Ranger Matt
@tamranger.bsky.social
Park Ranger, photographer, outdoor recreationalist, and protector of parks and wild places.
Blue Lake #bluelake #virginialakes #greencreektrail #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
#moatlaketrail #moatlake #bluelake #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Former U.S. district judge Mark L. Wolf, who was appointed by President Reagan, explained that he resigned because he wanted the freedom to do “everything in my power to combat today’s existential threat to democracy and the rule of law.”
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November 9, 2025
In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump’s demands that they sign on to the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to fund the government, the administration has been refusing to fund the...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“Former U.S. district judge Mark L. Wolf, who was appointed by President Reagan, explained that he resigned because he wanted the freedom to do “everything in my power to combat today’s existential threat to democracy and the rule of law.”
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Moat Lake Panoramic #moatlake #moatlaketrail #moatlake #bluelake #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Moat Lake Panoramic #moatlake #moatlaketrail #moatlake #bluelake #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Moat Lake #moatlake #moatlaketrail #moatlake #bluelake #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Moat Lake, elevation 10,450 feet #moatlake #moatlaketrail #moatlake #bluelake #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Moat Lake, elevation 10,450 feet #moatlake #moatlaketrail #moatlake #bluelake #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
On the trail to Moat Lake #moatlaketrail #moatlake #bluelake #monocounty #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Since Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump has tried to reinforce the idea that he is, in fact, in control of the country, no matter what voters say. He has doubled down on his demand that the Republican senators end the shutdown by killing the Senate filibuster”
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November 7, 2025
The repercussions from Tuesday’s vote, in which Democratic candidates were victorious across the country, continue to echo.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Since Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump has tried to reinforce the idea that he is, in fact, in control of the country, no matter what voters say. He has doubled down on his demand that the Republican senators end the shutdown by killing the Senate filibuster”
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Cooney Lake #cooneylake #greencreektrail #hooverwilderness #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #monocounty #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Cornell University is showing complete cowardice by agreeing to the demands of the fascist Trump regime.
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Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Cornell University is showing complete cowardice by agreeing to the demands of the fascist Trump regime.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Sulfur buckwheat #sulfurbuckwheat #buckwheat #wildflowers #greencreektrail #monocounty #easternsierra #sierra #sierranevada #naturephotography
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trump seems to be flailing in other ways, too. One takeaway from Tuesday’s vote was that Americans are frustrated at the rising costs of living & slowing job market, and Republicans are pivoting to claim they are good stewards of the economy. But it’s a hard sell.
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November 6, 2025
“None of this is complicated,” political data specialist Tom Bonier wrote yesterday about Tuesday’s dramatic Democratic victories around the country.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Trump seems to be flailing in other ways, too. One takeaway from Tuesday’s vote was that Americans are frustrated at the rising costs of living & slowing job market, and Republicans are pivoting to claim they are good stewards of the economy. But it’s a hard sell.
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Reposted by Ranger Matt
It also ends the stigma & INSANITY of school lunch debt for kids who struggle to afford school meals… often their only meal of the day.
This is why SNAP is also important - since most on it are children, elderly, disabled, or working parents.
Don’t like it?
Pay living wages
This is why SNAP is also important - since most on it are children, elderly, disabled, or working parents.
Don’t like it?
Pay living wages
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It also ends the stigma & INSANITY of school lunch debt for kids who struggle to afford school meals… often their only meal of the day.
This is why SNAP is also important - since most on it are children, elderly, disabled, or working parents.
Don’t like it?
Pay living wages
This is why SNAP is also important - since most on it are children, elderly, disabled, or working parents.
Don’t like it?
Pay living wages
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Gray, fin, blue & humpback whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act, yet getting hit by ships is a leading cause of death (also threatening sea turtles). 10 gray whales have been killed in the Bay Area this year. 80 whale deaths on the coast are likely from ships. Agencies need to do more.
“OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Two environmental nonprofits filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday, claiming the organizations haven’t done enough to prevent whale strikes in California shipping lanes.”
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Groups sue feds over California coast whale deaths
Two nonprofits filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Coast Guard and National Marine Fisheries for government action aimed to reduce ships striking whales.
missoulacurrent.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Gray, fin, blue & humpback whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act, yet getting hit by ships is a leading cause of death (also threatening sea turtles). 10 gray whales have been killed in the Bay Area this year. 80 whale deaths on the coast are likely from ships. Agencies need to do more.
The Frog Lakes #froglakes #greencreektrail #hooverwilderness #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #monocounty #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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One in 5 kids in the US doesn’t know when their next meal will come.
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline
Two ballot measures to fund Colorado's universal school meals program, Propositions LL and MM, led in early results Tuesday night.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One in 5 kids in the US doesn’t know when their next meal will come.
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food.
coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...
The Frog Lakes #froglakes #greencreektrail #hooverwilderness #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #monocounty #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
New Trump Proposals, Unveiled During a Government Shutdown, Benefit Narrow Commercial Beef Interests at the Expense of Western Public Lands - Western Watersheds Project
For immediate release: October 24, 2025 Media contacts: Josh Osher, Western Watersheds Project (406) 220-2883; josh@westernwatersheds.org Chandra Rosenthal, PEER (303) 898-0798; crosenthal@peer.org Li...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests.
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction.
They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction
westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...
“While we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair… And we won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.”
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November 5, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“While we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together. Hope over tyranny. Hope over big money and small ideas. Hope over despair… And we won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.”
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Along the Green Creek Trail #greencreektrail #hooverwilderness #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #monocounty #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Along the Green Creek Trail #greencreektrail #hooverwilderness #humboldttoiyabenationalforest #toiyabenationalforest #monocounty #sierra #sierranevada #landscapephotography
“Today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
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November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“Today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.”
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