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DoomsdaysCW<p>[Thread] Unfortunately, South Dakota <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HB1258" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HB1258</span></a> was defeated [which would have put more restrictions on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a>]... And I knew Burgum would betray <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> (even though he promised not to).</p><p>‘Unleashing American Energy’: Mining and Drilling Accelerated Under Trump Administration</p><p>By Angelica (Angie) Solloa • February 12, 2025</p><p>"You may have heard that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DebHaaland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebHaaland</span></a> (Laguna Pueblo) transitioned out of her role as the US Secretary of the Department of Interior and announced her candidacy for Governor New Mexico. Her successor, former North Dakota Governor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DougBurgum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DougBurgum</span></a>, is steadfast in carrying out Trump’s Executive Order 14154 '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnleashingAmericanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnleashingAmericanEnergy</span></a>' which aims to accelerate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> and drilling on federal and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalLands</span></a>.</p><p>"On February 3rd, Doug Burgum released this document which outlines all the revoked projects and programs intended to protect land and the people; giving a pathway for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningCompanies</span></a> to hit the ground running across Turtle Island. </p><p>"In the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHills</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredLands</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lakota</span></a> Peoples’, mining and drilling companies aren’t hesitating to cash out. Currently, South Dakota House Bill 1258 is under consideration by the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, where it will come to a vote this Thursday, February 13th. Community members and citizens of the area were given just six days’ notice. </p><p>WHAT IS HB 1258?</p><p>"The passage of South Dakota House Bill 1258 would hold lithium mining to the same standards and laws as silver and gold. Under the current law, lithium mining is treated like mining for sand and gravel, and there are not enough protections for human <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> systems, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a>. </p><p>"HB 1258 would offer more accountability and appropriate processes for mining companies that would better protect the land, the people, and the economy of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/%C8%9Ees%C3%A1pa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ȟesápa</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDNCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NDNCollective</span></a>, alongside partner the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHillsCleanWaterAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHillsCleanWaterAlliance</span></a>, collaborated to spread the word as fast as possible, calling on relatives to swiftly take action ahead of Thursday, February 13th." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://ndncollective.org/unleashing-american-energy-mining-and-drilling-accelerated-under-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ndncollective.org/unleashing-a</span><span class="invisible">merican-energy-mining-and-drilling-accelerated-under-trump-administration/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheBlackHills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheBlackHills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrillBabyDrill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrillBabyDrill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheGround</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoLithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoLithiumMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendMotherEarth</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>This is probably why <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> WILL NOT pardon <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardPeltier</span></a>. Instead he awards <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HillaryClinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HillaryClinton</span></a> !!!👿 </p><p>Hillary Clinton Awarded <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MedalOfFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedalOfFreedom</span></a>. Clinton Targeted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mohawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mohawks</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mapuche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapuche</span></a>, Presidents <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EvoMorales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvoMorales</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HugoChavez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HugoChavez</span></a>, with U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Espionage</span></a>. </p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, January 6, 2025</p><p>WASHINGTON -- "President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> awarded Hillary Clinton with the Medal of Freedom on Saturday. </p><p>"Clinton, while serving as Secretary of State during the Obama administration, targeted Mohawks, Mapuche, and world leaders with U.S. espionage.</p><p>"The U.S. Embassies in Montreal and Toronto targeted Mohawks with surveillance at the border and in their communities in Canada. The U.S. used illegal wiretaps to track Mohawks and documented the actions of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AkwesasneMohawks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AkwesasneMohawks</span></a> at the border of New York and Canada. </p><p>"The U.S. surveillance is revealed in the U.S. State Department cables, exposed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wikileaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikileaks</span></a>, during the time Clinton served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez was under heavy surveillance, as revealed in the cables. </p><p>"It was during this time of Clinton's espionage that delegations of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanIndianMovement</span></a>, Mohawks, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsActivists</span></a> were in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> in 2011. The solidarity and support resulted in free heating oil from Venezuela for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> in need.<br> <br>"In this deadly web of the United States government's secrecy, the United States was part of a coalition to promote mining and fight against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousRights</span></a> in Peru. A core group of diplomats -- from U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Switzerland and South Africa -- formed an alliance with mining companies to promote and protect mining interests globally, the cables reveal.<br> <br>"The U.S. led the coalition and fought the rights of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeoples</span></a> near the border of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a>. Indigenous Peoples were being killed defending their land from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> in bloody battles with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningCompanies</span></a> and the military.</p><p>"The U.S. State Department cables reveal that Clinton told U.S. Ambassadors to collect DNA and iris scans on leaders in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paraguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paraguay</span></a>. <br> <br>"Biden, however, claimed during the award ceremony at the White House on Saturday that Clinton carried out a 'sacred effort.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01/hillary-clinton-awarded-medal-of.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/01</span><span class="invisible">/hillary-clinton-awarded-medal-of.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClemencyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClemencyForLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmnestyForLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningInterests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a></p>
dee_le_brun<p>This person thinks all Australians should work harder so they can create wealth and stop sponging off the state just like she did. She did inherit a mining company so she has a bit of a head start, but you know ... </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GinaRinehart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GinaRinehart</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nepo_baby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nepo_baby</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/miningcompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miningcompanies</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>