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ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight
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Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #USPolitics #Government #Regulation #Law #PublicLands

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Frannoval
@Frannoval@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@ProPublica this has been going on for a very long time. NRDC even published a pamphlet on how to sue the BLM for failing to enforce regulations on this stuff back in 1991, called How Not To Be Cowed

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Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦
@Yoshi@toot.community replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@ProPublica Grifting is the new capitalism.

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