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ChicagoTeamster

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2. It's all about turning public lands over to the states for them to sell off to the highest bidders.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Mon Apr 20, 2026, 01:36 PM

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That's been a Republican goal for years. Funny though that older Republicans actually were conservative. Nixon started the EPA and before him Teddy Roosevelt started the Forest Service back in 1905.

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