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New Mexico leaders condemn Trump administration’s attacks on public lands
On a hot late July evening at Nuckolls Brewing in Santa Fe, a train rumbled past the outdoor event not once, but twice—a fitting soundtrack for a conversation about the forces barreling through New Mexico’s public lands. The Center for Western Priorities brought a live taping of The Landscape podcast to town as part of the Keep Parks Public campaign. CWP […]
Read MoreDoug Burgum bet his credibility on a lie about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and lost
Burgum lied about the pool even after learning the truth. What other lies will he tell? For six weeks, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told the country that vandals gutted the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He said it on CNN. He said it on Fox. He said it was caught on camera and backed by eyewitnesses. Then, on […]
Read More“We’re powered by love”: Utahns gather across the state to show support for national monuments
Rallies held from Ogden to Bluff illustrate broad support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase in Utah Nearly a thousand people gathered across the state of Utah on July 20 to protest President Donald Trump’s illegal attempt to slash Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 90 percent each, stripping protection from nearly 3 million […]
Read MoreUtah’s case against Bears Ears and Grand Staircase collapses under 120 years of history
The “too big” myth Utah leaders are peddling doesn’t stand up to legal or historical scrutiny On July 13, President Donald Trump signed two proclamations slashing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by roughly 3 million acres in total, cutting each by about 90 percent. Bears Ears shrank from 1.36 million acres to 121,000; Grand Staircase-Escalante […]
Read MoreHow President Trump and Utah leaders lied and misled on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase
Lies about the correct size of a monument, the history of the Antiquities Act, and hunting and fishing access were all used to justify the downsizing On July 13, President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office, surrounded by Utah’s entire congressional delegation, Governor Spencer Cox, and Deputy Interior Secretary Kate MacGregor. He signed two proclamations slashing […]
Read MoreTeddy Roosevelt ended the Gilded Age. Trump is bringing it back
Trump and Burgum are visiting North Dakota to celebrate Teddy Roosevelt’s legacy while they reverse everything he stood for On July 1, President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will visit Medora, North Dakota, for the grand opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a privately funded $450 million museum built on 93 acres near the entrance to […]
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