On the 14th of October, indigenous People’s Day, the Trail of Truth ride demanding Federal recognition for the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe culminated in Washington DC. On the next day, the 15th of October, US Park Police launched a failed attempt to take their horses near the National Museum of the American Indian

There were several reported arrests and the US Park Police became quite violent, but in the end they were defeated. Muwekma Ohlone occupied the tops of their horse trailers, effectively preventing cops from moving them. At the end of the day it seems the cops threw in the towel, allowing them to come down in victory.

A lot of the reporting of this is on facebook where I have no access to it, but someone on the ground sent me two video clips. Shown is the defenders coming down in victory after the defeat of the police attempt to take the horses into custody.

THE MUWEKMA OHLONE NATION ALONGSIDE SEVERAL OTHER INDIGENOUS NATIONS EMBARKED ON A SIGNIFICANT THREE MONTH LONG JOURNEY ON HORSE FROM SAN FRANCISCO CA TO WASHINGTON D.C. IN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO GAIN FEDERAL RECOGNITION.THIS HISTORIC RIDE CULMINATED YESTERDAY ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, WITH THEIR ARRIVAL.“MUWEKMAOHLONE HAS BEEN IN A 45-YEAR STRUGGLE TO GET OUR EXISTENCE ACKNOWLEDGED.” – CHARLENE NIJMEHDAY AFTER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY, INDIVIDUALS OF THE INDIGENOUS-LED TRAIL OF TRUTH HORSE RIDE ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON D.C. WHILE PROTECTING THEIR HORSES FROM BEING DETAINED BY D.C AUTHORITIES.STAND WITH US✊🏾🪶

You may have noticed videos here cannot be loaded for the past couple days. This is due to a determined DDOS attack on archive.org where they are hosted. The likely suspects in this attack are allies of book publisher Hatchette, allies of the RIAA, and allies of the MPAA. All of these suspects would be acting for copythugging reasons.

Hatchette was lead plaintiff in a major copythug lawsuit against archive.org’s lending of electronic books. There were several other publishers involved by Hatchette was the lead plaintiff and worst offender. Please DO NOT BUY any book published by Hatchette, torrent it instead.

We have more coming from DC about CBS Journalist Samuel Mena Jr III, who was so disgusted by the “both sides” fake “journalism” his bosses had him peddling that he set his left arm on fire at the Oct 5 DC protest for Palestine. He did so to these words:

“To the 10 thousand children in Gaza that have lost a limb in this conflict, I give my left arm to you. I pray my voice was able to raise up yours, and that your smiles never disappear”

Note that CBS fired him for essentially doing his job by bringing attention to what may be the 21st century’s worst genocide so far. At last report his is still in the hospital for burn treatment. Let’s hope prosecutors don’t try anything nasty in this case.

His full statement has been posted to https://samuelmena.weebly.com/palestine (copy in reserve in case it gets taken down) and it ends with the same words above that he used in public This part of his statement is also critical:

“How many Palestinians were killed that I allowed to be branded as Hamas? How many men, women, and children were struck with a missile cosigned by the American media? Cosigned by “Samuel Mena Jr?” I joined this industry to serve the people of the state of Arizona that I call home. And now, I understand the reality that is maintaining face for the American Empire.

How much more of our history have I swept under the rug because I was told it was in the past? For how much of my life, was I groomed to aid in facilitating settler colonialism?

Does Hawaii see us as her friend, or does she, along with every other coastal Island, see us as their captors? Did we end World War 2 with the Atomic bomb, or did we become the worlds greatest fear? Where are the history books written by Native Americans?

Am I a product of a misinformation campaign? And if I am, what hope is there for the American people?”

As a public hearing inside was cut short to avoid public comment, pro-Palestine activists spoke outside Orlando’s City Hall.

Not in the video below is the unprovoked police attack and arrest of a UCF SDS member on spurious charges.

I was unable to film this in person, as the heavy traffic saturating I-4 had already begun. Thus this video is reposted from the UCF Divestment Coalition Instagram via the imginn.com 3ed party frontend

On the Oct 5 National Day of Action marking 1 year of war in Palestine, protesters at Orlando City Hall issued a statement of explicit support for resistance in Palestine and Lebanon. They also openly called for revolution in the US

On the river near Bayshore Drive. Floods there had receded 20 hours later, but beached jet-skis showed they went much higher and were more forceful than the 2023 storm’s surge. As the floodwaters went out, some streets received a coating of stinking, slippery mud

Bonus: a MAGA meathead showed up-without Trump’s trademark post-hurricane paper towels