🚨 There’s a lot of horrific news out of Washington right now—but you might have missed this: Senate Republicans just introduced a plan to sell off 120 million acres of our public lands.
Let me break down what’s in the bill and why it’s a full-scale land grab. 🧵
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
While you were sleeping, House Republicans snuck a provision into their billionaire tax bill to sell off hundreds of thousands of acres of YOUR public lands.
Raise your voice. Public lands belong in public hands. #HaltTheHeist
Costa Rica, once home to rampant logging, has now almost doubled the size of its rainforest. They turned it all around within a generation. It can be done.
Protect people and the planet.
#ActOnClimate#biodiversity#deforestation#rewilding#solutions
FUN FACT: Each of us who support Kamala are de facto surrogates for her campaign. So we have to have the talking points at the ready to answer questions or criticism about her or her campaign. So here are a few at the ready:
1) She didn’t pass any great things as VP:
Republicans in Congress wear AR-15 pins where their American flag pins used to be. Let that sink in a moment.
They pledge allegiance to a machine that slaughters children for profit - rather than the country and the flag they swore to protect.
#ItsTheGuns#NoRA
Walden Pond and Walden Woods, where Thoreau wrote "Walden," are now listed among "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places," threatened by nearby development. Historian Douglas Brinkley reports on how the Concord, Mass., pond is under threat from nearby development.
📌Blockbuster story in today's @washingtonpost
"To protect older Americans’ life savings, President Biden pledged in October to crack down on financial advisers who recommend investments just because they pay higher commissions. Then the insurance industry got to work."
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