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Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.

This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.

THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.

If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.

CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.

Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.

I made this through tears last night in desperation, and I do want to shoutout to some EXCELLENT tags that I wish I'd had the bandwidth to add in the moment

@pinyonrice and @namira - you're absolutely right. The ENTIRETY of this land won't get sold, it's the fear that any of it could.

BLM manages 245 million acres of land. The forest service manages 193 million acres of land, for a total of 438 acres. The map shown is 300 million of that - 62% of the total area. The bill is only asking for 0.75% to actually be sold off, a FRACTIONAL value of the actual amount.

This is something that kept me awake wanting to understand better, to have some peace that maybe, some aspect of this would be okay.

I agree that this is the precedent, and that *which* lands they choose can have devastating repercussions for drilling, logging, etc. The fight for Bears Ear National Monument has told us this story again and again.

I definitely don't want to come across as fearmongering - there's just. No reason to be selling these lands, and most fundamentally the bill should have restrictions for the use cases, purposes, and actual locations rather than this blanket "free for all".

@fruity-basket-case also really put it well. In reality, individuals probably aren't getting more homes. Oil interests, resorts, mega-leases, the "highest bidder" is who is prioritized here.

kermit america? iron piggy? come one now its so obvious

thor is played by fozzie bear, who spends the entire film making terrible thunder jokes

bruce banner is scooter, but hulk is played by animal. they transform by having scooter just pulled under the screen and animal pop up in his place

hawkeye and black widow are played by gonzo and rizzo. ill let you decide which ones which

i dont know whether its better to have loki played by uncle deadly, and samuel l jackson be the only human actor, or have nick fury be swedish chef and tom hiddleston be the singular human. if its the former than maria hill would be played by janice, however if its the latter, it would be cobie smulders reprising her role.

coulson is walter. after his death they have the same ‘coulson died for this’ motivation scene, except at the end of it when they walk it the room they walk past walter, who goes to ask nick fury if he can have his limited edition muppet anniversary cards back. he is never brought up again.

they do the dramatic circle bit, and then kermit realises that they dont have the budget to do the actual fight, so they go have schwarma to brain storm how to wrap up the movie. during this whoevers playing loki says something and miss piggy beats him up, at which point kermit decides that thisll work. miss piggy beats up loki for five minutes, and then they cut to the avengers tower bit of them dramatically posing in front of loki, and they just do the rest of the film from there

in different states, there are often different levels of law enforcement with ICE. california, for example, has the california values act and so in many jurisdictions, law enforcement is less likely to involve itself with immigration matters. pay attention to the history of your area's compliance with ICE. it also means law enforcement may not know ICE is around.

ICE vehicles do not have to be marked. oftentimes their enforcement and removal cars are not marked as "border patrol" or "ICE" or anything. their plates are usually "exempt" plates.

ICE officers are SUPPOSED to wear identifiable clothing and gear when performing operations, but are often in plainclothes, even during operations.

for reasons above, it might not be obvious that ICE is in your area or that a car you see is involved with ICE operations. FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES. trusted nonprofits and people who work with undocumented and nonstatus people will often be keeping tabs on ICE. law enforcement in some areas may know as well. find out if ICE is in your area through vetting sources and then keep tabs on them too.

try to provide information in as many languages as you can.

tell people: ICE NEEDS A JUDICIAL WARRANT TO ENTER YOUR HOME--not one signed by a higher up ICE official, it MUST be signed by a judge. ICE may insist that they don't need a warrant, that they operate differently. they are using scare tactics.

lastly, regardless of your immigration status: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. you can access the Immigration Legal Resource Center's red cards page, which can express your rights in a legally defensible way when ICE comes to your door. print some for your community. distribute them to people. they can be a useful resource! (https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas)

I wanted to create another menstrual calendar zine for this year. I'm a few days late, but here it is! You can download it for FREE on my Ko-fi!

Just print it out, fold it, and fill it out. Use it for other things too, such as days you exercised, got 8 hours of sleep, pet a dog... Just don't give evil corporations your data!