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Trump is failing at math
The geography of U.S. passport holders doesn't favor Republicans
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/trump-is-failing-at-math?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=app
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What the heck is going on in Alberta? And why we should be watching Montana’s House and Senate races this midterm. A lot of shenanigans.
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Just say Montana!
The 'next' thing is Congress; also Indigenous House series on Alberta separatism
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/just-say-montana?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=poster
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Breaking: Markwayne Mullin to Homeland Security
That's a high price appointment, moving from a certain Senate seat to a troubled agency
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/breaking-markwayne-mullin-to-hhs?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
8 days ago
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'Least qualified' surgeon general nominee. Ever.
'Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have been dismantling the nation’s public health infrastructure'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/least-qualified-surgeon-general-nominee?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split
14 days ago
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Counting every vote?
We have a Trump presidency because we have not addressed the serious flaws in the democratic machinery
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/counting-every-vote?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
15 days ago
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Seventy-five million lies
Changes to Medicaid reduce spending by more than $900 billion and are estimated to result in 7.5 million fewer people with health insurance
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/seventy-five-million-lies?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
16 days ago
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We need to keep our minds running on two tracks. Doing what we can to stop the mess that is Trump. And, rethink how institutions should work after Trump. An independent Department of Justice is critical.
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Justice is busy doing right
'Congress has been notably silent over the president’s ability to exert control over the Attorney General, leading to much confusion among scholars, judges, and even the officeholders'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/justice-is-busy-doing-right?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
18 days ago
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Jesse Jackson changed politics for the better
Today’s Newsrime
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/jesse-jackson-changed-politics-for?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
24 days ago
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Weekend post: A conversation about identity, citizenship and blood quantum. "Removing blood quantum is not the hard part; the question of what’s next is the hard part."
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The Indigenous identity challenge
Removing blood quantum is not the hard part; What’s next is the hard part.
https://marktrahant.substack.com/p/the-indigenous-identity-challenge
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Add the Great Leader's name to, well, everything
How about this? A fully-funded health system? I could stomach Donald J. Trump's name on the insurance card, it included universal coverage.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/add-the-great-leaders-name-to-well?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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Recreating the America that never was.
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Columbus? Again, really?
Any statue that can go up, can also be brought down. They are as fleeting as a four-year term.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/columbus-again-really?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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It would be moving political poetry if Flanagan and Mary Peltola in Alaska could both break into the Senate club during the same election. (Like the “firsts” in the House, Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids in 2018). Sometimes the stars do align.
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Sometimes the stars do align
Minnesotans caucus this week for party nominations
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/sometimes-the-stars-do-align?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split
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Thawing ICE won't be enough
Restarting the debate about comprehensive immigration reform
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/thawing-ice-wont-be-enough?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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What if the insurance company owns the doctor, the pharmacy and your health? AOC's master class in what's wrong with us as "captive" patients.
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Health care's 'captive strategy'
AOC takes Congress to school on health care costs and why profits rule
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/health-cares-captive-strategy?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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Smoking the hashish of lies
The video evidence from Minneapolis murder is being watched over and over; what's good for Alaska
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/smoking-the-hashish-of-lies?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 2 months ago
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'Beyond insane'
A dark reminder of what we've lost
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/beyond-insane?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 2 months ago
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'Out of control and beyond fixing'
Responding to ICE: A general strike, judicial challenges and agency funding
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/out-of-control-and-beyond-fixing?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 2 months ago
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One year in. Two roads out.
Trump's second year begins with a choice: rebuild democracy through elections or watch it end through executive decree
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/one-year-in-two-roads-out?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 2 months ago
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The Lakota Times — losing another voice. Protecting Sources. Jaded. And, of course a Newsrime.
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Ae the good Times really over?
The ups and down of Indigenous media
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/ae-the-good-times-really-over?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Before the last election, there was a clear warning that Trump 2.0 would be worse. It’s worse. The attack on the people of Minnesota is just that.
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Minnesota nice
Instead of an investigation of a murder by a federal agent, the Trump administration is escalating
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/minnesota-nice?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 2 months ago
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Another climate warning sign
'Murkier waters' ahead without climate data
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/another-climate-warning-sign?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split
about 2 months ago
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We could be exploring important lessons from Greenland about the impact of climate change, universal health, or even the structure of government. A list of topics that neither Donald Trump or Marco Rubio would want to talk about.
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Important lessons from Greenland
Self-determination as the next chapter in a global story
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/important-lessons-from-greenland?r=6kxy7n&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 2 months ago
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Andrew Jackson gets a lot of the "credit" for Indian removal policies, but the Monroe Doctrine is a logic that sovereignty is not binding when US interests are at stake. My take.
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A failed doctrine returns
The logic is that sovereignty is not binding when national interests are at stake
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/what-the-hell-a-failed-doctrine-returns?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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Disruption and illogic are not new. And to prove that point, President Donald J. Trump ended 2025 with a veto of legislation involving the Miccosukee Tribe. New Substack. (Subscribe it’s free)
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Our era of disruption
Why the White House vetoed Miccosukee legislation
https://marktrahant.substack.com/p/our-era-of-disruption
2 months ago
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Susie Wiles interview reminded me of conversations I have had with Brad Patterson and a White House staff that had very different ideas about governing.
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Back to a White House future
Shout out to the bureaucrats (public servants)
https://marktrahant.substack.com/p/back-to-a-white-house-future
2 months ago
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It’s 1976 and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is on President Ford’s desk. His Cabinet screams veto!
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1976 'a year of decision'
Part One: 'First Americans shouldn't be last in opportunity'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/1976-a-year-of-decision?selection=6d1d5b42-c277-4278-b70b-eb94ba1eb505&r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
3 months ago
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One of my goals with Breaking History is to talk about the impact from leaders in the past.
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3 months ago
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The move of Indian education out of the Department of Education reminds me of when the Indian education lobby took on and beat Jimmy Carter. Back then the idea was that even boarding schools would be in the new Department.
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Education Transfer | Breaking History
A couple of my NewsRimes to kick things off:
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/education-transfer-breaking-history?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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Our political system rewards leaders for what they’ve done in the past, rather than the future. We end up with a Joe Biden or Donald Trump and a cringe factor that plays out in headlines. New Substack: A role for elders
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A Smarter Role for the Elders | Breaking History
Let’s start with a couple of NewsRimes:
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/a-smarter-role-for-the-elders-breaking?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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The best leaders are those who seek out folks smarter than them. Part 2 of my conversation with Cecelia FireThunder.
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Find Who Knows More Than You | Mark Trahant & Cecilia Fire Thunder
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtu.be/G6lW_z-rFZA?si=x-IjnwJtOoFLRuy8
3 months ago
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Why are so many in Congress headed for the exit? And could it lead to a new speaker before the midterms? (Think Alaska)
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Heading for the Exits | Breaking History
Let’s start with a couple of NewsRimes:
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/heading-for-the-exits-breaking-history?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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At NCAI last week I had a chance to sit down with Cecelia Firethunder. Part 1.
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The Truth About Native Women & Power in America | Breaking History
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtu.be/kNPLbSmGosI?si=j1p8ghLZwoev6yd_
3 months ago
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A penny for your thoughts. I've wondered what would happen if tribes produced and circulated their own money.
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A Penny For Your Thoughts | Breaking History
A couple of news rimes to start.
https://substack.com/inbox/post/179270150?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true&triedRedirect=true
4 months ago
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Nuclear highways are dead ends
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4 months ago
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What's really interesting about our moment in time is how the divisions in our politics are philosophical. It's nearly impossible to find common ground when the premise itself is questioned. New Substack post. (Subscribe. Comment. Share.)
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What If It’s All a Scam? | Breaking History
Let’s start with a couple of news rimes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/what-if-its-all-a-scam-breaking-history?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
4 months ago
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More on oak flat
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Risky Mining at Oak Flat | Breaking History
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtu.be/K90-W-TWiPg?si=SLn3NHoUdQX7UyTF
4 months ago
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There have been a lot of legal battles in regard to the sacred sites at Oak Flat and Resolution Copper's proposed copper mine ... but could investor risk (and water) be the key to killing the project?
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The Risky Venture at Oak Flat | Breaking History
As usual, let’s start with news rimes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/the-risky-venture-at-oak-flat-breaking?r=6n0vni&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
4 months ago
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I once followed nuclear bombs on the highway. My grandfather, who worked for the Atomic Energy Commission told me he was in those convoys. It amazed me how little had changed. Pres Trump's call for weapons testing is a return to a protocol that should be over.
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Nuclear Highway is a Dead End | Breaking History
A couple of news rimes to start.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/nuclear-highway-is-a-dead-end-breaking?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
4 months ago
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One of the lessons of Standing Rock was about the cost to extractive companies that did not pay attention to the risks associated with their project. A new report says failure to work with tribes increases the cost of project by 500 percent. (a two-part Breaking History)
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AI Links Corporate Risk to Indigenous Land Impact | Breaking History
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pSoQv7mZ4Xc&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=video_promo
4 months ago
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I spent the weekend in Vancouver on the campus of the University of British Columbia for a conference on Beyond Fires and Floods; Indigenous views about climate change. A lot to think about … so much of what we talked about will percolate in the weeks ahead.
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BH Governance | Breaking History What me, worry?
A couple of news rimes to get us started:
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/bh-governance-breaking-history-what?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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Caver-in-chief? The last time Trump managed a long government shutdown conservative firebrand Ann Coulter had this to say: “Good news for George Herbert Walker Bush: As of today, he is no longer the biggest wimp…” Three ways the shutdown ends ...
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How Does the Government Shutdown End? | Breaking History
Let’s start with a couple of my news rimes.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/how-does-the-government-shutdown?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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Last week at AFN I had a chat with Michelle Sparck about voting.
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Mark Trahant & Michelle Sparck | Defending the Native Vote
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtu.be/TEhujQ15l7s?si=rvh05zHS9rfEspAY
5 months ago
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We don’t know yet how much the Western Alaska disaster will cost. But here’s the thing: We’re at the beginning of a climate tally that is almost unimaginable.
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The Almighty Fight Over the Cost of Flooding | Breaking History
A couple of news rimes to get us started:
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/the-almighty-fight-over-the-cost?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
5 months ago
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Why this voting rights case is so important: Are you worth 50 pounds? That was once the test for voting. Are we headed back in that direction? Latest Breaking History.
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All Worth 50 Pounds Can Vote | Breaking History
Let’s get started with a couple of news rimes.
https://marktrahant.substack.com/p/all-worth-50-pounds-can-vote-breaking?r=6ckgzx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
5 months ago
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Thinking about an Indigenous future
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Mark Trahant | Substack
Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock) is a journalist and storyteller with 50 years of experience in Native media. Follow Breaking History and subscribe on Substack and YouTube to support independent Indige...
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5 months ago
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My tribute to Ernie Stevens Jr. “Send ‘em into battle.” Indigenous House on YouTube. Please share, comment and subscribe.
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Sovereignty and the Slots | Ernie Stevens Jr. & the $44B Rise of Tribal Gaming
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtu.be/nHwmhOqsUiw?si=Z9fS58zm_tKBWycn
5 months ago
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5 months ago
👥👥 Panelists include
@tanyatalaga.bsky.social
@paulseesequasis.bsky.social
@marktrahant.bsky.social
+ Judi Kochon! 🤝 Event co-covened by myself and
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A twist from the Termination Era. There is a direct path from Joseph McCarthy to Roy Cohn and Robert F. Kennedy to Donald J. Trump. (Cohn and Kennedy were McCarthy’s lawyers in the Senate.) Cohn was also Trump’s mentor.
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The First Trump was Joe McCarthy | Breaking History
A couple of news rhymes to get us started
https://marktrahant.substack.com/p/the-first-trump-was-joe-mccarthy
5 months ago
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The twisted story of NFL “legends” Pop Warner and “Lone Star” Dietz that started at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Suzan Harjo: “Scam is the right word.” Breaking History on YouTube.
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The NFL’s Darkest Secret | Washington’s Old Name Was Built on a Lie
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtu.be/Nl04jUYhZvE?si=VhBg9CdWvWlbU3WY
5 months ago
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