Author: hearseeno

afrogeekgoddess:

nativenews:

Federally recognized Indigenous Nations should brace for possible termination policy under Trump

Whether we like it or not, Saglutupiaġataq is now president of the United States and Republicans control Congress. Federally recognized Alaska Native and American Native Nations should brace for the worst, including the possibility that Congress may move to terminate federally recognized Nations.

The termination era of 1953 to 1968 involved Congress stripping Nations of their lands and criminal jurisdiction. The policy was thinly disguised as an attempt to lift Natives in the States and Alaska Natives out of poverty by assimilating them into mainstream society. However the real goal was to privatize and ransack American Native and Alaska Native lands.

From the American Indian Relief Council:

From 1953-1964 109 tribes were terminated and federal responsibility and jurisdiction was turned over to state governments. Approximately 2,500,000 acres of trust land was removed from protected status and 12,000 Natives lost tribal affiliation. The lands were sold to non-Indians the tribes lost official recognition by the U.S. government….Public Law 280 which was passed in 1953 turned power over to state governments to enforce most of the regular criminal laws on reservations as they were doing in other parts of the state.

Saglutupiaġataq’s administration apparently began mobilizing to pursue the privatization of Indian lands as early as October 2016 with the formation of his 27 member Native American Affairs Coalition. The Coalition is chaired by “Cherokee” pretendian Rep. Markwayne Mullin. Like the termination policy of more than 60 years ago, the Coalition contends that impoverished Native Nations are saddled by federal regulations that stymie self-reliance and prosperity. Tribal lands should be privatized, it argues, so that American Indians can pursue development projects that lift them out of poverty.

Saglutupiaġataq has tapped Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke for secretary of the Interior, the federal agency overseeing the Borough of Indian Affairs. Zinke is a known fraudster with little integrity. Scientific American characterizes Zinke as a “mixed bag” with an anti-environment, pro-industry voting record. It is unlikely that he will be a friend to Indian Country or to Alaska Natives.

Keep reading

“Saglutupiaġataq (“the compulsive liar” in Iñupiatun)”

Source: nativenews

bittytroyeboy:

Anyone else’s blogs turning into a mix of lighthearted fandom content and deeply upsetting politics? Cause mine is.

Yes.

BTW:  I’m tagging all my deeply upsetting politics “Trump” and all posts about resistance to Trump and the GOP as “take action” if anyone wants to blacklist.

CDC’s canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore

justanotheridijiton:

He called me and we talked about it and we said, ‘There’s still a void and still a need.’ We said, ‘Let’s make this thing happen,’ ” said Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. “It was a no-brainer.”

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The meeting now planned for Feb. 16 will take place outside of any government circles. Rather than at CDC, it will be held at the nonprofit Carter Center in Atlanta. It will be a one-day event rather than the three days originally planned. Its sponsors now include nongovernmental groups such as the Harvard Global Health Institute, the Turner Foundation and the Climate Reality Project, an education and advocacy group founded by Gore.

CDC’s canceled climate change conference is back on — thanks to Al Gore

carol-on:

mysharona1987:

Trump and the former President of Mexico acting like bitchy high school girls on social media. 

It’s like The West Wing meets Mean Girls.

What the world has come to.

UPDATE

I voted for affordable education.

Okay, here’s my prediction:

Trump and GOP Congress gut medicaid, the ACA, federal funding for research (NIH, NIMH), EPA, and a myriad other programs in order to fund:

  • Deep tax cuts/loopholes to the upper crust (aka: failed Reagan-era trickle down economics).
  • Trump’s Erection Wall

Trump “fails” to negotiate a deal wherein Mexico pays for the Wall.

In a fit of narcissistic pique, Trump withdraws all aid from Mexico and ends trade agreements.

He declares SUCCESS.  I am the AWESOMEST PREZ EVAH!

The “money” that Mexico “paid” does NOT go back to the taxpayers in any form, but is absorbed into the national debt because the GOP is screaming at the increases in debt caused when they lowered taxes on a certain percentage of the population.

Say goodbye to cheap products from Mexico.  Say hello to more cheap products from China, and with that influx say goodbye to our negotiating position with them.

Maybe not full out trade wars ensue, but we definitely have trade kerfuffles.  Prices rise – putting more financial burden on people who can’t afford it.

Say hello to an increased flow of drugs from Mexico because:

  1. I’m betting a good portion of that aid we give them is to help with law enforcement and cooperative DEA programs between Mexico and the US.  
  2. Trump’s Erection Wall is a lot smaller than advertised, and it doesn’t inhibit the flow of people one iota.  
Source: mysharona1987

She Turned The World On With Her Smile: Mary Tyler Moore Dies At 80

I don’t think you can underestimate the impact Mary Tyler Moore had on women of my generation. 

I’m sure if I look back on her show from the perspective of 2017, I’d see all the ways that misogyny shaped her character.  But back then in the 70′s, I got to see the first truly sympathetic career woman in her.  She was funny.  She was passionate.  She was respected, and even when she had no one in her corner, she didn’t back down.  She hurt, but she never gave up.  I never really gave her much thought, but I could never forget her.  Some little part of her lodged in my psyche and made it possible for me to believe that I could be who I am today.  

She Turned The World On With Her Smile: Mary Tyler Moore Dies At 80