Edgar Silex

I ❤️ my hometown.

Well done…

“It Blows My Mind That There’s No Opposition”: When ICE Allies Run Unchallenged - Bolts In a populous city in southeast Virginia, a Republican sheriff who calls himself “Detain ’Em Dave” faces a race to the right against a GOP challenger who wants more immigration enforcement. No Democra...

In Virginia’s two biggest cities, both of which went for Harris in the fall, Republican sheriffs are running for election right now with no Democratic or independent opponents.

This fits into a broad trend and carries particularly high stakes for local-ICE cooperation: boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...

A reason im not moved by the “don’t give the trump administration the pretext they’re looking for” is that we would not dare say that about any anti-authoritarian protest movement in literally any other country

Sound familiar?

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate…

The Trump administration is looking to cut funding for already underfunded tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%.

College leaders had not been warned of the proposed cuts nor consulted during the budgeting process.

By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social‬

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

Laura Shovan's poetry techniques for the first novelist, six sessions April through June 2025.

It's National Poetry Month! Treat yourself to my private class, "Poetry Techniques for the Verse Novelist."

This six session course covers:

· Word & Line
· Form & Stanza
· Meaning
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Heid E. Erdrich: Reading and Signing 04/11/2025 Missoula, Montana, Missoula Art Museum - The Arts Event | MissoulaEvents Acclaimed writer Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe, enrolled at Turtle Mountain) will visit MAM for a special reading. Erdrich is the author of numerous poetry collections, including Little Big Bully (Penguin, ...

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Suppression Alert: Back to Pre-VRA Days The Horrible “SAVE” Act, and How You Can Help Stop It

"Suppression Alert: Back to Pre-VRA Days – The Horrible 'SAVE' Act, and How You Can Help Stop It"
By David Pepper open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...

Well done France!

UK next please!

Utah Election Bill Would Disenfranchise Rural Native Residents, Critics Warn The proposal comes despite the vast majority of Utah voters being confident in the current vote-by-mail system.

Utah state legislators are considering a bill that would change the state’s popular voting by mail system to require ballots received by mail to be dropped off at designated polling locations, a move that will likely disenfranchise the Native communities who live in rural areas.

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

Tribal Colleges and Universities Fear Their Future Amid Trump’s Sweeping Orders Chartered by federally recognized tribes, leaders say the schools are extensions of tribal nations and sovereignty.

Tribal colleges and universities receive 74 percent of their total revenue from federal funding. If the freeze continues, tribal colleges and universities could shut down completely.

DARK GOTHIC MAGA: How Tech Billionaires Plan to Destroy America YouTube video by Blonde Politics | The Silly Serious

Video connects the dots with what's currently happening to our administrative government and our democracy. It's 30 mins long but informative. It outlines the Trump's execution of Project 2025.

Lakota Law's 2025 Decolonized Reading List This "Top 25 for 2025" list of nonfiction books focuses on a variety of topics, including BIPOC-centered histories of Native America, resistance movements, and the decolonizing work of reconnecting us...

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It's BS like this that gave us neofascism.

You're an elected senator, go down there and demand they cease and desist immediately. Bring lawyers and a camera crew. Do something.

Sue, filibuster, dems stop voting in both chambers of congress until this stops.

Native American Suicide Rates Drop 43% in New Mexico Newly published data from New Mexico shows a promising drop in deaths by suicide among the state’s Native American population.

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