Mr Cameron should watch the Avatar films to learn a valuable lesson about colonialism

Anti-choicers are in a total meltdown over a very short stay on an abortion pill ban. They are stupid people, yes. But they have good reason to worry the GOP isn’t eager to take on the political risk of decimating abortion access. www.salon.com/2026/05/06/a...

Now that GOP is seeking $1 billion in taxpayer funds for Trump's ballroom, Republicans will be tied more tightly to the deeply unpopular project. Trump's megalomania is becoming a midterm liability for GOP. On the pod, @schaller67.bsky.social is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2099...

Standing before the White House to demand we close the concentration camps where roughly 70K people are now forced to endure horrific conditions by virtue of who they are, not anything they've done. #CloseTheCamps #BringThemHome

"As Justice Jackson put it: 'The Court unshackles itself from both constraints today and dives into the fray. And just like that, those principles give way to power.' 'It is the dissent’s rhetoric that lacks restraint,' Alito snorted in reply. Well … a hit dog will holler."

Good to see: Senator Adam Schiff tells me that if Dems win Congress, wholesale fumigation and reform of DOJ will be essential due to Trump's world-historical corruption. "DOJ is in shambles," Schiff says. He and others lay out ideas on preventing future travesties: newrepublic.com/article/2099...

This is exactly why we need DOJ reform to be *codified in law,* as I argued in this piece, and as Adam Schiff and others told me in interviews. The old post-Watergate norms-based approach is dead. newrepublic.com/article/2099...

"Sir, the voters are furious that you keep talking about your plans for a billion dollar ballroom at the White House when they're facing soaring prices on gas and groceries. Please, we're begging you, just talk about something else." "No problem, I got just the thing. You'll love this."

Has anyone checked on the spider that bit Rittenhouse to see if it's okay?

This has to be the funniest question AND response I've ever seen in a poll. Less than half of Republican men think they could beat Trump in a fight. What a bunch of pathetic losers.

Trump is decomposing because he's garbage. It's the natural way of things.

"The United States was founded and exists on stolen Native American land, taken in the course of an ongoing national genocide. Israel was founded and exists on stolen Palestinian land, taken in the course of an ongoing national genocide." mronline.org/2026/05/04/u...

"The tribe's resolutions were adopted under the tribe's inherent sovereign authority to protect critically threatened walleye and muskellunge populations on reservation lakes, populations on which the tribe and its members have relied since time immemorial." www.wpr.org/news/federal...

"The hammerscale shows that English settlers lived among the Croatoans on Hatteras and were ultimately absorbed into their community. Once and for all, this smoking gun evidence answers any questions about the supposed mystery of the lost colony." people.com/new-theory-s...

The policy "[p]rohibits the use of Native American or Native Hawaiian human remains or cultural items in research or instructional activities without tribal and university approval," Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan wrote. www.thecollegefix.com/uc-davis-no-...

So apparently calling something racist is defamation. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... We can't name ethnic fraud, or racism, unless we want to be sued and be dragged through the courts for years. Fucking scary shit.

Nothing has changed. At one point, Indigenous Peoples were legally prohibited from organizing politically. Now, we have the "right"... to have our asses sued off by white people who find our organizing uncomforable.

I want to point out how deeply this impacts Indigenous Peoples, as we are disproportionately represented within prisons. Book programs brought Indigenous voices to our incarcerated relatives. They are cutting us off from one another and it is on purpose.

A BIG reminder here: only 2% of US Beef production relies on federal land grazing leases! And the rest of the world kind of hates our beef production, so prefers not to buy ANY if they can get beef any other way. We don’t need this. Beef cattle are an INVASIVE SPECIES in North & South America.

Why Native Americans Wear Red and March on May 5th While many Americans spend May 5 celebrating Cinco de Mayo, a day that commemorates the Mexican army's unexpected victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, Native Americans and their allies across Indian Country will spend…

New in PN: How Dems can avenge the demise of the VRA "Trump’s extreme unpopularity has another effect: it supercharges opposition. Democratic voters are demanding their leaders fight as if the fascists are at the gate (which they are). And Dem leaders have, after some hesitation, begun to respond."

Trump is openly urging the GOP to gerrymander everywhere as his polls crater. That requires Dems to respond, says @maxflugrath.bsky.social. "You can’t win a fight by choosing not to use stronger weapons that your opponent is using." Today's pod lays out the roadmap: newrepublic.com/article/2099...

What would've happened if the Caliphate of Córdoba reached America first? More tolerance of Native cultures and religions and long-term exposure to disease. Leading to Native revolution and independence centuries later. Read all about it in a story coming soon from Blue Corn Comics.

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“2 weeks” Everybody drink! 🍹 By “time is not of the essence for us” he means he doesn’t care how many American lives this war costs or how expensive things are for you

"Greenpeace Canada has condemned the expansion, arguing that Canada should focus on reducing oil reliance rather than investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure." Keystone Light largely avoids some historical flashpoints by not crossing Native American reservations. oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...

American Indigenous Tourism Association Declares May 4 as Inaugural “American Indigenous Tourism Day” The American Indigenous Tourism Association (AIT), the only national organization dedicated to advancing cultural heritage tourism in Native Nations and communities across the United States and…

Both mainstream media and especially MAGA media are hyping claims that there's been a big resurgence in religiosity among young American men. But a deeper look at the data shows they don't go to church more than young women. I have answers. www.salon.com/2026/05/04/y...

New: A Dem party that prioritizes symbolic legislation and hearings about costs over investigations and impeachment is going to be horribly maladapted for a post-wave GOP that, by composition, will be the party's most fascistic incarnation yet. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-fasc...

New in PN: The vanity presidency "America has suffered ignorant presidents, corrupt presidents, & incompetent presidents. Trump is all of these, yet something far worse: He’s the first to view the office not as a public obligation, but as a personal vanity project designed solely to serve himself."

Trump cratering on Iran in Pew poll: *62% disapprove of his handling of war *59% say war was mistake *Only 24% say his goals clear (!) And Trump just revealed he's clueless about what his own negotiators are offering On the pod @stevebenen.com is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2098...

Social media pushed Standing Rock’s message from on-the-ground efforts and communication to international awareness, redefining Indigenous narratives.

Indigenous communities are hard hit: Roughly one in 10 proposed mines is within 10 miles of a reservation. "All those minerals … are right in our sacred sites." The pattern of sidelining tribal voices and dispossession "has always been oppressive." insideclimatenews.org/news/0305202...

"Pete, an undrafted free agent left tackle out of Kentucky, isn't the first player with a Native American background to make it to the NFL, but he is the first, specifically, from the Navajo Nation." He's 6'8" and the average Navajo man is 5'6". www.dallasnews.com/sports/cowbo...

"Each year Trump zeroes out funding for key Native Hawaiian programs and each year Congress, led by Hawai'i's four-member delegation, reallocates the money." This year's bogus justification: "Native Hawaiians are not a tribal nation but a racial group." www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/do-t...

"A 19th-century mining law still governs much of today's lithium boom—and it doesn't require the federal government to consult tribes before mining projects advance on these ancestral lands." If it occurs at all, tribal consultation often occurs too late. insideclimatenews.org/news/0305202...

Trump: “polls are fake news” Polls:

“Navajo Highways” Earns Two Emmy Nominations, Highlighting Indigenous Language and Storytelling Navajo Highways, a groundbreaking Navajo-language children’s series and original production from First Nations Experience, has received two Emmy Award nominations from the Pacific Southwest Chapter of…

Racists think they have found their best argument: that racism doesn’t really exist. That it’s just a weapon used against white people. They’ve settled on this, and won’t budge. They will sit and laugh at any and all reasoning. Attempts to persuade are useless, so stop trying and just fight them.

Not just mutual — fully enforced. That means doubling SCOTUS, growing the House (and by extension, Electoral College) by 100+ members, and mandating multi-member districts drawn by independent commissions barred from considering party affiliation. Fix democracy first.

"While DC stands for Detective Comics, to many, it stands for 'Discrimination Comics,' and an easy search on social media will show that this has been a trend for the past few years due to the actions, or lack thereof, by the publisher." www.comicsbeat.com/dc-comics-bl...

"I heard 'stolen property' and I heard 'Indians' and for just a moment there I thought, this is it. This is the one we've been waiting for," Gerald Runningwater told WWN. #landback waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/04/22/d...

The intaglio, a type of geometric or figurative drawing etched into arid desert pavements, resembles a fish and likely served as a sacred site for ancestors of the Tohono O'odham Nation. About 60 to 70 feet of the 272-foot-long intaglio suffered damage.

"To get reform, tribal leaders argued that language programs are inherent to sovereignty. As such, it should be considered a trust and treaty obligation between the United States and tribes that would lead to budget discussions for services." nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...

"One review considered an article by a tribal group for a website about the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. By the time the article was posted, it was scrubbed of references to former President Jefferson fathering children with an enslaved young woman." www.eenews.net/articles/the...

Obviously, the goal here is to end Head Start and eventually, all child care. The GOP is utterly radicalized against women working outside of the home, and everything about this issue must be seen through that lens. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/u...

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? When it's an Israeli ceasefire, of course.

Trump’s racism is increasingly overt

Democrats need to accept that they're entering a new era of procedural Total War. This includes a big escalation in redistricting, but it's not limited to that. If Republicans don't like it, tough shit: They made this world, and they are the ones inflicting it on us. newrepublic.com/article/2098...