Idle No More Washington

04/27/2026

Teddy Swims wore jewelry by Tlingit designer Jennifer Younger during his Stagecoach performance on April 25, 2026.

The look featured her Wild Rose bolo and Devilfish wrap ring — both engraved sterling silver pieces. The collaboration came through stylist Christian Stroble, who Younger had previously worked with while styling Devery Jacobs for RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Raised in Yakutat, Alaska, Younger is Tlingit of the Eagle Kaagwaantaan clan and is now based in Sitka. Her work draws from traditional Tlingit formline design, historic artifacts, and spruce root weaving patterns, alongside the contrast and texture of metals. Each piece is handmade and engraved freehand, resulting in one-of-one creations.

Younger shared that she had offered to provide pieces without knowing if they would be used. After seeing them worn on stage, she described the moment as “speechless” and said she is still processing it days later.

Custom work is available through Jennifer Younger’s platform.

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Designer: Jennifer Younger Designs
Stylist: Christian Stroble

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04/27/2026

A former police officer who was hired and trained by ICE — and was later turned away from the job in an email saying he was "too old" — has revealed that ICE's hiring surge under former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has prompted more than 10,000 equal opportunity legal claims.

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A Sandy Hook survivor, Emma Aarons — who was in elementary school when a gunman killed 26 people around her — said: "I carry this trauma with me every single day. Even now in college I still…" She advocates against gun violence so children don't have to experience what she did.

A second-grade Sandy Hook survivor, Nicole, said of the shooting: "It was very traumatic for me, because there was no comfort whatsoever. No one could comfort anyone else because it was pure…" chaos.

A Parkland survivor described her aftermath as "a lot of numb feelings, a lot of anger, a lot of disappointment." One Parkland survivor later died by su***de. Another was hospitalized three times with PTSD — plagued by nightmares, panic attacks, and inability to enter public spaces.

That is what being near a real shooting does to a person.

Dana White, seated directly in front of the president's table at the Washington Hilton, said he refused to get down when armed men rushed in screaming. He soaked it in like a UFC fight. "Crazy, unique experience," he called it.

I have one question: Has anyone who has ever been near a real mass shooting ever described it as "f*cking awesome"?

Because here's the other thing. Trump immediately — not days later, not after grieving — immediately took to Truth Social and used the shooting to push for his White House ballroom project. The one courts had already blocked. He didn't talk about the victims. He didn't talk about the injured Secret Service agent. He talked about his ballroom.

Let that sink in.

Either these men are so psychologically detached from the horror of gun violence that they genuinely enjoyed the spectacle — while the rest of the country buries children — or this was an extraordinarily convenient "threat" that just happened to hand Trump the PR ammunition he needed for a pet construction project.

You don't have to call it a conspiracy. You just have to ask the question every shooting survivor already knows the answer to:

Nobody who's been near real carnage calls it awesome.

Nobody.

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A gunman rushed a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, shots were fired, and within HOURS Washington was buzzing with security reviews, emergency briefings, and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles scheduling meetings to "discuss best practices." Trump himself was already on Truth Social talking about rushing construction on his new $400 million White House ballroom so this "would never happen again."

Meanwhile — 7 children and school staff have been killed in school shootings already in 2026. At least 42 school shooting incidents have been recorded this year alone. And what did they get from this administration and Congress? The same recycled script: "Thoughts and prayers."

Remember last August? A gunman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis and killed children as young as 6 years old — kids who were literally in the middle of praying when they were shot. House Speaker Mike Johnson's response? Talk about mental health. JD Vance took to X to defend the phrase "thoughts and prayers." Not a single piece of meaningful gun legislation was introduced.

But the moment elite journalists and Trump administration officials were in the same room as gunfire — suddenly there's urgency. Suddenly there are press conferences, federal investigations, court appearances, and national security overhauls.

Let's be crystal clear: the difference isn't the gun. It's who got shot at.

When it's a roomful of lobbyists, Cabinet members, and media executives — it's a five-alarm emergency. When it's a second-grader — it's a "complex issue" that requires "more study."

04/27/2026

For the first time in history, the Goldman Environmental Prize - often dubbed the "Green Nobel" has been awarded entirely to women.

The six winners are Theonila Roka Matbob (Bougainville), Yuvelis Morales Blanco (Colombia), Borim Kim (South Korea), Alannah Acaq Hurley (United States) Sarah Finch (England) and Iroro Tanshi (Nigeria).

We spoke with Theonila Roka Matbob.

🔗Read Coco Lance's full story, linked below.

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Fire is Sacred ❤

The fire scars in Oregon forests tell a story, and it’s a familiar one to Indigenous communities.

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🔥🔥And the sickest Trump burn of the year goes to 60 Minutes correspondent Norah O'Donnell: