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โEverything is good as it leaves the hands of the Author of things; everything degenerates in the hands of man.โโJean-Jacques Rousseau, รmile (1762) On June 29, 2025, Utahโs Republican Senator Mike Lee withdrew a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have allowed the first major sale of public lands since the enactment in 1976 of the Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA), which declared that all public lands would remain government-owned except in cases of โthe national interest.โ Despite the withdrawal, during the Senateโs frantic last-minute…
On July 24, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled โEnding Crime and Disorder on Americaโs Streets.โ The order reversed several decades of federal policy toward the homeless, which had been geared toward creating more permanent housing and more voluntary services. Going forward, the focus is to be on mental illness and substance abuse, which afflict a large share of the homeless population. This new โBehavioral Health Treatment Firstโ approach replaces the โHousing Firstโ approach emphasized by the Biden administration, and puts less emphasis on voluntary services and more…