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  1. "The roster, used by the Chaplain Corps, no longer excludes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from those identified as Christian faiths, as was the case in a version released Friday. That’s because the directory no longer categorizes any faith groups as Christian."
    sltrib.com/religion/2026/06/08

    So... the #LDS church is still powerful enough to affect some change, but not enough to mean it isn't going to change in the future when their power has been worn away more.

    This is what fascism does. Ultimately, everyone is vulnerable to the rabid need for more victims to feed the hate. Don't like it, #MikeLee? #JohnCurtis? Then stop supporting the fascists. Stop feeding them victims.

    #Trans people are people. #Immigrants and refugees are people. All people have the same inalienable human rights. That doesn't change because you like them or not. That doesn't change because they are or are not citizens.

    If you target other people to lose their rights, your own rights are then vulnerable. We are only free when all of us are free.
    #utpol #Mormon #ExMormon #CivilRights

  2. "The roster, used by the Chaplain Corps, no longer excludes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from those identified as Christian faiths, as was the case in a version released Friday. That’s because the directory no longer categorizes any faith groups as Christian."
    sltrib.com/religion/2026/06/08

    So... the #LDS church is still powerful enough to affect some change, but not enough to mean it isn't going to change in the future when their power has been worn away more.

    This is what fascism does. Ultimately, everyone is vulnerable to the rabid need for more victims to feed the hate. Don't like it, #MikeLee? #JohnCurtis? Then stop supporting the fascists. Stop feeding them victims.

    #Trans people are people. #Immigrants and refugees are people. All people have the same inalienable human rights. That doesn't change because you like them or not. That doesn't change because they are or are not citizens.

    If you target other people to lose their rights, your own rights are then vulnerable. We are only free when all of us are free.
    #utpol #Mormon #ExMormon #CivilRights

  3. Senator Dave McCormick is co-sponsor of the SAVE Act. #davemccormick #mikelee #saveact Dave sent me a letter saying how reasonable it is to make citizen women who changed their name to marry do adminstrivia to vote. His support of POTUS and SecDef and sponsorship of the Save Act is clear misogyny.

  4. Senator Dave McCormick is co-sponsor of the SAVE Act. #davemccormick #mikelee #saveact Dave sent me a letter saying how reasonable it is to make citizen women who changed their name to marry do adminstrivia to vote. His support of POTUS and SecDef and sponsorship of the Save Act is clear misogyny.

  5. Public lands are #StolenLands! #LandBack! No cities for #TechBros!

    "One proposed Freedom City site lies within the National #Conservation Area on the Utah–Colorado border, just west of Grand Junction, but local officials note that the area lacks adequate #water. Another target is the #Presidio, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in the heart of San Francisco, a rare urban parkland that offers green space, a trail system, historic buildings and museums, and beach access. The proposal would take this public #GreenSpace and convert it into a commercial and #RealEstate #SacrificeZone, robbing the city’s residents of a priceless natural amenity.

    "Then there’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal, which despite its name, is no longer a military site but a a #NationalWildlifeRefuge — one of the largest to showcase High Plains grassland ecosystems. Ten miles from downtown Denver, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bills the area as 'a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of busy urban life where time moves at nature’s pace.' Other areas identified for potential conversion include public lands near Boise, Idaho and Bend, Oregon.

    "These groups are calling for congressional legislation, because without it, the core principles of the concept would probably be illegal. Waiving the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct, granting tax incentives, waiving #CivilRights regulations, and fast-tracking #NuclearPlants are on the menu, a tempting prize for the pro-development #corporatists. To address this problem, legislation has already been proposed by Tom Bell, a libertarian legal consultant and tech entrepreneur, to create a Freedom Cities Board that would be empowered to waive state and federal laws within the bounds of lands carved out to become Freedom Cities. Senator #MikeLee’s (R-UT) recently-introduced HOUSES Act, which would authorize the sale of federal public lands for housing development, has also been trumpeted by Freedom Cities promoters as a possible avenue to advance their agenda.

    "It should come as no surprise that the Freedom Cities initiative has its roots in communist China, where the government created #SpecialEconomicZones (#SEZ) to attract foreign investment through deregulation and tax incentives. The most prominent of these is Shenzhen, created by Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate experiment of unregulated capitalism, a place with special tax breaks and incentives, fewer labor protections, and greater freedom from regulation than was prevalent in mainland China. "

    westernwatersheds.substack.com

    #TechBrosSuck #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #NatureIsLife #CorporateColonialism

  6. Public lands are #StolenLands! #LandBack! No cities for #TechBros!

    "One proposed Freedom City site lies within the National #Conservation Area on the Utah–Colorado border, just west of Grand Junction, but local officials note that the area lacks adequate #water. Another target is the #Presidio, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in the heart of San Francisco, a rare urban parkland that offers green space, a trail system, historic buildings and museums, and beach access. The proposal would take this public #GreenSpace and convert it into a commercial and #RealEstate #SacrificeZone, robbing the city’s residents of a priceless natural amenity.

    "Then there’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal, which despite its name, is no longer a military site but a a #NationalWildlifeRefuge — one of the largest to showcase High Plains grassland ecosystems. Ten miles from downtown Denver, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bills the area as 'a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of busy urban life where time moves at nature’s pace.' Other areas identified for potential conversion include public lands near Boise, Idaho and Bend, Oregon.

    "These groups are calling for congressional legislation, because without it, the core principles of the concept would probably be illegal. Waiving the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct, granting tax incentives, waiving #CivilRights regulations, and fast-tracking #NuclearPlants are on the menu, a tempting prize for the pro-development #corporatists. To address this problem, legislation has already been proposed by Tom Bell, a libertarian legal consultant and tech entrepreneur, to create a Freedom Cities Board that would be empowered to waive state and federal laws within the bounds of lands carved out to become Freedom Cities. Senator #MikeLee’s (R-UT) recently-introduced HOUSES Act, which would authorize the sale of federal public lands for housing development, has also been trumpeted by Freedom Cities promoters as a possible avenue to advance their agenda.

    "It should come as no surprise that the Freedom Cities initiative has its roots in communist China, where the government created #SpecialEconomicZones (#SEZ) to attract foreign investment through deregulation and tax incentives. The most prominent of these is Shenzhen, created by Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate experiment of unregulated capitalism, a place with special tax breaks and incentives, fewer labor protections, and greater freedom from regulation than was prevalent in mainland China. "

    westernwatersheds.substack.com

    #TechBrosSuck #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #NatureIsLife #CorporateColonialism

  7. Public lands are #StolenLands! #LandBack! No cities for #TechBros!

    "One proposed Freedom City site lies within the National #Conservation Area on the Utah–Colorado border, just west of Grand Junction, but local officials note that the area lacks adequate #water. Another target is the #Presidio, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in the heart of San Francisco, a rare urban parkland that offers green space, a trail system, historic buildings and museums, and beach access. The proposal would take this public #GreenSpace and convert it into a commercial and #RealEstate #SacrificeZone, robbing the city’s residents of a priceless natural amenity.

    "Then there’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal, which despite its name, is no longer a military site but a a #NationalWildlifeRefuge — one of the largest to showcase High Plains grassland ecosystems. Ten miles from downtown Denver, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bills the area as 'a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of busy urban life where time moves at nature’s pace.' Other areas identified for potential conversion include public lands near Boise, Idaho and Bend, Oregon.

    "These groups are calling for congressional legislation, because without it, the core principles of the concept would probably be illegal. Waiving the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct, granting tax incentives, waiving #CivilRights regulations, and fast-tracking #NuclearPlants are on the menu, a tempting prize for the pro-development #corporatists. To address this problem, legislation has already been proposed by Tom Bell, a libertarian legal consultant and tech entrepreneur, to create a Freedom Cities Board that would be empowered to waive state and federal laws within the bounds of lands carved out to become Freedom Cities. Senator #MikeLee’s (R-UT) recently-introduced HOUSES Act, which would authorize the sale of federal public lands for housing development, has also been trumpeted by Freedom Cities promoters as a possible avenue to advance their agenda.

    "It should come as no surprise that the Freedom Cities initiative has its roots in communist China, where the government created #SpecialEconomicZones (#SEZ) to attract foreign investment through deregulation and tax incentives. The most prominent of these is Shenzhen, created by Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate experiment of unregulated capitalism, a place with special tax breaks and incentives, fewer labor protections, and greater freedom from regulation than was prevalent in mainland China. "

    westernwatersheds.substack.com

    #TechBrosSuck #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #NatureIsLife #CorporateColonialism

  8. Public lands are #StolenLands! #LandBack! No cities for #TechBros!

    "One proposed Freedom City site lies within the National #Conservation Area on the Utah–Colorado border, just west of Grand Junction, but local officials note that the area lacks adequate #water. Another target is the #Presidio, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in the heart of San Francisco, a rare urban parkland that offers green space, a trail system, historic buildings and museums, and beach access. The proposal would take this public #GreenSpace and convert it into a commercial and #RealEstate #SacrificeZone, robbing the city’s residents of a priceless natural amenity.

    "Then there’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal, which despite its name, is no longer a military site but a a #NationalWildlifeRefuge — one of the largest to showcase High Plains grassland ecosystems. Ten miles from downtown Denver, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bills the area as 'a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of busy urban life where time moves at nature’s pace.' Other areas identified for potential conversion include public lands near Boise, Idaho and Bend, Oregon.

    "These groups are calling for congressional legislation, because without it, the core principles of the concept would probably be illegal. Waiving the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct, granting tax incentives, waiving #CivilRights regulations, and fast-tracking #NuclearPlants are on the menu, a tempting prize for the pro-development #corporatists. To address this problem, legislation has already been proposed by Tom Bell, a libertarian legal consultant and tech entrepreneur, to create a Freedom Cities Board that would be empowered to waive state and federal laws within the bounds of lands carved out to become Freedom Cities. Senator #MikeLee’s (R-UT) recently-introduced HOUSES Act, which would authorize the sale of federal public lands for housing development, has also been trumpeted by Freedom Cities promoters as a possible avenue to advance their agenda.

    "It should come as no surprise that the Freedom Cities initiative has its roots in communist China, where the government created #SpecialEconomicZones (#SEZ) to attract foreign investment through deregulation and tax incentives. The most prominent of these is Shenzhen, created by Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate experiment of unregulated capitalism, a place with special tax breaks and incentives, fewer labor protections, and greater freedom from regulation than was prevalent in mainland China. "

    westernwatersheds.substack.com

    #TechBrosSuck #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #NatureIsLife #CorporateColonialism

  9. Public lands are #StolenLands! #LandBack! No cities for #TechBros!

    "One proposed Freedom City site lies within the National #Conservation Area on the Utah–Colorado border, just west of Grand Junction, but local officials note that the area lacks adequate #water. Another target is the #Presidio, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in the heart of San Francisco, a rare urban parkland that offers green space, a trail system, historic buildings and museums, and beach access. The proposal would take this public #GreenSpace and convert it into a commercial and #RealEstate #SacrificeZone, robbing the city’s residents of a priceless natural amenity.

    "Then there’s Rocky Mountain Arsenal, which despite its name, is no longer a military site but a a #NationalWildlifeRefuge — one of the largest to showcase High Plains grassland ecosystems. Ten miles from downtown Denver, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bills the area as 'a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of busy urban life where time moves at nature’s pace.' Other areas identified for potential conversion include public lands near Boise, Idaho and Bend, Oregon.

    "These groups are calling for congressional legislation, because without it, the core principles of the concept would probably be illegal. Waiving the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct, granting tax incentives, waiving #CivilRights regulations, and fast-tracking #NuclearPlants are on the menu, a tempting prize for the pro-development #corporatists. To address this problem, legislation has already been proposed by Tom Bell, a libertarian legal consultant and tech entrepreneur, to create a Freedom Cities Board that would be empowered to waive state and federal laws within the bounds of lands carved out to become Freedom Cities. Senator #MikeLee’s (R-UT) recently-introduced HOUSES Act, which would authorize the sale of federal public lands for housing development, has also been trumpeted by Freedom Cities promoters as a possible avenue to advance their agenda.

    "It should come as no surprise that the Freedom Cities initiative has its roots in communist China, where the government created #SpecialEconomicZones (#SEZ) to attract foreign investment through deregulation and tax incentives. The most prominent of these is Shenzhen, created by Deng Xiaoping as the ultimate experiment of unregulated capitalism, a place with special tax breaks and incentives, fewer labor protections, and greater freedom from regulation than was prevalent in mainland China. "

    westernwatersheds.substack.com

    #TechBrosSuck #NoNukes #WaterIsLife #NatureIsLife #CorporateColonialism

  10. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has come under fire for comments he made on social media blaming Democrats for the murder of a Minnesota state lawmaker. The senator posted a surveillance photo of suspected shooter Vance Luther Boelter on X with the captions: "This is what happens When Marxists don't get their way," and "Nightmare on Waltz Street," an incorrectly spelled reference to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). Right-wing politicians and pundits have speculated that Boelter had Democratic ties because was once appointed by Walz to a civilian economic board. The alleged shooter's hit list targeted Democratic officials. His friends say he holds deeply conservative religious and political views, and that he is a President Trump supporter who would be offended to be described as a Democrat. Here's more from @AxiosNews.

    flip.it/GKjNvd

    #MinnesotaShootings #MikeLee #SenatorMikeLee #VanceLutherBoelter #USPolitics #USSenate #News

  11. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) has come under fire for comments he made on social media blaming Democrats for the murder of a Minnesota state lawmaker. The senator posted a surveillance photo of suspected shooter Vance Luther Boelter on X with the captions: "This is what happens When Marxists don't get their way," and "Nightmare on Waltz Street," an incorrectly spelled reference to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). Right-wing politicians and pundits have speculated that Boelter had Democratic ties because was once appointed by Walz to a civilian economic board. The alleged shooter's hit list targeted Democratic officials. His friends say he holds deeply conservative religious and political views, and that he is a President Trump supporter who would be offended to be described as a Democrat. Here's more from @AxiosNews.

    flip.it/GKjNvd

    #MinnesotaShootings #MikeLee #SenatorMikeLee #VanceLutherBoelter #USPolitics #USSenate #News

  12. Trumpty Dumpty is No King

    Corrections:

    • Elissa Slotkin is a senator from Michigan, not New York.
    • I repeatedly said “UPS ports” and “UPS cords” when I meant “USB”.

    #2024Election #ABCNews #AlexPadilla #Boise #BrevardCounty #BrianWilson #Chicago #ChuckSchumer #conspiracyTheory #DonaldTrump #ElissaSlotkin #ElonMusk #FatherSDay #Florida #GrantsPass #HakeemJeffries #ICE #Idaho #Illinois #JanelleBynum #JohnFetterman #KristiNoem #LAPD #LASD #MikeLee #Minnesota #NoKingsDay #Oregon #politicalViolence #SlyStone #SusanOliver #TimWalz #TrumpMilitaryBirthdayParade

    radicalruss.com/?p=19629

  13. I will say, this is also the #Senate hearing, last week, was the #House. #HouseRepublicans are a clown show who engage far more in #PerformativePolitics than the #Republicans in the Senate.

    *edit: exceptions to the statement “being more respectful” & not a clown / engaging in performative politics, w/the added bonus on indulging in #ConspiracyTheories: Sens/tools #RonJohnson, #RickScott, #MikeLee, #JoshHawley, the usual #MAGA bootlickers.

    #SecretService #USSS #Security #TrumpRallyShooting

  14. I will say, this is also the #Senate hearing, last week, was the #House. #HouseRepublicans are a clown show who engage far more in #PerformativePolitics than the #Republicans in the Senate.

    *edit: exceptions to the statement “being more respectful” & not a clown / engaging in performative politics, w/the added bonus on indulging in #ConspiracyTheories: Sens/tools #RonJohnson, #RickScott, #MikeLee, #JoshHawley, the usual #MAGA bootlickers.

    #SecretService #USSS #Security #TrumpRallyShooting

  15. I will say, this is also the #Senate hearing, last week, was the #House. #HouseRepublicans are a clown show who engage far more in #PerformativePolitics than the #Republicans in the Senate.

    *edit: exceptions to the statement “being more respectful” & not a clown / engaging in performative politics, w/the added bonus on indulging in #ConspiracyTheories: Sens/tools #RonJohnson, #RickScott, #MikeLee, #JoshHawley, the usual #MAGA bootlickers.

    #SecretService #USSS #Security #TrumpRallyShooting

  16. I will say, this is also the #Senate hearing, last week, was the #House. #HouseRepublicans are a clown show who engage far more in #PerformativePolitics than the #Republicans in the Senate.

    *edit: exceptions to the statement “being more respectful” & not a clown / engaging in performative politics, w/the added bonus on indulging in #ConspiracyTheories: Sens/tools #RonJohnson, #RickScott, #MikeLee, #JoshHawley, the usual #MAGA bootlickers.

    #SecretService #USSS #Security #TrumpRallyShooting

  17. I will say, this is also the #Senate hearing, last week, was the #House. #HouseRepublicans are a clown show who engage far more in #PerformativePolitics than the #Republicans in the Senate.

    *edit: exceptions to the statement “being more respectful” & not a clown / engaging in performative politics, w/the added bonus on indulging in #ConspiracyTheories: Sens/tools #RonJohnson, #RickScott, #MikeLee, #JoshHawley, the usual #MAGA bootlickers.

    #SecretService #USSS #Security #TrumpRallyShooting

  18. Rep #KenCalvert, top #Republican on #Defense Appropriations. “Every member must understand the impact of not passing this package. The only other option will be a full CR which will devastate our #NationalSecurity & put our country at #risk.”

    #Schumer …said #Congress has hrs to avoid a #shutdown & the Senate will…[act] as soon as it gets #legislation from the #House.
    
Sens #RandPaul, #MikeLee & #BillHagerty already signaled they are likely to offer amendments, slowing…[passage].

    #VoteBlue

  19. Rep #KenCalvert, top #Republican on #Defense Appropriations. “Every member must understand the impact of not passing this package. The only other option will be a full CR which will devastate our #NationalSecurity & put our country at #risk.”

    #Schumer …said #Congress has hrs to avoid a #shutdown & the Senate will…[act] as soon as it gets #legislation from the #House.
    
Sens #RandPaul, #MikeLee & #BillHagerty already signaled they are likely to offer amendments, slowing…[passage].

    #VoteBlue

  20. @gratefuldread A few more under indictment. Now let’s get the people behind the #coup plotters, #seditionists #insurrectionists #Bannon #Alexander #Meadows #Biggs #Johnson #McConnell (he knew before Mitt told him) #Kushner #Ivanka #Stone #Hawley #RonJohnson #MikeLee #Tubberville #Nehls #Clyde #Giuliani #tfg and a hundred others in the House and Senate #DOJ #FBI