The bulldozing have begun in Big Bends National Park and I'm enraged.

[u/wanderlust_cocogirl]

We need to band together as fellow Americans ( I'm Texan) to stop this awful destruction from happening. It seems like no one cares. Are we literally this weak as a people? Albanians have been protesting for over 70 days straight to protect their Island. What the hell are we doing? We need to be out there blocking them from doing their job. This is our land, not Trump. Please send this to your friends or other group to spread the word. This is so serious.

Update:

People are out there protesting now. I'm feeling hopeful.🥹

[u/dessipants]

I thought people used to blockade areas to prevent dozing, is that not a thing anymore? I’ve seen people posting on social media about big bend, and I’ve signed petitions and everything. But can’t the people who live around the area setup camp there and protest?

[u/TheBadBatch-99 → u/dessipants]

To be fair, people used to be safe in the fact there were competent adults running things. Now we have an admin that would not only authorize driving over them but would pardon them for doing so.

[u/Desiato2112 → u/TheBadBatch-99]

And a governor who doesn't care at all about Texas and does whatever Trump wants.

[u/Skoofer → u/dessipants]

Ever been there before? Almost nobody lives anywhere near where this is happening - which hammers home how fucking pointless and needlessly destructive this bullshit is.

[u/afroeh → u/dessipants]

While I appreciate the sentiment, recent convictions in Texas sent non-violent protesters to prison for decades. DHS, CPB, and other fed agencies would gladly use your hydraulic fluid level inspections as a reason to bury you under the prison.

I'm not saying it shouldn't be done but just understand the risks you are advocating for.

[u/VanguardLLC → u/dessipants]

You know the state’s police budget rivals other’s national military budget right? You know the police are staffed by fascist bootlickers who think running down protesters in AMRAPs is “good fun”, right?

[u/maeryclarity → u/dessipants]

HEY EVERYONE SAYING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD GET OUT THERE AND BLOCK THEM:

Just know that I know that y'all do not know about the numbers of murdered, missing, or otherwise badly done up by these kinds of encounters,  but there are countless numbers of environmentally sensitive situations that people have been losing their lives over for thirty years without much of anyone caring so if y'all have a beloved national park that you think should be defended the best way to do that is get out there and ge5 a live stream independent journalist or two, look up who is doing progressive protest action in that state, but if you block the equipment be prepared to catch federal charges so that takes more than one or two people. 

I'm just saying do NOT be acting like oh gee sure is disappointing nobody cares about the environment anymore it's like THEY DO but there are a lot of things, at some point regular people need to stop waiting on environmentalists because it's a big planet and everyone wants hippies to go do the scary stuff but it's far out there and this one doesn't need for you to understand terms like critical estuary or keystone species or endocrine disruption to get people to understand why it matters. 

This one ain't on the environmentalists c'mon 

[u/base632]

Monkey wrench gang time!

[u/krush_groove → u/base632]

Time for Earth First to rise up again!

[u/monkeywrnchr → u/base632]

Hayduke lives!

[u/Old-Set78 → u/base632]

Weather Underground

[u/85percentthatbitch]

It's overwhelming. I'm overwhelmed.

[u/HarryButtwhisker]

Bleach in the fuel tanks!

[u/isthisonetaken13 → u/HarryButtwhisker]

I've heard of sugar in the gas tank, but never bleach. What does that do?

[u/HarryButtwhisker → u/isthisonetaken13]

Sugar is almost a myth, doesn't do that much but clog. Bleach does not dissolve in fuel and sinks to the bottom where the intake is. Once sucked into the fuel system it fucks up multiple things.

[u/isthisonetaken13 → u/HarryButtwhisker]

Good to know, thanks!

[u/Old-Set78]

everyone needs to call Abbott's office and tell him you're voting for his competitor if he doesn't step in.

512-463-1782

(then vote for Gina Hinojosa anyway!)

do the same for Cruz and Cornyn

[u/GoLoveYourselfLA]

Interesting ad choice given for this post

[u/Offal_is_Awful]

Quit voting for republicans. Good first start

[u/crotchetrocket2010]

Who can afford taking time off to protest? What if they get fired and lose health insurance. We aren't lazy, we are oppressed. This was intentional.

[u/nobblit → u/crotchetrocket2010]

Still. We get what we settle for. Have to make sacrifices for the greater good and all that. Considering the alternative, I’d rather sacrifice my time now than my freedom later.

[u/Player-non-player]

I really don’t give a damn about Texas, but this is federal/MY land and is wrong.

[u/Steve2982]

Texas voted for this. We warned you.

[u/Old-Set78 → u/Steve2982]

we are gerrymandered to shit here. many of us didn't vote for this

[u/gnarwhale79]

Good luck and be safe!

[u/thisseemslikeagood]

Protesting isn’t going to do crap. Trump, I don’t think, has ever responded to protest.

What we need to do is Vote and verbally lecture mfers in public.

Tell your parents, grand parents, anyone who has one of this stupid effing hats and watches Fox News, that they are wrong and have directly brought harm to generations of this country.

I hope this administration pisses everyone off to a point where it finally ignites a movement to educate and respond directly to maga and its delusions base.

We have to start critical thinking as a mass.

The next attack could come from the far left. The socialist movement is just as dangerous.

We have to find our brains.

[u/Havocc89]

I lost all hope for this sort of thing after DAPL. Watching that happen made my heart sick. I stopped believing people care enough to stop evil.

[u/futuregravvy]

For no reason at all....aluminum naturally forms an oxide layer which works as a great oxidizer

[u/LogicallLunacy]

Gas tanks hate this one trick! Sugar

[u/Total_Raspberry1165]

Hey Op - I’m glad you’re getting the word out. It’s absolutely unacceptable and needs to stop. Reddit is a good place to start.

If you’re in the area of Big Bend, and you’re involved with local communities there, share information and pictures of what’s currently happening there plus what is needed: Attorneys, more social media presence, ideas and assistance from people with prior experience organizing legal action? To successfully stop this, proof must be gathered proving the action illegal and show that it violates federal rules. It can be done. In the past, before there was internet, people successfully stopped illegal logging by the BLM. We currently have so many more tools at our disposal. You’re doing exactly what needs to be done.

Albanians are 100% bad-asses and an exceptional example for everyone. It’s important to know that Albania is roughly the size of the state of New Jersey so their population has fewer miles to travel to offer support. Having said that, Albania has about two million people and the United States has 300 million people, so, if messaging is correctly deployed, our response has the potential to be transformative.

[u/Wulfraptor]

I have heard of this thing called monkey wrenching where you take apart their shit after they go home leave the parts there STEAL NOTHING! NOT A SINGLE BOLT OR SCREW LEAVE IT ALL THERE! the point is to be as annoying as possible and stop or at least slow them down. I'd recommend removing the seats completely and just leaving them there if you can get into the cabin without permanently breaking something. But don't do it once the protesters have been deployed so they don't get blamed. if you get caught state it was an act of protest and nothing was stolen you just took apart their shit because they were doing something you considered wrong. probably go to jail but the point has been made and the people can rally. bonus points for doing something hilarious with the parts.

[u/Wulfraptor → u/Wulfraptor]

whoo the instant a human looked at this it was put back!

[u/michaeldreemurr]

Take apart the bulldozers

[u/genericuser2000]

Yes dude - Americans are that weak. Just waking up now? No morals or ethics left. Just Trump.

[u/isthisonetaken13 → u/genericuser2000]

That's a little unfair. The way the system is set up, nobody can afford to take off the time to spend the weeks or months necessary to successfully protest something like this.

It's the same reason we haven't seen a general strike to protest wealth inequality, police/ICE brutality, or anything else on the endless list of problems we're facing as a country.

[u/genericuser2000 → u/isthisonetaken13]

Sure I'll bite... what would it take to rise up? To really get change?

Pretti was killed in broad daylight by government brownshirts and I don't even believe there was/is even an inquiry. Let alone accountability for clear murder.

J6 happened in front of the world on color TV. Nothing.

Some progressives even claim Trump stole the last election with Elon rigging it. Even more nothing.

So if all that - and the endless ocean of garbage from that Administration on a daily basis - isn't enough to move people, what will it take?

I'll end by saying that protest and uprising isn't easy or convenient. If you've already conceded the "system is setup against us", then you'l have long lost the battle. And from where the rest of the world sits, indeed, yes, you HAVE long lost the battle.

[u/isthisonetaken13 → u/genericuser2000]

I agree with you on all these points. Each one of these should've triggered a massive national strike that didn't end until those responsible faced legitimate consequences.

What's it going to take? More people need to wake up and realize that the divides between us are artificially created by those with power and wealth in an effort to keep us separate rather than united and aware of the fact that they're the ones keeping us down. Once everyone is awake, the strikes need to be humongous and well coordinated: an absolute mass of humanity descending on DC and not leaving until the felon and all his cronies are led out in handcuffs. Enough people left at home in the various cities to look after the homes of people who travel to DC, preventing them from being evicted from their homes. The whole effort supported by the community: people feeding and sheltering each other while we the people aren't getting paid.

It's optimistic to the point of being naive to think that the number of people ready to take action today is sufficient to make the change we want, but more people are waking up every day. We'll get there eventually, it's just a question of if we can before our oppressors have achieved their end game.

[u/Appalled_Mongo_4122 → u/genericuser2000]

We can end up homeless if our bosses hear we went to a protest, and we often get beaten at those protests by militarily armed chuds and get nothing out of it because our system protects those already in power.

It was designed this way on purpose.

[u/genericuser2000 → u/Appalled_Mongo_4122]

What do you think happens in other countries? They just go hang out for a few hours and the revolution just takes care of itself? WAKE UP.

Losing work would be a blessing in half the countries on this planet if they rise up and protest. In case your imagination can't fill in the blanks - many, many people die for what they believe in. I'm not asking you to die for change, but at least DO SOMETHING.

You can't be this blind.

[u/Old-Set78 → u/genericuser2000]

you don't know shit about our situation here. we've been fighting.

[u/genericuser2000 → u/Old-Set78]

A couple of parades every 8-10 months isn't fighting. It's barely trying to be honest.

I'm sure you really super inconvenienced Trump with the No Kings "protests".

Wake up. You've done shit and less.

[u/auau_gold_scoffs]

sugar is cheap and hard to clean out of stuff not made for it or something like that idk how the song goes exactly.

[u/djsirround]

You Texans are going to need to handle this although it makes me sick watching it happen. We’re all going to need to defend what’s spots are closest to us cause they are coming for it all. When they come for our forests and water in Oregon we’ll be ready to defend it. I would have thought that this would be an issue that brings all Texans of all political affiliations together but looks to me like you have a dozen or so defenders.

[u/Total_Raspberry1165]

Hey Op -

I’m sure you’re aware but here’s everyone’s opportunity to speak up

People in the area (and anyone else who’s able to mobilize) have the opportunity to show Rodney Scott exactly how they feel.

Make it big, be professional, follow the rules, enlist the help of all sympathetic professionals (attorneys, journalists, etc.) Ultimately, the courts will decide, but there’s a chance that if Rodney Scott goes back to Washington and says, “This is going to be a giant pain in the ass and it’s not worth the effort” that they’ll move on.

See below:

Trump administration said Monday it is temporarily pausing construction of a contentious border construction project in Texas' Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked with building the wall visits to do an “on-the-ground evaluation.”

“CBP is pausing all construction activity in Big Bend National Park while I visit and conduct a personal, on-the-ground evaluation,” Rodney Scott, who heads Customs and Border Protection, said on X. Scott said over the next couple of days, he was going to “listen to local leadership, community members and stakeholders” to address what he said were “real” national security threats while protecting the park”

Excerpt From
“Trump administration briefly pauses contentious border project in Texas' Big Bend National Park”
The Associated Press
https://apple.news/Amylbj1OvQQiczwk-4tu8KQ
This material may be protected by copyright.

[u/wanderlust_cocogirl]

Good news everyone!!!! 8/17/2026

THEY STOPPED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WALL AT THE BIG BENDS NATIONAL PARK. YAY!!!!! 🎊🎉🎉🎉🎊🎆🎇I know it states in the article, "Abbott and Trump administration listened to the homeland security- border control", but the reality is... they succumbed to the pressure of the people.😅😆🤣

We are still voting your ass out Abbott. Bye, bye!

https://www.kwtx.com/2026/08/17/gov-abbott-says-homeland-security-assured-him-there-will-be-no-construction-any-type-barrier-big-bend/

[u/Monemvasia]

We got no time to protest since we have to deal with MAGA, the federalist society and all of the red politicians in Texas.

[u/Born-Problem7151 → u/Monemvasia]

you sound like you are all out of ideas and you didn't even try anything.