{"id":25229,"date":"2016-12-05T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=25229"},"modified":"2016-12-05T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:41:36","slug":"dapl-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/05\/dapl-down\/","title":{"rendered":"DAPL Down!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Since last month&#8217;s catastrophe, opportunities to share good news have been far too few and far too far between, so I take great pleasure in expressing my praise and admiration for the Standing Rock Sioux and their fellow protestors that may have just killed the Dakota Access Pipeline.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1205DAPL\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1205DAPL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/1205DAPL.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Dakota Access Pipeline will not cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, it was announced Sunday in a stunning victory to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its supporters, who argued the project would threaten the tribe&#8217;s water source and cultural sites. <\/p>\n<p><strong>The US Army Corps of Engineers will not grant an easement allowing the pipeline&#8217;s construction half a mile south of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jo-Ellen Darcy, United States Assistant Secretary of the Army, said the federal agency will &#8216;explore alternate routes&#8217;<\/strong> in an announcement that came just one day before the Corps was scheduled to cut off access to the protesters&#8217; camp.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of demonstrators at the Oceti Sakowin campsite erupted into cheers and cries of Mni Wiconi &#8211; &#8216;Water is life&#8217; &#8211; went up from the crowd as the news spread.<\/p>\n<p>Moments after the decision was announced, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Council Chairman Harold Frazier told DailyMail.com that he was &#8216;shocked&#8217; by the news&#8230; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3999630\/Dakota-protesters-WIN-bid-stop-pipeline-built-Standing-Rock.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a>&gt;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The news left me with several questions on what might happen going forward, especially since the Resident-elect has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/oct\/26\/donald-trump-dakota-access-pipeline-investment-energy-transfer-partners\" target=\"_blank\">close financial ties with Energy Transfer Partners<\/a>.&#160; He hates losing money like this!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I found two videos that cover the story as well as any can.&#160; The first from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc-news\/watch\/construction-of-dakota-access-pipeline-will-stop-824491587812\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC<\/a> deals with what happened.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_msnbc_pipeline_161204\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The second from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bK7yz-_0_pU\" target=\"_blank\">TYT<\/a> deals with what it means.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bK7yz-_0_pU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen Cenk!&#160; Once again, we owe a great debt to the Lakota people for showing us how to RESIST!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since last month&#8217;s catastrophe, opportunities to share good news have been far too few and far too far between, so I take great pleasure in expressing my praise and admiration for the Standing Rock Sioux and their fellow protestors that may have just killed the Dakota Access Pipeline. 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