#NativeAmericanCalling - #OilDrilling vs #CulturalPreservation at #ChacoCanyon

May 27, 2026 By Art Hughes

"The #Trump administration is moving to undo a 20-year ban on #OilAndGasDrilling near Chaco Canyon, a place of major cultural significance to #pueblos in the Southwest. The threat of new oil leases on nearly 340,000 acres of #PublicLand surrounding Chaco Canyon has put the site on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s [#NTHP] list of America’s #MostEndangeredSpaces. It is the second time on the same list for the land that is already a protected National Historic Park and a #UNESCOWorldHeritageSite. The moratorium was instituted in 2023 by then-Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who is a Laguna Pueblo citizen. We’ll hear about the options ahead for the land and the cultural significance it holds."

Listen:
https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-may-27-2026-oil-drilling-vs-cultural-preservation-at-chaco-canyon/

#NativeAmericanNews #IndigenousNews #ProtectTheSacred #CulturalGenocide #BigOilAndGas #TrumpSucks #USPol #Oiligarch #CorporateColonialism #CorporateGreed #FossilFuels #FossilFools

“It’s About People Feeding Their Families”: #Indigenous-Led #AntiAusterity Protests Rock #Bolivia

#DemocracyNow, May 29, 2026

"Protests in Bolivia are demanding the resignation of #RodrigoPaz, the country’s first #RightWing president in decades. Since #Paz took office in November 2025, the country has been placed under austerity measures that have led to a surge in poverty rates for much of Bolivia’s rural and working-class population. We speak to Kathryn Ledebur, director of the #AndeanInformationNetwork in #CochabambaBolivia, about the monthlong protests. 'Bolivia is a country where, for 19 years, #IndigenousPeople and social movements enjoyed equal rights and political inclusion,' she explains. 'There’s a huge break between what Paz promised and what he’s done in practice, which is select a white, upper-middle-class Cabinet with only two women, reject any genuine dialogue, reject interaction with the Bolivian social movements, or even have any empathy for people and what they’re going through day to day.'

"Ledebur also discusses the Paz administration’s growing ties with the Trump administration as the U.S. seeks to expand its so-called war on drugs throughout Latin America."

View / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/29/kathryn_ledebur_bolivia_andean_information_network

#ViewerSupportedNews #TrumpSucks #USPol #WorldPol #IndigenousNews

#ICYMI (I know I did)... Apparently, part of #Trump's #BigUglyBill involved withholding future student #FinancialAid if they withdraw from a class. Wow...!

"Beginning in Summer 2026, changes to #FederalStudentAid under the One #BigBeautifulBill Act will significantly affect how federal direct loans are adjusted when students withdraw from courses or reduce enrollment. Several of you have met with me via zoom to learn more about these changes, and I am grateful for the questions and conversation.

What’s changing in brief:

- Financial aid for loan borrowers may now be recalculated based on a student’s enrollment, even in cases where students continue to pay for all of their credits.

Students who withdraw from courses may:

- Lose eligibility for a portion of their aid in a future semester and/or,

- Owe a balance back to the university

Please contact the Office of Financial Aid with questions or refer students directly for individualized guidance.

Thank you for your continued support of our students during this transition."

#USPol #TrumpSucks #DumbingUsDown #GuttingHigherEd #StudentLoans

Companies join a #DeepSeaMining rush after Trump executive order, as regulators fast-track permits

Trump’s order suggests the U.S. will decide for itself when to mine the global seabed, reversing the decision of previous administrations to honor the seabed authority’s rules.

By HELEN WIEFFERING
Updated 3:11 PM UTC, May 22, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — "In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process.

"At least nine companies are in talks with the government for access to seabed minerals, according to an Associated Press review. Sections of the seafloor from #AmericanSamoa to #Alaska could be auctioned for offshore mining this summer and through the fall.

All the action suggests the U.S. may soon give the green light for companies to commercially mine the seabed — something that’s never been done in international waters.

"But a close look at some of the companies involved reveals uncertain track records and histories spattered with legal disputes, while major questions about how the minerals would be processed and refined remain unanswered. Watchers of the nascent industry are skeptical the promised riches will ever materialize."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-deepsea-mining-executive-orders-oceans-environment-399faab6fc32922b4c533d3bad9c1ca5

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/MGqWh

#USPol #DeepSeaLife #OceansAreLife
#WorldPol #NoDeepSeaMining
#RecycleMetals #TrumpSucks #DeepSeaMiningMoratorium
#OxygenSource #Extinction
#PlanetEarth #LockheedMartin
#TheMetalsCompany #DeepSeaMineralsCorp #Allseas
#DeepSeaRareMinerals #BOEM #LifeOnEarth #Ecocide #PlanetDestroyers #HumanGreed #NoisePollution #SedimentPlumes #RecycleNickel #RecycleCobalt

Federal court rules #Maine does not need to hand over #VoterData to DOJ

WMTW, Thu, May 21, 2026

"A judge has ruled in favor of Maine Secretary of State #ShennaBellows, saying the state does not need to hand over voter data to the federal government."

Watch:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/federal-court-rules-maine-does-214009501.html

#USPol #MainePol #MaineResists #VoterDisenfranchisement #TrumpSucks

[Thread] Hypocrisy in Action!!!

Justice Department announces nearly $1.8B fund to compensate #Trump allies in a deal to drop IRS suit

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Updated 8:49 PM EDT, May 18, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Trump administration announced Monday the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted, an arrangement that Democrats and government watchdogs derided as 'corrupt' and unconstitutional.

"The 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' of $1.776 billion is part of a settlement that resolves President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. It will allow people who believe they were targeted for prosecution for political purposes, including by the Biden administration Justice Department, to apply for payouts, creating what acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called 'a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.'

" 'The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again,' [THEN DEFUND ICE & DHS!!!] Blanche said in a statement that made no mention of how investigations and prosecutions of Trump’s political opponents under his watch have exposed the Justice Department to the same claims of politicized law enforcement that he said he opposed."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-lawsuit-irs-leak-3729de38770b558be01712a143437bf8

#USPol #PowerCorruptionAndLies #Hypocrisy #DefundICE #DefundDHS #TrumpIsATaxCheat #TrumpSucks #Insurrectionists #January6 #MAGAts #TrumpIsUnconstitutional #ImpeachTrump #Corruption

I'm pretty sure #PortlandME broke a record for highest temperature on 5/19. NWS temperature records seem to be down. Figures...

#DOGESucks #TrumpSucks #NWSCuts #ClimateChange #MaineWx #USWx #ExtremeTemperatures #RecordBreakingHeat #TemperatureRecords