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Will we save our public lands?

EDITOR: For generations, Americans have enjoyed hunting, fishing, and camping on our public lands found in every state. We visit National Parks and Forests, Refuges, or BLM lands including the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests and four National Park Service sites. But buried within the current Senate budget reconciliation bill is a mandate to sell 3 million acres of BLM and Forest Service land. This land sale would occur in the next five years, and over 294.6 million acres, nearly the size of California and Texas, is eligible for sales. There are no rules on how much land can ...

Environmental concerns

EDITOR: Recent scientific studies from two of Michigan’s leading universities have raised serious concerns about the health of our environment — concerns that many of us are beginning to notice firsthand. A study from the University of Michigan found that Lake Michigan did not “stratify” properly last year. Normally, the lake separates into warmer and cooler layers in the summer, a process that supports fish and aquatic life. Without it, oxygen levels drop, harming fish populations and disrupting the lake’s delicate balance. Researchers believe this breakdown is connected ...

Environmental concerns

EDITOR: Recent scientific studies from two of Michigan’s leading universities have raised serious concerns about the health of our environment — concerns that many of us are beginning to notice firsthand. A study from the University of Michigan found that Lake Michigan did not “stratify” properly last year. Normally, the lake separates into warmer and cooler layers in the summer, a process that supports fish and aquatic life. Without it, oxygen levels drop, harming fish populations and disrupting the lake’s delicate balance. Researchers believe this breakdown is connected ...

Constitutional protections

EDITOR: In a May 4th interview, President Trump was asked whether he is required to “uphold the Constitution of the United States as president.” The president said, “I don’t know.” Before taking office, the Constitution requires the president-elect to take an oath that includes, ”I do solemnly swear(or affirm) I will…preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” As a member of Congress, you also have taken the oath to “support and defend the Constitution,” and that you “will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” According ...

Waste exposed

EDITOR: The recent hysteria over the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) findings is as revealing as the report itself. Suddenly, a chorus of bureaucrats is wailing about the “threat to public service”, not because the findings are wrong, but because the grift is being exposed. Let’s be honest: DOGE isn’t cutting EMTs or bridge inspectors. It’s pulling the curtain back on the useless layers of government bloat, the endless internal briefings, redundant management layers, and projects that serve no one but the people collecting a paycheck to run them. And it's not ...

Government waste

EDITOR: The recent hysteria over the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) findings is as revealing as the report itself. Suddenly, a chorus of bureaucrats is wailing about the “threat to public service”, not because the findings are wrong, but because the grift is being exposed. Let’s be honest: DOGE isn’t cutting EMTs or bridge inspectors. It’s pulling the curtain back on the useless layers of government bloat, the endless internal briefings, redundant management layers, and projects that serve no one but the people collecting a paycheck to run them. And it’s not ...