Consider this. There have been 104 deaths in NYC since yesterday 776 total deaths & tonight, addressing the nation
@realDonaldTrump
was asked by a reporter about his approval ratings & he discussed tv ratings
Five days ago Trump wanted the US "open" by Easter with "packed churches"
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-response-trump-wants-to-reopen-us-economy-by-easter.html
Now everyone with two braincells to rub together thought that was dumb five days ago but...
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...lines-april-30-predicts-great-things-n1171536
Oh but cutie pie predicts "great things by June 1st" which means hold on to your butts.
Does he really believe he can move the goal post each week without people noticing?
I think the sensible thing would be to stop talking about end dates to an uncontrolled epidemic. The list of variables is simply much too long for anyone to estimate when it will be over.Would you prefer he continue full steam ahead with whatever stupid deadline that comes into his head?
At 4:00 pm today -- on the very day that the United States has reached a record 100,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and our Tribe is desperately struggling with responding to this devastating pandemic -- the Bureau of Indian Affairs informed me that the Secretary of the Interior has ordered that our reservation be disestablished and that our land be taken out of trust. Not since the termination era of the mid-twentieth century has a Secretary taken action to disestablish a reservation.
Today's action was cruel and it was unnecessary. The Secretary is under no court order to take our land out of trust. He is fully aware that litigation to uphold our status as a tribe eligible for the benefits of the Indian Reorganization Act is ongoing.
It begs the question, what is driving our federal trustee's crusade against our reservation?
Regardless of the answer, we the People of the First Light have lived here since before there was a Secretary of the Interior, since before there was a State of Massachusetts, since before the Pilgrims arrived 400 years ago. We have survived, we will continue to survive. These are our lands, these are the lands of our ancestors, and these will be the lands of our grandchildren. This Administration has come and it will go. But we will be here, always. And we will not rest until we are treated equally with other federally recognized tribes and the status of our reservation is confirmed.
I will continue to provide updates on this important issue in the coming days as we take action to prevent the loss of our trust status.
Kutâputunumuw;
Chairman Cedric Cromwell
Qaqeemasq (Running Bear)
I agree wholeheartedly. Barring that, victories against the tidal wave of stupid are to be noted positively. The fact that this is a case is more of a reflection of the low standards going around than anything else.I think the sensible thing would be to stop talking about end dates to an uncontrolled epidemic. The list of variables is simply much too long for anyone to estimate when it will be over.
Would you prefer he continue full steam ahead with whatever stupid deadline that comes into his head?
On another subject, why is this administration trying to take land from Native Americans?
It's actually a complex legal issue that has to do with something that is leftover from the earlier part of the 20th century. Something about no new reservations being founded after 1934. If the Trump administration wasn't a bunch of bigoted jerkoffs, they could have asked congress to fix it. What am I saying? McConnell also wants this. So some dirty natives will lose their land so that businesses can sweep in and make some money. What's wrong with that? I mean, it's not like we've taken everything from them, murdered them, and forced them to live in poverty for centuries.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_poverty
https://www.npr.org/sections/health...cans-feel-invisible-in-u-s-health-care-system