David Bernhardt

.@POTUS signs an Executive Order on reforming federal workforce accountability: "What this does is basically treats those employees like private sector workers. They can be hired on the basis of merit and confidence, but if they're messing up, then they can be removed quickly rather than taking a year or longer to get rid of them."

🚨PRIMER: Why the People of New Mexico Win Big From This Week's Record Federal Lease Sale The federal oil and gas lease sale conducted on Wednesday by the Bureau of Land Management in the Delaware Basin of southeastern New Mexico fetched an all-time record $4 billion in lease bonus payments. That is more than 4 times the previous record of $972 million. Some key points: 🔳Devon Energy was the biggest bidder with $2.6 billion in bonus investments. 🔳Even without Devon's contribution, the sale would have exceeded the previous high by 50%. 🔳This indicates that more companies are prepared to join Diamondback Energy in increasing their drilling budgets to take advantage of current high oil prices. Little known facts: 🔳The state government receives a 50% share of proceeds from such sales of leases in their borders. 🔳That means New Mexico's state government will benefit from a whopping $2 billion payment out of this lease sale. 🔳New Mexico's total state budget for FY 2026: $10.8 billion. 🔳This single lease sale = 19% of the total state budget. 🔳The vast majority of those funds will go to improvements in the state's healthcare and education systems. But it gets better: 🔳States also receive a 50% share of future federal royalty payments on oil and gas production from these leases. 🔳The Delaware Basin is the most prolific shale play in the United States with the highest oil production per well. 🔳Most of these wells will produce oil and associated natural gas for 30 years or more. 🔳That means that this single lease sale will net the state billions more in additional revenues - likely tens of billions in fact - in the years to come. Bottom line: "Big Oil" is not the main beneficiary from this record lease sale. Nor is the federal government. The people of New Mexico are. The more you know... #PermianBasin #DelawareBasin #leasesale @DevonEnergy #NewMexico @BLMNewMexico

America cannot build a secure future while depending on China for critical materials. Cedar City welcomed a major critical minerals project that will help bring antimony production back to the United States. Antimony is essential for defense systems, battery storage, advanced electronics, and other technologies our country relies on. By developing these resources here at home, Utah is helping strengthen America’s supply chains while creating hundreds of good-paying jobs in Iron and Garfield counties. Utah is proving that energy security, national security, and rural economic strength go hand in hand. More here: sltrib.com/news/business/…

We’ve appointed former U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt as Chairman of our Strategic Advisory Board, strengthening AT4’s ability to engage effectively with U.S. Government stakeholders as we advance our projects and align with U.S. critical minerals policy and domestic supply chain initiatives. Secretary Bernhardt brings extensive direct experience overseeing U.S. federal land access, permitting and resource development frameworks, and maintains established relationships across U.S. federal agencies, policy-makers and regulatory bodies. The Strategic Advisory Board will support strategy across antimony and tungsten project development in Tier-1 U.S. jurisdictions. Read the full ASX Announcement here: wcsecure.weblink.com.au/pdf/AT4/030876… #AT4 $ATALF #CriticalMinerals #Antimony #Tungsten #US #SupplyChain #Mining

Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor and U.S. Interior secretary, dies at 74 trib.al/f9Iji9N

Yesterday, we gathered farmers and ranchers who’ve been unjustly targeted by lawfare to launch @USDA’s Farmer & Rancher Freedom Framework!🇺🇸⚖️💪 These policies will protect private property rights, further deregulate rural America, and conserve productive farmland for generations to come. Thank you to @SecretaryTurner, @johnrich, and @RepJamesComer for standing behind this framework and therefore every family we’re fighting for, including King Ranch, the Maude family, Henry Family Farm, the Gaver Farm, and Dr. Rich Brazil and the Potter Valley community in California. We’re committed to these lasting solutions to reversing lawfare and overregulation. Because lifting government off of the backs of farmers not only provides them with relief, but it provides relief to American consumers as well. 🇺🇸🌾