke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbvakxuDd$
Senate Democrats Blocked Watchdog for Ukraine Aid Ignoring Lessons From Afghanistan: The U.S. special inspector who monitored billions of dollars in U.S. waste in Afghanistan cautions about repeating the same mistakes in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/ukraine-aid-special-inspector-afghanistan/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjblqcJJnl$
Decades later, the US government called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘nuclear tests’: U.S. military strategists were eager “to use the bomb first where its effects would not only be politically effective, but also technically measurable.” The vast majority of the 125,000 who died in Hiroshima were women and children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.truthdig.com/articles/decades-later-the-u-s-government-called-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-nuclear-tests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgoqKzqq$
The Trump vs. Biden rematch really does seem to be happening, but this time, it’s even more cursed: In fact, a solid majority of voters have an unfavorable view of each of the leading candidates, as people wonder whether either man can manage the increasing turmoil coming from all sides.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/06/21/trump-vs-biden-ii-the-rematch-voters-dont-want/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqzFnCe1$
# Legal / DOJ
It Took Three Indictments for Mike Pence to Get Tough on Trump: “Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president,” the former vice president said. Meanwhile, House Republicans appear fully committed to ignoring January 6.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/donald-trump-mike-pence-indictment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgf8i95N$
Attorney General Ken Paxton and his lawyers are set to appear at 9 a.m. Thursday in Harris County district court for his securities fraud indictment. The impeached attorney general appeared in a Houston courtroom, where lawyers from both sides agreed to return in October to set an expected trial date on charges that have been pending since 2015.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/03/ken-paxton-securities-fraud-courtroom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjwOwBnD$
I Was Just Subpoenaed by Trump’s Georgia Grand Jury. Here’s What I’ll Tell Them: The Trump election interference case raises unique questions about the role of a free press in preserving democracy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/31/trump-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnu3xyOU$
The Man With No Pants Is the Star of Donald Trump’s Latest Indictment: Jeffrey Clark was an obscure government lawyer when he nearly seized control of the Justice Department to help the ex-president overturn the
2020 election results.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/trump-indictment-justice-department-jeffrey-clark/*:*:text=The*20man*20with*20no*20pants*20is*20the*20unnamed*20star*20of,results*20of*20the*202020*20election__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbsxC9awF$
Boris Epshteyn, a strategic adviser to Trump’s 2020 campaign, appears to be the individual referenced in the indictment as Co-Conspirator 6: The indictment refers to co-conspirator 6 as “a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-indictment-jan-6-live-updates_n_64b811dce4b08cd259da027b/liveblog_64cab37ae4b03d9b515f7073?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-08-03&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbvNMiXPm$
Utah’s Secretive Medical Malpractice Panels Make It Even Harder to Sue Providers: Prelitigation panels are meant to judge the merit of a complaint against a provider ahead of a lawsuit. But some attorneys see them as “nothing more than an obstruction” for victims. Patients who wanted to file a lawsuit after receiving a “nonmeritorious” opinion had to find an expert who would disagree with the panel and explain why their case had merit, a process that could cost thousands of dollars
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/secretive-medical-malpractice-panels-make-it-hard-to-sue-providers-utah*:*:text=Utah*20legislators*20in*202010*20put,could*20cost*20thousands*20of*20dollars__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbuRoB1tf$
# Military / Global
Pakistani defense conglomerate unveils new drone, missiles at IDEF: Global Industrial and Defence Solutions showed off its Faaz-RF and Faaz-IIR medium-range, air-to-air missiles, as well as the Shahpar III combat UAV.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2023/08/03/pakistani-defense-conglomerate-unveils-new-drone-missiles-at-idef/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnr__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbuhrFwWp$
# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
The Oliver Twist; How orphan drugs became big business for Big Pharma: Big Pharma’s drive for bigger and bigger profits has made business practices that were once seen as outliers the industry standard.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-03-oliver-twist-orphan-drugs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnSMALO9$
See also: Series on the business of health care, the inner workings of the monopolies and cartels
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/businessofhealthcare__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjblqALl7q$
# Social
Whitewashing Slavery: The tide of freedom in America is receding. Reproductive rights, affirmative action, lgbtq+ rights and the accuracy and integrity of Black history have been crippled for the comfort and convenience of a radically conservative minority. A minority disproportionately represented in our highest court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/03/whitewashing-slavery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnvLaaAE$
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