Executive Authority Meets Structural Rupture: The Ballroom Contradiction

The White House is pushing forward with a new ballroom despite a judge's order. Find out why and what happens next.

#WhiteHouse, #Ballroom, #CourtOrder, #Trump, #FederalLand

https://newsletter.tf/white-house-ballroom-project-advances-despite-court/

The White House is moving ahead with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom project, even though a judge ordered construction to stop.

#WhiteHouse, #Ballroom, #CourtOrder, #Trump, #FederalLand
https://newsletter.tf/white-house-ballroom-project-advances-despite-court/

#Trump sent a memorandum to 4 federal department heads Friday night instructing them to allow the #military to use & take jurisdiction of #FederalLand along the #US – #Mexico #border.

#law #geopolitics #immigration #USexpansionism
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/politics/us-mexico-border-federal-land-military-control/index.html

Edit: since YouTube thumbnails are perpetually busted (for me at least) on Masto, it may not be clear what I am linking to below. This video covers the Explore Act that was signed into law this year.

This seems like good news. No drones, but film & photography in National Parks and other federal land looks like they’ve adopted a “just don’t be a jerk” approach. #ExploreAct #FederalLand #PublicLand #VideoCreator

https://youtu.be/k4eZouItmO0?si=zc2zhi7jnl4ZIAwD

#Vance says we should build houses on #FederalLand to solve the #HousingCrisis. Name one competitive housing market with any federal land to speak of. I can count them on one hand. Opening imperiled #forest and #desert #habitat to exploitation by #RealEstate developers, further enclosing and privatizing the #commons, (1) won’t solve the housing crisis, but (2) will accelerate the #biodiversity and #MassExtinction crises.

#VPDebate2024 #CBSNews #PublicLand #BLM #USFS #LateStageCapitalism

Tribes Invited to “Co-Steward” #FederalLand Would Rather “Co-Manage” It
The difference involves “decision-making authority.”

What’s the difference between #Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
Being a "steward" of the land isn't enough for Native peoples.
https://grist.org/indigenous/difference-between-co-management-and-co-stewardship-national-monument/

#EnergyTransition: The US is putting enough #solar to power 70,000 homes on old nuclear weapons sites https://electrek.co/2024/06/05/us-solar-nuclear-weapons-sites/ #USpol

"US Department of Energy is going to repurpose sites previously used in the #NuclearWeapons program into #SolarFarms... These are the first projects as part of the #Biden's Cleanup to #CleanEnergy initiative, launched in 2023, in which portions of #FederalLand previously used in the US nuclear #weapons program will be repurposed into clean #energy sites."