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Speak Up NOW to Save Ancient Pacific Northwest Forests

March 14, 2025

Please find a pair of short videos, a map, and links to additional information at the bottom of this article. Preserving the mature and old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest […]

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Timothy Snyder: The Logic of Destruction, and How to Resist It

March 5, 2025

The snowballing coup in the U.S. continues to grow in speed and strength. You and I must resist every facet of it if our nation is to survive as a […]

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Shane Almgren: The Rise of Corporate Monarchy

March 5, 2025

This was originally posted by Shane Almgren on The Trumpland Diary on Feb. 9th, 2025. By Shane Almgren It’s time to answer the million dollar question that’s on everyone’s mind: […]

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Brett Wagner: Is Trump Preparing to Invoke the Insurrection Act?

March 5, 2025

This article originally appeared in the March 5th, 2025, issue of the San Francisco Chronicle. A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not […]

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Cataloging the Lies and Untruths from the State of the Union

March 5, 2025

Back in 2015, a commentator noted that Donald Trump had no “commitment to accuracy” in his remarks, both in public and online. That observation seems rather quaint now, but indeed, […]

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David Malcom: Give Thanks and Support to Federal Staff

March 3, 2025

By David Malcom Well, that’s a wrap. Today, I resigned as the acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Environmental Management — and my permanent position as the Director of […]

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Ben Shreves: Landscapes in Greater Peril Than Ever Before

March 1, 2025

By Ben Shreves I lost my job. A position I had been working toward for nearly a decade. Work that kept me outside for long hours, under extreme conditions, with […]

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Charlie Plybon: Value of Federal Agencies Can’t Be Measured

February 28, 2025

By Charlie Plybon On Thursday, Feb. 27th, along with hundreds of other NOAA employees, my partner Cristen Don lost her job. She was fired without cause and received the standard […]

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Matt Counts: Federal Land Management Will Never Recover

February 22, 2025

By Matt Counts Fire season is coming. I can’t sit in silence any longer. The short-sighted decision to unfairly fire the best employees in the federal land management agencies will […]

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Robert Anderson: Needed Services Systematically Destroyed

February 22, 2025

By Robert Anderson I was fired, along with thousands of other members of the federal government. I want to share this story with my friends and family, not because I’m […]

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