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Taxpayers are now funding the MAGA movement, according to a new Public Citizen report.
Trump has spent nearly $103 MILLION on his MAGA “Freedom 250” events.
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Clearly Doug Burgum still thinks selling off 2-3 MILLION acres of public land is a good idea. 🤦
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/trump-cabinet-members-rfk-jr-burgum-pearce-visit-gj-for-health-and-outdoor-recreation-roundtable/article_54c7c889-84f2-4cec-8eb2-35ba90f1c898.html
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended Mike Lee's public land sell-off attempt at a roundtable yesterday.
https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/trump-cabinet-members-rfk-jr-burgum-pearce-visit-gj-for-health-and-outdoor-recreation-roundtable/article_54c7c889-84f2-4cec-8eb2-35ba90f1c898.html
This Congress has introduced 81 anti-parks bills that would:
🌲 sell off public lands
🛢️ auction lands and waters to dirty energy
🚯 weaken protections for parks, refuges, & monuments
Well that backfired...
Trump asked national park visitors to snitch on signs in parks that tell the true story of our country.
Visitors used the opportunity to tell the administration to get its hands off our parks.
Read the full report: westernpriorities.org/resource/ana...
#nationalparks
One thing is clear heading into this summer wildfire season: creating chaos and undermining preparedness benefits no one and puts lives and communities at risk. 🔥
Wildfire experts weigh in on a dangerous fire year: https://westwise.substack.com/p/wildfire-experts-say-trumps-attacks
The Interior department is beginning the process of updating its policies regarding designated wilderness, wilderness study areas, and lands with wilderness characteristics.
Our statement:
https://westernpriorities.org/2026/06/interior-lays-the-groundwork-for-attacks-on-wilderness-and-wildlands/
Incredible reporting from @joanmeiners.bsky.social about why 320,000 acres of Arizona public lands are being leased even though geologists agree there's no oil there. Absolutely worth a read, it's a wild ride.
USFS Chief Tom Schultz appeared in front of Congress today. He defended cuts to his agency and plans to vastly increase logging in national forests.
Here's our statement:
https://westernpriorities.org/2026/06/statement-on-forest-service-hearing-in-house-natural-resources-subcommittee-today/
The US Forest Service director Tom Schultz just denied human-caused climate change is real 🤦♂️
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Read this one. (It's free.)
Possibly the craziest investigation I've published. It's got mystery, fraud, false leads, a road trip & plenty of characters as I dig into what could be going on with 320K acres of public lands up for oil drilling in a place without oil.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
After 320,000 acres in northern Arizona were nominated for oil and gas leasing, where experts say no oil or gas exists, a public lands mystery began.
www.azcentral.com
Joan Meiners, PhD
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