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Following the blue light to stay out of the darkness. Base camp in Anchorage AK, spike camp in the Swan Valley MT. Cycling, xc skiing, and packrafting aficionado.

Third world country threatens annihilation of another country and threatens sanctions and blockage of International Criminal Court proceedings at UN General Assembly meeting. That country is the United States of America. 😢

"Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. ... In a large majority of states (40), undocumented immigrants pay higher state and local tax rates than the top 1 percent of households living within their borders."

Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants

Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both be...

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Yeow! Red flag warning in Tok area and a human-caused fire is cranking north of the Alaska Hwy headed toward the Tanana River. Houses in the Sundog Trail/Midnight Sun Dr area a mile NW of Tok Cutoff threatened. Most firefighters likely in lower 48. www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/08/18/t...

Tok wildfire prompts immediate evacuations as flames spread rapidly

A fast-moving wildfire ignited late Monday morning in the backyard of a home along the Alaska Highway near Sundog Trail, prompting evacuations and drawing a large-scale response from state, local and ...

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Has a single reporter asked Trump publicly and directly why, if he's so convinced there's rampant voter fraud, he just gutted the agency that secures elections and fired the people whose jobs were to keep our elections safe? Seems like a pretty clear and obvious question.

The Trump admin. applied diplomatic pressure on Romania to lift travel restrictions on Andrew and Tristan Tate, which allowed them to exit the country in Feb 2025 Around the same time the high-profile immigration and legal saga of Ábrego García was just beginning @slyngstad.bsky.social

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Endangered ocelots and delicate coastal marsh wildlife habitat vs potential noise and debris impacts, air, water and ground pollution threats to delicate wildlife refuge habitat. What could go wrong? I’m sure Burgum has done his best to try to skirt NEPA and public input to greenlight the exchange.

Center for Biological Diversity@biologicaldiversity.org · 2mo ago

Conservation and Tribal groups just asked a federal judge to halt a deal that would privatize and hand over 727 acres of #PublicLand in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge to #SpaceX, warning that the deal could be finalized before the courts have a chance to rule on its legality.

Close up of a tan shorebird standing in foamy, white surf. Black text in a white box reads: Why should Texans be forced to surrender even more of their public lands to a trillion-dollar corporation? The court has to intervene now because once these refuge lands are transferred to SpaceX they’re gone forever.

'Europe’s Nuclear Plants Can’t Beat the Heat. France is cutting output at up to five nuclear plants this week as record heat pushes river temperatures too high to cool reactors safely. Last month’s heat wave already knocked out power to 70,000 households.' oilprice.com/Alternative-...

Europe’s Nuclear Plants Can’t Beat the Heat | OilPrice.com

France is cutting nuclear output at up to five plants as a brutal heat wave strains rivers, grids and energy security across Europe.

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