Could Trump Sell Your Public Lands? Absolutely

Well, they warned us. For more than 50 years, since the 1970s, conservatives have been trying to steal Americans’ most precious resources, our shared ownership in what are called federal lands but really are public lands, lands owned by you and me. Beginning with the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion, they have attacked federal land ownership from […]

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