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And yet. As I write this, Rep. Deb Haaland, who stood with the violent activists who terrorized southcentral North Dakota during the hot-tempered protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, is on the verge of being confirmed to serve in Bidens cabinet as the Secretary of the Interior. By the time you read this, she may well be seated. Haaland hasnt had much to say about the violence perpetrated by the anti-DAPL protesters. She seems fine with it. In 2019, in an interview with the High Plains ...

Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico would be first Native American to hold Cabinet position 5:49 pm, Dec. 17, 2020 × U.S. Rep. Debra Haaland (D-New Mexico) speaks at a book signing event in 2019 in Bismarck. Natasha Rausch / Forum News Service President-elect Joe Bidens choice to lead the Department of Interior would make history. She would also be a bold and correct choice for the position. Which means North Dakotas congressional delegation will fall all over themselves to oppose Rep. D...

by Sabrina Hornung | .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | Editorial | December 17th, 2020 Last New Year’s Eve I found myself using the cheer “Here’s to 2020 vision” as I clinked glasses with my friends. 2020 was going to be my year.. Or so we all thought. I originally started to think that 2020 vision wasn’t all it’s cracked up to be but then again it made me realize everyday things that I took for granted prior to “the plague year.” Remember going out an...

Biden Put Climate at the Heart of His Campaign. Now He’s Delivered Groundbreaking Nominees The president-elected picked N.C. environment chief Michael Regan to run the Environmental Protection Agency and Rep. Deb Haaland to head the Interior Department. December 17, 2020 U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), President-elect Joe Bidens choice for Interior Secretary, at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Related Share this article President-elect Joe Biden rounded o...