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Protect The Harvest | Conservative Group Hires Animal Rights Operative
From an article by our friends at HumaneWatch.org FreedomWorks is a well-known name in conservative politics in Washington, DC—which makes its recent hire baffling. News broke on Tuesday that FreedomWorks is hiring animal rights activist Marty Irby to be its Chief Operating Officer. It’s a bizarre hire because Irby’s politics don’t remotely seem to fit the FreedomWorks mission. Marty Irby has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars working to elect liberals to federal office, and has worked to undermine many of the principles that FreedomWorks stands for. Irby’s background is a lobbyist for the legislative arm of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), an animal liberation group that attacks farmers, ranchers, and hunters. Following HSUS CEO Wayne Pacelle resigning in 2018 over sexual harassment allegations, Irby followed Pacelle to help run two new animal rights groups founded by Pacelle: Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy. (Apparently, the serious allegations reported in the New York Times weren’t too off-putting to Irby.) Irby is executive director of Animal Wellness Action, and AWA’s political spending reveals the organization has spent huge amounts to defeat conservatives and elect liberals, according to OpenSecrets tracking of AWA’s independent expenditures: • AWA spent $312,000 in 2018 against Republicans, including attacks on Rep. Pete Sessions.
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ShareTrails | Stop the Sale of Sand Mountain!
Located near St. George, Utah among the red rocks and red sand, Sand Mountain, by Sand Hollow State Park hosts year round recreational opportunities for people around the world. Bureau of Land Management is proposing a land swap. However, this swap is not fair and could devastate events, local businesses and countless traditions and future
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American Stewards | Policies to Roll Back 30×30 Presented to Western Caucus
Originally found on American Stewards. Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Sid Miller hosted the Western Caucus in Fort Worth, Texas last week to help Congressional members hear directly from landowners and agriculture producers about the issues they want addressed in the 2023 Farm Bill. American Stewards’ executive director, Margaret Byfield, briefed members on the actions taken in […]
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American Stewards | Local Citizens and a City Council Defeat China
Originally found on American Stewards. China’s impact on America’s sovereignty runs deep and is at a dangerous crossroad. From our President down to the local government level, China has infiltrated and influenced lawmakers, universities, corporations and much of our society as a whole. A prime example of how China is operating within our nation’s borders […]
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American Stewards | Environmental Groups Lobby Congress to Double ESA Budget and Increase Consultations on Private Lands
Originally found on American Stewards. The Center for Biological Diversity and more than 100 other groups jointly delivered a letter to Congress on Thursday claiming the Endangered Species program is underfunded as it only receives 50 percent of what it needs to be successful. They have asked that the budget of the U.S. Fish and […]
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RANGEfire! | Recurring Nightmare: WOTUS attacks on private property continue
Originally found on RANGEfire!. How Many Times Must We Do This? by RANGE contributor GREG WALCHER Twenty-three states have now sued the EPA over its so-called “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule, because once again, the agency is asserting federal authority over water not covered under the law. The lawsuit says the rule “goes […]
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ShareTrails | RELEASE: BlueRibbon Coalition Files Motion for Summary Judgment in Case Challenging President Biden’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Designations
SALT LAKE CITY – Last week, the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC), filed a motion for summary judgment in its challenge to President Biden’s unlawful proclamations expanding the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. This lawsuit—which has been consolidated with a similar one by the State of Utah—contends that President Biden’s proclamations exceed his authority under
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ShareTrails | 725 Miles of Routes Up for Grabs in Middle Gila, Arizona
Bureau of Land Management near Tucson and Phoenix have initiated public scoping for the Middle Gila South Access and Transportation Plan. This is located near small towns and communities in Pinal, Pima, Cochise, and Gila counties, and includes approximately 725 miles of existing undesignated access routes. There is already congressionally designated Wilderness such as White
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Protect The Harvest | House votes to nullify WOTUS rule
Mar 9, 2023 by Sierra Dawn McClain/Capital Press The U.S. House on Thursday passed a resolution to invalidate the Biden administration’s “Waters of the United States” rule, or WOTUS, through the Congressional Review Act. R.J. 27 passed by a vote of 227-198 and requires further action in the Senate. The legislation was sponsored by House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chairman Sam Graves, R-Mo., and by T&I Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer, R-N.C. Agricultural groups have largely opposed the rule they contend would massively expand the federal government’s jurisdiction over waters not intended under the Clean Water Act and threaten land use. American Farm Bureau Federation, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and 16 other groups filed a lawsuit in January to prevent the rule from going into effect. “We are pleased that the House agrees the proposed WOTUS rule is overreaching, difficult to understand and will make farming and ranching more difficult,” said Courtney Briggs, Farm Bureau senior director of government affairs. “We thank House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves for his leadership on this issue, as well as the 170 co-sponsors of this resolution,” she said. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is thrilled to see a majority of House members reject the Biden administration’s burdensome rule, said Todd Wilkinson,
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RANGEfire! | Climate Cult: You must “bite the bullet” to shrink your carbon footprint
Originally found on RANGEfire!. Time to Bite the Bullet Again by RANGE contributor GREG WALCHER When we have to do something unpleasant, the common expression is “bite the bullet.” The phrase originated on Civil War battlefields when amputations often had to be done without anesthetics. To distract the patient from excruciating pain, he would be […]