My Second Cup of Coffee

Yá'át'ééh my relatives. After observing our nation's confounding efforts to respond to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I decided to offer a few thoughts. I invite you to join me for this important conversation over My Second Cup of Coffee.

LINKS:

AP News: What to know about the killing of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA

https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-e771e3967d5a6024f7cf84d5e0228fed

AP News: Politicians who have experienced violence directly react to Charlie Kirk shooting

https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-shooting-political-violence-reaction-87f6755421938d0a0d7c5905be10767f

Newsweek: Gavin Newsom's Team Pauses Trolling Barrage After Charlie Kirk Assassination

https://www.newsweek.com/gavin-newsom-trolling-kirk-assassination-2128818

AP News: Matthew Dowd’s firing begins flood of people facing consequences for their comments on Kirk’s death

https://apnews.com/article/dowd-msnbc-kirk-comments-e08f349022c9d69171cd575664141075

BBC: ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off air over Charlie Kirk comments

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o

The White House: President Trump Delivers Remarks on Charlie Kirk

https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/president-trump-delivers-remarks-on-charlie-kirk/

USA Today: What did Trump say about the political killings of Melissa Hortman and Charlie Kirk?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/11/donald-trump-charlie-kirk-melissa-hortman/86089962007/

Newsweek: GOP Senator Mike Lee Faces Backlash for Charlie Kirk Assassination Response

https://www.newsweek.com/utah-mike-lee-charlie-kirk-melissa-hortman-assassination-response-2128368

CNN: Raja Jackson, son of ex-UFC champ Rampage Jackson, arrested and faces felony charge after footage showed him beating wrestler

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/sport/mma-raja-jackson-arrest-stuart-smith-wrestling-intl

LA Times: Wrestler is brutally beaten by ‘Rampage’ Jackson’s son. ‘No one is going to consent to broken bones’

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-25/raja-rampage-jackson-lapd-investigation-wrestling-event-punches

LA Times: Newsom teaches Democrats the art of trolling Trump

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-27/gavin-newsom-maga-inspired-patriot-shop-trolls-trump

AP News: A student is dead after shooting 2 teens at his Colorado high school and then himself

https://apnews.com/article/colorado-high-school-shooting-evergreen-6ab8dd48ce8497c79174669f1c902e49

CPR: What we know about the Evergreen High School shooting

https://www.cpr.org/2025/09/11/what-we-know-evergreen-high-school-shooting/

The Charlie Kirk Show (Podcast)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-charlie-kirk-show/id1460600818

ABC News: Colorado high school shooter was 'radicalized by some extremist network,' sheriff's department says

https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-high-school-shooter-radicalized-extremist-network-sheriffs/story?id=125486808

Gavin Newsom on X

https://x.com/GavinNewsom

Fox News on X

https://x.com/foxnews

Rachel Maddow (MSNBC) on X

https://x.com/maddow

RUMBLE: Simone's Selfish Olympic Spectacle + Manic Mask Misinformation | The Charlie Kirk Show LIVE 07.28.21

https://rumble.com/vkg015-simones-selfish-olympic-spectacle-manic-mask-misinformation-the-charlie-kir.html

Donald Trump on Truth Social

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump

BBC: Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvged988377o

Idaho Statesman: ‘Trying to rewrite history’: Boise woman guilty in Capitol riot rejects Trump pardon

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article298937855.html

AP News: Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor

https://apnews.com/article/wounded-knee-hegseth-soldiers-medal-of-honor-0310c47952ad7aeabb176f94d8af4d52

GoFundMe: Common Memory Tour 2025

https://www.gofundme.com/f/common-memory-tour-2025

Patreon: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy

https://www.patreon.com/wirelesshogan

Yá'át'ééh my relatives. Today I am having a conversation with Jennifer Bates re: building a DWI Memorial Wall in Gallup NM. This coming weekend, on Saturday Sept. 11, she is hosting a Run/Walk to End DWI in Gallup NM (my hometown). I invite you to grab a cup of your favorite morning beverage and join me for My Second Cup of Coffee.

LINKS:

A Hope and a Future: End DWI and support Rehoboth June Camp! 5k, 10k, and 1-mile walk/run

https://runsignup.com/Race/NM/ChurchRock/RehobothRaceSeries

GoFundMe: Common Memory Tour 2025

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Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy

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Yá'át'ééh my relatives. In the past few weeks the Federal Government has sought to take over DC policing and deployed the Nation Guard throughout the District. Many people find this shocking but, as a Native man who moved to DC from the Navajo Reservation, I see this for what it is; just more of the same. I invite you to grab your favorite morning beverage and join me for My Second Cup of Coffee.

LINKS:
NPR: The National Guard has been deployed to enforce the law before. What's different now?
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/21/g-s1-83915/national-guard-dc-deployed

Democracy Now!: Occupied D.C.? Six GOP States Send National Guard to Washington as Outcry Grows over Trump Power Grab
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/dc_takeover

USA Today: New Mexico blocks roads into Gallup as coronavirus cases surge
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2020/05/01/coronavirus-new-mexico-blocks-roads-into-gallup-virus-cases-surge/3068403001/

GoFundMe: Common Memory Tour 2025
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Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy
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Purchase Signed Copies of Unsettling Truths
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Yá'át'ééh my relatives. Today over My Second Cup of Coffee I use the recent 80th anniversary of our nation's nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to address our on-going cycle of dehumanizing nationalistic violence and what we can do to stop it, and (hopefully) begin healing from it.

LINKS:
NY Times: 80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/asia/hiroshima-nagasaki-japan-nuclear-photos.html

USA Today: Smithsonian ignores Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings on 80th anniversary
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/06/smithsonian-quiet-hiroshima-nagasaki-anniversary/85524546007/

NY Times Magazine: Beyond the World War II We Know - The Hiroshima Pilot Who Became a Symbol of Antinuclear Protest
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/magazine/hiroshima-claude-eatherly-antinuclear.html

LA Times: At the peak of the Holocaust, Nazis murdered more than 14,000 Jews a day, scholar says
https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-nazi-holocaust-efficiency-20190103-story.html

AL Jazeera: Public opinion is split as US marks 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/6/public-opinion-is-split-as-us-marks-80th-anniversary-of-hiroshima-bombing

Atomic Heritage Foundation: Controversy over the Enola Gay Exhibition
https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/controversy-over-enola-gay-exhibition/

Truman Library: Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/decision-drop-atomic-bomb

GoFundMe: Common Memory Tour 2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/common-memory-tour-2025

Common Memory Tour Events
- DC - Tuesday, August 26, 2025
- Potential Event Locations (Sept & Oct): Chicago, Wisconsin, Montana, Los Angeles, NYC

Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy
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Purchase Signed Copies of Unsettling Truths
Book Study Special - 10 signed books and 45 minute virtual Q&A with Mark Charles
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Yá'át'ééh my relatives. It is time once again for my annual reminder that "white people are not superior". Every 12-15 months I post this reminder on my social media and speak about if over My Second Cup of Coffee. Why do I do this? I invite you to join me and find out.

LINKS:

AP News: Trump administration welcomes 59 white South Africans as refugeeshttps://apnews.com/article/south-africa-us-refugees-trump-afrikaners-16e34760b93cfa66f15b4cd8380743c1

The Hill: National park visitors to be encouraged to report ‘negative’ depictions under new order

https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5318223-national-park-visitors-to-be-encouraged-to-report-negative-depictions-under-new-order/

NY Times: Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/trump-national-park-service-history-changes.html

GoFundMe: Common Memory Tour 2025

https://www.gofundme.com/f/common-memory-tour-2025

Upcoming Common Memory Tour Events

- Thursday, July 31 at 7 pm PT - Shoreline, WA - Ronald United Methodist Church

- Saturday, August 2 at 7 pm PT - The Dalles, OR - St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in The Dalles

Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy

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Purchase Signed Copies of Unsettling TruthsBook Study Special - 10 signed books and 45 minute virtual Q&A with Mark Charles

https://wirelesshogan.com/2022/10/27/unsettling-truths/

Yá'át'ééh my relatives. Today over My Second Cup of Coffee I discuss Trump's blatant campaign to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I invite you to join me.

LINKS:
Native News Online: NCAI Condemns Ann Coulter’s “We Didn’t Kill Enough Indians” Violent and Shameful Hate Speech Targeting Tribal Nations
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/ncai-condemns-ann-coulter-s-we-didn-t-kill-enough-indians-violent-and-shameful-hate-speech-targeting-tribal-nations

AP News: Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. From there, it’s a secretive process
https://apnews.com/article/explaining-netanyahu-trump-nobel-prize-nomination-bb3b0338b85226694ab7064b50f978c8

NY Times: ‘Playing the Man’: Global Diplomacy in the Trump Era Is All About Flattery
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/world/europe/trump-diplomacy-flattery-world-leaders.html

Fox News: Netanyahu surprises Trump with formal Nobel Peace Prize nomination during historic White House meeting
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/netanyahu-surprises-trump-formal-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-historic-white-house-meeting

Time: Why Netanyahu Is Just the Latest to Nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize—and Likely Won’t Be the Last
https://time.com/7300791/trump-nobel-peace-prize-netanyahu-nominations-obama-flattery-history-explainer/

NY Times: Trump’s Nobel Prize Obsession Is About More Than World Peace
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/politics/trump-nobel-peace-prize.html

BBC: Nobel secretary regrets Obama peace prize (2015)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960

Obama White House Archives: Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize (2009)
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-acceptance-nobel-peace-prize

Nobel Prize: 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Barack Obama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AORo-YEXxNQ

AP News: Trump doubles down on plan to empty Gaza. This is what he has said and what’s at stake
https://apnews.com/article/trump-gaza-plan-palestinians-israel-3f12eb51869da2221afbb22b0bcf47ba

GoFundMe: Common Memory Tour 2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/common-memory-tour-2025

Common Memory Tour Events
- Sunday, July 13 from 6-8 pm ET - Soddy Daisy, TN: Woodlands Gathering
- Monday, July 14 at 7:30 pm ET - Atlanta, GA
- Thursday, July 28 at 7 pm ET - Shoreline, WA: Ronald United Methodist Church

Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy
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Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Last week the US preemptively bombed Iran (supposedly in the name of peace). This morning over My Second Cup of Coffee I discuss how the power of the United States lacks both authority and a Common Memory. I invite you to join me.

LINKS:
CNN: How Trump quietly made the historic decision to launch strikes in Iran
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/22/politics/trump-iran-strike-decision-inside

Mark Charles: Power vs. Authority - UYWI Natl. Conf. 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1TzkyCOkM

White House: WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump’s Display of Peace Through Strength
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/what-they-are-saying-president-trumps-display-of-peace-through-strength/

CBS News: Trump's strike against Iran divides Congress on war powers
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-iran-strikes-congress-war-powers/

White House: March 27 Executive Order - RESTORING TRUTH AND SANITY TO AMERICAN HISTORY
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/

LA Times: Trump bans ‘negative’ signage at national parks, asks visitors to report text deemed ‘unpatriotic’
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-19/trump-bans-negative-signage-at-national-parks-asks-visitors-to-snitch-on-unpatriotic-text

Common Memory Tour 2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/common-memory-tour-2025

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. In the midst of chaotic, turbulent and divisive times it can be confusing to know what needs protesting. Today, over My Second Cup of Coffee, I offer my 2 cents. I invite you to join me.

LINKS:
Facebook Post : Mark Charles
https://www.facebook.com/MarkCharlesWirelesshogan/posts/pfbid02XCDakx7VKeLKGSxDg3EZg1SbVeEd2WivCpwRrUk7fQp3PUYDZw387tS9qaS4Yjznl

Chugach Mountain Roasters
https://www.chugachmountainroasters.com/

AP News: Trump says Elon Musk could face ‘serious consequences’ if he backs Democratic candidates
https://apnews.com/article/vance-elon-musk-theo-von-fd6f6af0b147d129836c243df31a7fc2

Politico: Rand Paul is invited to the White House picnic, after all
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/12/congress/white-house-picnic-invites-00402752

AP News: ABC’s Terry Moran is suspended following his social media post calling Trump and Miller haters
https://apnews.com/article/abc-moran-suspended-trump-miller-haters-db3b0e127ed977e3bca4c207c4349526

NPR: The suspect in the shooting of 2 Minnesota lawmakers has been captured and charged
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5433748/minnesota-shooting-suspect-vance-boelter-arrested-melissa-hortman-john-hoffman

AP News: Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla is forcefully removed from Noem’s news conference and handcuffed
https://apnews.com/article/alex-padilla-noem-immigration-protest-california-f67d220a0254473c53c16aa96f554239

AP News: What to know about Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to LA immigration protests
https://apnews.com/article/insurrection-act-trump-troops-newsom-military-national-guard-a842f79e1c0e244039be274a6f266a7a

NY Times: Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html

AP News: As Trump goes to G7 summit, other world leaders aim to show they’re not intimidated
https://apnews.com/article/trump-g7-fear-summit-taco-trade-117f9034f2a06d23bfbb2de201431c54

NPR: 3 takeaways from the military parade and No Kings protests on Trump's birthday
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5433765/3-takeaways-from-the-military-parade-and-no-kings-protests-on-trumps-birthday

NY Times: Takeaways From Trump’s Military Parade in Washington
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/trump-military-parade-takeaways.html

CBS News: Trump's military parade today isn't the first in the U.S. — but they're rare. Here's a look back.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-military-parade-history-rare-last-military-parade/

White House History: John Kennedy Inauguration Parade
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/john-kennedy-inauguration-parade

YouTube: January 20, 1961 - President John F. Kennedy - Inauguration Day
https://youtu.be/cGpZCUyDy1k?si=eV-ewXS0niphplSZ&t=205

YouTube: President John F. Kennedy's inauguration - January 20th 1961 (Part Four)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyxANE1lix4&t=295s

PBS: Schumer introduces ‘No Kings Act’ in response to Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling (Aug 2024)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/schumer-introduces-no-kings-act-in-response-to-supreme-courts-presidential-immunity-ruling

NY Times: The Clintons and Kamala Harris Descend on a Hamptons Wedding of Liberal Royalty
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/us/politics/huma-abedin-alex-soros-wedding-hillary-clinton-kamala-harris.html

LA Times: Nezza says she sang national anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium against team’s wishes
https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2025-06-15/nezza-sang-the-national-anthem-in-spanish-at-dodger-stadium-despite-teams-objection

GoFundMe: Common Memory Tour 2025
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Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy
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Purchase Signed Copies of Unsettling Truths
Book Study Special - 10 signed books and 45 minute virtual Q&A with Mark Charles
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Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today over My Second Cup of Coffee I am continuing my discussion (from February) regarding Decolonizing Health. Today I am sharing some thoughts stemming from the book "The End of Craving" by Mark Schatzker. I invite you to join me.

LINKS:

(Part 1) Decolonizing Health: Using Indigenous Wisdom to filter the reductionism of Western Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0RzzYsljS8

Common Memory Tour 2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/common-memory-tour-2025

Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy
https://www.patreon.com/wirelesshogan

Purchase Signed Copies of Unsettling Truths
Book Study Special - 10 signed books and 45 minute virtual Q&A with Mark Charles
https://wirelesshogan.com/2022/10/27/unsettling-truths/

Ya'at'eeh my relatives. Today over My Second Cup of Coffee I share my take on the chaos and crises driven by Donald, the White House and our majority white Congress. I also offer a few thoughts on how we can all strive to Walk in Beauty. I invite you to join me.

LINKS:
YouTube: Churches For Middle East Peace - God's Earth, Not Ours to Own: Undoing Possession Through Christian Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phz4LaXA3MU&t=4s

NY Times: Bloomberg Will Have to Pay Up for a Broken Promise to His 2020 Staff
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/bloomberg-2020-staff-pay-lawsuit.html

AP News: Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud and tax evasion convictions
http://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-julie-todd-chrisley-reality-tv-2f79831f142de44b36922ebdbc959f04

The Hill: The Memo: Trump paints himself into a corner on Putin and Ukraine
https://thehill.com/homenews/5320633-trump-putin-zelensky-war-dilemma/

Reuters: Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/trumps-image-dead-white-farmers-came-reuters-footage-congo-not-south-africa-2025-05-22/

NY Times: Trump Showed Images of ‘Genocide’ in South Africa. One Was From the War in Congo
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/us/politics/trump-south-africa-white-farmers-congo-fact-check.html

My Second Cup of Coffee: Does "The Psychology of Money" shed some light on the rise of Trumpism?
https://www.youtube.com/live/F4rKz7Fj3ME?t=909s

Democracy Now!: “Trump’s Fake Refugees”: As U.S. Welcomes White South Africans, Trump Falsely Charges “Genocide”
Andile Zulu (Around 8:30 Mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY31mtRhIlQ&t=7s

Library of Congress: U.S. History Primary Source Timeline - Race Relations in the 1930s and 1940s
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/race-relations-in-1930s-and-1940s/

Library of Congress: U.S. History Primary Source Timeline - The Civil Rights Movement
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/post-war-united-states-1945-1968/civil-rights-movement/

My Second Cup of Coffee: How my journey to Decolonize Faith flipped my paradigm on the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV0p5IVLeos

Common Memory Tour 2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/common-memory-tour-2025

Patreon: Video/Podcast: Decolonize faith; Confront racism/white supremacy
https://www.patreon.com/wirelesshogan

Purchase Signed Copies of Unsettling TruthsBook Study Special - 10 signed books and 45 minute virtual Q&A with Mark Charles
https://wirelesshogan.com/2022/10/27/unsettling-truths/