Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Good evening. Right-wing pundit Ann Coulter went as far as suggesting more Native Americans should have been slain as America encroached on Indigenous lands in a mistaken response to a Navajo professor. Also, Asian-Americans who supported Trump now seem to be siding with Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayor’s race..
Plus, we’re bringing you the latest updates at url-media.com as events unfold.
Credit: Native News Online
Deep Dive: Conservative commentator Ann Coulter is typically so incendiary that nobody is surprised when she says something that would be insulting or offensive to anyone but white men. But a social media post she wrote in response to another offensive post provided an exception to that.
An X platform post criticizing Navajo artist and University of Minnesota professor Melanie Yazzie for a controversial remark apparently caught Coulter’s eye, spurring her to respond, “we didn’t kill enough Indians.”
But Yazzie made her remark at what that post mistakenly says is an appearance at the “Socialism 2025” conference. It is actually from a 2023 “teach-in” hosted by the Red Nation, a Native American advocacy group, in which Indigenous and pro-Palestinian speakers attended. The X post accuses her of saying she and others were “giddily discussing the destruction of America.” But in actuality, the post was first put out on the social platform in Dec. 2023 by conservative outlet Alpha News about the Red Nation event, titled, ‘From Minnesota to Palestine.”
Yazzie was really criticizing American encroachment on sovereign land globally said that “the goal is to dismantle the settler project that is the United States." It is not clear whether the person who saw that deliberately misinterpreted what she said, or if they deliberately confused her with Navajo activist Janene Yazzie who did appear at the “Socialism 2025” conference on July 6, but the post was enough to draw Coulter’s attention in calling for the deaths of Native Americans.
Her post has since been deleted, but it drew sharp criticism from the Indigenous community, including tribal leaders who called it incitement to violence against Native Americans.
“Apparently, the millions of Indians killed were not enough for right-wing conservative pundit Ann Coulter,” wrote Native News Online publisher Levi Rickert. “This wasn’t random hate speech. Coulter was specifically attacking tribal sovereignty and our continued existence.
“Coulter’s inflammatory rhetoric crossed a new line. It’s not just offensive — it’s genocidal speech and it must be condemned by all, regardless of political affiliation,” Rickert continued. “Native people are not props for shock value or hate clicks. We are sovereign nations. We are still here. We will continue to defend tribal sovereignty that triggered Coulter’s post in the first place.”
Weekly Roundup:
Asian-Americans who voted for Trump apparently supported Zohran Mamdani in New York’s Democratic mayoral primary in June, according to recent polling data. The state assembly member who surprised the political establishment by besting the favored Andrew Cuomo won 30 percent of the election districts that Trump won in the 2024 presidential election. Many of those areas were majority Asian-Amerian neighborhoods. – AsAmNews
Donald Trump says he will punish countries that align with BRICS nations with a 10 percent tariff. On his social media platform Truth Social, the president accused the group, which includes Brazil, Russia, India and China Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, of having “anti-American policies,” without saying what those policies were. Trump has stood in opposition to BRICS countries possibly competing with the US dollar. He now is including them in his erratic tariff policy which he has imposed on some countries and reduced for others. – Scroll.in
An ex-aide to both former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul was set to go to trial on corruption charges, but now prosecutors say they want more time to prepare because of new charges. Authorities charged Linda Sun and her husband, Chris Hu, with acting as unregistered agents of the Chinese government, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. The new charges accuse them of accepting kickbacks connected to the state procuring protective equipment during the COVID pandemic. – Documented
A diplomat from Mexico has been appointed head of the United Nations diplomatic mission in Haiti to lead political and humanitarian efforts in the troubled nation. Carlos Ruiz Massieu will replace María Isabel Salvador of Ecuador due to her mandate finishing in June. Massieu’s responsibilities will include promoting a more stable political environment, re-establishing rule of law and increasing aid to beleaguered residents. The Organization of American States (OAS) citing a devolving situation in Haiti, whose capital Port-au-Prince is almost completely overrun by gangs, is calling for an urgent plan to help the country, which they say is in a “multidimensional crisis.” – The Haitian Times
Quote of the Week:
“Trump never misses an opportunity to be racist and wrong, and every day he finds a new way to be embarrassing. Asking the President of Liberia where he learned English when it’s literally the official language is peak ignorance.” – Rep. Jasmine Crockett, criticizing Donald Trump’s comment to Liberian president Joseph Boakai.
Recommended Reading:
Gov. Braun report cites hundreds of axed DEI references in state policies – Indianapolis Star
Number of national Black conventions not inviting Trump grows - Philadelphia Tribune_________
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