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I’m a guy that plays the pedal steel guitar and does porcupine quillwork. My Ojibwe name is Zaagagiwe Gaabaw. We have 3 dogs.
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A reminder to the men and women of our nations armed forces: You have a legal obligation to disobey blatantly unlawful commands. If you need verification, the legal department on any base can answer your questions about that, free of charge. Always remember your oath, and follow the law.

NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga. www.jacobsilverman.com/p/prominent-...

I made this Explainer Video on why and how DOGE is illegal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCgH...

A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. The Republican budget will force everyone - especially Congress and the White House - to make plain whether they are prepared to harm the rest of us in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest.

www.npca.org/articles/691... What a terrible place to try to save money for an Oligarch tax cut.

In Memoriam Congressman John Lewis 2/21/1940-7/17/2020 Honoring the little boy from Troy who dared to dream of freedom and equality for all and believed all things were possible if you got in good trouble. There is no need to miss our precious hero because he lives in each ballot we cast. 🧵1/2

Here are The Top 10 Dogs of the week! youtu.be/xSi7CJ4iFPU

As we watch DOGE eliminate critical government functions, I'm reminded of "A Libertarian Walks into a Bear." newrepublic.com/article/1596...

Leonard addresses relatives at his Welcome Home community event. "I didn't think I was going to make it, I'm 80 yrs old. The man that went in was 32,” Leonard continued, “I'm so proud of the showing & support that you've given me, I've got a hard time keeping myself from crying." ndnco.cc/4i5zYa4

2/17/2025 wanderfulriah Riah | Outdoor Colorado Life "We had a great turnout at the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance sign, supporting our park staff and public lands🏔️💖"

"Sugarcane" is up for an Academy Award, and has already made history: It's the first time an Indigenous director from North America has been nominated for an Oscar.

He should be our messenger.

Join our efforts at indivisibletwincities.org tinyurl.com/2p9z7um5

Do it

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

🙏🏼 Spend just six minutes of your time with this one, good people, while the 82-year-old Paul McCartney deals in art and genius ... 🙏🏼 Be brave enough to listen to it through the prism of these difficult times. 🙏🏼 It'll break your heart, bring much-needed tears, and fill the well of undying hope ...

I suspect we’re going to be hearing more stories about failing farmers having their land bought for cheep—it’s not a coincidence. Is this why USAID was cut—to make way for billionaires?! Watch til the end and keep an eye on national parklands too. 🧵

The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.

President's Day rallies

NATIONAL ARCHIVES UNDER ASSAULT: They’re coming for our history. The US archivist & staff resigned after Trump officials pushed to replace them w/loyalists. Not just records you’d expect—slave records, immigration records, Native American treaties—all at risk. Will they rewrite or destroy history?

Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

If We Don’t Take Matters Into Our Own Hands... open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

“Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to two people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency.”

Here is the link for information on the Minnesota March and Protest on Presidents Day, February 17th. You can find your state's March on the post below this one. Get in the streets!!! Get loud!!! Let them know you are fed TF up!!! ✊🏼🗣️📢 events.pol-rev.com/events/6d31a...

Hundreds marched in Minneapolis on Friday to honor missing and murdered Indigenous relatives. Photos by Leila Navidi

This exchange is going to slip by and go undercovered but this is a very revealing moment. Trump’s government won’t study anything, they will just tell us everything is going great no matter who gets hurt. ‘1984’ is upon us.

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Since the beginning of the Trump second term on January 20 it appears the new administration appears to be clueless about the status of tribes in the United States. nativenewsonline.net/opinion/stop...

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If you are scared to protest now, remember: this is the easiest it will ever be. Life under dictatorships is pure hell & lasts for decades, probably the rest of your lives if you don’t stop them now. Read about Iran, Syria, Afghanistan – sooner or later you have to overthrow them. Choose sooner. #3E

Writer Gil Duran is a journalist and longtime political communicator. He is the author of the Nerd Reich where he writes about the authoritarian dreams and desires of the Silicon Valley elite. The conversation will open your eyes and drive you to stand up to this destruction before it's too late!

February 6, 2025

TRUMP'S EVIL SOCIOPATHY, lack of ethics/morals/humanity, IS KILLING VULNERABLE PEOPLE, DESTROYING MILLIONS OF LIVES; along with destroying all USA "soft power" globally; Trump's heartless, soulless ending of all USAID merely plays into Putin's hands, & Xi's. Putin/Trump/Musk = GLOBAL CRIMINAL CABAL.

So naturally, you know what to do…👇 Enjoy. 😎✨

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NEW: You can help federal workers! We are fundraising for legal expenses. I have applied for non-profit status so your pledge could be tax deductible! Help support and defend our civil servants here, and please share widely 🙏 Patreon.com/fedoath

Here is my take on the remarkable events today at DOJ-FBI: 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/weissman... #FBIFirings

Any clip with James Baldwin and even more so now

We highly advised for all federal employees not to respond to or open OPM emails. Our coalition will be advised on additional precautions. Reports of a hostile takeover at OPM have been circulating. More details will be released in the future.

ICYMI — Sharpton led a buy-in to support Costco after they didn’t back down on DEI

As we endure these unprecedented assaults on our institutions and Democracy by Felon47 please take these wise words from James Baldwin to heart! We are the #Opposition let’s make their inhumanity our sole focus. Call it out every damn day!!