Ken Shetter

Texas buys land for new state parks that will be developed using $1 billion voter-approved fund The fund opens a new era of public land acquisition and park development for Texas, which ranks 35th nationally in state park acreage per capita.

With the new voter-approved funding, Texas is poised for a historic expansion of its 88-park system.

Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  Section 1.  Purpose.

What could possiblie go wrong? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Sunrise hike at Cleburne State Park.

The Kids Are Not Fine Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Need Help Too

With about 80 campers and more than 30 adult staff, heading to our 12th year of Camp HOPE TX. Before we rolled out i made my first post on Substack to share why this week of camp is so important. open.substack.com/pub/kenshett...

Subscribe to Ken Shetter Working to make the world safer, especially for the marginalized. Hiking is healing. Protect our National Parks and public lands. Sic ‘em Bears. Fort Worth, TX. Click to read Ken Shetter, a Substack p...

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Future president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (center) in front of Mission Concepcion in San Antonio, 1898. He was there to gather and train his Rough Riders prior to charging up San Juan Hill at Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American war.

I know it’s not the most important takeaway here, but why the apostrophe at the end of Liddle’? 😂

In addition to the more obvious problems associated with placing disproportionate blame on immigration for violent crime, it also causes us to focus fewer resources on the actual causes of violent crime.

YouTube video by One Safe Place Tarrant OSP BBNP HAB 2025 Cinematic

Check out this video chronicle of our Camp HOPE TX #BigBend adventure in January. #NationalParks #SaveOurPublicLands youtu.be/AI_wCyu8ZF4

“My friend, Madame President: I yield the floor.”

@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.

Booker on Strom Thurmond: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here in spite of his speech. I'm here because as poweful as he was, the people were more powerful."

A few Bluebonnets in Cleburne State Park. #ProtectOurPublicLands

Hiking in the LBJ National Grasslands today. #ProtectOurPublicLands

Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.

Figuring out how to better protect pregnant women and their unborn babies from intimate partner violence is not “DEI”. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

IPV during pregnancy is shockingly common—about 40% of @onesafeplace.bsky.social clients who have been pregnant by their abuser report having been abused during pregnancy. 3/3

In-utero exposure to #DV can affect fetal brain development, lead to lower birth weight and even birth defects. It can also lead to epigenetic changes which can alter how a child deals with stress and emotions later in life. 2/3

This is really tragic. Perinatal #IPV involves concerns about the immediate health and wellbeing of the adult victim, but abuse during pregnancy is also an indicator of a greater likelihood of a homicide ultimately being committed. And then there are concerns about the health of the baby. 1/3

In Stark County, OH this week helping plan for the development of a Family Justice Center. Reducing #DomesticViolence lethality is the best reason, but there’s an economic case too. IPV costs OH $1.2B every year. www.odvn.org/wp-content/u...

Sunrise on the Paluxy River at Dinosaur Valley State Park. #SaveOurPublicLands

Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer. National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede ...

Pretty terrible to order Park Rangers to deceive the public. #NationalParks #SaveOurPublicLands www.propublica.org/article/nati...

xTx Trail creator intends to reveal a hidden Texas to the adventurous Trail creator Charlie Gandy says the X-Tx will reveal parts of the Lone Star State that most Texans have never seen.

Who’s onboard? www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...

Sen @beverlyp.bsky.social still doing good work, speaking to the Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats. Reminding us that politicians—even after they’ve left office—can still do great and kind things (like lead the charge to raise $65M to build a new school for the children of Uvalde).

#NationalParks are a very good investment.

Sen Blumenthal speaking to Family Justice Center leaders from across the country kicking off our first ever Family Justice Center Capitol Hill Days. “What you do in lifting people up MATTERS.” #FamilyJusticeCenters

It definitely was!

The NOT Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:

It is February 24th. 189 years ago today, William Travis wrote the most famous document in the annals of Texas history. Remarkably, given the conditions under which it was written and sent out from the Alamo, Travis' letter still exists.

YouTube video by George Strait - Topic Milk Cow Blues

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If a song is a great song it doesn't matter what style it's played in. Milk Cow Blues has been covered by Bob Wills, Aerosmith, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Glenn Campbell, Ricky Nelson and, of course, Sleepy John Estes, who wrote it. Here's George Strait's version.

If Russia ceases combat operations, the war is over. If Ukraine ceases combat operations, Ukraine is over