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Well it finally happened: the U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Debra Anne Haaland (D) as Secretary of the Interior, making her the first Norwegian-Native American to head a cabinet agency. The exalted position gives her a central role in the fight over so-called climate change, global warming and the evils of capitalism.
Haaland's father was a Norwegian-American who served in the Vietnam War as a Marine and won a Silver Star. He died in 2005 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Haaland, a New Mexico progressive just made the cut in a narrow vote after receiving support from GOPers including Sens. Lindsey Graham (SC) Lisa Murkowsky (AL) and Susan Collins (ME), all Republicans who often vote against party lines because they care more about being reelected than conservative values.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck "Nostrils" Schumer said Haaland’s appointment will help repair the relationship between the Interior Department and the tribal nations that had not been treated fairly by that agency. Schumer {known as "Uncle Chuck" to Amy Schumer] gave no examples but we can take him on his word because, after all, he is the Senate Majority Leader and he would never lie.
Haaland, a New Mexico progressive just made the cut in a narrow vote after receiving support from GOPers including Sens. Lindsey Graham (SC) Lisa Murkowsky (AL) and Susan Collins (ME), all Republicans who often vote against party lines because they care more about being reelected than conservative values.
Haaland’s rise to the cabinet comes after Biden was pressured by Native American tribes (who threatened to break treaties and attack forts) and environmental groups led by celebrities arriving in polluting private jets, in support of identity politics. So of course, Biden caved and instead of nominating one of his family members, chose Haaland.
Her embattled two-day hearing last month in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee became a referendum on fossil fuels extraction. Republicans grilled her about her involvement in the oil pipeline protests, her support of the $93 trillion socialist-inspired Green New Deal climate resolution, and the Biden administration’s pause on new federal drilling leases.
The 60-year-old Norwegian-Native American who was born in Winslow, Arizona (which brings to mind a song by the Eagles) will oversee land policies of half a billion acres of federal and tribal land, which covers about 20 percent of the country.
The 60-year-old Norwegian-Native American who was born in Winslow, Arizona (which brings to mind a song by the Eagles) will oversee land policies of half a billion acres of federal and tribal land, which covers about 20 percent of the country.
A member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, Haaland would also oversee the U.S. government’s relationship with some 574 federally recognized tribal nations.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck "Nostrils" Schumer said Haaland’s appointment will help repair the relationship between the Interior Department and the tribal nations that had not been treated fairly by that agency. Schumer {known as "Uncle Chuck" to Amy Schumer] gave no examples but we can take him on his word because, after all, he is the Senate Majority Leader and he would never lie.
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