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Yeah, Joe's progressive. Progressively streamlining destruction of Indigenous graves and endangered species (hexbear.net)

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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 35 points 11 months ago

And we can just waive laws now? Since fucking when?

I started looking into it and found this:

The controversial work, which included construction on federally designated wilderness, was permitted under the Real ID Act. Created in the wake of the September 11 attacks, the act grants DHS the authority to waive any law, including bedrock statutes meant to safeguard the environment and areas of cultural significance, to build border barriers in the name of national security.

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[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

Bulldozing wildlife habitats and native burial grounds to curb the threat of (checks notes) Mexican terrorism

[-] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago

Because the richest people in the US wanted to undermine a left wing government in Afghanistan in the 1980s they funded an army of appalling reactionaries which eventually turned against the US. Because of this, it is now legal to build the border wall regardless of the consequences.