Across NY & MD, I'm counting 12 Democratic incumbents who lost (or, in one case, are trailing) to a challenger to their left. —2 congressmembers (both NY) —4 state senators (2 in NY, 2 in MD) —6 state house members (5 in NY, 1 in MD) A thread to break this down.

“Simply put: Dem Socialists (+17 pt net fav) are more popular than Dems in Congress (+4 pt net fav) with Dems… it’s no wonder they’re winning in primaries across the country… This is one of the biggest political changes I’ve seen in my lifetime.”

I hope Schumer is so fucking scared right now. I hope he is looking at what happened in his own districts and is absolutely sick to his fucking stomach about his future. I hope he’s terrified. Gillibrand too. I hope they see the tide turning and just want to barf with overwhelming fear.

“They made us many promises, more than I can remember. But they kept but one. They promised to take our land and they took it.” -Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota

Closure of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Marks End of Troubled Chapter in the Everglades The controversial immigration detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” is closing after less than a year of operation, ending a chapter marked by legal battles, environmental concerns, and allegations of…

Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving is a special exhibition at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington. The exhibit is a testament to the creativity and tenacity of Coast Salish weaving culture.…

The San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants organization announced its "Find Your Roots, Claim Your Story" initiative, a project designed to connect people with their family histories through research conducted in partnership with universities across the region. www.ksat.com/news/local/2...

The Puyallup Tribe is the first Indigenous nation to be formally represented at the World Cup, a historic designation that has the tribe going all out. To celebrate the games, the tribe has organized a dedicated fan zone near the Emerald Queen Casino. www.southsoundmag.com/arts-enterta...

The Drug Enforcement Administration has installed license plate cameras on or around the Wind River Reservation, authorities confirmed Thursday. "All this stuff is somewhat '1984'-ish," Sen. Cale Case said. "It’s a big step in our surveillance society." cowboystatedaily.com/2026/06/18/l...

Aly Davie told KATU News she became emotional during Saturday's commencement ceremony after school staff told her she could not wear a graduation cap representing her family's tribe, the Cheam First Nation. "I started bawling on the field," Davie said. katu.com/news/local/i...

As the 150th anniversary of Greasy Grass is commemorated this week, tribal leaders and descendants reflect on a victory that still resonates today.

A Trans woman in Kansas changed her license to M because of the gender marker ban passed earlier this year. She gets pulled over and they didn't believe the license was hers. They later charge her for driving with an invalid license. She complied with the law and was still charged criminally.

The growing wave of progressive populists understand that raising taxes on billionaires is overwhelmingly popular — 77% of voters support doing so, including 71% of Independents and 65% of Republicans.

New in PN: UFC fighter's Michelle Obama smear reveals much about MAGA bigotry "Trump did not disavow the remark. Instead, he appeared to smile. Given the depth of his submersion in right-wing derp, he probably knew what many others there did not: the grotesque slur did not come out of nowhere."

The Vandal Follow my cartoons and accompanying written commentary on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com

Trump's Reflecting Pool fiasco is directly linked to his ballroom, the arch, and his bottomless corruption, says @mjtoma.bsky.social. It's all about erasing republican governance and replacing it w/the imperial court of a "czar." On the pod Mike is great on all this: newrepublic.com/article/2121...

"Diversity in religious practice is really what the First Amendment is all about. It's respect for other people, even when you don't agree with the religious practices because you don't maybe fully understand their religious practices." www.kosu.org/peyote-polit...

"While Echohawk is modest and maintains focus on the broader Native community, not himself, in 2023 the American Bar Association awarded him the Thurgood Marshall Award, recognizing his lifelong commitment to civil liberties and human rights." www.concordmonitor.com/2026/06/22/m...

"The land colonised by the pilgrims is impossibly old, and people have been there the entire time, making things of such beauty and complexity that we didn't fully understand them until centuries down the line. Things like the Medicine Wheel." dangerousminds.net/history/myst...

Tacoma Public Schools has agreed to pay "a large number" to settle allegations that it violated state law and discriminated against an Indigenous student when it prohibited her from wearing tribal regalia during a high school graduation ceremony in 2024. www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/a...

For too long, Native American people in the United States have been stereotyped as vestiges of the past, invisible citizens in their own land obliged to remind others, "We are still here!" Yet today, Native leaders are at the center of social change. press.princeton.edu/ideas/reflec...

Native Travel Memoir Lights the Way to Making Kin and Building Community Around the Globe The genre of travel writing has, for too long, been the domain of… https://nativenewsonline.net/sponsored-content/native-travel-memoir-lights-the-way-to-making-kin-and-building-community-around-the-globe/

The Tohono O’odham Nation has filed a lawsuit challenging plans for a border wall on its reservation, saying the federal government lacks authority to build on tribal land without permission.

Indigenous Peoples mapped this continent thousands of years before Europeans arrived. Today, Diana and I visited the Nanaimo Museum to learn more about the rich histories, cultures, and languages of Indigenous Peoples — and their enduring contributions to Canada.

It remains hilarious that Republicans keep insisting Trump is a master dealmaker when he's never really had any success at all at making deals as president. Not just Iran, either. He's sitting on majorities in both Houses of Congress but hasn't accomplished anything there. He's an utter failure.

"The nature of Trump’s personalist presidency, in which the entire govt is organized around turning his whims into reality and the barest hint of dissent is swiftly punished, makes the question of his age *even more important* than it was with Biden, who was surrounded by competent people."

I’m skeptical but am keeping an open mind

"Everything Trump touches turns to crud...The idea that the world’s oldest republic...the nation that invented republican values...puts up with it, that’s what really shocks me." On the pod, @pkrugman.bsky.social is just brilliant on Trump and our national decline: newrepublic.com/article/2121...

KRUGMAN: “Iran won. Iran is in a much stronger position and 🇺🇸 in a much weaker position than before the war. And the deal is vastly inferior to Obama’s, that Trump ripped up.” newrepublic.com/article/2121...

In case anyone is still unclear, Israel does not want peace. www.democracynow.org/2026/6/22/he...

Cherokee Nation Cyclists Ride The Trail of Tears Eighteen members of the Cherokee Nation on Friday finished a 950-mile bike ride that followed the same path their ancestors walked on the Trail of Tears....

A casting call has gone out for the upcoming Twilight reboot animated series. The casting call is looking for voice actors of Edward’s rival Jacob Black (previously played by Taylor Lautner) and his father, Billy Black (Gil Birmingham). knightedgemedia.com/2026/06/cast...

"Within six months, one in four Cherokee, or Tsalagi, could read and write. Within a quarter-century, Cherokee people had achieved a higher rate of literacy than the country's non-Native population." www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/m...

LONGETEIG: When we became tribally controlled, that was the key. CARRILLO: Now local tribes set the curriculum, a complete reversal from the school's founding purpose. www.npr.org/2026/06/21/n...

"If we’re serious about Indian Education for all and we’re not just going to make that lip service, let's ... put some money towards it." Without that support, off-reservation schools – like the ones his children attend – will continue to fall short. county10.com/wyomingites-...

"The directive erodes important procedural safeguards for Indian families," the ACLU wrote, noting that it "makes no reference to specific procedures and safeguards for Indian children and families established in state and federal law." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Another section of the sign states that "Indigenous peoples" have worked to "combat and rightfully reverse the forces of settler colonialism" and features a 2009 Obama quote reflecting on broken treaties, lost lands and the treatment of Native Americans. www.foxnews.com/politics/oba...

"This action enables the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe to regulate its own cannabis industry on tribal lands and participate in Connecticut’s market by selling to and buying from state licensees." www.fox61.com/article/news...

They're calling it Operation Ballistic Backlog, part of Operation Steadfast Promise. To put it simply, firearms leave something of a ballistic 'fingerprint' which can be traced if and only if prior uses of that firearm are documented into an ATF database. www.sdpb.org/crime-courts...

The National Parks and Patriotism Guest Opinion What should we expect (or want) to learn at National Parks? A federal district court in Massachusetts has granted an injunction for the Association of National Park Rangers and others against the Secretary of the Interior’s implementation of a…

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @andertoon.bsky.social)

May have just bought these shirts LOLOL www.etsy.com/listing/4525...

Sums it up nicely

Right, the entire premise of the whole adventure was completely flawed. And *he was told this by numerous top advisers*!

Pundits: "The left doesn't know how to make appeals with patriotism!" Protestor at Delaney Hall waving an American flag:

On this day in 2020, a statue of the Danish-Norwegian colonizer, Hans Egede, was vandalised in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. anticolonialhistory.com/event/225/

On this day in 2021, two Catholic church buildings in Syilx territory, British Columbia, are destroyed in fires, after confirmation of unmarked child graves at residential schools. anticolonialhistory.com/event/226/

Maximizing Opportunities for Cherokees to Help Cherokees Guest Opinion Modern Cherokee history celebrates several key moments, including adoption of Sequoyah’s syllabary in 1821, ratification of the Cherokee Nation’s Constitution in 1839, and construction of the Cheroke Nation Supreme Court in…