Voices, The Peoples News
October 9, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Joe Biden, Who Promised Not to Resume Trump’s Border Wall, Is Doing Just That: Fast forward two and a half years, and the Biden administration is now waiving 26 federal regulations to resume construction of Donald Trump’s border wall in Starr County, Texas. The administration claimed that the move is “mandated by law.” But what about the dozens of other laws Biden is waiving to continue construction?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-10-06-0822/immigration-joe-biden-who-promised-not-resume-trump-s-border-wall-doing-just__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflaFk45sJ$
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID Masking Hysteria Was Never About Following the Science: On my return to the Capitol after recovering from COVID, I was met by a gaggle of young journalists. They barreled up to me with multiple masks on their twenty-something-year-old faces and demanded to know why I wasn’t wearing a mask. Reporters, none of whom had a science degree (nor had any of them likely even passed an advanced science course), angrily and self-righteously excoriated me for my ‘ignorance’ and my ‘dangerous noncompliance.’ What they did not do was challenge my position in any meaningful way by citing scientific studies based on randomized controlled trials showing any efficacy of masking for viral infection. No. The ignorance of today’s ‘journalists’ is staggering. They only repeat the dogma fed to them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/covid-masking-hysteria-was-never-about-following-science-opinion-1832201__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflUCU8wZj$
Could SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 Be a Biological Weapon? Investigations were conducted by Gospa News since March 2020 on SARS-Cov-2 built in the laboratory in a US-China (and EU) conspiracy. It confirms what was already denounced by the late biologist Luc Montagnier and confirmed by his scientist friend Jean-Claude Perez on how the censorship of the international scientific community tried to deny this hypothesis which has now been confirmed by the US Senate Health Committee and by the investigation of the House of Representatives on the virologist Anthony Fauci.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/10/wuhan-gates-who-intrigues-behind-the-sars-cov-2-bioweapon-vaccine-plots/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflT0f1P_Y$
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global Iran Says It Just Got $43 Million From US: The Center for International Legal Affairs of the Legal Vice Presidency of the Iranian President released a statement on Sunday saying that $43 million was deposited into Tehran’s bank account in The Hague, the Netherlands, in connection to a legal case dealing with properties that were not transferred to Iran following the conclusion of the Algiers Declaration, according to a report from the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Newsweek could not independently verify Iran’s claim.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals America’s Pipelines Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen The underfunded agency overseeing tens of thousands of miles of dangerous pipelines has not had an official leader for years. In addition to the enormous network of oil and gas pipelines that cobwebs the nation, thousands of miles of new liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, and carbon capture pipelines have been proposed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/environment/2023-10-09-americas-pipelines-disaster-waiting-to-happen/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflXzVqD_z$
# Gov / Politics / Global
China’s Quiet Move into South America: The sock puppet accounts, which appear to be run by a common operator promoting strategic news content in Spanish, may be the nascent stages of a larger state-backed influence operation intended to create positive narratives about China to aid their policy and diplomatic efforts, according to a new report shared with TIME by Nisos.
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# Gov / Politics
A Democratic campaign tech monopoly cut more than 200 people, the second round of deep layoffs this year: The privately owned monopoly over the Democratic Party’s voter data has changed hands from one for-profit company to another. The myriad challenges facing Democrats ahead of 2024 include lagging fundraising, low voter enthusiasm, and potential challengers to President Joe Biden.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/10/05/democrats-campaign-tech-layoffs-2024-bonterra-ngp-van-actionkit/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflddv7NKG$
Biden Offers Israel “Appropriate Means of Support” After Hamas Launches Lethal Attacks: Several leading GOP presidential candidates were quick to blame the president for the violence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6321628/biden-condemns-israel-hamas-terrorist-attacks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflXJtd2d4$
Some of Matt Gaetz’s Republican Colleagues Are Getting Sick of His S–t: At least two GOP lawmakers expressed support for his removal from the chamber, while another claimed “there’s a reason” no one defended him while he was under a sex trafficking probe.
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And So It Begins; The Great Unravelling: The U.S. empire is unravelling from endless wars, bankruptcy and endemic corruption in Washington. For what it’s worth, the transatlantic alliance of the U.S. and its European allies, embodied by the NATO military bloc, had a fairly good chronological run. The imperialist clique managed to hold together for nearly eight decades. But now that ship is running aground on the rocks of a proxy war in Ukraine against Russia.
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Executing Gen. Milley has now become part of the Republican Party line: authoritarianism expert: “Apparently the idea of executing Milley is now the Party Line,” historian and authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat tweeted about Haley’s interview. “We are living through real-time preparation for an authoritarian crackdown.” “We are in [the] phase of ‘getting the public used to the idea of violence.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/trump-s-latest-move-is-another-reason-the-doj-should-have-brought-charges-earlier-legal-analyst/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflQNkZ7b1$
Authoritarianism Expert Says Nikki Haley’s Trump Comment Means 1 Chilling Thing: The GOP candidate’s failure to condemn the former president’s attack on retired Gen. Mark Milley is an ominous sign for America, explained Ruth Ben-Ghiat. In June, Ben-Ghiat predicted Trump will “never leave” if he wins back the White House. “That’s very clear, because like all authoritarians, he needs to get back into power because he’s so corrupt and shut down all investigations,” she wrote at the time, describing the GOP as “an autocratic party operating in a democracy.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-nikki-haley-milley_n_6523a9a7e4b0102e69626af3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflaO9yNVK$
How to confront the growing threat to American democracy, with Tom Nichols: In September 1787, an onlooker is said to have asked Benjamin Franklin what kind of government he and the other delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall had given the United States. “A republic,” he replied, “if you can keep it.” Can we still keep it? That’s the question
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.niskanencenter.org/how-to-confront-the-growing-threat-to-american-democracy-with-tom-nichols/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflaYZRBme$
California’s Double Max: Dianne Feinstein’s death creates two elections in California’s Senate race. That means donors can max out support to their favorite candidate twice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/2023-10-09-californias-double-max-senate-race/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lRefldeSCjC8$
RFK Jr. declares independent 2024 presidential run, raises millions more: “We declare independence from the cynical elites who betray our hope and who amplify our divisions. And finally, we declare independence from the two political parties.” In primary polling, Kennedy has about 14 percent support on average.
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‘Only Emboldens an Extremist Government’: US Preparing to Send More Weapons to Israel: “The U.S. backing military escalation at this time is grossly irresponsible,” said the American Jewish group IfNotNow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-weapons-israel__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lRefldCXf8b7$
# Legal / DOJ
Donald Trump’s Israel Intel Leak Under Scrutiny After Hamas Attack: Donald Trump’s sharing of alleged classified intelligence to Russian officials in the White House has come under scrutiny amid a large-scale attack by the Hamas Islamist military group against Israel. In May 2017, the former president defended his actions after he was found to have discussed sensitive details about an alleged Islamic State (ISIS) plot with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office. Trump said he had an absolute right to do so. The intel was said to have been provided to the U.S. from Israel.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-israel-intel-russia-hamas-attack-1833094__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflaqWWNkY$
Former FBI official flattens Trump’s defense for leaking nuclear secrets: ‘Just sickening’: Trump leaked classified information about U.S. nuclear sub to an Australian businessman – and said there is no excuse or downplaying of that charge.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/former-fbi-official-flattens-trumps-claim-leaking-classified-info-lacks-context/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflfvkwdP3$
# Medical / Health
Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) just published a shocking report on the extent of the Medicare Advantage ripoffs, both to individual customers and to Medicare itself, that every American should know about.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pnhp.org/system/assets/uploads/2023/09/MAOverpaymentReport_Final.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflZPQQL5s$
Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and
Births: Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, the state’s GOP-led Legislature has disbanded a maternal mortality committee, failed to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage and turned down federal grants for child care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-banned-abortion-support-pregnancies-families__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflbsO3w1j$
States are wasting money by slow-olling Medicaid reviews: Some states moved to re-evaluate Medicaid enrollees’ eligibility. Other states deliberately dragging their feet at the behest of the Biden administration. How could people get care, how could the Medicaid program even function, if there was no accountability for $143 billion in spending?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americansforprosperity.org/afpf-sues-cms-over-billions-medicaid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflWgo9k6i$
# Military / DOD
The US will likely ‘go to war’ in Israel with air and naval power if Syria or Iran become actively involved, retired 4-star general says: Ret. Gen. Barry McCaffrey said the US is keeping a close eye on countries like Iran and Syria. The US on Sunday said it was sending an aircraft carrier strike group to patrol waters near Israel.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us-announce-new-assistance-israel-after-hamas-attack-2023-10-08/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflcWtSvEb$
In January, the U.S. and Israel conducted the largest joint military exercise in history: The contingency plan, code-named “Support Sentry,” was funded in 2018 and 2019, according to the manual, which was produced for the 2019 fiscal year. It classifies Support Sentry as an Iran “CONPLAN,” or concept plan, a broad contingency plan for war which the Pentagon develops in anticipation of a potential crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/03/01/us-israel-iran-war-plan/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflXfZD0IL$
# Military / Global
Russia Is Gearing Up for a Standoff With NATO in the Arctic: Russian military analyst Yuri Fedorov told Agentstvo that the recreation of the Leningrad Military District suggests that Russia is gearing up for possible conflicts with the Baltic States and NATO. The Leningrad Military District, stationed close to new NATO member Finland and the Baltic States, is a key component of the Russian Armed Forces that oversees parts of the nation’s defense strategy in Russia’s western region. Finland shares an 800-mile border with Russia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nato-finland-baltic-states-war-1833010__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflfk3y-55$
World’s Largest Warship Heading to Israel’s Shore: In response to Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, the United States deployed an aircraft carrier to the region as a form of deterrence. “I have directed the movement of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in an Oct. 8 statement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-american-carrier-strike-force-mediterranean-db05d535a9ebb931f684f758c9b6f628__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflcGxf-ya$
# Water
Tensions Rise in the Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to the U.S: In 2020, rebellious Mexican farmers occupied a dam in parched Chihuahua state to prevent the federal government from sending its reservoir water to Texas under a 1944 treaty. With the clock ticking toward another treaty deadline, the two sides are struggling for a solution. Would administrators in Mexico City opt to share that precious water with the United States to fulfill a bilateral treaty? And if they did, would local farmers rise up again in protest?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08102023/tensions-rise-in-the-rio-grande-basin-u-s-mexico/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2PfgeSS6u1wZV1LfyVNTQsFq_bwHuD2lxdee1xEbEmd5laBhcvx-QD0LzH09QAo_n0GZbahj-f8KJ-tjkrg8lReflaqcpA2G$
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