TODAY: Comment to halt development in Bears Ears

[starlady]

From the Utah Dine Bikeyah page:

The Bears Ears National Monument Draft Environmental Impact Statement is open for public review. Take action by submitting a public comment. Please ask the BLM to halt this planning process while litigation is underway and if they refuse, ask them to slow down and do this the right way by including Native perspectives as they writing this land plan. A great deal of inter-governmental trust was established in the creation of Bears Ears National Monument, and the entire purpose of creating the monument will be undermined if Native American cultural practitioners are left out.

You can use the link above to submit a public comment letter in support of Bears Ears and the Native American peoples of the area. The deadline is today, November 15, at 5pm Eastern time. 

I mean, obviously Flake's going to flake, but

[rydra_wong]

this seems like it could possibly be a useful thing for people to pressure their senators to do:

TPM: Flake Threatens To Block Judicial Nominees Until Senate Votes On Mueller Bill

Election results: the sequel!

[rydra_wong]

Following on from here -- since results are still coming in, I figure people might appreciate a space to share late-breaking squee, commiserate over losses, or bite their nails while votes are counted and recounted.

ETA: because it's worth knowing and being able to point out: this is the most House seats gained by Democrats since the post-Watergate election:

NPR: It Was A Big, Blue Wave: Democrats Pick Up Most House Seats In A Generation