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US supreme court clears way for Trump’s border wall in Texas’s Big Bend (www.theguardian.com)
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Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harm The US supreme court has allowed Donald Trump to continue his administration’s construction of a border wall in Texas’s Big Bend region, including parts of Big Bend national park. In an unsigned, five-page ruling, the nation’s highest court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to suspend a lower court order that had temporarily stopped the project last month. Continue reading.....

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[–] 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I’ve visited Big Bend about a dozen times in my life. It’s beautiful, raw, harsh, magnificent. Building a wall through it is a devastatingly stupid idea.

I’d like to see Trump himself try the trip from Mexico, through BB, and to the nearest west Texas spot of civilization. He’d be coyote chow in about 10 minutes.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Looking at the picture, hiking through that shows a level of commitment I doubt 90% of americans have anyway. That shit shows dedication, motivation, and most of all, complete fucking desperation, and instead of being helped, they're being vilified and told they're lazy criminals.

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    • [–] 14 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I wonder how many people you could feed and house for the cost of this pointless literally dividing infrastructure. Help South America improve conditions so people don't want to leave.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    You have arrived at the first of many questions for which the answers have been deliberately withheld.

    The number for the rising tide to raise all ships is far far smaller than the current expenditures, but that wouldn't deify the sociopathic strata that fled the Mandates of Heaven to grant us the bountless fruits of Capitalism.

    There have been numerous studies, but this is not a question of math, it is one of will.

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    [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Conservatives sure hate wildlife and nature..

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    [–] 2 points 2 days ago*

    Over 6 billion in government contracts were awarded. Wish there was a full breakdown of where this money went and who in the government owns stock in these companies. I feel that that would be so telling.

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    [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Why is everything an emergency with this administration?

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