The Trump Administration is effectively selling off public lands to a uranium mining company. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section...
========== RECENTLY PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ANTIQUITIES ACT, THAT'S THE
THING THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE NATIONAL MONUMENTS AND DECLARE
THEM AS SUCH, PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS. IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PRESERVING THOSE LANDS FOR THE PUBLIC. THAT'S A FACT, NO ONE
DISPUTES THAT. BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, DONALD TRUMP SAID THAT
THIS WAS, QUOTE, A MASSIVE GIVEAWAY. A MASSIVE GIVEAWAY TO
WHO? IT PRESERVES IT FOR THE PUBLIC. IS DONALD TRUMP
COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW LANDS PROTECTED FOR THE PUBLIC AS A
GIVEAWAY TO THE PUBLIC? THAT'S A BIZARRE WAY OF PUTTING IT. BUT
THEN HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, QUOTE, THE ABUSE OF THE
ANTIQUITIES ACT. WHO IS ABUSING IT, AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE? IS
THERE SOME SORT OF SECRET, PRIVATE ORGANIZATION THAT'S
GOING ...