Voices, The Peoples News
December 13, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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‘Groundbreaking’ Legal Action Demands EPA Finally Ban Glyphosate: “EPA lacks a legal human health assessment of glyphosate to support its current use,” said a lawyer for the Center for Food Safety. “This petition is a blueprint for the Biden administration to do what the law and science require and finally cancel glyphosate’s registration,” said Pegga Mosavi, an attorney at the Center for Food Safety and counsel for the petitioners. “There is a wealth of scientific evidence demonstrating that glyphosate endangers public health, and poses cancer risks to farmers and other Roundup users.
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# Corporations / Industry
Ranchers suing Colorado, federal agencies over wolf reintroduction: A pair of trade groups representing Colorado ranchers are suing state and federal wildlife agencies to delay reintroducing gray wolves to the Western Slope. Two Colorado ranching organizations have filed a complaint against state and federal agencies requesting the reintroduction of wolves into the state be delayed.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Final COP28 Deal Riddled With ‘Cavernous Loopholes’ for Fossil Fuel Industry: The world agreed the centerpiece deal of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Wednesday, making an unprecedented call for transitioning away from fossil fuels. The agreement, known as the Global Stocktake, however, contains many loopholes that will allow for the continued use of coal, oil and gas.
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COP28 names and shames fossil fuels: The United Nations climate conference, COP28, in Dubai has come to an end with a historic agreement that for the first time calls out fossil fuels by name. The deal includes a commitment to “transition away” from these fuels. It’s a painful compromise https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2023/dec/13/cop28-live-updates-news-agreement-outcomes-draft-text-fossil-fuels__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0kg0uVGO6Bi932zoY5XdRhPGCUiBPYwsYDhPmiddfgwkLFVW9WxANHHRZ9yLUWlSV8fsnsVdW5IZeiqHYSox-nxYD87HY59o$
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Bill for wide-open retail sales of raw milk is introduced in Missouri: An up-and-coming conservative in the Missouri House of Representatives wants to upend raw milk safety in the “Show Me” state. Rep. Adam Schnelting has pre-filed House Bill 1711 for the next session of the Missouri Legislature, which gets underway in January. The raw milk products will require a “warning” label.
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FDA inspecting plant in Ecuador in applesauce lead situation; more children reported sick: Federal officials have begun an onsite inspection of a company in Ecuador that exported cinnamon applesauce to the United States that was used in three brands of applesauce traced to an outbreak of lead poisoning in children
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# General Recalls / Alerts
Tesla Recalls 2 Million Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Defect: A government investigation found the need for more alerts for drivers and a limit on situations where the Autopilot could be used.
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# Gov / Politics / Global
UN Members Support Gaza Cease-Fire in Overwhelming 153-10 Vote: “Humanity has prevailed,” said Egyptian Ambassador Osama Abdel Khalek. “The Israeli aggression on Gaza must end. This bloodshed must stop.”
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Ukraine Is on the Cusp of Losing This War: ‘We’re Screwed’: Nearly three centuries of belligerences later, and with more than $200 billion of Western cash gambled on Ukraine beating Russia, the military academy that once trained Napoleon last week assembled 100 military, political, finance, academic, and business leaders with intimate knowledge of the war to privately game out what happens next. Before long, amid steely glances and chattering wine glasses, you’ll hear the anguished and morally obtuse story on the four lethal conflicts taking place in Ukraine: diplomatic, military, economic, and information.
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UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favour of Gaza ceasefire: The United Nations General Assembly has passed a non-binding, symbolic resolution to demand an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza, with the United States and Israel voting against it but an overwhelming number of member states in favour of an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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PMs of Canada, Australia, New Zealand back ‘efforts’ toward Gaza ceasefire in joint statement: “We are alarmed at the diminishing safe space for civilians in Gaza. The price of defeating Hamas cannot be the continuous suffering of all Palestinian civilians,” the three prime ministers said in a joint statement.
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# Gov / Politics
GOP Rep. Secretly Sold Boeing Stock Ahead of Damning Report: In August 2020, Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) sold up to $50,000 in shares of aerospace giant Boeing, weeks before his committee released the damning results of its investigation into deadly crashes involving the company’s 737 Max airliner.
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Senators Accused Of Insider Trading, Dumping Stocks After Coronavirus Briefing: While telling the American public that there wasn’t much to worry about, they bailed out of their stock holdings to avoid large losses. In a bizzare quirk, we’ve permitted our politicians to do things that we can’t.
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Secret donors should be U.S. campaign issue: lawmaker: The influx of millions of dollars from unnamed donors to influence elections is a growing problem in U.S. politics and Democrats should make it an election issue, a senior Democratic lawmaker said. Representative Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, told the Reuters Washington Summit that more and more campaign advertising is coming from groups that are not required to disclose their donors’ identities.
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Republicans Brush Off Zelensky Plea for More Aid to Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with leaders in Washington on Tuesday to urgently plead his case for continued U.S. funding for his nation’s war against Russia. It didn’t make much difference, as key Republicans insisted that no Ukraine aid bill would pass unless border changes are included, and that time had run out to reach a deal by year’s end.
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Biden warns of “Christmas gift” to Putin as GOP shrugs off Zelensky visit: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disappointing visit to Capitol Hill confirmed his worst fears: The future of U.S. aid to Ukraine has become firmly affixed to one of the most intractable debates in American politics.
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# Legal / DOJ
SCOTUS Will Hear Jan. 6 Appeal That Could Affect Trump Case: It could also have an impact on hundreds of other people charged over the Capitol riot. The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it will take up a challenge to an obstruction law used against scores of Jan. 6 rioters, and former President Trump, this term. Joseph Fischer, a former police officer accused of being a Jan. 6 rioter, petitioned the high court to eliminate one of the several counts he faces: obstruction of an official proceeding.
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Senate Dems Push Thomas to Recuse Himself From Trump Case: Rep. Dick Durbin argued that the Supreme Court justice “ought to think twice” about whether to join in considering if Trump has immunity from federal prosecution. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and other Democrats on the panel argue that Thomas faces a conflict of interest because his wife Ginni was outspoken in support of Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
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# Media
Community in Shock as News Anchor’s Cause of Death Revealed: Tributes are flowing in for Emily Matson, who was described in a statement as a “shining light in our newsroom.” Emily Matson, who died after being hit by a train Monday morning in Fairview Township, according to The Erie Times-News and The New York Post.
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# Medical / Health
A Dallas mom’s attempt to get an abortion in Texas for her non-viable pregnancy showcases just how far the state is willing to go to enforce its abortion laws and puts a spotlight on the Texas Supreme Court. After a Travis County district judge cleared the way for Kate Cox, 31, to terminate her pregnancy, Ken Paxton petitioned the state’s highest court to halt the ruling.
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Republicans Want to Ban All Abortions, Even if It Kills Mothers: The anti-choice mask comes off in Texas
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The US Supreme Court Now Decide the Fate of Medication Abortion: The justices will decide whether to ban mifepristone, a drug used in half of US abortions. Mifepristone is part of a two-drug treatment that causes the uterus to expel pregnancy tissue. This two-drug regime, which may be taken up to the 70th day of a pregnancy, is often a safer alternative than surgical abortion, and it is also a less invasive procedure. More than half of all US abortions are medication abortions, which use mifepristone.
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# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Sanofi Ends Deal With Maze For Rare Disease Drug After FTC Monopoly Suit: Agency says Maze license would cement Sanofi monopoly. $755 million Maze deal involved drug for rare Pompe disease
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-11/ftc-sues-to-block-sanofi-purchase-of-maze-for-rare-disease-drug__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0kg0uVGO6Bi932zoY5XdRhPGCUiBPYwsYDhPmiddfgwkLFVW9WxANHHRZ9yLUWlSV8fsnsVdW5IZeiqHYSox-nxYD4sjTX5c$
FTC Seeks to Block Sanofi’s Acquisition of Rare Disease Drug that Threatens Sanofi’s Monopoly Deal with Maze Therapeutics would eliminate a nascent competitor to Sanofi in Pompe disease drugs, threatening to stall innovation and deprive patients of lower drug prices
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# Transportation
Boeing releases ‘provocative’ internal emails about 737 MAX: Boeing this evening released a trove of documents related to its grounded 737 MAX, including emails among company employees related to simulator qualification that House Transportation Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) called “incredibly damning.”
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# Veterans / VA
Toxin Exposure Found In Nearly Half Of Veterans Screened So Far: Announcing the 5 million screening milestone, the VA revealed that 2.1 million veterans, or 43 percent of those screened, were potentially exposed to such substances during their service. A variety of toxic exposures can come up in these screenings, but the most common were exposures to burn pits and Agent Orange
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Texas attorney general sues company accused of preying on veterans: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit seeking damages and a permanent injunction against the Austin-based company VA Claims Insider, alleging it engaged in “deceptive acts and practices.” The complaint claims that the company inaccurately promotes certain services as “free” before locking veterans into contracts that demand large sums of money. The charges echo allegations from a Texas Tribune investigation published in July.
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