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President Biden was derided here for his naivete in saying that he believed that he could get some bipartisan legislation passed. He has been derided here “as the weakest” president in forever, but he got some strong legislation passed with only our...
by Dem
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on Sat Aug 06, 2022 at 04:33 AM PDT
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In Pawtucket, Rhode Island on February 12, 2022, the member Nations/Tribes of The Federation of Aboriginal Nations of the Americas (FANA) and its allies signed the “Official International ...
by LauraZ
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on Tue Jun 21, 2022 at 01:00 PM PDT
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18 days after Trump lost 2020 election •November 22, 2020 Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo withdrew from "Open Skies Treaty." •October 7, 2019 letter (below) proves Trump & Pompeo knew withdrawing would “only benefit Russia” and allow Putin to invade...
by TeamSarah4Choice
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on Wed Feb 23, 2022 at 09:35 AM PST
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On April 18, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Member Nations of the Federation of Aboriginal Nations of the Americas which include three indigenous first contact tribes from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Jersey/Pennsylvania signed treaties with...
by Carol Hoernlein
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on Tue May 04, 2021 at 11:31 AM PDT
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Just now circa 9:10pm EST 11/23/2020. heard Rachel Maddow reporting that Trump has withdrawn (illegally — Congress is supposed to approve any changes) from the Open-Skies Treaty that allows 34 countries to surveil each other’s skies,...
by boblite
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on Mon Nov 23, 2020 at 06:30 PM PST
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LAWS AND TREATIES are useless if there’s a general agreement by one side or the other to ignore them. Native American tribes have known this since the Indian Removal Act. African-Americans have known it since Reconstruction. Women have known it since...
by georgesmileystie
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on Tue Jul 28, 2020 at 01:31 PM PDT
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The following is cross-posted from our blog. Currently, the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) pumps nearly 600,000 barrels of oil a day under Lake Oahe — the sole source of drinking water for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. A proposed...
by Lakota Peoples Law Project
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on Mon Aug 05, 2019 at 11:04 AM PDT
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Congresswomen Tulsi Gabbard (D) and Ilhan Omar (D) have introduced a bill to Congress which would prevent President Donald Trump from withdrawing the US from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
Speaking at a press conference on...
by MrGill
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on Fri Feb 15, 2019 at 03:41 PM PST
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Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement without asking for congressional agreement—though there’s little doubt the Republican Congress would have urged him to jump right off the climate change cliff. Trump also didn’t ask for any permission on...
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue Feb 05, 2019 at 10:09 AM PST
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As Donald Trump prepares to manufacture a national emergency over his inability to get everything he wants from Congress on the domestic front, his negotiation skills—or lack thereof—are about to generate an even bigger crisis, one that represents a...
by Mark Sumner
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on Thu Jan 31, 2019 at 09:33 AM PST
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In light of Trump’s statement that the US is going to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with the stated reason that the Russians have been in violation of the treaty for several years, I searched for the Democratic position on...
by Arun
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on Sun Oct 21, 2018 at 10:28 AM PDT
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IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN OUR HISTORY
AND RECOGNIZE OUR HISTORY IS PRESENT
“You can’t come home until you know where you belong”
Nicole Baltrushes, from the album Another Home
Part 1
A week has passed since...
by wmdrpa
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on Wed Nov 23, 2016 at 05:32 PM PST
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Update"If you look into my one eye, you will still see love and forgiveness there" Sioux War Veteran Last night an atrocity was committed against peaceful American citizens, Water Protectors of the Standing Rock Sioux and their supporters, who have been peacefully protesting the building of the DAPL pipeline. They are there to protect water, the...
by Marina Asbury
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on Mon Nov 21, 2016 at 01:49 PM PST
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Friday, October 28, 2016 — Press Release: BURLINGTON, Vt., Oct. 28 — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to President Barack Obama Friday requesting he intervene to protect Native Americans peacefully protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline....
by e2247
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on Sat Oct 29, 2016 at 08:01 AM PDT
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Yes, Virginia New Hampshire, there really is more going on than politicians wanting you to vote for them. That goes for you, too, rest of the US.
Senator Warren today released her speech against
by jpmassar
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on Tue Feb 02, 2016 at 04:36 PM PST
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I never thought that Democrats would actually have to worry about Rep. Jerry Nadler, the rep from NY-10 district. Nadler has consistantly been one of the most progressive and best Democrats ever put ...
by Rob Dapore
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on Tue Oct 06, 2015 at 12:00 PM PDT
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While we discuss here on this Labor Day, what will do if Climate Change creates a refugee crisis that will soar into the Millions
I was angered to read on another site that an aide to Mitch ...
by wade norris
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on Mon Sep 07, 2015 at 12:23 PM PDT
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I posted this in response to an online article stating that if the treaty is ratified, Iran's defense and terrorist funding will increase by 4.8 billion dollars
Oh, and I almost forgot, that 4.8 ...
by gendy
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on Tue Aug 11, 2015 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Today's Q&A became tense for a few minutes after CBS' Chief White House correspondent Major Garrett asked his questions after a particularly pointed statement insinuating that President Obama was "...
by alvins
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on Wed Jul 15, 2015 at 07:58 PM PDT
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Gaius Publius has been really digging into the TPP story over at Hullabaloo. His latest goes into the details of the Trade 'Courts' that TPP would set up. Everything about them stinks. GP has some ...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Jun 16, 2015 at 09:30 AM PDT
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