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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Who wants a mining concession?
Date: 08/04/26 3:13 PM
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Trump caught using made-up story to justify slashing national monument: NY Times

President Donald Trump claimed hikers, hunters and anglers were locked out of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument and used that story to justify slashing its size by more than 1.2 million acres.

But documents obtained by The New York Times through a public records request show Trump officials were briefed just weeks earlier on the monument's popular recreational trails — including a route open to off-road vehicles offering "motorized access deep into the area," and a backcountry corridor frequently used by backpackers tackling a 40-mile wilderness loop.

msn.com - Trump caught using made up story to justify slashing national monument NY times

And another example of feeding his nib's delusions is necessary to keep your job.

"You can't go hunting, you can't go fishing, you can't do anything, you can virtually not even walk on it," said Trump at his announcement of the rollback last month, to which Interior Department deputy Kate MacGregor chimed in, "That's exactly right, sir, so you are remedying that today."

Just like some of the places I worked.

Steve
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