Lot to get at here. First, you’re right that there have been dozens of issues in recent years that generated more widespread anger in Indian Country than Warren’s DNA test. We’ve covered those issues here since I joined; hell, we even scooped some folks on Savanna’s Act. But to the idea that this is manufactured anger… Read more
My beat is literally Native American issues, so I’m not quite sure how to ignore one of the biggest Native issues being discussed in mainstream American politics and do my job. (And you best check the archives before you tell me to cover ‘actually important’ issues.) Read more
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Listen, I don’t get the Sbarro’s love either. It’s gross, and quite frankly, I am sickened by my co-workers. But I must respect Democracy. Read more
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FYI, for you and other commenters: Definitively telling someone you don’t know and have never met that they are “passing” based on a profile picture is an awfully big assumption and an awfully easy way to get your ass blocked. Read more
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This is entirely reasonable, and you’re not the first person to express this sentiment during this series. In A Perfect Kinja World, there’d be a way to bookmark your spot in the piece. Read more
Thanks for keeping up with the series. And you’ll hear no argument from me, Diana is the best. Read more
And, on cue, Brian Williams apologizes for Beto’s “fucking” slip-up. Read more
I didn’t catch much of the rest of his concession speech, but Beto just said “fucking” live on MSNBC. Still punk, baby. Read more
It’s still a little too early to call it, but it’s sure looking like Michigan is going to wake up on Wednesday as one of the Chill States—Proposal 1, the state’s push to legalize recreational marijuana, is up by 15 percent with 59 percent of votes counted. Hell yeah. Read more
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By a slim margin, West Virginia voters have passed Amendment 1, ensuring that their state constitution will not protect a woman’s right to have access to abortion. Read more
Keeping with the amendment beat: North Carolina voters did well to prevent the GOP-dominated state legislature from stealing appointment powers from the governor, but they shit the bed on the three remaining options. North Carolinians voted that fellow citizens should be required to have an ID to vote; that income tax… Read more
Welp, Alabama passed both of its awful amendments tonight: Amendment 1 allowed for the Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools and on public policy, while Amendment 2 made it state policy that Alabama will “recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children.” According to the NYT,… Read more
Some good and bad news out of Louisiana. First, the bad: Steve Scalise is heading back to the U.S. House and Amendment 1, which adds a five-year buffer between felons completing their sentence and running for public office, passed. On the good end: Amendment 2, which brought Louisiana into the 21st Century and… Read more
Massachusetts voters seem to have avoided going full Masshole and have voted “Yes” on Question 3, thus upholding SB 2407 and upholding protections for transgender citizens from any discrimination based on gender identity. Read more
After a strong push from early voters, Democrat D.D. Adams lost the race for North Carolina’s 5th District to incumbent Republican U.S. House Rep. Virginia Foxx, per the AP. With 54 percent of precincts reporting, Foxx is up by over 20,000 votes. Read more