Creyk 18,807 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago The Washington Sun revealed that federal staffers were under political pressure to keep working on a possible land swap for a quarter-mile strip of the famed Yosemite National park with “a company that, through a web of limited liability companies, is operated by real-estate developer and investment firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital.” “Trump wants to carve off a chunk of Yosemite so a private equity firm can turn it into a playground for billionaires,” said Laiken Jordahl, national public lands advocate at the center. “The federal government should be protecting our national parks, not parceling them out behind closed doors to benefit the wealthy and politically connected. If Yosemite can be chopped apart, no national park in America is safe.” Highlighting that “Kingsbarn CEO Jeff Pori is a donor to Trump’s campaign... and the firm is represented by politically connected lawyer Lanny Davis, deals like this undercut the public’s faith in government.” https://www.rawstory.com/trump-yosemite/ 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IllusionLover 7,813 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Is that legal??? Aren't those public spaces?? 13 | this is my dancefloor i fought for, your voice is louder, it echoes 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetVenus 228 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago When you think it can’t get worse… Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingSun 1,601 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 26 minutes ago, IllusionLover said: Is that legal??? Aren't those public spaces?? Trump never cared whether something is legal or not. It's all about how much he can get away with and the money he can make with that. One second I'm a troll, then suddenly the troll is me. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creyk 18,807 Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago 28 minutes ago, IllusionLover said: Is that legal??? Aren't those public spaces?? There is currently a motion to make it legal. That is what a lot of environmental activitsts are trying to fight. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 2,915 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago In order to sell, someone/s must be willing, able, and ready to buy … billionaires must really want those playgrounds, private equity at the expense of public resources… the global marketplace is a group project @Apec … as echoes of Citizens United emerge from the political abyss in deafening roars … 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagzus 24,947 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago Pretty sure this falls under some of the plans from Project 2025. This is why you shouldn’t let a (bad) businessman with no political experience nor tact run your country. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apec 442 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 56 minutes ago, bxr said: In order to sell, someone/s must be willing, able, and ready to buy … billionaires must really want those playgrounds, private equity at the expense of public resources… the global marketplace is a group project @Apec … as echoes of Citizens United emerge from the political abyss in deafening roars … Too true. The fact there's even a motion to make this legal is sick. And you're completely correct, he'd never use his own money to do these deals, no, he has unlimited anonymous donors/"lenders" and government money (irony of ironies) at his disposal. Anyway, I agree, there's always demand from mega billionaires interested in things they can exploit. Like parks = land, possible resources we don’t even know, trees to fell. And round and round we go until the world's stripped bare if actual serious governments don't regulate and intervene! Same with nearly everything else - the global marketplace is indeed a group project mostly influenced by a select few in a select few countries... Massive sigh. x 10000 Edited 2 hours ago by Apec 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshie 796 Posted 4 minutes ago Share Posted 4 minutes ago He disgusts me more and more everyday. Please Americans, take control of the House and Senate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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