Voices, The Peoples News
December 11, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Navajo Nation faces possible new threats after decades of uranium mining: Miles from the site of the 1979 Church Rock Mill spill, the largest nuclear disaster in U.S. history, uranium extraction operations could resume. A Canadian company is working to move forward with uranium extraction.
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Global
Chinese migrant encounters raise red flag for CCP infiltration at southern border: Chinese migrant encounters raise red flag for CCP infiltration at southern border. Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang discusses the national security risks of open border policies and Taiwanese concerns that the U.S. is ill-equipped to provide weapons and deter Chinese aggression.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/08/31/chinese-illegal-migrant-numbers-boom-as-beijing-tensions-grow/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuX8bLtkm$
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
New Regulations Will Cut Small Businesses From Affordable Capital: The Biden administration has proven to be the gang that can’t shoot straight. The president’s signature economic policy has led to a perfect storm of spending, debt and inflation. Loan program updates will advance equity for rural, veteran, women, and minority-owned businesses
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sba.gov/article/2023/04/12/us-small-business-administration-implements-rules-address-persistent-capital__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuVNaoAKl$
# Education / School
Texas superintendents say lack of school safety funding may lead to budget cuts: Superintendents across the state say they are facing significant budget cuts to pay for newly mandated school safety measures after lawmakers were unable to pass additional school safety funding.
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Largest U.S. Teachers Union Allows Private Equity To Prey On Educators: The National Education Association’s benefits arm is pushing high-fee, poorly performing retirement plans run by a firm accused of fraud and mismanagement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/largest-u-s-teachers-union-allows-private-equity-to-prey-on-educators/*:*:text=The*20National*20Education*20Association’s*20benefits,accused*20of*20fraud*20and*20mismanagement__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuQeU7dhL$
‘Taking away parental rights!’ California is demonising parents who want children to learn rather than be indoctrinated – Ex-Trump adviser: “Whether that’s information about gender transition or information on what the kid is being called in school, parents are being left in the dark. “You know what those parents are doing? They’re suing. Some of those lawsuits are not getting to the court system because the schools are caving and settling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/california-parent-children-indoctrinate-may-mailman-trump__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuZe_V3ht$
# Employment / Labor
Fed lawsuit: Hire old people for heavy manual labor — or else! Uncle Sam wants YOU … to hire Grandpa as a piano lugger. Or else. That’s the latest madness from the federal government’s woke bowels: an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against Fresno-based Meathead Movers after the company refused to comply with a demand for a $15 million settlement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/12/11/opinion/meathead-movers-eeoc-lawsuit-says-seniors-must-do-manual-labor/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQubIWr0rM$
# General News
Former President Donald Trump has said that he will no longer testify today in his civil trial as previously planned, reflecting his growing frustration with the New York case. Trump already spent one day of the trial on the witness stand while state prosecutors presented their case last month. Trump’s Counsel said Attorney General Letitia James is “continuing her rabid and unreasonable pursuit of President Trump. Under such circumstances, there is no valid reason for President Trump to testify further in this case.” However, Trump’s critics on X, formerly Twitter, seemed to have plenty to say following Sunday’s announcement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/onald-trump-mocked-x-after-reversing-decision-testify-new-york-trial-1851108__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuYVCZjS6$
Al Gore’s chilling warning as Donald Trump doubles down on ‘dictator’ comments: Trump Doubles Down on Dictator Vow as Critics Continue Sounding Alarm. Trump raises dictator threat again, promising to build a wall and ‘drill, drill, drill.’ The former president earned cheers from the Republican crowd as he made light of the Hannity moment — but his critics continue to sound the alarm over the “dictator” vow, and Trump’s repeated vows to seek retribution from political enemies if he regains power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/politics/donald-trump-dictator-one-day-republicans-2024__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQue0xca1V$
Trump ‘could launch a war’ to justify cracking down on Americans’ rights: Multiple experts on authoritarianism who spoke with the Washington Post expressed alarm at former President Donald Trump’s stated willingness to be a “dictator” and one outlined some of the extreme measures that Trump could take to justify expanding his power.
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# Gov / Politics / Global
The Forcible Transfer of 85% of Palestinians in Gaza Is a Crime Against Humanity: The biased chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court condemns Hamas but ignores Israel’s atrocious crimes. There is no legal or moral justification for Israel to forcibly displace 85 percent of the population of Gaza. The Rome Statute also classifies the “transfer of all or parts of the population of the occupied territory within or outside this territory” as a war crime.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-forcible-transfer-of-85-of-palestinians-in-gaza-is-a-crime-against-humanity/*:*:text=There*20is*20no*20legal*20or,territory**C20as*20a*20war*20crime__;I34lJSUl4oCdJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuRqVUiKI$
No hostage will leave Gaza alive unless demands are met, Hamas warns: “Neither the fascist enemy and its arrogant leadership… nor its supporters… can take their prisoners alive without an exchange and negotiation and meeting the demands of the resistance,” Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing, said in a televised broadcast, referring to the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/10/israel-hamas-war-latest-news-updates-gaza1/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQueUeooK5$
How Israel has grown up as the spoiled boy of the world: Israel has spied on the US, betrayed its trust, killed its soldiers, murdered its citizens, broken internal laws and dragged it to become a war-monger and still remains the spoiled kid of Washington.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231207-how-israel-has-grown-up-as-the-spoiled-boy-of-the-world/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuQmu7jQ-$
# Gov / Politics
Massachusetts Blues: Massachusetts has a Democratic trifecta, but can’t pass even the most popular progressive reforms. Democracy is broken at all levels of government in the Bay State. It’s not just far-right Republicans who undermine democracy. A majority of voters in the Bay State favor progressive policies, but don’t get them. Why not?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/2023-12-04-massachusetts-blues-progressive-policies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuQpTPbUV$
U.S. approves $106.5M sale of tank equipment to Israel, bypassing Congress: The Biden administration on Saturday approved the $106.5 million sale of nearly 14,000 tank ammunition cartridges and related equipment to Israel, invoking an emergency declaration to bypass a congressional review period for weapons sales.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/09/biden-administration-emergency-authority-tank-shells-israel__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuUNW184Q$
Why is the US still sending an endless supply of arms to Israel without conditions? Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, joined a meeting of the Israeli war cabinet in Tel Aviv last week, where, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12 News on Sunday, he delivered an ultimatum to the Israeli government
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/07/us-israel-military-support-scrutiny-human-rights__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQueLLNNp3$
# Legal / DOJ
Trump Has Found a Dangerous Workaround to Gag Orders: Donald Trump is, once again, outmaneuvering the American court system. No, his New York bank fraud trial is unlikely to end favorably for the former president.
But that trial is quickly becoming a blueprint for defying gag orders—an issue that will only become more pressing as several criminal cases loom on the horizon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-has-found-a-dangerous-workaround-to-gag-orders?ref=wrap__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuaMGx-ru$
# Media
The US Condemned Stalin’s Prosecution of Journalists. Now It Uses His Playbook: The prosecution of Julian Assange in 2023 mirrors the prosecution of journalist Bill Oatis during the Cold War. The prosecution of Julian Assange in 2023 mirrors the prosecution of journalist Bill Oatis during the Cold War. 2024 is going to be the most important year yet for fearless, trustworthy journalism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-us-condemned-stalins-prosecution-of-journalists-now-it-uses-his-playbook/*:*:text=Prosecution*20of*20Journalists.-,Now*20It*20Uses*20His*20Playbook.,Oatis*20during*20the*20Cold*20War.&text=2024*20is*20going*20to*20be,yet*20for*20fearless*2C*20trustworthy*20journalism__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuQp52Xwi$
Thousands of employees say the USPS is failing to protect them from major heat: The Postal Service allegedly doctored heat training records of thousands of mail carriers. One of them died on a blistering day in June. The mail service has long denied that heat threatens its carriers. It has spent nearly a decade fighting OSHA citations when couriers died or fell seriously ill when delivering mail in extreme heat.5
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/11/usps-major-heat-deaths-00128875*:*:text=Heat*20is*20the*20second*2Dleading*20cause*20of*20injury*20to*20USPS*20workers&text=Yet*20the*20mail*20service*20has,delivering*20mail*20in*20extreme*20heat__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuYkmxOOm$
US slides down global press freedom rankings amid warning of ‘climate of fear’ for journalists: A climate of fear is gripping U.S. newsrooms as a growing list of journalists have been fired, suspended, or otherwise sidelined after refusing to abide by the pro-Israel bias across the U.S. news media.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/us/reporters-without-borders-2019-index-intl/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuX7EPFfn$
# Medical / Health
Missouri Republicans Propose Legislation To Allow Women Who Receive Abortions To Be Charged With Murder: Some Missouri lawmakers are renewing a call for the state to take an anti-abortion step that goes further than prominent anti-abortion groups want to go and that has not gained much traction in any state so far: a law that would allow homicide charges against women who obtain abortions. “If we do not expand Traditional Medicare coverage, private insurers and equity firms will continue to plunder the Medicare Trust Fund that workers pay into, and Traditional Medicare will continue to shrink.” Medicare Advantage Plans Disadvantage Many Elderly and Disabled People For-profit Medicare Advantage program restrictions routinely result in delays and the denial of necessary health care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/medicare-advantage-plans-disadvantage-many-elderly-and-disabled-people/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuWNexIM4$
Cigna Abandons Merger Talks With Humana: Health-insurance providers couldn’t agree on financial terms for deal that would have created $140 billion giant
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/cigna-abandons-merger-talks-with-humana/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuX4nl6Ih$
There’s been an uptick in anecdotal reports of a brutal, long-lasting cough going around. As one TikTok user put it: everyone seems to have “a hacking cough that’s been going on for weeks.” Doctors around the country have noticed it, too. “We have been seeing an unusually large number of patients who had typical viral upper respiratory infections, but have had a lingering cough that has lasted weeks to months,” Dr. Scott Braunstein, a double-board certified internal medicine and emergency medicine physician and the national medical director of Sollis Health
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/persistent-cough-not-covid_l_656f1f74e4b0f3e5f44aca8f?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-12-11&utm_term=us-morning-email&email_hash=a0fc9b12cacd32ea6c05c417239d9ca02ed55e16__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuS579AVp$
Supreme Court Weighs Hearing High-Stakes Abortion Pill Case: Supreme Court justices were expected to discuss on Friday whether to hear a case that would counter or uphold federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. If the court fails to take up the appeals, a lower court decision to limit the availability of the drug by mail would go into effect.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1170742958/u-s-supreme-court-blocks-lower-court-decision-in-fda-approval-of-abortion-pill-c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuUNQQ_1W$
Dr. Paula Johnson Is Breaking Down the Barriers to Better Health: An accomplished cardiologist and the first Black woman president of Wellesley College, Dr. Johnson’s life’s work is improving quality of care for women and women of color around the world.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/women-in-science-paula-johnson/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuQuTQw_n$
Medicare Recipients Blocked From Receiving Care: A growing number of Americans are being blocked from health care despite being covered under Medicare, a new survey shows. A yearly KFF Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance found that while most Americans are satisfied with their Medicare experiences, one group is consistently struggling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-under-65-disabilities-blocked-coverage-1851450__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQufZHg7bA$
# Science
Dr. Dara Norman Wants to Bring More People Into Science: From data access to scientific merit, Dr. Norman is working to make astronomy—and all STEM fields—more inclusive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mit.edu/news-clip/wired-435__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuXzUhyeO$
# Technology / Global
EU’s AI Act faces criticism for omitting a ban on live facial recognition, raising concerns of dystopian surveillance. Privacy advocates on Saturday said the AI Act, a sweeping proposed law to regulate artificial intelligence in the European Union whose language was finalized Friday, appeared likely to fail at protecting the public from one of AI’s greatest threats: live facial recognition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/eus-ai-act-falls-short-no-ban-on-live-facial-recognition-raises-concerns/*:*:text=News-,EU’s*20AI*20Act*20Falls*20Short*3A*20No*20Ban*20on*20Live*20Facial,raising*20concerns*20of*20dystopian*20surveillance.&text=2024*20is*20going*20to*20be,yet*20for*20fearless*2C*20trustworthy*20journalism__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zMW_8-ijgNWEvwQ3wUG34N8VX9L9F49YeZ6jAcdhnRiPnnngMyHhvr6GV8-IMuqTsB6E9Nrx9P0DaDj_fd5Y8gsQuSELsQ7l$
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