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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Sabrina Imbler

A photo of Sara Hugentobler, a USFWS fish biologist, in the lab extracting DNA

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Interviews

An Interview With A Fired USFWS Fish Biologist

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An Interview With A Fired USDA Specialist

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An Interview With A Fired NOAA Director

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An Interview With A Fired NOAA Budget Analyst

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The Virgin River flows through the valley floor as viewed on November 9, 2019 in Zion National Park, Utah

Zion National Park

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Why Bully The National Park Service?

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An Interview With A Fired USFWS Biologist

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - FEBRUARY 19: People including researchers from Chicago area universities gather on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus to voice concerns about the potential loss of federal funding for medical research on February 19, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. The researchers are worried about the future of their projects as the Trump administration cuts grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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The NIH Cuts Are Part Of An All-Out War On Higher Education

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Patrick Redford

A canyon and waterfall in the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

Yellowstone National Park Exteriors And Landmarks – 2021

The Great Outdoors

What Are Public Lands For?

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