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Big night at the polls; a Salmon River without salmon
Utah voters show politicians how much it cost for their push for data centers
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Perfect is the enemy of good, even in politics
Challenges "supporting" the government of Israel in this election; Or not.
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Political maps: Real and imagined
Summer is supposed to be the quiet before the political storms (Labor Day, historically, is when the mood shifts into higher gears.) Not so this year.
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An election under attack? Yes, and keep the faith, baby
The Brennan Center says the goal of the FBI probe of voter organizations is designed to raise fear
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9 days ago
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Jay Trump's treaty
The idea of 'no king, no treaty'
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10 days ago
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Explaining election reform with chili beans
Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Washington, D.C., and a special election in California’s 14th congressional district.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/explaining-election-reform-with-chili?r=5r20d&utm_medium=ios
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The Poets who sent Nixon to Congress
Richard Nixon's early interest in Native people
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The growing ballot divide
Democrats hold a 10 point lead on the 'generic' ballot
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16 days ago
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Generational change at the ballot
Jaymie Davis unopposed for North Dakota senate seat
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Celebrating the Fort Shaw champs again
The 1904 World Championship is a story that should be a canon story
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18 days ago
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Those last minute ballots
Voters today are at the polls in Nevada, Maine, North Dakota and South Carolina
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Hey California: Be like Alaska
Alaska had highest share of “meaningful votes," nearly three times the national average. Contrast that with the many districts across the U.S.A. where the winner is pre-determined
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/hey-california-be-like-alaska?r=5r20d&utm_medium=ios
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Forever ICE funding?
After all that bluster about the ballroom and the Trump supporter fund ... the Senate passes the spending bill without restrictions
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Listening for a 'hell no!' from the Hill
Congress has more leverage over recent presidential actions
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It's ok California, we can wait
Montana Congressional race will be a classic fight over ideas
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/its-ok-california-we-can-wait?r=5r20d&utm_medium=ios
25 days ago
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Thinking beyond the primary
Reforming how voters pick candidates for office
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/thinking-beyond-the-primary?r=5r20d&utm_medium=ios
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Peggy Flanagan, Deb Haaland make history
If you like politics, this is the week that defines what's possibe
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/big-bold-change-is-here?r=5r20d&utm_medium=ios
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'Real people' versus Treaty Rights
Stirring up resentment against Indigenous people in Alberta
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The frackin' New Mexico primary
New Mexico is the energy contradiction that is America, a major producer of fossil fuels — and it also generates a lot of clean energy
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Memorial Day notes from grandparents
Women were added to training programs to make up for the shortage of male laborers
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Data Centers & the death of innovation
The rush to build is more about taxes than competition with China
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/data-centers-and-the-death-of-innovation?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Wyoming's single Native voice is one too many
Secretary of State says a district that serves Wind River should be examined in light of Supreme Court decision
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about 1 month ago
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Too much to ask? A common sense Congress
Alaska's Mary Peltola calls for term limits, ban on stock trading, and an end to unlimited campaign spending
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/too-much-to-ask-a-common-sense-congress?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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My second report from France, a story that could match headlines today. The selling of New World ventures that sound a lot like crypto today.
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Challenges of time and place
The universal fight over power and who wields it
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about 1 month ago
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A wave Congress? More of the same?
The number of competitive congressional races continues to shrink
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about 2 months ago
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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
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Folly on the range
The persecution of bison continues in Montana
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about 2 months 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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about 2 months 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
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about 2 months 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'
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Supreme Court: Cheating is OK
But it’s unconstitutional to make sure that minority voters have a say
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about 2 months 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
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PART 2 of 'Beyond Fires & Floods' shares back half of stellar line-up of veteran journos at BFF's only public panel, a deep discussion of Indigenous narratives of climate change w/
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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
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Hawking politics: Preparation time
National redisricting battles and Alaska's top four primary
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2 months ago
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Trump is fighting The Invisible Hand
Clean energy is growing faster than electricity produced by fossil fuels
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2 months 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
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2 months 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
2 months 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
3 months 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
3 months ago
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Great conversation— and series
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
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A civilization will die?
Genocide law says 'intent' is hard to prove; not in Trump world
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3 months ago
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Great American patriot ... you're fired!
And a conversation about voting suppression
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3 months ago
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After Trump: Rethinking public lands
Moving the Forest Service to Utah opens the door to reform later
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3 months 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'
https://open.substack.com/pub/marktrahant/p/the-executive-order-fantasy?r=6kxy7n&utm_medium=ios
3 months 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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3 months 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
3 months ago
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