https://grist.org/indigenous/wetsuweten-land-defenders/
The company frequently states that it received approval from the Wet’suwet’en because it negotiated an agreement with the tribe’s elected band councils. Imposed by the Canadian government under the Indian Act of 1876, the band-council system was created to facilitate interactions between First Nations and the federal government. The councils are considered the governing bodies for their respective First Nation reserves, and elected representatives from 20 band councils along the pipeline route signed so-called “benefit agreements” with the company to allow construction. Although councils from multiple reserves within Wet’suwet’en territory approved the project, the hereditary chiefs — as representatives of older, traditional styles of government — say they retain authority over their traditional lands, and that CGL needs their permission to access the territory.
Fri 20 Dec 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/20/canada-indigenous-land-defenders-police-documents
Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show
Notes from strategy session for raid on Wet’suwet’en nation’s ancestral lands show commanders argued for ‘lethal overwatch’
Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, according to documents seen by the Guardian.
Notes from a strategy session for a militarized raid on ancestral lands of the Wet’suwet’en nation show that commanders of Canada’s national police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), argued that “lethal overwatch is req’d” – a term for deploying an officer who is prepared to use lethal force.
NFTs are the gayest thing ever
https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-all-chris-hayes-december-29-2020-n1260887
You're just talking about how, you know, nothing ever convinces the conspiracy theorists that they're wrong. It just reminded me that if Trump, for example, a former friend of Jeffrey Epstein, were to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell who was accused of crimes connected to Epstein's sex trafficking of children, the QAnon folks would just find a way to say it's all part of the plan, wouldn't they? There was no reasoning with these people. That's the problem.
>https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-all-chris-hayes-december-29-2020-n1260887
And as Donald Trump prepares to leave, how the QAnon conspiracy theory he helped spawn appears like it's here to stay.
Still ahead, why the conspiracy theory of the year isn't going anywhere. The lasting power of Trump and his QAnon cult coming up after the break.
A lot of Americans have become familiar with a new term this year QAnon which most of us have never heard of a year ago, and which is the most bonkers of all the conspiracy theories in America today. It has something to do with a battle between on one side, Satan-worshipping elite pedophiles who traffic children and take their blood, and on the other Donald J. Trump who any day now will bring them all down.
Two Republicans who have supported QAnon are being sworn into Congress next week, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert, and disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is a believer and is now selling QAnon merch. Trump seen here partying with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has repeatedly offered QAnon believers his tacit support.
The QAnon community was ecstatic about that intervention from the president. And they are a dangerous community. At least three q anon supporters have engaged in terror or violence, and the FBI has labeled QAnon a domestic terror threat.
To talk more about QAnon's rise this year and what happens next year, I'm joined now by conspiracy theory researcher and the host of the QAnon Anonymous Podcast, Travis View, whose new story for New York magazine is Trump finally gave QAnon what it always wanted, respect.
Why has Trump given QAnon respect? I mean, we know he likes conspiracies, but nothing else out there that he's endorsed or promoted comes close to how bonkers and how dangerous QAnon is, right?
Well, it's in part because QAnon followers will follow Trump to the ends of the earth. They are ride or die. They are devoted to him through anything.
I mean, as more people sort of fall away, Trump is going to continue sort of seeking out QAnon followers who are willing to endorse whatever wild theory has.
Yes. As a matter of fact, there's a lot of evidence to suggest that as the pandemic spread across the country, more and more people started taking the QAnon. The membership of QAnon groups on Facebook rose dramatically.
And so, what happens, Travis, in 2021? Does QAnon go away as Trump goes away, or does it just continue to thrive online in the GOP in Congress?
And like you mentioned, we're going to have QAnon be represented in Congress next year. So, this is certainly not something that's going to go away with the end of the Trump administration.
It just reminded me that if Trump, for example, a former friend of Jeffrey Epstein, were to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell who was accused of crimes connected to Epstein's sex trafficking of children, the QAnon folks would just find a way to say it's all part of the plan, wouldn't they? The saving grace though of QAnon followers is that they tend to trust the plan. I've seen reports of QAnon subgroups popping up in Germany or in England. Why would people in Germany or England care about a CIA deep state Trump coup?
And has that been examples of people being deradicalized leaving QAnon?
And people don't get into QAnon because they're really convinced by the arguments.
Trump as the next House Speaker
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/556967-so-interesting-trump-pitched-on-idea-to-run-for-house-become-speaker
'So interesting': Trump pitched on idea to run for House, become Speaker