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The Supreme Court just gave a foreign mining company the green light to blast a 2 mile wide crater through one of the most sacred public lands sites in existence.

Oak Flat isn’t just a holy place to the Apache. It’s federally protected land – a beautiful part of Tonto National Forest. And it’s about to be handed to a multinational mining giant to excavate until nothing’s left.

Yesterday, the Court refused to hear the case. No hearing. No explanation. Just one sentence starts the countdown to destruction.

Only two justices dissented. And it wasn’t the liberal wing.

It was Gorsuch. And Clarence Thomas.

This wasn’t just about religious freedom. It was about whether public land can be traded away behind closed doors, without consent, and with no legal recourse.

If this can happen to Oak Flat, it can happen anywhere.

What’s at stake is the very principle that public lands are not for sale – and certainly not to foreign corporations eager to strip them bare.

Congress still has the power to stop this. Bills have been introduced to repeal the land swap. They need pressure.

Share this. Spread the word before the land is gone. And call your representatives. Ask if they’re willing to stand up for public lands or stay silent, like the Court did.

Supreme Court Greenlights Transfer of Sacred Public Lands to Foreign Mining Giant
May 28
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8:22 PM

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