I've been working on this story for years. It's about my hometown, my family, and the water that built Northern California. It's the most important piece I've reported. If they take the dams, I want there to be a record of what happened. 🔗 americaunwon.com/p/the-mount…

The National FFA says there is “no appeal process” after banning the Fellowship of Christian Farmers from exhibiting at this year’s national convention. FFA says the policy is required by the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. FCFI disagrees. americaunwon.com/p/national-…

Alex @alex_fasulo is a first generation farmer and land owner in upstate New York. I asked her for an interview after seeing her social videos uncovering corruption involving solar plants; potential government collusion with solar conglomerates in her area. She has moved the needle tremendously for her community on a topic of tremendous importance that of course the media was not paying attention to. It echoes patterns happening out West to ranchers like Casey Murph. @caseymurph1 But we are in a time where journalists no longer view themselves as working class, they don’t think that they have a responsibility to their communities (they’re totally out of touch with their communities), they don’t view their job as one that requires legwork, conversations with everyday Americans, speaking uncomfortable truths to power. Journalism has become an effete, cerebral profession rather than a scrappy, working class job. It has become an exercise in maintaining the status quo. People like Alex do their jobs for them and all they can do in response is investigate Alex, sit in their offices and search her social media for something they think is “incriminating.” They no longer go outside and find stories, they wait for stories to come to them. This is why there are so many media pieces about social media and tech trails and such paltry accurate coverage on real substantive issues—land use, industry, natural resources, food supply chains. What this POLITICO writer is attempting to do to Alex, a citizen whistleblower, is not normal, it’s not traditional journalistic behavior, and it’s certainly not the profession that I studied. It is why I’ve gone independent and it’s why more and more voices like Alex’s will continue to gain prominence. Alex, we love you and we have your back! Thanks for being a fighter.

Today, a Washington court halted enforcement proceedings against the King ranching family as they battle for their right to a jury trial. “This isn’t just about our ranch; it is about whether the government can take a family’s livelihood without proving its case to a jury,” Wade King told UNWON. “We’re thankful the Court of Appeals pressed pause so that question can be answered first. We are grateful to Pacific Legal Foundation for representing our family in this case.” americaunwon.com/p/washingto…