Voices, The Peoples News
August 18, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Harrison Ford’s latest namesake is an Andean snake species, ‘Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?’: Indiana Jones famously hates snakes. Harrison Ford does not, and is honored to have a new Peruvian species named after him: the Tachymenoides harrisonfordi. “The snake’s got eyes you can drown in, and he spends most of the day sunning himself by a pool of dirty water, we probably would’ve been friends in the early ‘60s,” the actor said.
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
DeSantis Says U.S. Should Kill Smugglers ‘Stone Cold Dead’ in Rollout of Border Policy Plan: The Florida governor also said that he would end birthright citizenship as he made a hard play for conservative voters on a policy pillar of the Republican Party.
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# Censorship?
Teacher Fired by Georgia School Board Over Children’s Book: A divided Georgia school board voted to fire a teacher who read a book about gender identity to her students earlier this year. Why it matters: Rinderle is one of, if not the, first educator in Georgia to lose her job in relation to a state law that puts restrictions on what teachers can introduce in the classroom, according to the AJC.
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Librarians in West Texas are working to reaffirm libraries’ role as community hubs as the national debate to ban certain books in public spaces spreads to their communities. As communities and school districts push for book bans, some Texas librarians are nearing their breaking point.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Capitalists: Be Careful What You Wish For: Wall Street’s hilarious complaint against a totally captured self-regulatory agency has one thing right: This delegation of government authority is unconstitutional. FINRA Extended Hearing Panel Expels Alpine Securities; Orders Alpine to Pay $2.3 Million in Restitution to Customers
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.finra.org/media-center/newsreleases/2022/finra-extended-hearing-panel-expels-alpine-securities-orders-alpine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu5NA75u4$
The Rise of Neo-Feudalism: The private capture of entire legal systems by corporate America goes far beyond neoliberalism. It evokes the private fiefdoms of the Middle Ages
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# Education / Schools
Arkansas Teachers Will Teach AP African American History Despite Retaliation Fears: Educators will teach the course despite a recent law weakening rules protecting them against unjust dismissals. Despite a threat this week by the Arkansas Department of Education that it would not allow students to receive credit for Advanced Placement African American Studies, every public high school in Arkansas that previously offered the course announced that it will remain on their schedules for the coming school year.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Energy company evades oil clean up as spills continue to contaminate Colombian town: Oil spills have polluted an important wetland, led to a 90% loss in fish and contaminated farmland sparking a legal backlash by fishers and farmers who say their livelihoods have been gravely impacted.
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An antiquated law rules mining in the West: Can the U.S. finally vanquish one of the most enduring Lords of Yesterday? The 1872 law grants an absolute right to mine but sets no standards for prudent mine operations, mine site cleanup, reclamation or restoration, or financial responsibility.
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See also: 1872 Mining Law: A century and a half of subsidizing irresponsible mining.
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure The Climate Crisis Is Here Now, Experts Warn, as Death Tolls From Summer Disasters Mount: By summer’s end, experts expect the heat will lead to thousands of deaths in the United States, higher numbers than in previous years. Human-caused climate change combined with the Pacific weather pattern El Niño are fueling dangerous heat waves in North America and across the globe this summer.
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# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Cuba’s Food Crisis: The US blockade must end now. Information emerging from the Assembly’s deliberations attests to the reality of crisis in Cuba. Urgency builds for Cuba’s friends in the United States to resist U.S. policies in new ways, strongly and assertively. Their own government accounts for new suffering and destitution in Cuba.
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Perdue Farms to close US meat plant: Earlier this week, Perdue subsidiary Alexander & Hornung sent a letter to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announcing the permanent closure of the factory.
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# General News
Below is a 7-min moving video called “Step Inside the Circle” that highlights a powerful prison program that is transforming the decrepit, damaging culture of prisons. A longer film titled “The Work” is featured below as well, which is a raw and immersive documentary set in Folsom Prison where prisoners experience a four-day emotional healing encounter. This two-minute trailer gives a glimpse into this deeply meaningful documentary. These two powerful videos demonstrate how shining a light into the traumas of our past can create profound inner and outer transformation, no matter what mistakes we might have made in our lifetime. Step Inside the Circle (7 min)
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://vimeo.com/398088783__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYuyHZIjps$ ) The Work (1 hr 40 min – also available at amazon.com) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://watch.topic.com/movies/AW8AVC7SQoSSGfEPExSG__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYuz8Zyvyp$
Ex-Russia Minister Flees Draft, Becomes Trucker in U.S: “It is heavenly up here in Michigan. Texas was too hot.” A former regional minister in Russia who decided to flee being drafted into Vladimir Putin’s armed forces is now working as a truck driver in the U.S. Denis Sharonov, who was once the agriculture minister of the Komi Republic in northern Russia, left his homeland in September 2022 after receiving his draft papers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/18/one-big-adventure-the-russian-minister-who-fled-the-draft-to-drive-trucks-in-the-us__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYuwNq19ST$
Scam PACs are political groups that deceive voters, and often donors, by fundraising under the pretext that they are supporting a specific candidate or issue-based cause, like fighting cancer or supporting veterans.
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Party-aligned groups funnel millions in ‘dark money’ to super PACs ahead of 2024: House Republicans are working on new legislation to prevent foreign nationals from influencing America’s political process, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The last two presidential elections have been colored by allegations that foreign influence helped the GOP.
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Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in
$250 million: Trump’s entire political network, including his joint fundraising committees, spent over $47 million combined from the start of 2020 through the end of 2021 on legal fees. That money is helping Trump pay a small army of lawyers defending him against criminal charges.
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# Gov / Politics / Global
Zelensky holds court with Ukraine’s most notorious neo-Nazi: Western media has dismissed evidence of neo-Nazi influence in Ukraine by citing President Zelensky’s Jewish heritage. But new footage published by Zelensky shows the leader openly collaborating with a fascist ideologue who once pledged to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade…against Semite-led Untermenschen.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/zelensky-holds-court-ukraines-most-notorious-neo-nazi__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu4dKCepa$
# Gov / Politics
U.S.-Backed Roll of the Dice Leaves Ukraine in Worse Crisis: Congress is being asked for another $24 billion to keep fueling this war. They should instead listen to the majority of Americans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://original.antiwar.com/mbenjamin/2023/08/16/us-backed-roll-of-the-dice-leaves-ukraine-in-worse-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYuxfVqKUp$
How Republicans overhype the findings of their Hunter Biden probe:
Seneca Global Advisors was a boutique consulting firm that Hunter Biden founded in 2008 to help small and midsize companies expand into markets in the U.S. and other countries, according to a 2019 interview he gave to the New Yorker. OpenSecrets.org identifies it as “a lobbying firm that was hired by 9 clients in 2008, for a total amount of $210,000.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/national/wapo-analysis-how-republicans-overhype-the-findings-of-their-hunter-biden-probe/article_66d3496b-13c0-5a3f-9995-890b149ae9b8.html?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYuwk-h5hx$
President Joe Biden is facing renewed criticism for his response to the devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui after offering victims $700 per household in emergency aid. Political opponents and commentators described the sum as “insulting” and compared it with the more than $113 billion-worth of aid the U.S. has sent to Ukraine as it defends itself against an ongoing Russian invasion. On Monday, the government announced it was sending $200 million in defensive capabilities.
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Biden to sign strategic partnership deal with Vietnam: CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a strategic partnership agreement with Vietnam during a state visit to the Southeast Asian country in mid-September, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the deal’s planning.
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# Law Enforcment
Sheriff Charged With Stealing and Lying About Affair: He’s accused of offering “fraudulent justifications” for personal expenses. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports that 46-year-old Michael Schlosser was arrested Tuesday and charged with one count of grand theft and seven counts of official misconduct.
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# Legal / DOJ
How the U.S. Supreme Court Became an Arm of the Republican Party: The court is making decisions based on the GOP platform, not the Constitution, says legal scholar Khiara M. Bridges.
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Biden DOJ: “No Constitutional Right To A Stable Climate”: As a heatwave scorched America with record-breaking temperatures this June, the Biden administration attempted to block a landmark climate lawsuit by declaring that “there is no constitutional right to a stable climate system,” according to court records reviewed by The Lever.
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Hunter Biden Investigation: Joe Biden’s Pseudonyms Hid Ukraine-Related Messages Involving Son: The committee sought correspondence between those aliases, Hunter Biden, and two of his former business partners, Eric Schwerin and Devon Archer. Only emails involving the aliases and Hunter Biden are presently public due to the publication of the contents of a laptop he abandoned in a Delaware repair shop.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gazette.com/news/wex/hunter-biden-investigation-joe-biden-s-pseudonyms-hid-ukraine-related-messages-involving-son/article_a5aa1258-7d21-517d-b052-a739088ddbed.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu_QGanZF$
DOJ seeking 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader in Jan. 6 case: The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Trump faces a RICO charge in Georgia. What is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act? The felony charges filed against former President Donald Trump in Georgia are unlike any of the other 78 charges he is facing in three separate cases around the country. The grand jury in Fulton County charged Trump and 18 of his allies under a law more commonly known for its use against organized crime, but that has far broader applications, the state’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-georgia-indictment-what-are-rico-charges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu3gOTlzY$
Video Shows DeSantis Pushing for GOP State Legislatures to Overturn 2020 Race: DeSantis pushed an aspect of the independent legislature theory, a fringe legal idea the Supreme Court has rejected. DeSantis pushed an aspect of the independent legislature theory, a fringe legal idea the Supreme Court has rejected.
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# Media
Assange be Wary, The dangers of a US plea deal: As the Australian international law academic Don Rothwell observes, the plea deal may well take into account the four years spent in UK captivity, but is unlikely to either feature a complete scrapping of the charges, or exempt Assange from travelling to the US to admit his guilt.
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# Military / DOD
At Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and South Korea toward greater unity in complicated Pacific: The expected major announcements include plans to expand military cooperation on ballistic defenses and make the summit an annual event.
The leaders are also expected to detail in the communique plans to invest in technology for a three-way crisis hotline and offer an update on the progress the countries have made in sharing early-warning data on missile launches https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/camp-david-biden-aims-nudge-japan-south-korea-102345049__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu2UvXr7K$
U.S. Approves Allies Sending F-16s to Ukraine: Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly wrote a letter making the support official. The United States has approved sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands to defend against Russian invaders as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
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# Military / Global
Ukraine will get F-16 fighter jets from Dutch, Danes after US agrees: It was not immediately clear when the first F-16s might enter the conflict as Ukrainian pilots will also have to undertake at least six months’ training. The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, officials in Washington and Europe said Friday, in a major gain for Kyiv, even though the fighter jets are unlikely to affect the war any time soon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-moscow-drones-8268c5de812e5d852cc28443a00123f7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu-fU3ETK$
North Korea scrambles fighter jets to take out US ‘spy plane’ in WW3 threat: Pyongyang’s military deployed fighter jets to scramble a US spy plane after it intruded into North Korea’s economic zone in a major escalation, according to a state media report.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/109096/north-korea-fighter-jets-us-spy-plane-ww3-fears__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYuyIGOCkr$
China rehearses invasion of Taiwan with troops storming ‘sea defences’ in chilling wargames – while Beijing and Russia stage joint naval exercises in the Pacific. The PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command published the clip on WeChat yesterday. Eastern Theatre Command is division responsible for monitoring Taiwan Strait https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12420199/China-rehearses-invasion-Taiwan-troops-storming-sea-defences-chilling-wargames-Beijing-Russia-stage-joint-naval-exercises-Pacific.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu3K9YimW$
Russia and China stage ‘show of force against Japan’ as Biden holds Camp David summit: Japanese fighter pilots “scrambled to cope with a suspected intrusion” into the country’s airspace, according to defense officials, amid a joint military patrol by China and Russia. “JSDF continues to respond to protect our territory and peace for the people of Japan 24/7,” the Japan Joint Staff said Friday on social media.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/russia-china-military-drill-japan-biden-allies__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu3n1qsSM$
# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
A Peek at Big Pharma’s Playbook That Leaves Many Americans Unable to Afford Their Drugs: scores of drugs, many with much less benefit, cost more than $50,000 a year. Ten drugs, mostly used to treat rare diseases, cost over $700,000 annually. Pharmaceutical manufacturers say high U.S. prices support research and development and point out that Americans tend to get new treatments first.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230818/A-peek-at-Big-Pharmae28099s-playbook-that-leaves-many-Americans-unable-to-afford-their-drugs.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu0tAy5Rw$
# Social
Interview: Treating Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis: Understanding and confronting the epidemic of gun violence as a public health crisis is “not a fight about finding fault,” argues David Hemenway, a health policy professor at Harvard. “It’s not about finding who did something wrong. It’s about trying to figure out ways to prevent the problem from occurring.”
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# Space
James Webb finds a literal question mark in space. Is this a quest? On the telescope, stars look like objects with six points. That’s why the question mark is likely not just another star – it doesn’t look like the rest. Macarena Garcia Marin, a Webb project scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, told CBS News she believes a galaxy merger is the most likely explanation.
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# Weather
Hilary a Category 4 Hurricane as It Barrels Toward U.S: Heavy rains are forecast for the Southwest. Hurricane Hilary strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it barreled toward California, threatening to bring strong winds and heavy rains to the Southwestern U.S. The system had reached maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour as of early Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-18/6-things-to-know-about-hurricane-hilary-as-it-heads-to-southern-california__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1L84m-hC0wnqnhEP-p8IxBQ1GyirPzbdDANsFZsIGOk-9q0A2zENh_YLQYb_DlwBh-c45x2h3V_m4CPiUG2yC4PYu2KxRTF9$
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