#BREAKING armed National Guard is raiding Oceti Oyate camp. They are arresting the elders as we

[bathroommonkey76]

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[MFM008]

1. anyone surprised??

really?

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Nope. He's looking for a show of strength that will give him his Ronald Reagan moment.

He could have all the elders killed and the right-wingers will love him for it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. That would make him a god to them, are you kidding.

What has happened since inauguration is far worse than people realize.

Most the people I know dont care about these Native Americans anyway, as long as "The Bachelor" comes on when it is supposed to tonight.

[barbtries]

59. that would be closer to Nixon's

Kent State moment. the backlash will annihilate him. i hope it does not occur. if i was a praying person, oh fuck it, i PRAY it does not occur.

[doc03]

2. So Trump an illegal immigrant starts a war with native

Americans. It just gets crazier every day.

[Angry Dragon]

7. Don't forget his grandfather was a owner of prostitutes

the start of the Trump fortune .............. screwing people is in his blood

[DK504]

54. first he came for the Muslims, then they came after the First Nations.

Some orders have to be ignored, this is one of those moments.

[WinkyDink]

55. ?? Trump is not "an illegal immigrant," unless you are being extremely-subtly sarcastic, re: WH.

[doc03]

60. If Crazy Horse was alive he would probably consider Trump an illegal immigrant.

The Indians didn't invite us over here to steal their land and murder them. I think it could
be argued Trump's wife is an illegal immigrant by his definition.

[WinkyDink]

62. Melania is irrelevant to your post. Crazy horse is dead. All parties involved were born

here.

Being pedantic doesn't a cogent argument make.

[doc03]

63. Well excuse me that you are too up tight to understand sarcasm IGNORE

[elehhhhna]

4. He wants his Kent State moment

[WinkyDink]

56. Why? It didn't end well for Nixon, ultimately.

[Angry Dragon]

5. Trump once again proves he is the Ass Leader of the free world ...........

[GusBob]

6. Wounded Knee II

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Jesus Christ!

[leanforward]

9. May those folks that ordered this go to hell

The guardsman are doing as ordered. The Governor needs to go. Anyone complicit in the Governor's decision needs to go, too.

There is nothing but GREED involved. We need someone to "run the money changers out of the temple".

Greed = Capitalism. This is another example of greed getting in the way of treating people with honor and respect.

I'm a loyal American in opposition. Let's not forget the russian connection. The russians just earned a half billion dollars with the confirmation of the new SoS. How's that for jackpot in helping to win the election for dRumpf and the rethugs.

Finally, "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely."

[angrychair]

64. The national guard are NOT blameless

That argument didn't work for concentration camp staff and it doesn't work here.

They are capable of resistance and defying an unlawful order against the use of military force on US citizens.

This should be a wake-up call for everyone!

If they will do it here they will do it everywhere!

[myrna minx]

10. .

[Qanisqineq]

11. I've been watching a live feed

and crying. Crying for what my state (which I just returned to a year ago) has become. Crying at the greed, at the environmental destruction, at the racism. Forget "North Dakota nice." It's all bullshit now. I know, I live here and everyone has turned into a greedy, uber-Christian asshole. We are trying to leave.

[Volaris]

18. I spent my childhood there (in the red river valley) and still have family there.

I'm sad, too. I haven't been back in a few years, but even then the beginnings of a whole slew of New-industry related problems were starting to surface. The oil money made a lot of them dumber than I seem to remember, and when it collapses (and it will, cause that stuffs not worth taking out of the ground at less than a hundred bucks a barrel) they're going to be left with a lot of very expensive problems that have not been budgeted for, that don't have easy solutions, and that only a small few saw coming.

[angstlessk]

27. I had no idea it was the Red River Valley..it reminded me of an OLD song

I'm sure you've heard it

[Volaris]

31. The Red River Valley borders the Minnesota State Line.

Most of the oil and gas industry has been set up in other half of the state, west of Devils Lake. I'm pretty sure the river in the song you linked, however, is the Texas Red River, but a lot of people make that error. It's ok, we forgive you lol
=)

[angstlessk]

33. Sorry, I was wondering about the cowboy reference, but thought

maybe Dakota has cowboys? Thanks for the education.

[bigbrother05]

51. Actually the Red River belongs to Oklahoma, the border is the south bank

The river divides the two states

eta: We all weep with our brothers/sisters

[Volaris]

53. Gotcha.

Thanks for that=)

[Qanisqineq]

46. I grew up near Jamestown

Left almost 20 years ago and came back to Bismarck-Mandan. It is soooooo different. But maybe this part of the state always was this way.

[malaise]

12. This is madness

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

13. Disgusting

Good thing those anti-Clinton folks voted for Stein to protect the water because Trump would not be any worse.

Everytime this asshole administration does something I get angry about that all over again.

[oasis]

23. Calamity Jill hasn't a clue of her impact on the 2016 election.

[Qanisqineq]

14. Standing Rock Opposition FB page has a number of live feeds

https://www.facebook.com/StandingRockDakotaAccessPipelineOpposition/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

[bathroommonkey76]

15. Thanks-- I couldn't find any b/c I don't have FB. lol n/t

[Amaryllis]

19. Couldnt find anything on that link but here is live video:

https://www.facebook.com/wearethemedia2016/videos/vb.516471708533861/707995682714795/?type=2&theater

[ananda]

16. Heart-breaking news!

nt

[bhowle]

17. Must be a state action if they haven't been federalized n/t

[lostnfound]

25. Obama had their back and Trump doesn't. Governor knows that. Nt

[gopiscrap]

20. fucking Nazi pigs

[KittyWampus]

21. Need a GoFundMe page for their legal fees.

[ananda]

22. Still standing video feed.

Posted less than an hour ago.

https://www.facebook.com/alex.k.thanh/videos/1349590335099007/

[TeddyBear 1]

24. ohhhh...

this breaks my heart..

[Initech]

26. Anyone else want to bet this is where Trump is headed on his "mystery trip"?

Think about it - they got the man they wanted for SOS, so they're going to get their stupid fucking pipeline. And what better place to announce it?

[Lithos]

42. He went to Dover to see the dead SEAL

His cuckoonery killed by his stupid actions.

L-

[ffr]

28. Disgraceful. I'm embarrassed to be associated with another white man invasion.

Keep taking pictures and recording video to keep up posted.

[Ilsa]

29. Candidate trump, even his 2nd day in office, would steal oil

from another country. Of course he doesn't give a good goddamn about poluting the natives'water supply or desecrating their burial lands.

I hope the NG is gentle and doesn't hurt anyone.

Fuck Trump.

[workinclasszero]

32. Bury my heart at wounded knee redux

America will pay heavily for the sin of electing Trump and Bannon.

[brer cat]

34. FDT!

[judesedit]

35. WOW! And I've been hoping the National Guard would protect Americans and not the corporations

How wrong I was. And to think they don't even care about the original Americans and their drinking water and those living 17 miles downstream. There are already 3,000 cities with worse levels of lead in their water than Flint. Are these robots so stupid to forget that their families have to live on this planet too. They should be refusing to follow the order and stand with the brave soldiers who stood against the pipeline on this sacred and vital land and water last month. They are the true heroes along with the peaceful resistance participants. Boo to loser Drumpf and cabinet of misfits. You will have to answer to a higher power for this.

[pangaia]

50. If they were REALLY smart they wouldn't be in the National Guard.

They would be lawyers fighting against stuff like this.

[WinkyDink]

57. Your hope was dashed in 1970, was it not?

[Uponthegears]

36. Remember Wounded Knee

Maybe we can't get Leonard Peltier clemency but we can make him proud.

[Achilleaze]

37. Republican corporate fascism is on the March

To poison the planet and make profit for the elite

[Fast Walker 52]

38. thanks for this-- truly scary and sick

[PatrickforO]

39. We do have a long and sad history of

brutally oppressing American Indians. I guess they have to be arrested because this protest could adversely affect profits.

[tikka]

40. The military and police have history of supporting business against people's rights

Just look at the Ludlow massacre

[McCamy Taylor]

41. Soon in will be martial law in chicago

This is a test to see what we will tolerate. Or maybe he will call them out to drive protesters away from one of his hotels. I hope all his hotels are being picketed 24-7

[pangaia]

49. And Berkeley. and, and...

[SteelSmasher]

43. I don't know

How long will we be getting information from them though? I thought there were cell phone jammers deployed before. Information is power, which is why they will take it away.

[bathroommonkey76]

44. They have been losing cell signals off and on today. nt

[pinboy3niner]

45. 1) The vets have pledged to return; and 2) I hope Rachel Maddow will be on this tonight

The Veterans Stand group has been raising funds to go back to stand with the water protectors again. And Rachel has followed Standing Rock developments on her show repeatedly as events warranted.

[pinboy3niner]

47. AP: New Standing Rock camp evicted by law enforcement

New Standing Rock camp evicted by law enforcement

Arrests as police move on 'Last Child' camp, set up across from larger camp near Standing Rock

The Associated Press Posted: Feb 01, 2017 6:03 PM ET| Last Updated: Feb 01, 2017 6:03 PM ET

Law enforcement have evicted about 40 Dakota Access pipeline opponents from a camp the demonstrators set up on higher ground near their flood-prone main camp in southern North Dakota.

The Morton County Sheriff's Office says the camp, near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, was on private property owned by the pipeline developer. But in Facebook posts, demonstrators described what they called the "Last Child" camp as a "peaceful assembly."

Sheriff's spokesman Rob Keller says there were two initial arrests and no reports of injuries. Live-streaming video on Facebook shows several officers in riot gear on the scene.

The main camp once housed thousands but is now down to about 300 people. The tribe has told those in camp to leave, and the camp is being cleaned up in advance of spring flooding season.

...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/new-standing-rock-camp-eviction-1.3962503

[bdamomma]

48. K&R

[Bayard]

52. Jesus Pete!

So will there be any press at all when oil leaks into the water supply and starts killing people? The U.S. government pledged to protect Natives in treaties, not kill more of them. The National Guard, "Just following orders", has been the main excuse for genocide thru history.

[Lucinda]

58. ...

[Botany]

61. Facism

n/t