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The Trump administration is making headlines by openly attacking our democracy, ordering federal troops into US cities and using masked agents to perpetrate illegal mass arrests and deportations targeting immigrants. But in rural communities, another front line in the authoritarian offensive against our country is being waged out of the spotlight against our public lands, particularly wild areas already protected from mining, drilling and clearcut logging.
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