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Tongass National Forest in Alaska is world's largest remaining intact coastal temperate rain forest
At almost 17 million acres, this unique area houses some of the oldest trees in USA—many over 800 years old
But now Trump to log millions of trees
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Alaska is becoming an industrial hub: clear-cutting of the ancient Tongass forest is now authorized. Millions of trees will be exported to fund massive new mining projects across the state. 🪓📉 #Alaska#Logging Source: https://t.co/tiAjzFZyLf
Sheriff Chris Swanson, the elected Sheriff of Genesee County, Michigan, is a career law-enforcement officer, not a pundit. He became nationally known in 2020 for prioritizing de-escalation during protests. What he says about the Minneapolis shooting directly exposes how bad MAGA-era policing policies fail.
Swanson calls the shooting tragic but predictable. Masked federal agents in unmarked vehicles confronted a 37-year-old woman, gave unclear commands, and then fired three shots as her car was backing up and turning away. The agent who fired was not hit, not run over, and not in the vehicle’s path. Two shots were fired as the car was already driving away.
That is not lawful deadly force. That is bad policy producing bad outcomes.
Swanson is blunt about the force continuum. You do not shoot people who are fleeing. You do not shoot when you are not in danger. “Tough on crime” slogans do not override use-of-force standards, no matter how loudly MAGA politicians repeat them.
What follows is worse. After the woman was shot and crashed, Swanson saw no attempt at life-saving aid. No urgency. No trauma response. He contrasts this with his own deputies, who once returned fire on a suspect who had already killed two people, then immediately tried to save his life anyway. That is professional policing. What happened in Minneapolis was not.
He also points to missing body cams and officers leaving the scene instead of securing it for investigation. These are not accidents. They are the results of policies that reward aggression and optics over training and accountability.
Swanson makes one thing clear. Calling this out is not anti-police. Blind loyalty is what damages law enforcement. Accountability is what protects it.
An Art Basel installation featuring robot dogs with wax heads of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg went viral as it examined how tech leaders influence how we see the world.
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The William Fogg Library is on the National Historic Register-Fogg Homestead-will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2027.
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Help support our libraries by donating or sharing this GoFundMe—every bit of help makes a difference!
The William Fogg Library is on the National Historic Register-Fogg Homestead-will celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2027.
#WilliamFog#library#historic
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Trump is urging GOP lawmakers to defund PBS "immediately".
He's not the first right-wing crook to wage war on public broadcasting.
Here's what national treasure Fred Rogers told Congress in 1969 when Richard Nixon tried to gut PBS.