Let’s cut through the red, white, and blue fluff. Trump’s push to “unlock” federal lands for mining and resource development is being sold like some New American Dream: wealth for the masses, debt reduction, a sovereign wealth fund, and a rebirth of industry. Sounds great, right? But here’s the thing—this isn’t some populist jackpot where every American gets a pickaxe and a paycheck. No, this is the government rearranging its deathbed finances by auctioning off what’s left of the family jewels. And they’re handing them over to the same cartel of private interests who already sold you out during the last thirty years of globalization. The Big Lie: “We The People” Own the Land Yeah, technically those mineral-rich federal lands…

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