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In reply to the discussion: Deep red tiny NV town is in shock. ENTIRELY 100% dependent on national park that just lost 20% of staff in Elon's purge [View all]Glaisne
(588 posts)58. The GOP has always wanted to open up all public land
to resource extraction. They say BLM land should be given to the states to manage, which of course would basically be given away to corporate interests.The Republicans make it sound like the locals will make a lot of money (a few will I suppose), but most of the money will go to non-locals who will come in and do the work with the companies making a killing. The locals are left with the waste and the pollution. It's happened many times before.
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Deep red tiny NV town is in shock. ENTIRELY 100% dependent on national park that just lost 20% of staff in Elon's purge [View all]
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Mar 2025
OP
I've heard the FE Leopards are taking a pass on this... It's like hunting jackrabbits.
Hugin
Mar 2025
#7
TOO MANY FACES! The leopards are outsourcing this to other Carnivora Felidae.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2025
#16
Oh, for sure. Try to get in their heads -- search to understand them and how they, and we,
allegorical oracle
Mar 2025
#87
The hotel/end in the town just has seven rooms for guests. Not much trafic to that nat'l park I guess.
brush
Mar 2025
#11
The only good thing about this chaos is the basic MAGAt temperament. It's been my empirical
allegorical oracle
Mar 2025
#20
Calling it Elons Purge is wrong. It belongs to trump and his republican enablers.
bullimiami
Mar 2025
#42
There will be thousands of little stories like this. But we won't move the needle until the enormous effects of attacks
Martin68
Mar 2025
#68
It's all well and good to damn them for the predicament we're getting into, but the fact is
allegorical oracle
Mar 2025
#100
As a decent human being, I know I shouldn't be laughing, but OMG. ROFLMAO
mucholderthandirt
Mar 2025
#105
Interesting. Honestly, it seems like many towns (even far larger than this one)
Mike 03
Mar 2025
#106