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Biden administration to review Native American boarding schools' dark history
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
“Biden administration to review Native American boarding schools' dark history”
The federal government will investigate its past oversight of Native American boarding schools and work to “uncover the truth about the loss of human life and the lasting consequences” of policies that over the decades forced hundreds of thousands of children from their families and communities,...
Dem Tells High School Grads They’re Entering A World Of “Capitalism” and “White Supremacy,” Encourages Them To Remember “Jihad” And Reject Objectivity
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 40 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
A school board member gave a graduation speech in which she told a mainly-immigrant class of high schoolers that they were entering a world filled with “racism, extreme versions of individualism and capitalism, [and] white supremacy,” and encouraged them to remember their “jihad” and reject the...
White House ‘Perplexed’ By Kamala Harris Performance on First Foreign Policy Trip: CNN
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 1 Like • 4 years ago
Unnamed White House “insiders” were left “perplexed” by the performance of Vice President Kamala Harris on her recent trip to Guatemala and Mexico to address the root causes of the immigration problems at the US Southern border. This report comes from CNN’s Jeremy Diamond, who joined the vice...
B.J. Thomas, Grammy-winning singer of 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,' dies at 78
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 4 years ago
“He absorbed a wide range of influences, from Hank Williams' traditional country to the soul of Jackie Wilson and Little Richard.”
LOS ANGELES — B.J. Thomas, the Grammy Hall of Fame inductee and award-winning country singer behind hits like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head" and "Hooked on a Feeling," has died. He was 78. Representatives confirmed that Thomas died today at his home in Arlington, Texas on May 29 due to...
American Indians in the 45th Infantry Division
By: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 17 Comments • 4 Likes • 4 years ago
Since its inception, Native Americans from the tribes of Oklahoma have served in the National Guard with pride and honor. During World War I, Colonel A. W. Bloor, commander of the 142nd Infantry, 36th Division, tested and deployed a code, using the Choctaw language in place of regular military...
AOC says she's in therapy due to 'trauma' of Capitol riot
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 92 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she's in therapy following the "trauma" she incurred from being inside the Capitol complex during the Jan. 6 riot. Latinos as another reason she has sought counseling. “Yeah. Oh yeah. I’m doing therapy, but also, I’ve just slowed down," she told...
Byron York's Daily Memo: A disaster entirely of Biden’s making
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 7 Comments • 3 Likes • 4 years ago
A DISASTER ENTIRELY OF BIDEN'S MAKING.new report says "More than 12,500 Ecuadoreans were encountered in March, up from 3,568 in January," the New York Times reports. "Nearly 4,000 Brazilians and more than 3,500 Venezuelans were intercepted, up from just 300 and 284, respectively, in January....
Rick Santorum's 'Native American culture' crack was racist. But here's why he thought it was OK.
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 17 Comments • 2 Likes • 4 years ago • LOCKED
“Indigenous people's contributions have been erased from the stories white men tell about this land because acknowledging their genocide is...”
Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, spewed what has become his trademark nastiness Friday when he said during a speech that there was "nothing here" before white people stumbled on what they later renamed "America." "We came here and created a blank slate," he said to a room of...
AOC among most ineffective lawmakers in Congress, according to study
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 178 Comments • 4 years ago • LOCKED
“Among all Democratic lawmakers, AOC was ranked 230th out of 2040 Congressional Democrats in terms of effectiveness.”
A study has found that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic member of Congress from New York City and a young face in the party, has not been an effective politician in the legislature, based on a survey from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking. Ocasio- Cortez, popularly known...