Puerto Rico gets $13 billion aid package, 3 years after hurricane, 6 weeks before election – Portland Press Herald (sham and shame – see story)

Source: Puerto Rico gets $13 billion aid package, 3 years after hurricane, 6 weeks before election – Portland Press Herald

The latest funds are in addition to the $49.9 billion in aid that Congress has approved since Hurricane Maria raked the U.S. commonwealth. Of those original funds, $25.5 billion has been obligated and $16.7 billion has been spent.

Park Service Finalizes Disastrous Point Reyes Plan to Kill Native Wildlife, Prioritize Commercial Livestock Grazing – Center for Biological Diversity

Source: Park Service Finalizes Disastrous Point Reyes Plan to Kill Native Wildlife, Prioritize Commercial Livestock Grazing – Center for Biological Diversity

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The National Park Service released a management plan amendment today for Point Reyes National Seashore that would enshrine commercial cattle ranching in the California park at the expense of native wildlife and natural habitat. It also calls for the killing of native tule elk and would authorize new agricultural uses that will put other wildlife at risk.

“This is a disaster for wildlife and a stunning mismanagement of one of America’s most beautiful national parks,” said Jeff Miller at the Center for Biological Diversity. “The Park Service is greenlighting the slaughter of native wildlife in Point Reyes. After the elk, the next likely victims will be birds, bobcats, foxes and coyotes. This plan is illegal and immoral, and we’re going to do everything we can to stop it.”

CDC dramatically restores COVID-19 testing advice marred by political meddling | Ars Technica

Source: CDC dramatically restores COVID-19 testing advice marred by political meddling | Ars Technica

In a dramatic move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday restored its recommendation to test people who have been exposed to the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, but don’t have symptoms—erasing politically motivated changes made by members of the Trump administration without the support or input of CDC scientists.

The CDC had—until August 24—always recommended testing for all people who have had close contact (within 6 feet for 15 minutes or more) with someone infected with SARS-CoV-2, regardless of symptoms. The CDC stated clearly that this is “important” and should be done quickly “because of the potential for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission,” which is largely thought to drive the pandemic.

But the guidance was abruptly and quietly changed August 24 to say that exposed people who do not have symptoms “do not necessarily need a test.”

Shreveport Police Officers Charged in Tommie McGlothen’s Death

Source: Shreveport Police Officers Charged in Tommie McGlothen’s Death

The video that KSLA Investigates recorded with a small camera off a cellphone gets shaky next showing the female officer rolling over and getting up, when the male cop kicks McGlothen.

At this point it’s difficult to see on the wobbly video but when officers try rolling the 44-year-old man over to handcuff him, McGlothen appears to stiffen up.

That’s when the male cop, now standing over McGlothen, punches him four times.

McGlothen is then heard screaming out as witnesses say police began tasing him behind a parked car.

Readings and Reflections for the Week of Nonviolence – IJPC | Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center | Cincinnati Ohio

Join IJPC in observing the Week of Nonviolence by learning about how some of the most urgent social justice issues of our time relate to nonviolence. Each day during September 19-25, engage with the designated resource listed below. Reflect on the things that might have surprised, challenged, or encouraged you. We encourage you to share your thoughts by commenting on our daily Facebook posts this week.

Source: Readings and Reflections for the Week of Nonviolence – IJPC | Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center | Cincinnati Ohio

Irreplaceable. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, R.I.P. |

Source: Irreplaceable. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, R.I.P. |

The Great Equalizer, the New Yorker’s Jill Lapore called her, making the case that the scholar, advocate, and judge that was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in many ways, upended the entirety of American political thought.

“Aside from Thurgood Marshall, no single American has so wholly advanced the cause of equality under the law,” wrote Lapore

Coronavirus: India′s public health system on the verge of collapse | Asia| An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW | 18.09.2020

Source: Coronavirus: India′s public health system on the verge of collapse | Asia| An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW | 18.09.2020

A medical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit looks after a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at the Intensive Care Unit of the Sharda Hospital, in Greater Noida on July 15, 2020

Hospitals in India have become overwhelmed due to an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases. Authorities in the capital in Delhi have instructed 33 private hospitals to reserve 80% of their intensive care unit (ICU) beds for COVID-19 patients amid a shortage of facilities in government-run medical institutes.

At the beginning of August, Delhi had successfully contained the pandemic spread, with the cases dropping to less than 1,000 per day. But there has been a resurgence of the virus across the country, and the capital city had not been spared.

The overall number of COVID-19 cases in Delhi has now surpassed 230,000. In the last eight days, more than 4,000 new cases have been recorded daily.

“There seems to be no end to this crisis. We are overwhelmed with rising infections. It is not just Delhi; there is a shortage of trained medical staff in both government and private hospitals across the country,” Dr. Anoop Saraya, who works at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences, told DW.

Engagement with anti-vaccine Facebook posts trebles in one month | Media | The Guardian

Interactions on posts expressing scepticism or hostility towards vaccines on six UK Facebook pages increased from 12,000 in July to 42,000 in August, according to the analysis, conducted using the social media analytics tool CrowdTangle.

Pages associated with anti-mask and anti-lockdown campaigns were found to be growing on Facebook. Five anti-mask pages analysed had 60,000 likes between them, up from 47,000 at the beginning of August, according to CrowdTangle data, a rise of 28%.

One viral video shared by a prominent anti-lockdown account shows an employee of a large UK care home chain claiming “Covid is a load of bollocks”. The original post, which received 310,000 views on Facebook, also contained the hashtag #WWG1WGA, a slogan associated with the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon.

 

Source: Engagement with anti-vaccine Facebook posts trebles in one month | Media | The Guardian

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