Rick Harp
@rickharp.bsky.social
Journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, etc. 📻 “Knowledge is never innocent or neutral” Aileen Moreton-Robinson
🎙️ Host, APTN News Brief https://podfollow.com/aptn-news-brief
🎙️ Host/producer, MEDIA INDIGENA https://podfollow.com/mediaindigena
🎙️ Host, APTN News Brief https://podfollow.com/aptn-news-brief
🎙️ Host/producer, MEDIA INDIGENA https://podfollow.com/mediaindigena
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NEW 🎙️ Our return to all-new podcasts opens our series of reflections on “Sovereignty First: Tackling the White Possessive in an Era of ‘Collaboration’.” First up, @candiscall.bsky.social on concurrence of Indigenous movements w/the rise of Indigenous people working in media
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MEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Interrogating 'The White Possessive', Pt. 1 (ep 360)
ON THIS EPISODE: Interrogating 'the white possessive.' And according to Indigenous scholar Aileen Moreton-Robinson, countries like Canada, Australia and the U.S. are best understood as 'white posse...
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It's a MEDIA INDIGENA (partial) reunion with @kimtallbear.bsky.social and I sitting down with Candis to discuss her talk at this awesome @sfuindg.bsky.social event! ⬇️
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Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. 10/20/26.
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. 10/20/26.
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The First Nations Health Ombudsperson is calling for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
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Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: First Nations health ombud seeks 'hands-off' review of alleged violence toward Sask. patients
Our lead story: Dr. Dianne Lafond, the First Nations Health Ombudsperson, calls for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The First Nations Health Ombudsperson is calling for an independent body to investigate recent incidents of alleged violence towards patients in Saskatchewan.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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The CBS News editor-in-chief invited staffers to quit if they don’t agree with her new vision to make the network more Trump-friendly.
MAGA Curious CBS Boss Dares Defiant Staffers to Quit in Tense All-Hands
As Bari Weiss expanded on her MAGA-aligned vision for the network, she admitted she was “green” and already making mistakes.
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
The CBS News editor-in-chief invited staffers to quit if they don’t agree with her new vision to make the network more Trump-friendly.
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Keir Starmer suppressed a scientific report that warned of climate effects ranging from mass migration to nuclear conflict. Don't look up.
Suppressed climate report warned of mass migration and nuclear war
Unabridged document said disappearing forests and rivers drying up could drive people to Europe and lead to conflict in Asia
www.thetimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Keir Starmer suppressed a scientific report that warned of climate effects ranging from mass migration to nuclear conflict. Don't look up.
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Community members in Winnipeg, Manitoba have been advocating for the Thunderbird House in the downtown area to be repaired.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
Occupiers of derelict building advocating for its repair evicted without notice | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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January 27, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Community members in Winnipeg, Manitoba have been advocating for the Thunderbird House in the downtown area to be repaired.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
They have been occupying it since spring of last year but now have been evicted without notice by security and police.
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Tomorrow, the United States officially withdraws from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
January 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Tomorrow, the United States officially withdraws from the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
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BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:26 AM
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
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For all the boardgamers out there, NPRs wonderful "Planet Money" show decided to make a "Planet Money" boardgame and has over the months runs several episodes looking into how you make a modern boardgame. Latest episode focusing on choosing a title. It is great stuff.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
BOARD GAMES 3: What’s in a name? : Planet Money
Planet Money has teamed up with the company Exploding Kittens to make a board game inspired by the legendary economics paper The Market for Lemons. We’ve decided we want a mass-appeal party game that ...
www.npr.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
For all the boardgamers out there, NPRs wonderful "Planet Money" show decided to make a "Planet Money" boardgame and has over the months runs several episodes looking into how you make a modern boardgame. Latest episode focusing on choosing a title. It is great stuff.
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
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With appearances on “Fox & Friends” and many mostly far-right U.S. and Canadian podcasts, larger-than-life lawyer Jeffrey Rath has emerged as the cowboy-hatted figurehead for the Alberta Prosperity Project, or APP.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand | The Tyee
The free-swinging Alberta Prosperity Project leader is caught on video spouting conspiracy theories and profanities.
thetyee.ca
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
With appearances on “Fox & Friends” and many mostly far-right U.S. and Canadian podcasts, larger-than-life lawyer Jeffrey Rath has emerged as the cowboy-hatted figurehead for the Alberta Prosperity Project, or APP.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
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I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents about Alex Pretti's death and every single one of them blame the Border Patrol agent
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ICE Unloads
Immigration officers speak out: “Fuck this.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I interviewed over half a dozen ICE and Border Patrol agents about Alex Pretti's death and every single one of them blame the Border Patrol agent
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads
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At this point, to call ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis an “immigration operation” an understatement. It is that, and more: a campaign of ethnic strife and disempowerment, a denial of civil liberties, a performative trampling of local control.
States of Denial | Felipe De La Hoz
When it comes to the Trump administration’s occupation of Minneapolis, we can no longer afford to be in denial.
thebaffler.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM
At this point, to call ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis an “immigration operation” an understatement. It is that, and more: a campaign of ethnic strife and disempowerment, a denial of civil liberties, a performative trampling of local control.
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A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something we’re starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.
A New Kind of Corner Store | Perspectives Journal
A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something we’re starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.
perspectivesjournal.ca
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
A grocery model that puts affordability and access ahead of margins could nourish something we’re starved for: a little more stability, and a little more imagination.
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From rebuilding newsrooms to co-launching what’s now APTN National News, Dan David’s impact is everywhere.
Hear from those who knew him best on the latest edition of APTN News InFocus:
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Hear from those who knew him best on the latest edition of APTN News InFocus:
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InFocus: How Dan David transformed Indigenous journalism
On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens honours the life and legacy of Dan David, the father of APTN. David, a Mohawk journalist, spent 45 years transforming how Indigenous storie...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:43 PM
From rebuilding newsrooms to co-launching what’s now APTN National News, Dan David’s impact is everywhere.
Hear from those who knew him best on the latest edition of APTN News InFocus:
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Hear from those who knew him best on the latest edition of APTN News InFocus:
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Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: the culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates: With the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, "Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact—the culture war is an actual war"
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Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
January 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Wouldn’t have made it out of the VEEP writers room
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Multiple countries sign landmark deal to build giant wind farms in the North Sea "that directly connect to various countries through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power."
The US, meanwhile, is shutting down offshore wind.
The US, meanwhile, is shutting down offshore wind.
UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’
Britain among 10 countries to build 100GW grid in North Sea linking countries through subsea cables
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Multiple countries sign landmark deal to build giant wind farms in the North Sea "that directly connect to various countries through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power."
The US, meanwhile, is shutting down offshore wind.
The US, meanwhile, is shutting down offshore wind.
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"A document that once made me proud of all the places I’ve traveled is now a badge to prove I belong," writes columnist Laura Yuen. "It speaks volumes that a person like me is scared — somebody with so many privileges, including my perfect American English."
"Aren’t you scared, too?"
"Aren’t you scared, too?"
Yuen: My parents thought we had made it. Now we carry papers.
Living under ICE’s crackdown has changed how some Minnesotans of color, including U.S. citizens, move through the world.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:41 PM
"A document that once made me proud of all the places I’ve traveled is now a badge to prove I belong," writes columnist Laura Yuen. "It speaks volumes that a person like me is scared — somebody with so many privileges, including my perfect American English."
"Aren’t you scared, too?"
"Aren’t you scared, too?"
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Extreme cold didn’t stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
Everybody showed up. Read @sarahlazare.bsky.social's report.
inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
Everybody showed up. Read @sarahlazare.bsky.social's report.
inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
January 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Extreme cold didn’t stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
Everybody showed up. Read @sarahlazare.bsky.social's report.
inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
Everybody showed up. Read @sarahlazare.bsky.social's report.
inthesetimes.com/article/minn...
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How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.
The Boomerang Comes Back
How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.
www.bostonreview.net
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 PM
How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.
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MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 5:10 PM
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
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Led by the OneBC political party, a rally at the University of British Columbia in support of residential school denialism is confronted by a larger group.
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APTN News Brief: Counterprotest thwarts residential school denial rally at UBC
Our lead story: led by the 'OneBC' political party, a rally at the University of British Columbia in support of residential school denialism is confronted by a larger group of counterdemonstrators.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Led by the OneBC political party, a rally at the University of British Columbia in support of residential school denialism is confronted by a larger group.
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Hear more on APTN News Brief:
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lol "Build Canada, funded by major Canadian tech and industry players... 'improve the governments' technical capabilities to accelerate AI adoption, strengthen defence capabilities, improve strategic procurement, negotiate optimal trade agreements and more'”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
lol "Build Canada, funded by major Canadian tech and industry players... 'improve the governments' technical capabilities to accelerate AI adoption, strengthen defence capabilities, improve strategic procurement, negotiate optimal trade agreements and more'”
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...
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“The times we live in are indeed alarming. It is a time of the most appalling escalation of violence — violence to the environment, both ‘nature’ and ‘culture’; violence to all living beings… It is also a time of triumphant mediocrity.”
“- Susan Sontag
“- Susan Sontag
January 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
“The times we live in are indeed alarming. It is a time of the most appalling escalation of violence — violence to the environment, both ‘nature’ and ‘culture’; violence to all living beings… It is also a time of triumphant mediocrity.”
“- Susan Sontag
“- Susan Sontag
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Let's also bring in the connection with tech giants: Google hosted a CBP app that used facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Let's also bring in the connection with tech giants: Google hosted a CBP app that used facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group.