Trump Team Blocks Criticism of Bill Allowing Hunters to Massacre Bear Cubs

[Miles Archer]

Trump Team Blocks Criticism of Bill Allowing Hunters to Massacre Bear Cubs



http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/trump-team-letting-hunters-kill-bear-cubs-is-top-priority.html

The Trump administration inherited a nation with a host of profound policy problems, among them, a rapidly warming climate; a health-care system that leaves millions without access to basic care; an economy that produces little innovation and a lot of inequality; and tyrannical regulations that make it illegal for hunters to massacre baby bears, during their denning season, at Alaskan wildlife preserves.

No White House could tackle all these challenges at once. And so, President Trump has had his staff concentrate on what’s most important.

“Expanding access to national parks and public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreation is and remains a top priority of this administration,” Heather Swift, an Interior Department spokeswoman, told McClatchy on Wednesday.

This isn’t just rhetoric: This administration has treated the suppression of Americans’ god-given right to pump bear cubs full of lead, in their dens, at wildlife preserves, in Alaska, as the national crisis that it is. To ensure that the “Sportsmen’s Heritage And Recreational Enhancement act” finds its way into law, the White House has even prohibited the National Park Service (NPS) from sharing its concerns about the legislation with Congress.

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1. Making cruelty great again, one day at a time. NT

[Phoenix61]

2. That's going to turn out well

Scientists aren't well known for quietly sitting on the side lines while their research is ignored or demeaned.

[RKP5637]

3. Trump, the Killer! n/t

[smirkymonkey]

4. More easy targets for the sociopaths Eric and Don, Jr.

Sick bastards, all of them!

Those bear cubs are so adorable! How could you shoot one of them just for the "sport" of it?