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So that he can say that he 'drained the swamp'?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/21/trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Trump says repair work to begin ‘immediately’ on beleaguered reflecting pool
Algae blooms and peeling paint mar $14.2m renovation as president claims pool has been ‘seriously vandalized’

Trump claims multiple people arrested for vandalizing Reflecting Pool (Kaanita Iyer/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/politics/reflecting-pool-lincoln-memorial-algae-renovation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p1#a260621p1

“David Hearn, a three-time Olympian, was arrested at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and charged with…” first degree being a scapegoat, with an innocence enhancement.
Ice is expected to summarily execute him later tonight.
via @…

Today, much of the Inyo Mountains is Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land.
In 1872, westward expansion-hungry lawmakers passed a pro-mining law that still holds:
if a prospector finds gold or another valuable mineral on federal land,
they can stake a claim, file it with the bureau, and 20 acres around the site are theirs for a small fee.
In 1872, a prospector was a man with a floppy-brim hat and pickaxe.
In 2026, it’s a billion-dollar company and 1,200lb steel …

I see where we are starting to pay some attention to our neigbors to
the south. We could never understand why Mexico wasn't just crazy about
us; for we have always had their good will, and oil and minerals, at heart.
-- The Best of Will Rogers

Low Tide At Meyers Creek Beach (2019)
(Near Brookings, Southern Oregon)
Ps. I'd love to know what kind of mineral those red parts might be! 🙏
#TextureTuesday #NaturePhotography #Rocks

Imperialism in a Full World: Neomercantilism and the Return of the Zero-Sum Game
Alberto Garzón
Energy, critical minerals, the far right, MAGA, and China.
- Monthly Review https://monthlyreview.org/articles/imperialism-in-a-full-world/#en33backlink

Imperialism in a Full World: Neomercantilism and the Return of the Zero-Sum Game - Monthly Review
Since the wane of mercantilism in Europe, conceptions of wealth, trade, and productivity have also changed: from one of a zero-sum game reliant only on the productivity of land, to... READ MORE

Syvänmeren kaivostoiminta uhkaa merten herkkää elämää. Ahneet kaivosyhtiöt tahtovat kajota merenpohjiin mineraalien ja jalometallien toivossa välittämättä pätkääkään tuhosta, jota se aiheuttaisi merenpohjien ekosysteemeille. Tämä ala on pysäytettävä ennen kuin se alkaakaan! Allekirjoita vetoomus! https://www.

Seis syvänmeren kaivuulle! - Greenpeace Suomi
Syvänmeren kaivostoiminta uhkaa merten elämää. Tämä tuhoisa teollisuudenala on pysäytettävä. Allekirjoita vetoomus!

Sphalerite (var schalenblende) from the Pomorzany Mine, Olkusz, Poland. A favorite desk specimen, given to me by a mine geologist there.
Exhibits typical concentric brown to yellow fine grained mineral layers, along with galena, pyrite. #MinCup26 #MineralMonday ⚒️