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David Souers's avatar

The irony of this history is that our nation's natural resources have been plundered and pillaged through corrupt practices by public agencies and private interests, depriving all Americans of the benefits of these resources from the very beginning of European exploration and US existence. Native Americans have been blamed for being in the way, distracting white working Americans from the real political obstacles to American prosperity, health and well being. The current irony and travesty is that Republicans are still clinging to old talking points and technologies, as old as their Confederate sympathies while Wall Street and international corporations are transitioning rapidly without Republican support to Electric Vehicles. Wall Street, GM, VW, Tesla, China and thousands of auto, transportation and technology companies are racing to keep up with this transition which will happen as quickly as computers took over our lives. Republicans are lagging behind, holding our nation back, spending our Federal, public, private and taxpayer dollars on dying industries. What these politicians imposed on Native Americans has been and is being imposed on all of all. Deb Haaland and Native Americans are more advanced in mind and spirit than their opponents.

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Joan Friedman (MA, from NY)'s avatar

Senate Republicans have no sense of irony. Not long ago they cheerfully confirmed an anti-environment man to head the EPA, an anti public education woman to head the Dept of Education, an open racist to head the Dept of Justice, and so on for most of failed45’s wrecking crew. Now they object because Secretly Haaland will be an “untraditional” person to head Interior. .. and my day starts with a big smile!

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