EpiscoGrrl<p>If you are following the situation in Tom’s River, NJ (the town is trying to use <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> to seize church property to turn into a park after the church submitted plans to the <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/zoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zoning</span></a> commission to build a <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a> shelter), here are some ways to help: <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/Epsicopal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epsicopal</span></a> <a href="https://episcodon.net/tags/TomsRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomsRiver</span></a></p>
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KProfsBlog<p>A home where Pope Leo XIV lived as a child went up for sale, then there was to be an auction, and now the Village of Dolton, Illinois is seeking to purchase it. I haven’t seen this much excitement since George Costanza bought Jon Voight’s car.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PopeLeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopeLeoXIV</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/06/an-almost-too-american-story-about-the-popes-childhood-home.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/06/an-almost-too-american-story-about-the-popes-childhood-home.html</span></a></p>
KilleansRow 🇺🇲 🇺🇦🍀<p>Errata on 2/2…arguments over whether Schumer would have accomplished this are for now academic. Assertion of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> potentially self torpedos the ship all over again. Details matter</p>
John E. Bartley, III (D) K7AAY<p><a href="https://archive.is/eePVK" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/eePVK</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <=== read here<br>.<br> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-ramaphosa-south-africa-eminent-domain.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-ramaphosa-south-africa-eminent-domain.html</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/ResidentDump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResidentDump</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/LandSeizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandSeizure</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farmers</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/WhiteFarmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteFarmers</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>When Trump Was the One Taking Land From Farmers <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1033018/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1033018/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apartheid</span></a>(Policy) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cyril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyril</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJ</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LandUsePolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUsePolicies</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsAndGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ramaphosa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ramaphosa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>Just in case you have not had your fill of nauseating northeastern property developers...</p><p><a href="https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/toms-river-eminent-domain-takeover-bid-of-historic-church-makes-national-news/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thesandpaper.net/articles/toms</span><span class="invisible">-river-eminent-domain-takeover-bid-of-historic-church-makes-national-news/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/TomsRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TomsRiver</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DanielRodrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielRodrick</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/EpiscopalChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpiscopalChurch</span></a></p>
AFRICAN CONNECTIONS (ACREF)<p>‘Where is the evidence?’ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a> anchor presses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DHSgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHSgov</span></a> spokesperson on claim of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> on White South Africans </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asylum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afrikaners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrikaners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cambodia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambodia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bosnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bosnia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/persecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>persecution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eminentdomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eminentdomain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/17/politics/video/homeland-security-tricia-mclaughlin-defends-refugee-status-afrikaners-blackwell-digvid" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/05/17/politics/vi</span><span class="invisible">deo/homeland-security-tricia-mclaughlin-defends-refugee-status-afrikaners-blackwell-digvid</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>When it comes to standing up to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, I laud <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> Governor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a>. But when it comes to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sovereignty</span></a>, building wind terminals on undeveloped islands (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearsIsland</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wahsumkik</span></a> ), destroying trees to supply <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WesternMass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WesternMass</span></a> with electrcitiy, or building highways through farmland (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MDOT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MDOT</span></a>), we definitely DO NOT always see eye-to-eye!</p><p>Governor opposed to latest change to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlementAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlementAct</span></a> backed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiNations</span></a></p><p>by Emma Davis<br>Wed, April 9, 2025 </p><p>"Discussion of legislation to afford the Wabanaki Nations more authority over their land revealed that Gov. Janet Mills does not support the change, presenting a steep path for a plan that otherwise has bipartisan support. </p><p>"After not testifying during the public hearing last week, the governor’s counsel, Jerry Reid, told the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that Mills’ concerns stem from the inability to predict the future needs of state government, an issue also raised in written testimony from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineDepartmentOfTransportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineDepartmentOfTransportation</span></a>, which was made available after the hearing. </p><p>"When pressed by committee members, Reid said he doesn’t have a specific example of an infrastructure project that would warrant seizing tribal land but that, 'We need to write the law mindful of the potential for problems.'</p><p>"While Reid and Wabanaki leaders noted that progress has and continues to be made to improve the relationship between the state and Wabanaki Nations, Reid added, 'the fact that we have such a good relationship right now might not always be true.'</p><p>"The U.S. government can seize private property for public use, a principle known as eminent domain, however that authority is restricted by the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which requires just compensation for land taken, as well as some federal laws.</p><p>"The 1834 federal Indian Nonintercourse Act prohibited land transactions with tribes unless authorized by Congress. However, the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act specified that that federal law was not applicable to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HoultonBand</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maliseet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maliseet</span></a> Indians, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassamaquoddyTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PassamaquoddyTribe</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenobscotNation</span></a>. </p><p>"This is the act that has overall resulted in the Tribes being treated more akin to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/municipalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>municipalities</span></a> than <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SovereignNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SovereignNations</span></a>. So far, sweeping changes to the act have failed due to opposition from Mills, but the governor, lawmakers and Wabanaki leaders have successfully made some targeted adjustments, including expanding tribal authority to prosecute crimes last year. </p><p>"The legislation being considered this session, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LD958" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LD958</span></a>, would amend the Settlement Act to prohibit the state from exercising eminent domain on trust and reservation land, which is protected under federal law, though fee land — or private property for which the owner owns the title — would still be subject to the state taking.</p><p>"The bill would also amend the 2023 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MikmaqNationRestorationAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikmaqNationRestorationAct</span></a> to make this change for the Mi’kmaq Nation, which wasn’t included in the Settlement Act.</p><p>"On Tuesday, the Taxation Committee unanimously voted in favor of a bill to ensure equal tax treatment among all of the Wabanaki Nations, which Mills supports. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LD982" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LD982</span></a> would provide the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MikmaqNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikmaqNation</span></a> the same rights to sales tax revenue on its land that the other three tribes of the Wabanaki Nations were granted in 2022 through an amendment to the Settlement Act.<br>State hasn’t exercised this authority in decades, but argues it’s necessary</p><p>"The state hasn’t exercised eminent domain over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalLands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalLands</span></a> since the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlementAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlementAct</span></a>. However, testimony from Wabanaki leaders and state government officials underscore that it is a possibility."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/governor-opposed-latest-change-settlement-185134791.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/governor-oppose</span><span class="invisible">d-latest-change-settlement-185134791.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineSettlementAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineSettlementAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandTheft</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiConfederancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiConfederancy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineFirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineFirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalSovereignty</span></a></p>
The Christian Science Monitor<p>Can eminent domain be used to halt development in the name of public good? A Rhode Island case could set precedent in governments’ power over private development. <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/rhodeisland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhodeIsland</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/eminentdomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eminentDomain</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/tag/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0423/eminent-domain-affordable-housing-johnston-rhode-island?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025</span><span class="invisible">/0423/eminent-domain-affordable-housing-johnston-rhode-island?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into The American Story <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor/the-american-story-u1nco3brz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>the-american-story-csmonitor</span></a></span></p>
BakersRelay<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SouthDakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthDakota</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/SDPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDPol</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/CarbonCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonCapture</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> </p><p>From AP.com: A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/summit-carbon-solutions-carbon-capture-pipeline-midwest-lawsuits-landowners-6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/summit-carb</span><span class="invisible">on-solutions-carbon-capture-pipeline-midwest-lawsuits-landowners-6c410dad59ce4d5d6de5ff4962dd0913</span></a></p>
sgt1372<p>All of you who are hot to close the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GreatHighway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatHighway</span></a> to make it into a park should be up in arms demanding that all of the multi-million $ houses that were blocking access to the ocean that have now burned down be claimed & paid for by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> to allow direct public access to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MalibuBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MalibuBeach</span></a>.</p><p>This is a rare opportunity to provide such access.</p><p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/malibu-la-fire-video-damage-20064518.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfgate.com/la/article/malibu-l</span><span class="invisible">a-fire-video-damage-20064518.php</span></a></p>
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)<p>And now Colorado is about to fight over water with Nebraska. 🤦🏻♂️</p><p>“Six landowners in Sedgwick County, where the South Platte River flows out of the state, received notices of condemnation from the state of Nebraska on Jan. 17, offering $1.4 million for about 650 acres of land, according to Nebraska Public Media. </p><p>The landowners were given 90 days to sell or face eminent domain.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nebraska</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthPlatteRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPlatteRiver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PerkinsCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerkinsCanal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://coloradosun.com/2025/02/01/eminent-domain-perkins-canal-nebraska/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coloradosun.com/2025/02/01/emi</span><span class="invisible">nent-domain-perkins-canal-nebraska/</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p>"Rural hospital says religious law supersedes state in California abortion case"</p><p>This type of <a href="https://toot.community/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> nonsense makes me sick. The state should be able to take control of the hospital via <a href="https://toot.community/tags/eminentdomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eminentdomain</span></a> for the public good. </p><p><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/california-hospital-blocks-emergency-abortions-20014227.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfgate.com/northcoast/article/</span><span class="invisible">california-hospital-blocks-emergency-abortions-20014227.php</span></a></p>
William Canna-bass<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@InstituteforJustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>InstituteforJustice</span></a></span> </p><p>And finally, not a success yet, but an effort to overturn Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005) which deals with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ij.org/press-release/new-petition-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-infamous-kelo-eminent-domain-decision/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ij.org/press-release/new-petit</span><span class="invisible">ion-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-infamous-kelo-eminent-domain-decision/</span></a></p><p>🧵 3/3</p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Lightfighter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lightfighter</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FortCarson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortCarson</span></a> actually took my grandpa's ranch in the 70s through <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> and used it for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MilitaryExercises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryExercises</span></a> because the climate is like that of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JusticeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeDepartment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/warned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warned</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericaPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericaPAC</span></a> in recent days that his $1 million <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sweepstakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sweepstakes</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/registeredvoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>registeredvoters</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/swingstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swingstates</span></a> may <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/violate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/federallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federallaw</span></a>, people briefed on the matter told <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Federallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/registertovote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>registertovote</span></a>.</p><p>— <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Revoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revoke</span></a> his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a>, and then <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> him from the country forever.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/elon-musk-justice-department-letter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-justice-department-letter</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Bringing the Ancestors Home</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>Sept. 9, 2024</p><p>OKEMAH, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> --"Les Williston, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Choctaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Choctaw</span></a>, spoke on living life with honor, during the Convening of the Four Winds gathering at the Phillip Deere Round House on Sunday, hosted by the<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mvskoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mvskoke</span></a> family of the international rights leader Phillip Deere. </p><p>"'Your ancestors are always around,' Williston said, speaking of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SacredPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SacredPlaces</span></a> along the rivers. Williston is entrusted with bringing the Chahta ancestors home."</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Williston said that all along the rivers, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KiamachiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KiamachiRiver</span></a> in southeastern Oklahoma, there are sacred places, places that are the heart of the people, places where the council was built. </p><p>"Speaking on bringing the ancestors home at the Phillip Deer Roundhouse on Muscogee Creek land, Williston was joined by Native people from throughout the nation during the two-day weekend gathering. They shared the history of the struggle for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanRights</span></a>, the hard-won victories of the 1970s, and the ongoing struggles to protect the water and rivers -- as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>, threats of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> seizures, the violence of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManCamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManCamps</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> industry, the desecration of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumMining</span></a> in burial places, and the manipulations of the United States government continue.<br>With gratitude to the Native women gathered here, Williston said he appreciates the strength of the women speaking and their leadership, for it is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/matriarchal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matriarchal</span></a> culture. </p><p>"'It is important that the women take the lead,' he said. 'I hear the wisdom come from these ladies.' 'We should always listen to the women, our clan mothers and clan sisters.'"</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/bringing-ancestors-home.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09</span><span class="invisible">/bringing-ancestors-home.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chahta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chahta</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourWinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourWinds</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConveningOfTheFourWinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConveningOfTheFourWinds</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HonorTheAncestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HonorTheAncestors</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>Oh, look, it's the government using eminent domain for what it's actually supposed to be used for, the common good.<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MAPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAPol</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/BosPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BosPoli</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/BrightonMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrightonMA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/LizBreadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizBreadon</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>Watch “Uprooted," a new short <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> that examines a Black community’s decades-long battle to hold onto their land as city officials wielded eminent domain to establish and expand Christopher Newport University in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Gentrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gentrification</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cities</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Race</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EminentDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EminentDomain</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/o80ENCqNFAc?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/o80ENCqNFAc?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
Venita<p>Well, this scenario is certainly not new. SMH<br>"An eminent domain battle in one of Georgia's poorest areas just began that could have implications for property law across the state and the nation." <a href="https://thegrio.com/2023/11/28/black-retirees-on-fixed-incomes-could-suffer-if-railroad-allowed-to-build-rail-line-in-georgia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thegrio.com/2023/11/28/black-r</span><span class="invisible">etirees-on-fixed-incomes-could-suffer-if-railroad-allowed-to-build-rail-line-in-georgia/</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eminentdomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eminentdomain</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blackfediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackfediverse</span></a></p>
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