marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/the-powerf...marktrahant.substack.comThe powerful early voteEarly voting could be a path toward reaching the illusive 100 tribal percent turnout 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/judging-wh...marktrahant.substack.comJudging what matters at the pollsWhat is the public life standard? And is it the same for men, women? Democrats, Republicans? 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/they-never...marktrahant.substack.com‘They never write a good story’Fake news in the 19th century promoted American Indian removal policies 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/when-the-g...marktrahant.substack.comWhen the going gets tough, the House goes homeA 21st-century record for fewest votes cast 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 16/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/bots-ai-cr...marktrahant.substack.comBots, AI-created ads, and fake pollsHere is the counter: Polls don’t vote. And this is a referendum on the (un)popularity of Donald J. Trump 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/go-ahead-a...marktrahant.substack.comGo ahead and mail that ballot (trust but verify)Supreme Court says administration’s push to implement voting restrictions this year is likely to lose in court 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/a-differen...marktrahant.substack.comA different kind of Democrat (or Republican)Candidates bring their values, personal brands into a campaign 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/post-labor...marktrahant.substack.comPost-Labor Day sprintsHow deep will the shade of blue be after November? 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/supreme-no...marktrahant.substack.comSupreme nonsense and sensibility‘Emergency’ appeal to consider letting Post Office referee voter lists 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 01/09/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/trump-says...marktrahant.substack.comTrump says build data centers or be ‘backwards and poor’Nah. Digital companies should play by the damn rules instead of forcing secret deals on communities 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/a-bad-week...marktrahant.substack.comA bad week for sovereignsFrom Canada to tribal nations the Trump agenda rolls over objections 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 28/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/ballots-wi...marktrahant.substack.comBallots will be in the mailA federal court granted a Temporary Restraining Order preventing the U.S. Post Office from implementing its oversight of mail-in ballots 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...marktrahant.substack.comInjecting danger into Indian healthVaccine hesitency has been an issue since Ben Franklin’s time 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/alaskas-fr...marktrahant.substack.comAlaska’s friends, neighbors, and trade warriorsFresh produce, dairy products and other perishable goods are shipped to Alaska via Canada 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 24/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/trumps-los...marktrahant.substack.comTrump’s losing fight with Canada‘You can’t make a good deal with a bad person, because who’s to say it’s not going to be undone?’ 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/the-medica...marktrahant.substack.comThe Medicare for All momentThe failure of our health care system is American Exceptionalism. We spend the most money and get less of a return than every other industrial nation 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 17/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/whos-the-m...marktrahant.substack.comWho's the most 'radical' on the Senate map?Beyond labels: A short history of U.S. socialism, progressivism and Indian Country 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 13/08/2026marktrahant.substack.com/p/saving-liv...marktrahant.substack.comSaving lives and dollars with Medicare for AllThe United States spends more on health care than any other nation, nearly one fifth of GDP 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 11/08/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comElection day and the other 'filibuster'Primary votes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont, Connecticut and Alabama and GOP primary for the Senate in South Carolina 000
Reposted by @marktrahant.bsky.socialmagpieheaven.bsky.social @magpieheaven.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Pubic has until August 14 to commentidahocapitalsun.comWilderness in Idaho, the West is subject to review by Trump administration, Wilderness Society says • Idaho Capital SunWilderness Society says existing policies provide valuable protection for some of the last wild places in Idaho and the U.S. 011
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 07/08/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comThe great lie: Social Security's Trust FundSocial Security is mostly a 'pay as you go' program funded by payroll taxes collected from today’s workers 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 06/08/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comIt takes willful ignorance to ignore climate changeIndigenous communities are overrepresented in wildfire areas, reports a Canadian study today 021
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 03/08/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comSalmon and buffalo on the menuShoshone-Bannock Festival this week in Fort Hall, Idaho 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comThere's gold in them, thar data centersTrump administration's push to 'repurpose' federal facilities without community involvement 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 30/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comFauci's 'unparalleled' public serviceMissing the key point: Donald Trump was president when COVID-19 surfaced and did nothing until the pressure from the public was too great to ignore 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 29/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comNuclear waste in Idaho? Idea could upend state's politicsNuclear 'innovation center' are words that would make George Orwell proud, along with supporting the 'entire nuclear fuel cycle' 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 27/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comMeasuring the rural voteTrump and Republican policies are driving up the cost of health care, energy and affordability 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 23/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comFeeling good; support from across AlaskaOne for the record books: Mary Peltola raised more than four times as much as her opponent, an incumbent US Senator 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 22/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comArizona as The Truth TellerNovember election is a referendum on the future of MAGA and Trump 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 21/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comBleak polls for Trump & the RepublicansMajority say going to war in Iran was the wrong decision, while only 27 percent are on board 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comPaying for war, the rule of law, and primaries in Arizona and on the Navajo NationIncludes a Treasury Department 'classified request' for $36 million 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 16/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comWait for it ... 'really, really big news''Important to keep in mind is that it will all be lies.' 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 15/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comTwo tracks leading to the midterm electionsVoters are tired of this mess. Donald Trump is breaking record after record as the most unpopular president ever. And he is taking the Republican Party with him 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 14/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comExecutive order drying up solutionsStill true: Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting. 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 13/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comThe politics of deathDeath of Sen. Lindsey Graham is a blow to the Trump agenda. 011
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 09/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comThe really dark money fighting to keep Peggy Flanagan out of the U.S. SenatePolitics in 2026: Deep fakes, dark money or the one historic moment 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 08/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comOut of the (data) box thinkingWait and see? That works if the other side of the coin is boom and bust 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 06/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comLiving on stolen landsWhat is the future of the "United" states in 250 years or beyond? 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 02/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comBribe and destroy; 900 pages documenting corruptionWhat's in a label? The missing conscience of a conservative 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 01/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.com'Winning from coast to coast'What is the best case for progressive policies for Indian Country? 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 30/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comDebating a Democratic futureColorado's generational contest 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 29/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comTreaty foundations for a RepublicTribes spend governmental resources on protecting (and restoring) the natural world 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 24/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comBig night at the polls; a Salmon River without salmonUtah voters show politicians how much it cost for their push for data centers 011
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 23/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comPerfect is the enemy of good, even in politicsChallenges "supporting" the government of Israel in this election; Or not. 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 22/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comPolitical maps: Real and imaginedSummer is supposed to be the quiet before the political storms (Labor Day, historically, is when the mood shifts into higher gears.) Not so this year. 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 19/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comAn election under attack? Yes, and keep the faith, babyThe Brennan Center says the goal of the FBI probe of voter organizations is designed to raise fear 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 18/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comJay Trump's treatyThe idea of 'no king, no treaty' 010
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 16/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comExplaining election reform with chili beansOklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, Washington, D.C., and a special election in California’s 14th congressional district. 000
marktrahant.bsky.social @marktrahant.bsky.social · 15/06/2026open.substack.com/pub/marktrah...open.substack.comThe Poets who sent Nixon to CongressRichard Nixon's early interest in Native people 000