by Johnnie Jae | Nov 27, 2025 | colonization, Genocide, history, ICE, indigenous people, Indigenous Peoples, manifest destiny, Op-Ed, Pete Hegseth, Thanksgiving, Trump Administration, White Supremacy
A new vision for the United States is being forced into place — one rooted not in liberty or justice, but in subjugation and the quiet normalization and acceptance of fascism. You can see it in the memes, the slogans, and the curated nostalgia flooding social media accounts aligned with the Trump administration. You can see it in the way frontier and 1950s iconographies have returned not as…
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by Johnnie Jae | Oct 19, 2025 | Birthright Citizenship, immigration, indigenous people, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Native sovereignty, Op-Ed
Indigenous Peoples’ Day has always been an act of celebration, resistance, and truth. When we gather and organize for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we affirm that we are still here. It is a reminder that our stories did not begin with Columbus, and they do not end with the myth of American exceptionalism and conquest. But today, it carries an urgency we can’t ignore. In the current political climate…
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