Ron Gaul
@rongaul.bsky.social
Fan of minimalist Japanese Zen Buddhism. Sworn enemy of those who want to pillage our public lands.
"Out West, whiskey is for drinking, water's for fightin' over" - misattributed to Mark Twain, provenance unknown
"Out West, whiskey is for drinking, water's for fightin' over" - misattributed to Mark Twain, provenance unknown
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Ron Gaul
@rongaul.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Full foto of profile pic from @TeddyRooseveltNationalPark taken by my son.
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World leaders can make as many statements as they like opposing Israel's actions in Gaza.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
May 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
World leaders can make as many statements as they like opposing Israel's actions in Gaza.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
Until they end the sale of weapons to Israel, they remain complicit in the mass murder of Palestinians.
Stop arming genocide, now.
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Loss of white privilege should not be a criteria for fast-tracked asylum.
May 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Loss of white privilege should not be a criteria for fast-tracked asylum.
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American health insurance: teeth are not part of the body
May 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
American health insurance: teeth are not part of the body
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The reinstatement is necessary because the terminations, carried out under directives from Elon Musk to federal agencies, were deemed illegal after it was determined that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lacked the authority to enforce them.
March 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The reinstatement is necessary because the terminations, carried out under directives from Elon Musk to federal agencies, were deemed illegal after it was determined that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lacked the authority to enforce them.
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Trump suggests U.S. Supreme Court may need to decide whether a judge can require the administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers who were fired as part of efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
March 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump suggests U.S. Supreme Court may need to decide whether a judge can require the administration to reinstate thousands of probationary workers who were fired as part of efforts to shrink the federal workforce.
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Netanyahu and Putin are the same. Their loyalty is not to a nation, allies, or ideals. Their loyalty is to themselves and oligarchy. They detest international law & human dignity.
They are criminals heading enterprises of death, lies, and kleptocracy. To stand with one is to stand with both.
They are criminals heading enterprises of death, lies, and kleptocracy. To stand with one is to stand with both.
March 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Netanyahu and Putin are the same. Their loyalty is not to a nation, allies, or ideals. Their loyalty is to themselves and oligarchy. They detest international law & human dignity.
They are criminals heading enterprises of death, lies, and kleptocracy. To stand with one is to stand with both.
They are criminals heading enterprises of death, lies, and kleptocracy. To stand with one is to stand with both.
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Instead they blame immigrants
March 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Instead they blame immigrants
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Our society witnesses Christians hold all the ordinary people in our country to unflinchingly rigid moral standards while simultaneously holding their preferred politicians accountable to no moral standards at all.
That’s moral relativism.
That’s moral relativism.
January 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Our society witnesses Christians hold all the ordinary people in our country to unflinchingly rigid moral standards while simultaneously holding their preferred politicians accountable to no moral standards at all.
That’s moral relativism.
That’s moral relativism.
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So it begins...
@centerforbiodiv.bsky.social sued Trump today minutes after he was sworn. We're demanding the hidden records of Musk's DOGE Committee which will reveal his illegal, right-wing maneuvering to trash America's air, water and wildlife.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
@centerforbiodiv.bsky.social sued Trump today minutes after he was sworn. We're demanding the hidden records of Musk's DOGE Committee which will reveal his illegal, right-wing maneuvering to trash America's air, water and wildlife.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
January 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
So it begins...
@centerforbiodiv.bsky.social sued Trump today minutes after he was sworn. We're demanding the hidden records of Musk's DOGE Committee which will reveal his illegal, right-wing maneuvering to trash America's air, water and wildlife.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
@centerforbiodiv.bsky.social sued Trump today minutes after he was sworn. We're demanding the hidden records of Musk's DOGE Committee which will reveal his illegal, right-wing maneuvering to trash America's air, water and wildlife.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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#BearsEars is only 3 hrs away from our home in Durango, CO so we have explored much of it. This dwelling took a number of years for us to find. If the next Administration reduces Bears Ears Nat’l Mon again, this site will no longer be protected. #saveourpubliclands
#publiclands #nationalmonuments
#publiclands #nationalmonuments
December 29, 2024 at 6:21 PM
#BearsEars is only 3 hrs away from our home in Durango, CO so we have explored much of it. This dwelling took a number of years for us to find. If the next Administration reduces Bears Ears Nat’l Mon again, this site will no longer be protected. #saveourpubliclands
#publiclands #nationalmonuments
#publiclands #nationalmonuments
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I'm basically convinced between the Iranian plots against Trump, the various American unilaterialists, and the evangelical Zionists in the admin, there's a strong chance of a Iran war in the next 4 years
brb investing in the military industrial complex after the Huckabee appointment
November 12, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I'm basically convinced between the Iranian plots against Trump, the various American unilaterialists, and the evangelical Zionists in the admin, there's a strong chance of a Iran war in the next 4 years
Notice how Port doesn't correct his errors from his last post. He said Interior Dept and MHA land was at play, while anyone with a modicum of investigative ability knows it is on USFS National Grasslands which is under the USDA. And his guilt-by-association using the Sierra Club is a total MAGA move
The proponents of the Maah Daah Hey National Monument are now saying a tribal leader's skepticism of their project is a result of being misinformed.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
Port: Tribal sovereignty is a two-way street
The proponents of the Maah Daah Hey National Monument are now saying a tribal leader's skepticism of their project is a result of being misinformed.
www.inforum.com
December 21, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Notice how Port doesn't correct his errors from his last post. He said Interior Dept and MHA land was at play, while anyone with a modicum of investigative ability knows it is on USFS National Grasslands which is under the USDA. And his guilt-by-association using the Sierra Club is a total MAGA move
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Thank you, Bismarck Tribune!
"The Tribune Editorial Board believes Biden needs to act, and if he doesn’t, that Trump should. North Dakota and the nation needs the monument."
"The Tribune Editorial Board believes Biden needs to act, and if he doesn’t, that Trump should. North Dakota and the nation needs the monument."
Tribune editorial: Maah Daah Hey needs to be 1st monument in ND
A proposal to make the Maah Daah Hey Trail area in western North Dakota a national monument makes sense.
bismarcktribune.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Thank you, Bismarck Tribune!
"The Tribune Editorial Board believes Biden needs to act, and if he doesn’t, that Trump should. North Dakota and the nation needs the monument."
"The Tribune Editorial Board believes Biden needs to act, and if he doesn’t, that Trump should. North Dakota and the nation needs the monument."
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Mike McFeely: "President Biden should sign it. Yesterday. Protect the North Dakota Badlands. Create the Maah Daah Hey National Monument with a stroke of your pen."
McFeely: Biden should designate ND national monument ASAP
Despite braying from oil industry propagandists, Maah Daah Hey National Monument would not restrict development.
www.inforum.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Mike McFeely: "President Biden should sign it. Yesterday. Protect the North Dakota Badlands. Create the Maah Daah Hey National Monument with a stroke of your pen."
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From Lillian Crook's letter to the editor: "Yes, the president can designate a national monument with the stroke of a pen, using the Antiquities Act. Thank you, Theodore Roosevelt, for creating that act."
Letter: Shame on Sens. Patten and Kessel
Lillian Crook of Bismarck responds to their recent letter to the editor regarding the proposed Maah Daah Hey National Monument.
www.inforum.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:51 PM
From Lillian Crook's letter to the editor: "Yes, the president can designate a national monument with the stroke of a pen, using the Antiquities Act. Thank you, Theodore Roosevelt, for creating that act."
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"He said people should check out the frequently asked questions section that accompanies the proposal on the ProtectMDH.com website. He said uses such as grazing and recreation will continue as it has. 'Unfortunately, that is continually disregarded,' he said."
Protect Maah Daah Hey National Monument
This is a proposal for the Maah Daah Hey National Monument which would comprise 139,729 acres on eleven non-motorized backcountry designated areas of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands in the Badlands of t...
ProtectMDH.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
"He said people should check out the frequently asked questions section that accompanies the proposal on the ProtectMDH.com website. He said uses such as grazing and recreation will continue as it has. 'Unfortunately, that is continually disregarded,' he said."
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"Shannon Straight, executive director of the Badlands Conservation Alliance, said the concerns from monument opponents are overblown."
Burgum staff were briefed on Badlands monument plan he called a ‘surprise’ • North Dakota Monitor
Doug Burgum lamented a “surprise national monument” by the Biden administration, but his staff had been briefed on the idea months earlier.
northdakotamonitor.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
"Shannon Straight, executive director of the Badlands Conservation Alliance, said the concerns from monument opponents are overblown."
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Opponents of Maah Daah Hey National Monument in ND worry about impacts to oil, road expansion but supporters say concerns are overblown.
Burgum staff were briefed on Badlands monument plan he called a ‘surprise’ • North Dakota Monitor
Doug Burgum lamented a “surprise national monument” by the Biden administration, but his staff had been briefed on the idea months earlier.
buff.ly
December 18, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Opponents of Maah Daah Hey National Monument in ND worry about impacts to oil, road expansion but supporters say concerns are overblown.
Rob knows full well most of this land is USDA administered National Grassland and not Interior administered BLM or MHA reservation land. His conscious MAGA-style disinfo is very transparent.
"At no point in time would my council support turning it into a national monument and then preventing us or anyone else from doing responsible energy development," said tribal chairman Mark Fox.
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...
Port: MHA Nation is reconsidering support for Maah Daah Hey National Monument
"At no point in time would my council support turning it into a national monument and then preventing us or anyone else from doing responsible energy development," said tribal chairman Mark Fox.
www.inforum.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Rob knows full well most of this land is USDA administered National Grassland and not Interior administered BLM or MHA reservation land. His conscious MAGA-style disinfo is very transparent.
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In order for democracy to exist, a society must be secular. If religion dominates a society, democracy isn’t possible. We have to stop Christian Nationalism from upending our democracy before we turn into the next Iran.
November 26, 2024 at 8:00 PM
In order for democracy to exist, a society must be secular. If religion dominates a society, democracy isn’t possible. We have to stop Christian Nationalism from upending our democracy before we turn into the next Iran.
12ft
12ft.io
December 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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“He’s not a lunatic. He’s not someone wholly inappropriate for the job. But I fear the way his extractive agenda will play out in public lands.”
~ Our Great Basin Director @bitterwaterblue.bsky.social on Trump's pick of Doug Burgum for secretary of the interior. ⬇️
~ Our Great Basin Director @bitterwaterblue.bsky.social on Trump's pick of Doug Burgum for secretary of the interior. ⬇️
Doug Burgum could soon be driving Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ promises on public lands
Conservationists fear an expansion of drilling with North Dakota governor Trump’s pick for secretary of the interior and White House ‘energy czar’
bit.ly
December 5, 2024 at 10:00 PM
“He’s not a lunatic. He’s not someone wholly inappropriate for the job. But I fear the way his extractive agenda will play out in public lands.”
~ Our Great Basin Director @bitterwaterblue.bsky.social on Trump's pick of Doug Burgum for secretary of the interior. ⬇️
~ Our Great Basin Director @bitterwaterblue.bsky.social on Trump's pick of Doug Burgum for secretary of the interior. ⬇️