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TomKenworthy

@bristleconeco.bsky.social

Coloradan. Board member Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Ex journalist, ex Center for American Progress. From my neighborhood I see Mt. Blue Sky.

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Thanks Soros. Ok if we keep the magic markers?

20.10.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loathsome sycophant.

17.10.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Front page NYT with my byline

Front page NYT with my byline

Now that’s a name I haven’t seen on A1 in a long time. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...

17.10.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2

From someone whose main constituency is morons.

16.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Utah Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis have introduced two new bills that would open national parks to off-road vehicles (ORVs): the State Motor Vehicle Laws in National Park System Units Act and the OHVs in Capitol Reef National Park Act.

For additional info: suwa.org/senators-lee...

15.10.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

A lesson for the law firms, universities and others that cravenly cowered to Trump: resist in solidarity.

15.10.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSpecifically, parcels available for leasing are directly adjacent to or near Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef national parks and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.”

09.10.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Marketplace gives Trump coal revival a big fat raspberry.

09.10.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I continue to insist that Seattle has the world’s best fans. This was epic πŸ‘Œ

08.10.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Total insanity.

29.09.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We could have membership cards, lapel pins like members of Congress, zoom calls, an official anthem, t- shirts, a secret handshake.

18.09.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger

The new report "concludes that the original endangerment finding was accurate and 'has stood the test of time.' It says that there is now even stronger evidence that rising greenhouse gas levels can threaten public health and well-being, and that new risks have been uncovered."

18.09.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Someone should organize an Antifa sign up. Get millions of us to join, pay $5 to become sn official member, er, terrorist.

18.09.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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From my cold dead hands #SandwichGuyDidNothingWrong

14.08.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 780    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 5

The effort by some to sell-off our public lands is far from over.

It’s up to ALL OF US to save them!

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10.08.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our long driving trip is coming to an end, but this moment from Great Smoky Mountains National Park was so lovely: kids at a waterfall finding and counting salamanders and SO EAGER TO TELL US ALL ANOUT SEEING SALAMANDERS and it’s okay to feel good about things for a while, y’all.

02.08.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Says the guy who refused to raise revenue from all the billionaires in our state last session. There was a fucking life boat, dude, and you deliberately popped it.

17.07.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dan Balz is the finest, kindest, fairest journalist I have ever worked with.

11.07.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poorest Americans Dealt Biggest Blow Under Senate Republican Tax Package

With the House bill now passed, I wanted to re-up two important stories:

The bill benefits the rich, and inflicts deepest harm on the poorest Americans, data show www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/b...

The deep federal aid cuts will not arrive immediately. A timeline: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

03.07.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5
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What an 8-mile stretch of dirt road says about the meaning of America’s public lands A controversy in Utah over where off-road vehicles can drive has reached the White House.

The dispute over off-road vehicles on public lands boils down to conflicting visions about whether wild landscapes are more a playground to be enjoyed or a treasure to be preserved.

02.07.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 457    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 10
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Senator Lee Withdraws Sell-off Proposal, Budget Bill Remains Deeply Anti-Conservation Last night (Saturday, June 28), Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) announced he was withdrawing his scheme to sell off public lands as part of the Budget Bill currently being considered by […]

Thank you to each and every one of you who reached out to your senatorsβ€”whether it was a phone call, email, postcard, or social media post. This is a moment to celebrate!

Read the full update from SUWA Executive Director Scott Braden:

suwa.org/senator-lee-...

29.06.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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What lands are at risk with Senator Lee's Sell-off Bill?❗️ACT NOW❗️at the link in our bio to PROTECT WILD UTAH.

#protectwildutah #arches #brycecanyon #canyonlands #capitolreef #zion #act #wilderness

19.06.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | Melissa Hortman’s legacy is a β€˜Minnesota Miracle’ The slain politician delivered on an astonishing number of progressive goals in a short period.

"Hortman lived her highly constructive life in politics in the knowledge that achieving change democratically requires painstaking work: planning, coalition-building, persuasion, conciliation, vote-counting," E.J. Dionne Jr. writes. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

15.06.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 251    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts

He wants to kill vaccines. He's going to end up killing a lot of us. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/h...

09.06.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

β€œRep. Maloy is hell-bent on selling off and privatizing public lands. This plan was cooked up behind closed doors, and Utahns and Americans aren’t going to let her get away with this…her actions will be seen for what they truly are: a sell-off of public lands to pay for billionaire tax cuts.”

10.05.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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IT'S TIME TO ACT! Last Tuesday, House Republicans unveiled new, targeted attacks specifically on public lands in Utah and Nevada. Use your voice and tell your reps to vote NO on the House Natural Resources Budget Reconciliation Bill.

ACT NOW: suwa.quorum.us/campaign/123...

#protectwildutah

09.05.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tribune Editorial: Don’t let federal government shirk its duty to protect public lands If you do a job badly, chances are you won’t be asked to do it again.

Check out this piece from the The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board: www.sltrib.com/opinion/edit...

28.04.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Department of the Interior has announced plans to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Public Lands Rule. Below is a statement from SUWA Legal Director, Steve Bloch. For more info, visit: suwa.org/suwa-stateme... #ProtectWildUtah #PublicLandsRule

16.04.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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SUWA Statement on litigation over the final San Rafael Swell Travel Management Plan - 3.6.25 March 6, 2025 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SUWA Statement on litigation over the final San Rafael Swell Travel Management Plan – 3.6.25 Contacts:Laura Peterson, Staff Attorney, Southern Utah Wilderness All...

Yesterday, the Blue Ribbon Coalition and others sued the BLM over the recently finalized San Rafael Swell Travel Management Plan. These motorized recreation groups are determined to make the Swell nothing more than a playground for off-road vehicles. To read more visit: suwa.org/suwa-stateme...

06.03.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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