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That is not how Choctaw people dressed. I appreciate the good intent behind the post, but this is like posting a picture of people in traditional Chinese dress with a caption about Korea, or people in lederhosen in a post about England. Different countries.

Indian Health Services is the legal name of the federal agency being referenced. I agree, Indian is a deeply problematic word, but it would be inaccurate to use another term for IHS here.

Many have asked how it could cost $17.5 million to confine just over 100 unhoused people to a warehouse for 90 days.

The answer? The company running the facility got a no-bid contract and has political ties to Louisiana governor Jeff Landry—who invoked emergency powers to detain these men and women

CDC Data Removal Threatens Native Health, Violates Treaties, UIHI Says The Centers for  Disease Control and Prevention has stripped crucial health data from its website that tribal nations rely on to protect their citizens’ health, prompting immediate pushback from Nati...

The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), which tracks health data for tribes and urban Indian communities, demanded the CDC immediately restore crucial health data to its website, saying the deletions endanger Native health & violate treaty rights. nativenewsonline.net/health/cdc-d...

From Oct 2022 fyi. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

There is no place for such claims in medicine. Racial categories are not biologically real to start with. Every time these claims have been made, they have been made to support under-treatment and suffering of minority groups.

Former criminal defense attorney. People in prison and jail can be creative about finding ways to contact people. Sad to say, most corrections workers are not paid well, and some find a lucrative side hustle in providing phones to inmates. No-contact orders are also frequently statutorily mandated.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Tribal organizations unite in support of federal funding and nation-to-nation relationship "Tribal Nations are not special interest groups—they are sovereign governments with a unique legal and political relationship with the United States and with their own Tribal communities," a letter to...

"Tribal Nations are not special interest groups—they are sovereign governments with a unique legal and political relationship with the United States and with their own Tribal communities": Indian Country is calling on the US to live up to its treaty and trust obligations. indianz.com/NativeVote/2...

Musk saying he’s shutting down illegal money launderers and it’s Lutheran Social Services

Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down

Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?

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Statement On The 65th Anniversary Of The Sit-In Movement On this day, 65 years ago, February 1, 1960, the sit-in movement began, which led to the greatest civil rights movement in our country’s history.

I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth

I don’t understand why there isn’t more outcry about his team connecting their own servers to secured systems or accessing the payment systems at Treasury

Head of USAID (an organization that helps to spread democracy around the world) stands up for the rule of law and democracy in America, gets put on leave. via @dylanmatt.bsky.social

The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout | CNN Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were left with debris-strewn roads and beaches.

#IndustrialPollution #SpaceX

FROM CNN.com: The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/science/spacex-starship-explosion-debris-turks-caicos?cid=ios_app

This will not be the only disaster with continued Trump assaults on the federal workforce.

They are seeing what they can get away with if they just pour toxic shit everywhere. Call your representatives. Join boycotts. We have to be more tireless than them. They are coming for your jobs, your or your friends’ marriages and families, the freedom of our neighbors, our liberty to disagree.

Despite what the Trump Administration is claiming, Head Start centers have informed us that their funding is STILL PAUSED.

We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.

Judge orders LSU to reinstate law professor sidelined for political comments  • Louisiana Illuminator A state judge has ordered LSU to allow its law professor Ken Levy to return to teaching duties. The university had removed Levy from the classroom pending an investigation into alleged criticism of Go...

NEW DEVELOPMENT: Judge orders LSU to reinstate law professor sidelined for political comments, @piperhutch.bsky.social reports.  lailluminator.com/2025/01/30/j...

After this guy rather notably drove a large boat into an iceberg, we didn’t as a society declare boat captaincy off limits for white men. But somehow air tragedies must have a woman or BIPOC person to scapegoat somewhere. I would like to think most people know BS when they hear it.

Our country has a history of creating concentration camps from the deadly forcible confinement of American Indians through that of Japanese-American citizens that most Americans now see as travesties. We don’t need to go down this path again.

"Because the funding THPOs receive from the Historic Preservation Fund are grants, that funding was paused":Tribal Historic Preservation Officers can't access federal funds to protect tribal ancestors, cultural items & sacred sites, says National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers.

LSU law students rally for professor removed for alleged political comments  • Louisiana Illuminator A group of LSU students held a protest demanding their professor be reinstated following his removal from the classroom pending an investigation into alleged political comments

LSU law students rally for their professor who was removed from teaching for his alleged political comments. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports.  lailluminator.com/2025/01/28/l...

Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article) PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.

BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

‘Do you believe that germs cause disease?’ — the questions health leaders want senators to ask RFK Jr. Kennedy, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, will face two Senate committee hearings next week

RFK Jr’s disbelief in germ theory - the foundation of modern medicine - is key to understanding his denialism around science.

From the fednews community on Reddit: This was posted about OPM in our Union chat Explore this post and more from the fednews community

How will this affect you, reader? What safety, environmental, labor, and other regulations do you rely on being enforced to live a relatively safe life? www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...

Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...

At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

The wonderful @eff.org has an equally wonderful guide you can use to make it MUCH harder for Meta / Facebook / Instagram to collect and monetize your personal data. It's not super easy - offer to do this for family & neighbors who might not be able to: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...