The views from upper Old Railroad Grade #oldrailroadgrade #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #landscapephotography

“Even more dramatically, though, today’s Americans are demanding the preservation not just of who we have been, but of who we are. Far from accepting the administration's whitewashed assertion that the nation has an ‘unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness.’”

The views from upper Eldridge Grade #eldridgegrade #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #landscapephotography

Ron Keffer (@workingtodayfortomorrow) A concise and accurate evaluation.

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March 27, 2026 The ongoing battle over funding Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents at U.S.

“The reality is that the extremism of President Donald J. Trump and the MAGA Republicans is so unpopular that those clinging to it are making it impossible for the Republicans to govern.”

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Pam Bondi falsely claims citizenship is not a right YouTube video by Aaron Parnas

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#rileygaines is just another example of the victim mindset of the #maga right #politics YouTube video by Ohh that's RICH

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The north side of Pine Mountain Ridge #pinemountainridge #pinemountain #mttamwatershed #thebigempty #landscapephotography

March 26, 2026 In an interview with Reuters on Monday, Singapore’s minister for foreign affairs, Dr.

“The framers of the Constitution tried to set up a system that would make it impossible for a president to go to war for private interests or the benefit of other countries, establishing that Congress alone can declare war.”

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Summer on Alpine Ridge #alpineridge #oathillroad #mttamwatershed #thebigempty #landscapephotography

March 25, 2026 Yesterday Trump told reporters that Iran “gave us a present and the present arrived today.

“Democrats are also working at the state level to expand their own vision of equality before the law and government protection of ordinary people.”

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Yes, the ridge is about 2000 ft. and 20 to 30 degrees warmer the coast.

A summer afternoon on Bolinas Ridge #mttamalpais #mttamalpaisstatepark #bolinasridge #ridgecrestblvd #landscapephotography

“Explosive!” New Republican ballot scandal SURGES INTO NEWS YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

The Republican Party is an authoritarian party out to destroy our constitutional norms and democratic institutions.
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Paw print pressed in the dirt

Can you guess the species this track belongs to?

Siskiyou County, in the far southern reaches of the Cascade range, outside Mount Shasta

The view of Lake Lagunitas and Bon Tempe Lake from the Middle Peak of Mount Tamalpais #mttamalpais #mttamwatershed #bontempelake #lakelagunitas #landscapephotography

March 23, 2026 Shortly after the close of the U.S.

“Think about how much America’s position in the world has been weakened, not just by apparent failure to subdue a fourth-rate power, but by the fact that everybody now knows that you cannot trust anything, cannot trust any promises the United States makes.”

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A Complete List of the President's Positive Qualities:

A outcrop of radiolarian chert at the Middle Peak of Mount Tamalpais. #chert #geology #mttamalpais #mttam #landscapephotography

March 22, 2026 President Donald J.

“Not only is Robert Mueller getting under Trump’s skin, so, clearly, is his own failure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.”

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Who's gonna tell him?

Turret spider burrow. They are related to tarantulas and can live up to 16 years. They are found only in California and live in moist forests. They build “turrets” on the forest floor and cover the sides with plant material to camouflage them. #turretspider #mttamalpais #naturephotography

March 21, 2026 On March 21, 1861, former U.S.

“Nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

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Views of the East Peak of Mount Tamalpais from Middle Peak over time. #mttamalpais #mttam #mttamwatershed #mttamalpaisstatepark #landscapephotography

March 20, 2026 On Wednesday, Israeli forces hit Iranian facilities in the South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, shared by Iran and Qatar.

“Aware that the war is historically unpopular, Republicans in Congress are refusing to exercise any oversight of the Pentagon and the White House... Republicans don’t want to expose disapproval of the war and so are simply cheering Trump on in public.”
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In the United States, the name “Madrone” is used south of the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon/northern California and the name “Madrona” is used north of the Siskiyou Mountains. In British Columbia, the trees are simply known by the name “Arbutus.”

Misunderstood.

Pacific madrone is found from San Diego (lat 33° N) to eastern Vancouver Island (lat 51° N).

Nick Fuentes is just the beginning of the GOP’s Nazi problem College Republicans of America, a network of right-wing clubs with more than 280 chapters, recently named Kai Schwemmer the new political director.� Schwemmer will play a vital role in directing ...

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