"As an Ojibwe storyteller, I aimed to make my ancestors proud by teaching young readers lessons they'll need in life, just as they've done for centuries. They told their stories verbally, around a fire, and under the stars. I continue their stories...." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Texas' abortion ban has killed another woman. Let's be very clear: Republicans are killing women. Democrats need to start calling them murderers loudly and often. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.

The Epstein vote is a big deal, even as Bondi schemes a way to avoid acting on the bill. It shows Trump is losing his grip on the party. And the main reason, I suspect, is he is really showing his age these days. www.salon.com/2025/11/19/_...

Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"

New in PN: CNN shows that when media orgs fight Trump, they win "Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing they won’t be part of Trump's extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up"

Marjorie Taylor Greene's big takedown of Trump today is powerful because it broadcasts that he's losing control over the GOP. His sudden call for release of files wasn't about transparency. It was about sustaining the illusion that he controls the party. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2033...

Trump's corrupt scheme to rig 2026 is suddenly falling apart: *Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander *Indiana GOP lacks votes to redraw map *Big Dem win in Virginia could give Ds more seats On the pod, DLCC head Heather Williams is informative on what's next: newrepublic.com/article/2033...

This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.

New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about why I do not think Trump's "reversal" on the Epstein files is real. He's done this before! Read and subscribe here: salon-standingroomonly.beehiiv.com/p/trump-does... Music by Young Franco.

For Native American Heritage Month, "consider turning your focus to reclaiming Native truth. These ten books, spanning genres, keep this objective in mind by spotlighting Indigenous nations, peoples, and cultures." earlybirdbooks.com/books-for-na...

The Native Americans realized the "star" that brought It was also its prison. They took a shard from the remains and created a weapon that could hurt It…but stayed away from the hunting grounds of the monster anyway. comicbookclublive.com/2025/11/16/i...

The laws and traditions of Native nations encouraged peaceful discussion and broad-mindedness. Many Europeans were struck by the difference. The explorer La Salle noted that the Haudenosaunee "discuss without raising their voices and without getting angry." www.seattlepi.com/news/article...

The Original Department of War Decimated Native Americans and Segregated the Military. Why Does Trump Want to Go Back? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/departm...

"Everyone tempted to participate in Trump's schemes and conspiracies should be on notice that bygones won’t be bygones on the other side of this constitutional interregnum." Good @brianbeutler.bsky.social theorizing deeply on how to dissuade Trump accomplices: www.offmessage.net/p/maga-corru...

He was held civilly liable for sexual abuse and slandered his accuser. He’s been accused by roughly two dozen women of rape and sexual assault. He was best friends with a pedophile. He bragged about grabbing women by the pussy and said Ivanka had to beg him not date younger than her when she was 17.

👇🎯 Yes, and also let’s not forget that refusing to seat a duly elected Democratic Rep for 7 weeks was unprecedented authoritarianism & Johnson should’ve been pressured daily by the media to fulfill his oath of office or resign. He’s going to totally get away with that now, which is a national shanda

Every outlet worth a damn should be calling this out. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Some pig

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro

“You are our president. Please start acting like it. Show some class. Show some real leadership. Show that you actually care about the people other than yourself. I voted for you, but your behavior on this issue has been a national embarrassment.”

"From 1907 until as recently as 2018, tens of thousands of Native women underwent tubal ligation without their free, prior, and informed consent. By the 1970s, between 25 and 50 percent of Native women of childbearing age in the United States were sterilized." nativenewsonline.net/health/stole...

"The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery honored Mvskoke (Creek) poet, performer and writer Joy Harjo on Saturday as one of its 2025 Portrait of a Nation Award recipients, recognizing her transformative contributions to American culture and letters." nativenewsonline.net/arts-enterta...

"Four decades after launching his acting career in Tulsa, Oscar winner Wes Studi returned Thursday to be honored by Tulsa Community College students for his groundbreaking career that has elevated Indigenous voices in film and beyond." www.kosu.org/arts-culture...

"Justice Neil Gorsuch is emerging as the Supreme Court's most forceful critic of the federal government’s sweeping 'plenary power' over Native American tribes, urging a return to a constitutional order that treats tribal nations as true sovereigns." news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

"The central story is the taking of Native American land," Burns said. "We talk about how the Iroquois Confederacy inspired Benjamin Franklin to think maybe the 13 colonies could unite. They did — 20 years later." nativenewsonline.net/opinion/ken-...

"Based on Marah Ellis Ryan's 1891 novel, the Western romance follows Genesee Jack, an Idaho settler seeking a new life. The silent film was shot on location in Lawyer's Canyon south of Lewiston and featured over 100 Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) actors." www.underscore.news/culture/hist...

It would be helpful if American schools taught kids that Hitler admired US racism and patterned many of his antisemitic laws on our anti-Black laws. Instead, we're teaching the Holocaust less altogether. Hitler also admired American antisemites like Henry Ford. Bigots attract each other. . . .

Early release of Winnipeg serial killer draws outrage from Manitoba’s Indigenous community.

People have a good reason to resist acknowledging the male loneliness crisis. They correctly perceive that women are being blamed and told to fix it. But the real cause is predatory capitalists who profit on keeping men isolated and online. www.salon.com/2025/11/17/d...

The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Here is my commentary about this embarrassing and disturbing decision by the Trump administration to censor American history at a cemetery in the Netherlands. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

The Trump administration took down a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the Department of Justice’s website nearly 300 days ago to comply with an executive order against diversity, equity and inclusion. oklahomawatch.org/2025/11/14/t...

The central problem that emerged in Episode 1 of Ken Burns's new documentary about the American Revolution is that while he wants to integrate a wide range of voices and the historians responsible for this broader perspective, he refuses to allow it to disrupt a traditional and familiar narrative. 🗃️

Check out today's newsletter from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on two very different views of the Epstein emails Spoiler alert: One of them is mine! The other is the "lost world" heralded by the NYT margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/two-opposi...

"This all began with the Rigged Census" claims the guy who was president during the 2020 census

As @mcopelov.bsky.social is known to say, "Who actually was president in 2020?" continues to be the central cleavage of American politics in 20205. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

"Trump is historically and deeply unpopular. it’s not just that people disapprove of him; they strongly disapprove of him. This is the biggest story in US politics. [It's] bad for Rs and getting worse." On the pod @speechboy71.bsky.social is great on the big picture: newrepublic.com/article/2032...

Trump's usual "Everybody does it" strategy doesn't work when it comes to the Epstein scandal. And his own people were told for so long that this was the key to unravelling all the conspiracies, so they aren't buying what he's selling. My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-epst...

The Trump Murder Memo is an admission of legal vulnerability on boat bombings. Read @dandrezner.bsky.social: "It is extremely unusual for a DOJ memo to preemptively declare that members of the armed forces are immune from prosecution." (cites my report) danieldrezner.substack.com/p/so-how-is-...

OPINION: Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad.

New superhero anthology coming from Blue Corn Comics in 2026.

"From California's large Native population and its deep connections to tribal sovereignty, to Michigan's commitment to honoring its 12 federally recognized tribes, there's a wealth of cultural events awaiting travelers." www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...

"I think the best thing I can hear from people, especially with my series 'Death Becomes Her,' is it makes people feel seen. It makes people feel heard, and most of all, it makes them want to draw their own story." www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/15/t...

"When you actually are missing someone for so long, you don't feel supported. You don't feel like anybody hears you," she said during a rally Thursday for missing and murdered Indigenous people in front of the Roundhouse. "You're not complete anymore." www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

"This is a war very much about Native land and about the construction of American wealth on the backs of Native land," Deloria told ICT. "And of course, this has been something that has concerned scholars and Native folks for a very long time." ictnews.org/arts-enterta...

share.inquirer.com/reWm4W?utm_s... GIFT ARTICLE The Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com, a public benefit corporation, and the largest American newspaper owned by a nonprofit, is an alternative to WAPO and NYT. This article by Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social is a fine example.

The Democrats called out racist shitbags and serial sex offenders. If you heard those attacks and felt they were calling *you* out personally, then that's entirely on you, champ. The rest of us white guys didn't hear that. At all.

White House aggressively posting “trump is straight” content amid the blow job e-mail