But the nation’s sole uranium processing mill sits directly next to the boundaries that President Barack Obama designated a year ago when he established Bears Ears. The documents show that Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of a Canadian firm, urged the Trump administration to limit the monument to the smallest size needed to protect key objects and areas, such as archeological sites, to make it easier to access the radioactive ore.

In a May 25 letter to the Interior Department, Chief Operating Officer Mark Chalmers wrote that the 1.35 million-acre expanse Obama created “could affect existing and future mill operations.” He later noted, “There are also many other known uranium and vanadium deposits located within the [original boundaries] that could provide valuable energy and mineral resources in the future.”

Trump instructed Zinke in April to assess 27 monuments designated under the 1906 Antiquities Act, which gives presidents wide latitude to protect federal lands and waters under threat. Conservationists, tribal officials, ranching groups and other interests sought to influence the review’s outcome, unsuccessfully in the case of the two Utah sites.

Gov. Gary Herbert, R-Utah, addressed the energy considerations in an interview Monday. “The only thing that smacks of energy is the uranium,” he said. “The uranium deposits are outside the monument now.”

Energy Fuels Resources did not just weigh in on national monuments through public-comment letters. It hired a team of lobbyists at Faegre Baker Daniels—led by Andrew Wheeler, who is awaiting Senate confirmation as the Environmental Protection Agency’s deputy secretary—to work on the matter and other federal policies affecting the company. It paid the firm $30,000 between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, according to federal lobbying records, for work on this and other priorities.

Doll Is Mine wrote:Explosion near Port Authority in NYC this morning. Suspect wearing an explosive vest. Ugh.

On Tuesday I publicly reprimanded a Democrat legislator for putting his hand on my arm after I told him to stop touching me at a previous meeting. His behavior has been a pattern for months. The words I used were planned and chosen with a purpose to expose his inappropriate actions. I did not expect the result to be a viral video and international/national media interest. That was an extra bonus. Some in the media have turned the perpetrator, who was making unwanted physical contact, into a VICTIM! The homosexual supporting leftists have been contacting my office to express their hate in profane vulgar ways that have shocked my staff who have received the majority of the calls and electronic communications.

ocal moron and Mega-Super-Ultra-Right-Wing state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Cranberry) got to show off his special brand of crazy to the world this week when he scolded a Democratic colleague for touching his arm gently during a Dec. 5 committee meeting on land-use policy.

The homosexual supporting leftists

Donald Trump wrote:Another false story, this time in the Failing @nytimes, that I watch 4-8 hours of television a day - Wrong! Also, I seldom, if ever, watch CNN or MSNBC, both of which I consider Fake News. I never watch Don Lemon, who I once called the “dumbest man on television!” Bad Reporting.

slugsrbad wrote:Donald Trump's first tweet this morning after the incident in NYC:

Donald Trump wrote: I never watch Don Lemon, who I once called the “dumbest man on television!”

slugsrbad wrote:Donald Trump's first tweet this morning after the incident in NYC:

Donald Trump wrote:Another false story, this time in the Failing @nytimes, that I watch 4-8 hours of television a day - Wrong! Also, I seldom, if ever, watch CNN or MSNBC, both of which I consider Fake News. I never watch Don Lemon, who I once called the “dumbest man on television!” Bad Reporting.

slugsrbad wrote:Fox News Poll just released a poll showing Jones +10... that's um.. something.

538's Harry Enten wrote:Let me remind folks again, that a company's polling is separate from its editorial leaning. (Fox News employs a bipartisan team.) Fox News's polling has traditionally been quite good. Doesn't mean it's right here.

thephan wrote:

On Tuesday I publicly reprimanded a Democrat legislator for putting his hand on my arm after I told him to stop touching me at a previous meeting. His behavior has been a pattern for months. The words I used were planned and chosen with a purpose to expose his inappropriate actions. I did not expect the result to be a viral video and international/national media interest. That was an extra bonus. Some in the media have turned the perpetrator, who was making unwanted physical contact, into a VICTIM! The homosexual supporting leftists have been contacting my office to express their hate in profane vulgar ways that have shocked my staff who have received the majority of the calls and electronic communications.

In this graphic pic, Metcalfe appears to be the one sidling up to Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senator and fellow confirmed heterosexual, Pat Toomey.

Over the years, his roles have included: protege of former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond; Clarence Thomas’s most vocal defender; a conservative black pundit whom many called a “rising star,” while he himself preferred “Meteor Man”; a scandal-plagued newspaper columnist; the subject of sexual harassment lawsuits; a successful television station owner; and, recently, Ben Carson’s most trusted adviser and business manager.

He volunteers that he’s 55, though public records suggest he is 58. “Either one works,” Williams says graciously, noting that at various times in his life it has been convenient to appear older or younger than he actually is. (Carson once said of his close friend that he’s “not necessarily the epitome of truth . . . He doesn’t speak all things that are correct.”)

“My goal,” Williams said in his interview with The Post, “is to make the City Paper so good people will be saying, ‘Are you sure Armstrong Williams is the owner of this paper?’ That would be a success.”

His plans include a possible change to glossy print, an increased focus on celebrities, distribution to places like Philadelphia and New York, and more human-interest stories — he specifically suggested some soft-focus takes on prominent Trumpites, such as Hope Hicks’s hobbies or Stephen K. Bannon’s charitable works.

Werthless wrote:

thephan wrote:

On Tuesday I publicly reprimanded a Democrat legislator for putting his hand on my arm after I told him to stop touching me at a previous meeting. His behavior has been a pattern for months. The words I used were planned and chosen with a purpose to expose his inappropriate actions. I did not expect the result to be a viral video and international/national media interest. That was an extra bonus. Some in the media have turned the perpetrator, who was making unwanted physical contact, into a VICTIM! The homosexual supporting leftists have been contacting my office to express their hate in profane vulgar ways that have shocked my staff who have received the majority of the calls and electronic communications.

How do you not link the article? The commentary on the article I read is great.

Pittsburgh City Paper exclusive: state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe does touch other men

In this graphic pic, Metcalfe appears to be the one sidling up to Republican Pennsylvania U.S. Senator and fellow confirmed heterosexual, Pat Toomey.

thephan wrote:Trump accusers renew sexual misconduct charges against him, say it was ‘heartbreaking’ to see him elected - go for it!