James Hohmann

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I touch in today's podcast on a handful of the darker chapters in the Interior Department's history of mistreating Natives since it was formed 171 years ago. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden nominating Haaland to be Interior secretary is profoundly meaningful for the 1.9 million Native Americans whose education, health care and so much else are still shaped indelibly by the department’s decisions. https://t.co/Ze5UFp7Uqy — PolitiTweet.org

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Plus, states report confusion as the federal government reduces their vaccine shipments, investigators discover evidence of previously unknown Russian tactics used to penetrate US networks and Trump almost blew up stimulus talks by demanding bigger checks -- before backing down. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden putting a Native American in charge of Interior is a milestone moment in U.S. history Listen to Friday's podcast: https://t.co/Ze5UFp7Uqy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dubbledutched: “We must not grow numb to the human and economic carnage of the contagion.” @jameshohmann — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @badler: Congress chooses checks over other relief that might help economy more. via @jameshohmann https://t.co/skEpl7M1DY — PolitiTweet.org

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We’ve really come a long way since 1972, when several hundred tribal activists took over Interior Dept HQ to draw attention to their plight. Or 1983, when then-Interior Secretary James Watt blamed indigenous culture for any problems on reservations. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/jcqkMeh9kd — PolitiTweet.org

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Joe Biden’s decision to appoint Deb Haaland to head Interior holds profound meaning for the 1.9 million Native Americans whose education and health care are often influenced by the department’s decisions. So many historic wrongs that can be righted. https://t.co/jcqkMeh9kd — PolitiTweet.org

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Interior nominee Deb Haaland earned her law degree from the University of New Mexico while raising a daughter, getting by on student loans, food stamps and money she made from a salsa-making business she started. Quite an amazing personal story. https://t.co/jcqkMeh9kd — PolitiTweet.org

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Interior, which manages roughly one-fifth of land in the United States, will play a critical role in delivering on Biden’s vow to combat global warming. The former vice president has pledged to halt all new oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters. https://t.co/jcqkMeh9kd — PolitiTweet.org

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A member of Pueblo of Laguna, Haaland would become the first descendant of the original people to populate North America to run the Interior Department. A huge turning point for a 171-year-old institution that has had fraught relations with the 574 tribes. https://t.co/jcqkMeh9kd — PolitiTweet.org

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Historic! Joe Biden has tapped Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland, a congresswoman from New Mexico, to serve as the first Native American interior secretary. https://t.co/jcqkMeh9kd — PolitiTweet.org

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The addition of the stimulus checks is coming at the expense of state and local aid. It is also coming in part by reducing the amount of unemployment aid. Substantively, the deal coming together is indisputably not the best way to save our economy. https://t.co/FVrAeRaeck — PolitiTweet.org

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7.8 million Americans have fallen into poverty over the past five months, including 2.3 million children under 17. It is the biggest jump in a single year since the government began tracking poverty 60 years ago. It is double the next-largest rise, which occurred in 1979-1980. — PolitiTweet.org

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There are a handful of lingering disagreements that negotiators are working through, but after nine months of dithering and deadlock, Trump and Congress appear poised to enact desperately needed relief before leaving town for their Christmas vacations. https://t.co/FVrAeRaeck — PolitiTweet.org

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Even though it’s the holiday season, the Commerce Department revealed yesterday that retail sales dropped 1.1 percent from October to November. That was just the latest data point that, even as vaccines offer hope that 2021 will be so much better, our economy continues to slow. — PolitiTweet.org

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Last week, 885,000 Americans applied for jobless benefits for the first time last week. That's up from 862,000 the week before. (455,037 Americans also filed claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.) These numbers are worse than the worst jobs reports of the Great Recession. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wednesday was the deadliest day yet of the pandemic: At least 3,367 of our fellow Americans succumbed to covid-19. At least 233,651 new cases were confirmed nationwide, and the United States set another record for hospitalizations – breaking the record set the day before. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread: We must not grow numb to the human and economic carnage of the contagion. https://t.co/FVrAeRaeck — PolitiTweet.org

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The Daily 202: ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul.’ Congress chooses checks over other relief that might help economy more. https://t.co/FVrAeRaeck — PolitiTweet.org

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FDA says Pfizer vaccine contains extra doses, but they can’t come soon enough. Plus, Congress adds stimulus checks to a draft relief bill as they near a deal. And after a blast in Beirut destroyed a church, volunteers race to rebuild it by Christmas Eve: https://t.co/TUW1k1BOkK — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AmyEGardner: This is just an amazing clip. Not just because she dodges the questions but because Loeffler offers zero — zero — personal… — PolitiTweet.org

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"If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." Praying for joy and wisdom in these tough circumstances. — PolitiTweet.org

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James 1: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cathleendecker: Okay, NOW he's canceled the holiday party, via @John_Hudson https://t.co/cMXalEEaxI — PolitiTweet.org

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@ccschwab Thank you! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @johnkruzel: these held up well https://t.co/6TTxrNZEgk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SamRosmarin: And then he follows it up with “For his part, Buttigieg has high hopes that Transportation will not become a bridge to now… — PolitiTweet.org

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@KeilDrescher Thank you 🙏 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kheller: "Biden’s decision to name the former Rhodes Scholar as his roads scholar says something bigger about the way he is stocking hi… — PolitiTweet.org