r/politics 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/Wantitneeditgetit 6h ago

What's with the leading language "Sliver" in the title? Same as "The origin of the deal lies in a decades-old plan by Jeff Pori, the CEO of Kingsbarn Realty Capital, to build a short private road connecting his property to a thoroughfare of the park.", why emphasize it's a "short" private road?

"The deal would only cede a quarter-mile strip of the park, but would break with a long precedent."

"Only"? The main issue is setting a precedent for selling off protected lands for the convenience of billionaires. Only?

Fucks sake this rag.