Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — nea...

A ProPublica-@readfrontier.bsky.social investigation found that in the past five years, toxic oil field waste has spewed out of the ground more than 150 times.

Oklahoma’s regulatory agency, however, previously said it prefers “to lead with a handshake instead of a hammer.”

Even in deeply red Oklahoma, Republican leaders are saying no to ICE. ICE wanted to build a detention facility in Oklahoma City, but after a conversation with the Republican Mayor the landowners reconsider the sale to DHS.

Statement from FPF Chief of Advocacy Seth Stern: “The government’s arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are naked attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon because the evidence for these vindictive and unconstitutional charges was insufficient, and Lemon has every right to document news and inform the public. Instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. “These arrests, under bogus legal theories for obviously constitutionally protected reporting, are clear warning shots aimed at other journalists. The unmistakable message is that journalists must tread cautiously because the government is looking for any way to target them. Fort’s arrest is meant to instill the same fear in local independent journalists as big names like Lemon. “The answer to this outrageous attack is not fear or self-censorship. It’s an even stronger commitment to journalism, the truth, and the First Amendment. If the Trump administration thinks it can bully journalists into submission, it is wrong. We’ve recently seen that even in the Trump era, public pressure still can work. It’s time to do it again. News outlets across the political spectrum need to loudly defend Lemon’s and Fort’s rights. Journalists are not making themselves the story, Trump is.”

The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press.

Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down.

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A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.

Some scenes from Turtle Mountain during my interview with Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison After spending most of his life behind bars, Leonard Peltier now lives in a home on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation in North Dakota. He says he has no regrets but still harbors resent...

My first story about Leonard Peltier’s journey home to the Turtle Mountain. Chippewa Reservation in N. D. @mprnews.org

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More funds requested for tribal health care, as Oklahoma City Area ranks worst for IHS funding A recent budget request for Indigenous health care by tribal leaders from around the country looks ahead to fiscal year 2027, proposing a budget of $73 billion to enhance Indigenous health care. The b...

A recent budget request for Indigenous health care by tribal leaders from around the country looks ahead to fiscal year 2027, asking for $73 billion. The budget is ten times higher than the current funding level.

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Oklahoma’s controversial new social studies standards for public schools are at the center of a recently filed lawsuit.

Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter argues that the State Board of Education did not follow its own rules when it approved the standards.

JSK names 16 journalism fellows for 2025-26 Journalism leaders and innovators will pursue individual projects as well as opportunities for collective action that responds to accelerating threats to independent media.

I’m excited and honored to announce that I’ll be a part of the @jskstanford.bsky.social next year. Thanks to all those who have lifted me up, supported me like my mom, my elders @indigenousja.bsky.social @kosuradio.bsky.social

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Spoke with a single mother of two who worked for the Department of Interior today. She was summarily fired with no severance on Friday. She doesn’t know if she has health care for her two children. She told me she had to apply for public assistance. How is this saving money?

Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land Podcast Episode · Code Switch · 02/12/2025 · 33m

How the criminal legal system considers who is and isn't Native, and what that means for the Black people who are members of tribal nations. This reporting is part of this week’s @npr.org Code Switch podcast I spoke with @geedee215.bsky.social

Untangling the history of Black rights on Native land Podcast Episode · Code Switch · 02/12/2025 · 33m

Got to be on @nprcodeswitch.bsky.social with @geedee215.bsky.social talking about the history of enslavement within the Cherokee Nation and how it affects Freedmen in Oklahoma #McGirt

What we know about how the federal funding pause affects Oklahomans A federal freeze of grant funding is creating confusion in Oklahoma’s non-profit sector, tribal nations and state government agencies.

BREAKING: A federal freeze of grant funding is creating confusion in Oklahoma’s non-profit sector, tribal nations and state government agencies.

KOSU reports on how organizations are responding to the memo.
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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. as an 'organizer of the people' Scholars Tressie McMillan Cottom and Eddie Glaude reflect on the struggle for civil rights and what it means to celebrate King on the same day that President Donald Trump is sworn into office.

Today’s @nprfreshair.bsky.social with @tonyamosley.bsky.social was what I needed to hear: realism and hope. Thanks so much for the excellent show in honor of Dr. King and his legacy.

“Leonard Peltier gets to go home.Every Indian person ever ever wanted to do was go home and back to their people. And now he’s going to have an opportunity to do that,” said Nick Tilson of @ndncollective.bsky.social

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI...

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Here’s statement from White House:

BREAKING: Leonard Peltier given commutation folllow @mprnews.org for more

A close-up of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A headline reads: “RFK Jr. Sought to Stop Covid Vaccinations 6 Months After Rollout.” Photo credit: Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petitioned the FDA to revoke authorization of Covid vaccines in 2021, when estimates had begun to show that the rollout of the shots had already saved about 140,000 lives. nyti.ms/4hkaSnl

Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Lil Baby and more will play FireAid benefit concert in L.A. The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.

The Jan. 30 event will stream live and raise money for those impacted by the wildfires.

YouTube video by bachelormachines David Lynch's Public Service Announcement

David Lynch wanted us to clean up after ourselves! youtu.be/ZSWv90msTUc?...

Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.

IMPACT: Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access

Some of the bills were filed in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
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I grew up on what I to refer to as 80’s avant-garde and David Lynch and his films were on my playlist-going to art house theaters in my small hometown to see Blue Velvet and Eraserhead and watching Twin Peaks on network TV before the internet! David Lynch, your brilliance will be missed

More Native fire crews help in Los Angeles UPDATED: Multiple wildfires are ravaging the Los Angeles area, displacing thousands of people who are fleeing devastating flames that have taken five lives

Navajo Nation and the Klamath tribes of Oregon sent fire crews to help fight the LA fires. ictnews.org/news/as-fire...

A pitmaster and dedicated father died alongside his son waiting for help in LA fire Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.

Anthony Mitchell Sr. and his son Justin were waiting for help to evacuate on the day they died in the Eaton fire, family members said. Anthony Sr. was remembered for his devotion to his children.

How a high-end Santa Monica boutique pivoted to help fire victims Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals.

Palisades fire victims can get everything from clothes to toiletries to dog food, donated by their neighbors at a Santa Monica shop known for posh dress rentals. via @laist.com

Here’s one of the ways you can help people whose homes were lost in #TONGVALAND right now

Minor breakdown after trying to complete the FAFSA form for my daughter. How’s your morning?

DOJ: Credible reports that law enforcement ‘participated in murder’ during Race Massacre The U.S. Department of Justice released a new report Friday on the Tulsa Race Massacre more than 100 after publishing its first account.

From my colleague @mbryanok.bsky.social.
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