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How come no one predicted this? #KeystoneXL #StandingRock Originally shared by Chicago Tribune Keystone pipeline leaks 210K gallons of oil in South Dakota TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline leaked an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil in northeastern South Dakota, the company and state regulators reported Thursday. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-keystone-pipeline-leak-20171116-story.html

These private military organizations spring up to help offset the lack of preparedness during the foolish invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan but now they're being deployed against anti-corproate peaceful protestors. Originally shared by annie bodnar The documents provide the first detailed picture of how TigerSwan, which originated as a U.S. military and State Department contractor helping to execute the global war on terror, worked at the behest of its client Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the Dakota Access Pipeline, to respond to the indigenous-led movement that sought to stop the project. ... As policing continues to be militarized and state legislatures around the country pass laws criminalizing protest, the fact that a private security firm retained by a Fortune 500 oil and gas company coordinated its efforts with local, state, and federal law enforcement to undermine the protest movement has profoundly anti-democratic implications. The leaked materials not only ...

When those #StandingRock protestors warn that an oil pipeline might erupt and spill oil everywhere, they're not wrong. #NoDAPL http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/12/pipeline-spills-176000-gallons-of-crude-into-creek-about-150-miles-from-dakota-access-protest-camp.html

A win for #NoDAPL and the protestors at #StandingRock. At the very least an EIS will be conducted. Best case scenario, the route will be changed. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/dakota-access-pipeline-permit-denied-standing-rock

One student travels to #StandingRock in September. While there he discovers his connection to the protestors and may have inadvertantly become a role model. #NoDAPL http://www.theplayerstribune.com/bronson-koenig-wisconsin-basketball-standing-rock/

When the Native Americans and other protestors at #StandingRock are exclaiming #NoDAPL because they fear an oil spill that might contaminate their waterways, they're not wrong. Oil spills happen: all the time. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-oil-pipeline-break-under-nd-farmers-wheat-field/

Hell, I'm tempted to go except my fat ass can't fit into any of my uniforms anymore. #NoDAPL #StandingRock Originally shared by Marla Caldwell Wes Clark, Jr., son of well-known General Wesley Clark, coordinates with fellow veterans, hoping to get 500 or more volunteers to join in blocking access of the DAPL pipeline at Standing Rock. They'll bring body armor and gas masks, much more prepared to face the law enforcement agencies than the water protectors have been, and symbolically powerful in their uniforms. ------------------------ He spent weeks trying to assemble a legal team for the Standing Rock Sioux, and even contacted Independent Diplomat, a nonprofit organization that helps governments navigate complex diplomatic processes. “I pulled all of the levers, and none of them worked,” Clark Jr. recalls. Then, in early November, the plan dawned on him: He’d bring his fellow veterans. Lots of them. And they’d come prepared to put their lives on the line. “We’re not going o...

OMG, I love this video! #DakotaAccess #NoDAPL #StandingRock https://twitter.com/thejuicemedia/status/789610328367562752?s=09