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Trump's economic and energy dystopia
Clean energy projects in Indian Country were saving people money
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/trumps-economic-and-energy-dystopia?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
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Fascinating exchange of culture and music — an 18th century dance by two Native Americans led to an opera and ballet.
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Sovereign to Sovereign (before the United States)
The story of a 1725 tribal diplomatic mission to the Court of Louis XV
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Sovereign to Sovereign (before the United States)
The story of a 1725 tribal diplomatic mission to the Court of Louis XV
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/sovereign-to-sovereign-before-the?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=title
4 days ago
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Folly on the range
The persecution of bison continues in Montana
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5 days ago
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Quick. The Court ruled. Now cheat fast.
Postponing the election that's already underway to prop up a failing Trump
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7 days ago
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There's Material Risk in them thar hills
This is a story of repeated and failed promises made by the United States
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/theres-material-risk-in-them-thar?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
8 days ago
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An Indigenous data story
Abigail Echo-Hawk: 'There's a lot of manipulation of Native people right now when we talk about data'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/an-indigenous-data-story?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
11 days ago
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Supreme Court: Cheating is OK
But it’s unconstitutional to make sure that minority voters have a say
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/supreme-court-some-cheating-is-ok?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
12 days ago
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A bet from the Ice Age
Dice, games of chance, and gambling have been a persistent feature in our tribal communities for the last 12,000 years
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/a-bet-from-the-ice-age?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
18 days ago
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A 12,000 year history of gaming
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The True Story of How Native American Casinos Changed America
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://youtu.be/d_TGCcSrAXU?si=5VSayH3ZzrexK2Ik
19 days ago
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Hawking politics: Preparation time
National redisricting battles and Alaska's top four primary
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/hawking-politics-preparation-time?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
20 days ago
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Trump is fighting The Invisible Hand
Clean energy is growing faster than electricity produced by fossil fuels
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/trump-is-fighting-the-invisible-hand?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
21 days ago
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The news after Trump is gone
Civic information architecture has been disrupted by social media, and in the case of local journalism, an important public function has been displaced
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/the-news-after-trump-is-gone?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
22 days ago
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Don't say Medicaid in Oklahoma. (New Breaking History video explaining budget history.)
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Don't say Medicaid in the Oklahoma House
'Tone' and 'tenor' of Cherokee Nation leader was 'in direct contrast to the public position of an overwhelming majority of the members of the House of Representatives'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/dont-say-medicaid-in-the-oklahoma?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
25 days ago
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A win for Native voters in Arizona.
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Big win in Apache County
A smarter way to serve voters on the Navajo Nation
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/big-win-in-apache-county?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Budgeting politics
Will Congress agree to a $1.5 trillion line for the Defense Department?
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/budgeting-politics?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Great conversation— and series
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
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A civilization will die?
Genocide law says 'intent' is hard to prove; not in Trump world
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/a-civilization-will-die?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Great American patriot ... you're fired!
And a conversation about voting suppression
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/great-american-patriot-youre-fired?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=split
about 1 month ago
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After Trump: Rethinking public lands
Moving the Forest Service to Utah opens the door to reform later
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/after-trump-rethinking-public-lands?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Whole lot of unconstitutional
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The Executive Order fantasy
'No statute comes close to giving the president the authority he claims to have'
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about 1 month ago
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Will an Executive Order trump the rule of law?
More than one-quarter of a million babies a year could lose citizenship
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about 1 month ago
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Bonkers law coming from the High Court
Challenge to a Mississippi law and its 5-day grace period for ballots
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/bonkers-law-coming-from-the-high?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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Enhanced ID? Skip the red states
Such fun as the Senate debates voter suppression
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/enhanced-id-skip-the-red-states?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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I have been writing about coal for a long time, decades. I went to No Cheyenne after Chm Allen Rowland said the tribe chose to keep its resource in the ground. We go to Black Mesa -- where there's been so much destructive impact on water sheds and human health
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Coal: A complicated history and uncertain future | Breaking History
YouTube video by Indigenous House
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lsLgEoerUcA&feature=youtu.be
about 2 months ago
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Secret missions & a freaking snake
Senate confirmation hearing for Markwayne Mullin sounded like a Hollywood script
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/secret-missions-and-a-freaking-snake?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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Challenging status quo
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Nick Tilsen vs South Dakota (MAGAland)
The crime? The audacity to support Native people and create organizations that challenge the prevailing politics
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/nick-tilsen-vs-south-dakota-magaland?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew often says what needs to be said. “Right now, Donald Trump is public enemy No. 1 when it comes to our economy, and the average person keeping their head above water.”
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'BIG' shoes to fill
Iran War: Pakistan’s debt bomb and a growing food crisis
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/big-shoes-to-fill?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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High oil prices hit us all
Iran's goal is lay mines faster than the United States can clear them
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/high-oil-prices-hit-us-all?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
2 months ago
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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
2 months ago
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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
2 months ago
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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
2 months 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'
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2 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months ago
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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
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months ago
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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
3 months 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
3 months 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 months ago
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