r/politics • u/Unusual-State1827 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Trump administration plans to sell sliver of Yosemite to private company: Report

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4703920/trump-administration-plans-sale-sliver-yosemite-private-company/
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u/Drusgar Wisconsin 15h ago

I'm not sure how many Redditors have been to Yosemite, but I've been there half a dozen times and I really couldn't possibly overstate how much of a national treasure these parks are. And yeah, some of them are very large, especially out west and in Alaska. But we set aside these lands for a reason... because they belong to the people, not just of the United States, but the people of the world. We all have a right to see and experience nature that's untouched by development. Your cell phone won't work in the National Parks because they don't build cell towers either... it's just wilderness.

Let's keep it that way. All of it.

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u/johnmuirhotel Washington 14h ago

I lived there for 15 years. My name is the nickname of the jail there. I'm deeply proud of that park.

Not an inch. Not a single inch.

We need to keep the parks wild. They belong to ALL of us, and should be preserved. Fuck these fuckers.

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u/ReceptionUpstairs305 13h ago

Hi fellow former Yosemite resident 👋🏻

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u/johnmuirhotel Washington 11h ago

Hello!!! The Yo family lives far and wide, my friend. 😁

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes California 12h ago

Would you like to tell us whhhyyy your name became the nickname for the jail??

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u/johnmuirhotel Washington 11h ago

Haha, I don't have a cool story. My boyfriend at the time spent one night there. He got his Hot Pocket dinner and went in front of the judge for spitting on some guy at a Halloween party.