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mom, msw, hiker, camper 🏕, #publiclands owner/advocate. I take pics of #wildflowers and my family's outside fun.

#keepitwild #keepitpublic #MonumentsForAll

I live in Yellowstone National Park.
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I'm gonna make a thread of posts from #NoKings rallies from around Montana because I am so inspired, I want to find them again and again easily.

Let's start with West Yellowstone, with a year-round population of 1200. I counted 130 ppl! #MtPol

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And this was before everyone got here!

West Yellowstone, Montana, pop 1200, says #NoKings.

#MtPol
Trump admin to ban book from Yosemite National Park, says author www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Trump admin to ban book from Yosemite National Park, says author
The Trump administration's censorship directive has reportedly targeted Obi Kaufmann.
www.sfgate.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
'Worn down' national park workers struggling to survive www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100 | Life and style | The Guardian share.google/GU1Io5B2KMME...
A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100
At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep going
share.google
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Who benefits when the poor, elderly and children go hungry?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 5d
JUST IN: The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
Trump tells states to 'immediately undo' steps to fund November SNAP benefits
The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must "immediately undo" any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via SNAP.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The 1920's textile work of Hungarian, Bauhaus weaver/designer Otti Berger #womensart
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Slay!
This is what a New Era looks like.
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
There is a law, signed by the current president, that guarantees pay. If they deny it, sue them to the moon.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Administration hints furloughed workers may not be paid after shutdown
Agencies are sending messages indicating that workers who are on the job will be paid when the government reopens — with no mention of those on furlough, despite a 2019 law protecting their wages.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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desert snapshots
cholla skeleton
11.2.25
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Found my new favorite hot spring somewhere between Madison and Old Faithful.

No name, no boardwalk.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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This year's jack o'lantern for the cats: The Flea.
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We need to keep them closed.

Yellowstone National Park closes roads following more than 30 traffic incidents dailymontanan.com/briefs/yello...
Yellowstone closes roads following more than 30 traffic incidents
Park officials announced all roads within the park south of Mammoth Hot Springs are closed to public after weather-related traffic incidents.
dailymontanan.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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My big takeaway from Trump's lengthy Air Force One gaggle is that he's talking about shredding the Constitution by being in office for a third term increasingly openly.

If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.
Trump on a third term: "I would love to do it. I have the best numbers ever. Am I not ruling it out? You'll have to tell me."
October 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Louder, for the people in the back.

cc Walmart Amazon, etc
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Good Sunday morning everyone!

A simple radish flower.

“‘Tis a gift to be simple
‘Tis a gift to be free…”
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I endorse this plan.
The US rape kit processing backlog was estimated at nearly 400,000 in September of 2024. That’s 400,000 unsolved crimes - not civil infractions - where the evidence that could convict the perpetrator is available, but unchecked. If ICE wants to fight crime, get those agents a GED and a lab coat.
October 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
October 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
‘The Rushmore story is hard to tell’: how an Indigenous park leader revealed the monument’s dark side www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#ParkChat
‘The Rushmore story is hard to tell’: how an Indigenous park leader revealed the monument’s dark side
As memorial marks 100 years, Gerard Baker, park’s Native American ex-superintendent believes if Rushmore’s story is told the right way, ‘people are going to be leaving pissed’
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It's what they've always wanted. #NoKings

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Bannon Claims ‘There Is a Plan’ for Trump to Run for a Third Term
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM