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Trump Administration Tells Federal Employees to Wear “Freedom” Pins—Or Else

by PEER | June 18, 2026
Critics also contend that mandating that pins be worn by feds, who are barred from engaging in partisan political activity while on the job, is illegal. “Requiring NPS personnel, uniformed or not, to wear a pin displaying the trademarked logo of Freedom 250, LLC is unlawful, full stop ...

Not Everyone Is Happy About E-Bikes in National Parks

by PEER | July 25, 2023
In 2019, near the end of the Trump administration, then–Interior Secretary David Bernhardt instructed national parks to allow e-bikes wherever traditional bikes were allowed. The nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) sued, arguing that NPS needed to undertake ...

CLIVEN BUNDY IS A FREE MAN. HIS COWS ARE STILL A NUISANCE

by PEER | January 29, 2018
From: Mother Jones ““There’s sort of a metaphor between Bundy and his cows: They’ve both gone rogue,” says Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit that represents employees from agencies such as the BLM. ” Read more ...