Waiting on the Supreme Court to return eastern Oklahoma to Indigenous nations

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  5 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

All of Indian Country is waiting on the U.S. Supreme Court to do what is morally and legally right and return to reservation status the lands of the forcibly removed southern nations, the “Five Civilized Tribes”—Cherokees, Muscogee Creeks, Choctaws, Seminoles, and Chickasaws—in Eastern Oklahoma....

Army Combat Fitness Test Fiasco! Slides Reveal 84% of Women Failing ACFT

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  46 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  7 years ago

In previous articles for ClearanceJobs, I’ve thrown rocks at the Army’s catastrophically ill-considered Army Combat Fitness Test—the planned successor to the proven and successful Army Physical Fitness Test. I will admit, however, that my arguments against it emerged strictly from experience and...

JUDICIAL WATCH: COURT FORCES RELEASE OF CLINTON WIKILEAKS DISCUSSION EMAIL THAT CONFIRMS STATE DEPARTMENT KNEW ABOUT HER EMAIL ACCOUNT

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Judicial Watch announced today that the State Department provided a previously hidden email which shows that top State Department officials used and were aware of Hillary Clinton’s email account. On December 24, 2010, Daniel Baer, an Obama State Department deputy assistant secretary of state,...

City bans calling someone an ‘illegal alien’ out of hate

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

It’s now against the law in New York City to threaten someone with a call to immigration authorities or refer to them as an “illegal alien” when motivated by hate. The restrictions — violations of which are punishable by fines of up to $250,000 per offense — are outlined in a 29-page directive...

ABC’s Bombshell Ukraine Story Falls Apart

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“Report incorrectly labeled former adviser to Zelensky, source now disputes story”

An ABC News report that an adviser to the Ukrainian president said any communication with President Donald Trump had to include discussion of former vice president Joe Biden, published Wednesday night, fell apart within hours. ABC credited its scoop to Serhiy Leshchenko, a former member of...

DOJ Inspector General Has Completed FISA Abuse Probe

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The Justice Department’s inspector general told Congress on Friday that he completed his investigation into possible FBI abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act during the Trump-Russia probe, and has sent a draft version of his report to the Justice Department and FBI for review. “We...

United States Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of asylum limits

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American immigrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling that had blocked the new...

Appeals court decision affirms tribal jurisdiction over non-Indians

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  10 Comments  •  1 Like  •  7 years ago

Tribes can serve orders of protection against non-Indians due to their "inherent" sovereignty, a federal appeals court ruled this week, speaking to an issue that several presidential candidates are raising on the campaign trail. By a unanimous vote, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday...

Cherokee Nation Sends First Delegate to Congress

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“Kimberly Teehee will be the third Indigenous woman to represent Indigenous nations in Congress.Teehee stands as a delegate of a sovereign nation;...”

The Cherokee Nation’s recent decision to exercise its treaty rights and send Kimberly Teehee to Washington D.C. as its first-ever delegate to the U.S. Congress marks a new strategy in the ongoing fight for the survival and sovereignty of Indigenous peoples in the United States. “This journey is...

Cherokee Nation wants a rep. in Congress, taking US government up on promise it made in 1835

Via: 1stwarrior  •  News & Politics  •  45 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  7 years ago

The Cherokee Nation announced Thursday that it intends to appoint a delegate to the US House of Representatives, asserting for the first time a right promised to the tribe in a nearly 200-year-old treaty with the federal government. It was a historic step for the Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation...