House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package authorizing sales of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmentalists who called it a betrayal that could lead to drilling, mining and logging in sensitive areas.

    • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      i feel like there’s a much older word in a language i can’t speak that describes them much more accurately. edit - that word no longer exists, because history is written by the winners. for now… i guess from now on it’ll just be scribbled in crayon (but mind your stick-figure genders, people!)