alexjacobs

Freelance writer-visual artist Mohawk Nation NY Santa Fe NM spoken word poet. Articles in Indian Country Today - Archives.

[alexjacobs @alexjacobs]

Akwesasne Notes & Indian Time 1969-1997-2024. 55 years of Native American Journalism. Posting link to my bio at Indian Country Today in comments. 22 pages of links to articles & OpEds. https://t.co/uAxQMprX3M

[alexjacobs @alexjacobs]

@AnnieForTruth TDS is contagious among the poorly educated.

[alexjacobs @alexjacobs]

@AnnieForTruth It's what they asked for. Winning.

[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

@LqLana

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

James Talarico: “Billionaire megadonors like Elon Musk are terrified of the movement we’re building in Texas. The real fight in this country is not left vs right, it’s top vs bottom. All of us are getting screwed whether we’re a little more conservative or progressive, none of us can afford groceries, gas, utilities or health insurance because billionaires like Elon Musk have rigged this economy against us”

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

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[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE detain Indigenous tribal elder—on his way to work in Texas.

He is honored by the city every October—and asked to lead the Indigenous Peoples Day ceremonies.

As the senior Danzante Captain—he teaches ceremonial dance, songs, and rituals.

He lives in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Adalberto Zanes is a longtime resident and leader of the local dance group Kalpulli Ehekatl Papalotzin—which translates to Venerable Butterfly of the Wind.

A GoFundMe has been set up to raise money to hire a lawyer to fight his unlawful ICE detention.

His family is also asking people to contact their Congressman Michael Cloud—and ask him to help get his constituent released.

Maxochitl Cortez doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

This is a really important point that does not get made enough. So much of mainstream media coverage focuses on Democrats as extreme while giving right wing lunatics like Andy Biggs a pass. It’s not even false equivalence, it’s way beyond that.

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

🚨🚨 THEY ARE STEALING THE MIDTERMS

The @USPS is going to forcefully implement @realDonaldTrump mail-in/absentee ballot rules DESPITE COURT ORDERS NOT TO DO SO.

THIS — THIS — is what election interference REALLY looks like. And THIS is how you know when the midterms are stolen.

THIS IS BULLSHIT!!

Federal courts, under federal law, have the statutory power to arrest violations of their lawful orders as contempt of court. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN — RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!!

18 U.S.C. § 401:
"A court of the United States shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, at its discretion, such contempt of its authority, and none other, as—
(3) Disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command."

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[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

Trickle-down Econ 101 in 2 1/2 minutes

[Sammi🦋 @StoriesBySammi]

@LqLana

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

WATCH: “Don Jr’s company has taken in over $3.4 BILLION in DOD contracts…”

@HunterBiden tells Bill Maher about BILLIONS the Trump family has pocketed, as Trump takes us to a war nobody wanted — except for Netanyahu… and Maher😕

(H/T @BlueGeorgia)

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

Think about this....

The Pedo-in-Chief @realDonaldTrump doesn't want to end mail-in/absentee voting bcos they're "inherently corrupt."

He wants to end mail-in/absentee voting bcos @elonmusk and/or Russia can't hack our votes like they did in 2024.

[Shawn Harris for Congress @ShawnForGeorgia]

Farmers are unhappy today. Trump’s choice to import over 661 MILLION POUNDS of beef without tariffs is just one more slap in the face to our farmers. And it's not going to do one thing to lower prices for consumers.

"Record cattle prices" are offset by record-high input costs for feed, fertilizer, and diesel, to name a few. Add in the damage from the droughts, fires, and floods, and margins are razor-thin.

We need to pass a Farm Bill that supports small and medium-sized farmers, make sure they have a seat at the table, and elect leaders who truly understand farmers are the backbone of America.

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

The Cicero Institute lobbies to make sleeping outdoors a crime. Under Trump, the federal government is listening.
https://t.co/VHngvLE5UX

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

Turns out the world doesn’t wanna trade with bullies. Trump got left at the negotiating table… Three different tables. This is going to do nothing but cost us money. And by us, I mean you and me. No one fears or respects Donald Trump.

[Hey Jo🤍 @joe_jo9]

BREAKING: this needs ATTENTION:

Greg Abbott just spent $4.5 million on four Chevy Tahoes loaded with surveillance technology from Israeli company Cognyte.

The four vehicles cost $600,000 total. The remaining $3.9 million went toward the surveillance technology and related equipment.

The system can mimic a cell tower, causing nearby phones, including those of people who aren’t suspects, to connect so authorities can identify and track them.

Texas taxpayers just funded $4.5 million in Israeli-made mobile surveillance units to spy on Texans every move.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Trump reported a staggering 1,051 trades in his June financial disclosure. Here are two of the more curious ones:

— June 18: Bought $250K–$500K in Boeing, the same day the Navy awarded Boeing an $880 million contract for P-8A training systems.

— June 23: Bought $15K–$50K in SpaceX, the same day NASA recorded a $425.6 million award to SpaceX.

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

Not sure why Jake Lang thought that Minneapolis was a safe spot. He got arrested and charged for inciting a riot.

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

According to the National WWII Museum, there were 416,800 United States military deaths, and 671,278 wounded American soldiers during WWII.

These men and women fought, were wounded, bled, and died in a war against a man, a racist, a bigot, a dictator, a murderer:
- who spoke exactly like Donald Trump
- who acted exactly like Donald Trump
- who behaved exactly like Donald Trump
- who attempted a coup like Donald Trump
- who amassed a cult following like Donald Trump
- who played upon public and political fears to gain power just like Donald Trump
- who had the full support of a political organization like Donald Trump
- who was hailed a national savior just like Donald Trump
- who called for a "New Order" much like Donald Trump
- who abolished democracy much like Donald Trump is attempting to do
- who controlled his government much like Donald Trump is now doing.

Please, PLEASE tell me, that these 416,800 dead American soldiers, and these 671,278 wounded American soldiers did NOT fight in WWII against a man such as Adolf Hitler only for American citizens to now willingly submit and succumb to the SAME TYPE OF MAN @realDonaldTrump is now being.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

“If we just get the strait of Hormuz open, we’re back where we started before the war.” WRONG! Outside of the number of our troops killed and grievously wounded, basic destruction of critical ammunition and weaponry, add the huge loss of our basic assets in the region.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: An ICE/Border Patrol agent approached a U.S. citizen at a gas station, in Lake Worth, Florida, demanded his ID, and when the U.S. citizen asked why? …

The agent’s said, “Because you’re an immigrant.”

Except that is not how the Constitution works.

In the video, the U.S. citizen is standing at a gas station when an agent walks up and says, “Let me see your ID.”

The man asks a completely reasonable question, “Why?”

The agent responds, “Because you’re an immigrant.”

And before the man has even been identified, the agents grab his hands and puts him in handcuffs.

People standing around immediately start questioning what is happening…asking the agents how they can arrest someone when they haven’t even identified who he is…

But the agents ignore them and walk the man to their vehicle.

The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court has held that roving Border Patrol agents need reasonable suspicion, based on specific circumstances, to stop someone and question them about immigration status. And apparent ethnicity, by itself, is not enough.

So, what was the actual legal basis for demanding this man show his ID?

Because if the answer is literally… “because you’re an immigrant,” that should piss off every American.

You should not have to prove you’re a U.S. citizen before the government decides it has the right to put you in handcuffs.

And this is just another reminder that constitutional rights don’t mean anything if federal agents can violate them, over and over again, with no accountability.