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While Mike Lee and Steve Daines' Senate Natural Resources Committee amendment to the budget reconciliation package mandates the sale of up to 3.3 million acres of public land, what most people miss is that it also authorizes the sale of 258 million acres. That's 40 percent of all public land:
Lee, Daines Up Public Land Sell Off To 258 Million Acres
The Senate's budget reconciliation package includes provision to sell off 40 percent of all public land
wessiler.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Trump is cutting National Cancer Institute funding by $2.7B in the name of “saving taxpayer dollars.” John Harwood points out that Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires are 18 times that amount. But unlike billionaire tax cuts, federally funded research is a “return on investment for the entire country.
Scientists warn Trump cuts to NIH funding could cost lives
Scientists are warning that the U.S. will suffer from President Trump’s decision to cut $1.8 billion in grants for the National Institutes of Health. What the Trump administration fails to acknowledge is that federally funded research is a “return on investment for the entire country,” says Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and blood cancer survivor, John Harwood. “Our future generations are going to reap the benefits [of this research] and maybe even some people in the current generation.”
www.msnbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Rally For Respect NO KINGS DAY, Riverside Park, Chagrin Falls, Ohio—despite a deluge of rain, 800 hardy souls turned out, with their flags and their signs. We listened to speakers, sang and chanted, and reveled in the energy! 🇺🇸🪧📢💙 @maddow.msnbc.com

#nokings #nokingsday #nokingsinamerica
No Kings Riverside Park, Chagrin Falls, OH
YouTube video by Michael Mead
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June 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
April 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM