Yup. And no one is talking about the theft of 250 million acres of public land, either. Netanyahu and Trump are both bombing Iran for political reasons and blaming it on nukes that probably don't exist.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago

Of course they don’t exist, US intelligence even said so. The fact that there is zero radiation measured after the attacks shows there wasn’t even any nuclear bomb producing equipment in the areas.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The public lands thing is breaking my heart. I hope they're used by Magas and they now can't use them anymore. The one in Washington State is definitely like that.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 15 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It's so sad! I can't stop crying about it. Hiking is my entire life. I live in Washington and looked at an interactive map of the land they're trying to sell. All of my favorite spots are in danger.

If you look at the map you'll see how stupid it is... they're cutting everything into tiny pieces so that even the land they don't sell will lose it's recreational value. The PCT will likely be completely ruined because of this. The way they're cutting it up... there's no logic to it. They're doing this to hurt us.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I hope it's like in Florida when they tried to do the same thing for golf courses and the public came in and shot it down. We have to get louder, Magas won't like this either.

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 7 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I'm willing to stand in front of a bulldozer if it comes down to that.

The thing in Florida is encouraging, although that was at the State level rather than Federal. I'm sure there are organizations who are going to oppose this... if this happens it will be irreversible and will effectively ruin western states, and put a huge dent in local economies. This will also hurt the people who don't hike. People come to the western US from all over the world to use our public land.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago

People don't understand what's happening, there are a lot of people willing to stand in front of bulldozers. This is their technique:

“The opposition party is the media,” Steve Bannon, who helped run Trump’s 2016 campaign, told PBS Frontline five years ago. “And the media can only — because they’re dumb and they’re lazy — they can only focus on one thing at a time.”

So the solution, per Bannon? Overwhelm them.

“All we have to do is flood the zone,” he said. “Every day we hit them with three things. They’ll bite on one, and we’ll get all of our stuff done, bang, bang, bang. These guys will never — will never be able to recover. But we’ve got to start with muzzle velocity.”

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5289315/trump-week-in-review

[–] match@pawb.social 4 points 15 hours ago

The Republican strategy seems to be to get the public to resort to violence against them

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

what is the story about the public land? I missed that

[–] ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee 11 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Here's an interactive map which shows the scale of the looting:

https://arcg.is/0yjyHy1

Here's an article that goes into the specifics a bit more:

https://grist.org/politics/public-land-sale-republican-senate-bill-mike-lee-trump/

They're selling public land (trying to, anyway) to the highest bidder, with no rules about how the land will be used. Expect private golf courses, Airbnbs, luxury summer homes, etc.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago

Interesting. thanks for sharing

[–] match@pawb.social 3 points 15 hours ago

The buyers should expect "nonviolent" resistance.