From 2013 to 2024, the number of unique visits to the 63 National Parks of the U.S. (out of 433 managed sites) climbed 36.4% to over 94,000,000. (Source: nps.gov) The proposed 2026 budget suggests cutting between $900 million and $1.2 billion out of the current budget and will cause large layoffs, depleting services. What kind of shithole country can’t even keep its parks open? National Park Service Targeted for 1,500 Layoffs And Budget Cuts From Trump Administration:
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National Park Service Targeted for 1,500 Layoffs And Budget Cuts From Trump Administration
The Department of the Interior will lay off 1,500 more National Park Service staff and slash $26 million in grant funding, according to reports.
They are upset because Trump lied. It has been well documented for over 10 years that Trump lies. If he is talking, he is lying. Everyone knew he meant any immigrants, legal or no. Bottom line - the hatred for immigrants, which now includes your son, has now messed up all of our lives, including our children. I do hope he gets out and maybe can find a family of people who’ll support him better than this. They voted for Trump and their green-card son is in ICE detention:
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They voted for Trump and now their son is in ICE detention
A green card holder from Argentina is detained in South Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center. His parents, who voted for President Trump, now regre...
It's a good thing we have a guy in the Oval with 50 years of foreign policy experience and deep connections with world leaders because two nuclear-armed countries with a history of serious conflict are about to engage in a shooting war oh wait. Pakistan says 26 killed in Indian missile strikes | AP News
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India fires missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory, killing at least 26
Pakistan’s leader condemned the strikes and called it an act of war. India said it struck infrastructure used by militants linked to last month...
Institutions like libraries are vital public services. Access to information shouldn’t be a political pawn. States win a legal injunction against President Trump, pausing library funding cuts: https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5388902/library-funding-cuts-trump-injunction
Education is part of a larger foundation for not only life skills but also for work skills and the Trump administration trying to take it away shows you how little they care about either one. This is also a good time to point out that there are 23 U.S. states that have Democrats as governors and they are providing serious pushback to the Trump administration. Shapiro touts court victory over Trump administration over education funding | https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania/shapiro-touts-court-victory-over-trump-administration-over-education-funding/
Haitian immigrants in Charleroi have helped revitalize the area, contribute to improving the economy, and fill jobs that are necessary for the community. It’s a cruel mistake to deport them without giving them any pathway to citizenship. Democrats have tried to get Republicans to work with them on legislation to solve that very issue many times and they refuse. Haitians in Charleroi PA 'very afraid' of Trump deportations: https://www.goerie.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/06/immigration-charleroi-pa-haitians-trump-deportations/79325692007/
In case you missed it, which you probably did because the larger news outlets we’re all used to looking at don’t give this type of thing coverage. The SAVE Act, Which Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting, Is ‘Dead on Arrival’ in the Senate |
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The SAVE Act, Which Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting, Is ‘Dead on Arrival’ in the Senate
That is, according to Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, who compared the bill to “Jim Crow.”
The gutting of American science funding isn’t a big enough story in our news and it should be. It significantly reduces American innovation and economic competitiveness in the near-term and long-term and it isn’t even being done efficiently, if that were in fact the goal. I mean I’m sure it’s a victim of the “flood the zone” strategy, but this is going to hurt people in big ways. This is bad. Trump cuts roil National Science Foundation, alarming researchers: https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5371720/national-science-foundation-budget-grant-cuts-turmoil