Ranger Matt
@tamranger.bsky.social
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Park Ranger, photographer, outdoor recreationalist, and protector of parks and wild places.
Salsbury Cove on Mount Desert Island, Maine
#salsburycove
#mountdesertisland
#maine
#mainecoast
#newengland
#landscapephotography
32 minutes ago
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Coyote on the move
#coyote
#mttamalpais
#mttam
#mttamwatershed
#mmwd
#marinwater
#wildlife
#wildlifephotography
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about 9 hours ago
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“For the president… to call elected lawmakers traitors and demand they be arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for making statements he perceives as threats to his policies is bizarre, outrageous, and anti-American. But it is not unprecedented.”
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November 22, 2025
On Tuesday, six Democratic lawmakers, themselves veterans of the U.S.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-22-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
about 22 hours ago
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Overcast afternoon at Salsbury Cove on Mount Desert Island
#salsburycove
#mountdesertisland
#maine
#mainecoast
#newengland
#landscapephotography
about 24 hours ago
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Reflection Pond in Gorham, NH
#reflectionpond
#gorham
#gorhamnh
#newhampshire
#newengland
#landscapephotography
1 day ago
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“Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.”
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November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-21-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
1 day ago
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Late afternoon at the summit of Pilot Knob
#pilotknob
#mttamalpais
#mttam
#mttamwatershed
#lakelagunitas
#bontempelake
#goldenhour
#mmwd
#marinwater
#landscapephotography
2 days ago
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“This isn’t about politics. This is about who we are as Americans. Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.”
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November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-20-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
3 days ago
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White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire
#whitemountainsnh
#whitemountain
#newhampshire
#newengland
#landscapephotography
3 days ago
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Saco Lake at Crawford Notch
#sacolake
#crawfordnotch
#whitemountainsnh
#whitemountains
#newhampshire
#fallcolors
#landscapephotography
3 days ago
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The Trump regime is not even trying to hide its fascist cravings anymore. “The U.S. Coast Guard will stop classifying swastikas and nooses as hate symbols under a revised policy that takes effect next month.”
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Coast Guard ends hate symbol labels for swastikas, nooses: report
USCG won't classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols, shifting them to “potentially divisive."
https://www.newsweek.com/coast-guard-hate-symbol-noose-swastika-trump-admin-11083066
3 days ago
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“Anytime you’re feeling embarrassed, remember that Clay Higgins woke up this morning to the realization he was the only one in the whole *ss Congress who voted to defend pedophiles.”
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November 19, 2025
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-19-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
4 days ago
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Crawford Notch Station
#conwayscenicrailroad
#mountaineers
#crawfordnotch
#newhampshire
#fallcolors
4 days ago
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Heading towards Crawford Notch on Conway Scenic Railroad’s Mountaineer.
#conwayscenicrailroad
#mountaineers
#crawfordnotch
#newhampshire
#fallcolors
#landscapephotography
4 days ago
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Heading towards Crawford Notch on Conway Scenic Railroad’s Mountaineer.
#conwayscenicrailroad
#mountaineers
#crawfordnotch
#newhampshire
#fallcolors
#landscapephotography
5 days ago
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Crystal Lake,New Hampshire
#crystallake
#newhampshire
#newengland
#naturephotography
#landscapephotography
5 days ago
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The Ossipee River in New Hampshire
#ossipeeriver
#ossipee
#newhampshire
#newengland
#naturephotography
#landscapephotography
5 days ago
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Trump seems to be losing his iron grip on the GOP. Although the Associated Press reported yesterday that White House officials and other Washington, D.C., leaders say there is no affordability problem in the country, Trump is popular, and the way to win in 2026.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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November 17, 2025 (Monday)
President Donald J.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-17-2025-monday?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
5 days ago
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The CCC-built Shelter Pavilion at Bear Brook State Park
#bearbrookstatepark
##ccc
#civilianconservationcorps
#newdeal
#newengland
#newhampshire
#nhstateparks
#americasstateparks
6 days ago
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“Lincoln’s day, and in the Gilded Age, and in the 1930s, Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy in the United States. That project appears to be gaining speed as well in today’s America.”
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November 16, 2025
On Thursday, November 13, Michael Schmidt reported in the New York Times the story of the 17-year-old girl the House Ethics Committee found former representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) likely paid to have ...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-16-2025-190?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
7 days ago
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Catamount Pond at in Bear Brook State Park
#bearbrookstatepark
#catamountpond
#newengland
#newhampshire
#nhstateparks
#americasstateparks
#fallcolors
#landscapephotography
7 days ago
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Cataract Falls
#cataractfalls
#cataractcreek
#cataracttrail
#mttamalpais
#mttamwatershed
#marinwater
#waterfall
#landscapephotography
7 days ago
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Overlooking Catamount Pond from the Bathhouse Pavilion at in Bear Brook State Park
#bearbrookstatepark
#catamountpond
#ccc
#civilianconservationcorps
#newdeal
#nhstateparks
#americasstateparks
#fallcolors
#landscapephotography
8 days ago
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The CCC-built Bathhouse Pavilion at Catamount Pond in Bear Brook State Park
#bearbrookstatepark
#catamountpond
#ccc
#civilianconservationcorps
#newdeal
#nhstateparks
#americasstateparks
9 days ago
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“Tonight Aaron Rupar: ‘I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here[?]’”
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November 14, 2025
In a transparent attempt to distract from the many times his own name appears in the documents from the Epstein estate members of the House Oversight Committee released Wednesday, President Donald J.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-14-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
9 days ago
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Chinook spawning in Lagunitas Creek
#chinook
#chinooksalmon
#salmon
#spawning
#lagunitascreek
#westmarin
#wildlifephotography
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9 days ago
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reposted by
Ranger Matt
Jennifer Molidor
9 days ago
Wild creatures have their own intrinsic value. Our destruction of landscapes leads to vanishing of wild species, including bees that fertilize crops, trees that store carbon, frogs that deter malaria, and bats 🦇 who are better at insect control than pesticides
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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50 species that save us
Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/how-animals-plants-help-people-health/
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Remaining Civilian Conservation Corps buildings at Bear Brook State Park in Allentown, NH
#civilianconservationcorps
#ccc
#cccmuseum
##newengland
#newhampshire
#bearbrookstatepark
#nhstateparks
#americasstateparks
10 days ago
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Trump’s America
www.newsweek.com/ice-almost-d...
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ICE almost deports Native American
A woman was reportedly nearly turned over to federal immigration authorities after a wrongful ICE detainer was issued by an Iowa jail.
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-almost-deports-native-american-11046193?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Threads%23Echobox%3D1763117287
10 days ago
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“We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J. Trump and his cronies madly trying to convince voters to believe in their false world rather than the real one.”
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November 13, 2025
We are watching the ideology of the far-right MAGAs smash against reality, with President Donald J.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-13-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
10 days ago
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Barracks display at the Civilian Conservation Corps Museum at Bear Brook State Park in Allentown, NH
#civilianconservationcorps
#ccc
#cccmuseum
##newengland
#newhampshire
#bearbrookstatepark
#nhstateparks
#americasstateparks
10 days ago
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The US Department of Corruption, previously known as the Department of Justice, is desperate to protect its leader. What is most galling is that Republicans have been doing it for years to entrench their rule in red states. Are they going to sue Texas?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US justice department sues California after redistricting
The new maps in California favour Democrats and cancel out gains made by Republicans after they redistricted in Texas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwlze7ex2o
10 days ago
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Sacrificing constitutional rights and due process in the name of spectacle, theatrics, and cruelty.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges
10 days ago
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Old fire equipment display at the Civilian Conservation Corps Museum at Bear Brook State Park in Allentown, NH
#civilianconservationcorps
#ccc
#cccmuseum
##newengland
#newhampshire
#bearbrookstatepark
#nhstateparks
#americasstateparks
10 days ago
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“While it was clear what the Democrats wanted from the shutdown—lower costs for healthcare insurance premiums, affordability, and for Trump to stop breaking the law—it was never clear what the Republicans wanted. They seemed simply to be doing as Trump demanded.”
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November 12, 2025
It turns out Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and House Democrats were right to call it the “Epstein Shutdown” for the last several weeks on social media and in interviews.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-12-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
11 days ago
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reposted by
Ranger Matt
Jennifer Molidor
11 days ago
1/3 of greenhouse gases come from food. Yet climate solutions often ignore food policy. The new Food Systems NDC Scorecard evaluates how national climate plans incorporate food systems as a diagnostic tool & a roadmap for policy improvement.
#COP30
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Why COP30's Success Depends on Food System Action
With COP30 underway in Brazil, integrating food systems into countries’ climate plans represents a critical opportunity for raising ambition.
https://earth.org/why-cop30s-success-depends-on-comprehensive-food-system-action/
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The North River in Salem, MA
#salem
#salemmassachusetts
#northriver
#railroadphotography
#landscapephotography
12 days ago
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“[L]et us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace.”
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November 11, 2025
In 1918, at the end of four years of World War I’s devastation, leaders negotiated for the guns in Europe to fall silent once and for all on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-11-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
12 days ago
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Northern Lights in Marin
#auroraborealis
#northenlights
#marincounty
12 days ago
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A northbound MBTA commuter train along the North River in Salem, MA.
#mbta
#salem
#salemmassachusetts
#northriver
#railroadphotography
#landscapephotography
12 days ago
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reposted by
Ranger Matt
Robert Reich
12 days ago
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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The Salem Witch Trials Memorial
#salem
#salemmassachusetts
#salemwitchtrials
#newengland
#massachusetts
12 days ago
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“Senator Chris Murphy posted a video on social media warning: “Bullies gain power when righteous people yield to the face of their wrongdoing. I didn't want this shutdown. I want it to end, but not at any cost.”
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November 10, 2025
Last night, the Senate advanced a measure to end the government shutdown, which at 41 days today is the longest in U.S.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-10-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
12 days ago
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Blue Lake
#bluelake
#virginialakes
#greencreektrail
#monocounty
#humboldttoiyabenationalforest
#toiyabenationalforest
#sierra
#sierranevada
#landscapephotography
13 days ago
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#moatlaketrail
#moatlake
#bluelake
#monocounty
#humboldttoiyabenationalforest
#toiyabenationalforest
#easternsierra
#sierra
#sierranevada
#landscapephotography
13 days ago
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“Former U.S. district judge Mark L. Wolf, who was appointed by President Reagan, explained that he resigned because he wanted the freedom to do “everything in my power to combat today’s existential threat to democracy and the rule of law.”
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November 9, 2025
In order to pressure the Democrats to cave to Trump’s demands that they sign on to the House Republicans’ continuing resolution to fund the government, the administration has been refusing to fund the...
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/november-9-2025?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
14 days ago
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Moat Lake Panoramic
#moatlake
#moatlaketrail
#moatlake
#bluelake
#monocounty
#humboldttoiyabenationalforest
#toiyabenationalforest
#easternsierra
#sierra
#sierranevada
#landscapephotography
14 days ago
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Moat Lake Panoramic
#moatlake
#moatlaketrail
#moatlake
#bluelake
#monocounty
#humboldttoiyabenationalforest
#toiyabenationalforest
#easternsierra
#sierra
#sierranevada
#landscapephotography
14 days ago
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A truly pathetic betrayal.
open.substack.com/pub/morethan...
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Another Pathetic Betrayal Further Endangers Our National Inheritance
Eight Senate Democrats just joined Republicans to end the shutdown, trading away leverage, principle, and the workers and lands they swore to defend.
https://open.substack.com/pub/morethanjustparks/p/another-pathetic-betrayal-further?r=49pyax&utm_medium=ios
14 days ago
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Moat Lake
#moatlake
#moatlaketrail
#moatlake
#bluelake
#monocounty
#humboldttoiyabenationalforest
#toiyabenationalforest
#easternsierra
#sierra
#sierranevada
#landscapephotography
14 days ago
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