true power is knowing and feeling all of our nature and still rising to compassion. power is not the ability to make others suffer and love is not the ability to exercise complete control ... i pray his heart learns these lessons before he destroys everything.... https://youtu.be/3SGvqaFEReM?si=D7WE8sEQlmsXHNUm
All you farmers who voted for orange man bc you hated idea of woman being in charge… how’s that working out for you now?? We tried to warn you that you backing a con man but you wanted to be stubborn.. we as your fellow Americans will do what we can and help you but you kinda created your own mess
I disagree.. they naive? yes. Dumb? Probably.. can we laugh? Yes but they always deserve our sympathy. what makes us Americans and this experiment of 250 years of a democratic republic a success is our commitment to each other when times are tough. Coming together.. being one nation and one voice..
Isn’t reality just what we choose it to be??? If enough people choose to think that way then it would become real I would think…. But if not I think every day should be free pizza day😉
Oh he lied? What a surprise. Musk and trump are using the maga fascists to hide their real motives... to enrich themselves and secure their interests at the cost of all of us.
It is what most of the farmers voted for. FAFO stage is going to be brutal for all of us. How can they be mad or distraught over getting exactly what they voted for. My thoughts and tariffs go out to them.
Meeting had on this. Inflation Reduction Act USDA NRCS Farm aid frozen...2018 fram bill programs still in effect for now. Farm bill was supposed to be renewed in 2023...programs are running out of money because of gop b.s.
Sad reality is they won’t know/acknowledge it is their dear leader who has put their livelihoods at risk. It will always be something or someone else. Maybe a few will come around but many likely voted for him for reasons other than the, he will save the farm fantasy.👇🏼
My grandparents would be sick if they were alive to see this. Wheat and cattle farmers. My grandpa put bread on the table for lunch and if he noticed you didn’t have a slice he would say eat some bread, support the farmers.💙
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What is it with farmers🤔 voted for Brexit over here, which was the worst possible choice for them, voted for trump over there, which is the worst possible choice, as they're finding out.
Generational brain drain.
The smart ambitious people have been leaving the family farm for better opportunities for a century.
Farming is hard badly paid work
The ones that stay get more angry and less functional as time goes on.
I read a saying a few weeks ago that stuck with me, and people should believe it; you are closer to homelessness than you are to becoming a billionaire. I think a lot of people voted for Trump thinking that he would set them up to become very rich with his policies.
The end of freedom of movement really affected the agriculture sector in the UK after Brexit, because the labour they used to rely on, couldn't come to the UK anymore. And a lot of farmers voted for Brexit, you couldn't make it up 😬
Same shit he did last time break the little farmers and then do a bail out for the big farmers or corporations as they buy up small farmers land. 80 percent voted TRUMP can’t fix stupid they just move about 5 miles away and never learn why because they watch faux spews lies and propaganda.
MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO PAY THESE FARMERS FOR PRODUCTS THEY HAD ALREADY SHIPPED OR AGREED TO SHIP TO USAID OR OVERSEAS. FFS
The last ime Trump paid farmers $25B when China canceled after the tariffs. They bought from Brazil who probaly still has their business.
Trump is an ignorant POS.
I mean, all the budget cuts are to fill Musk, Besos, Zuckerberg, Trump’s and all their buddies pockets. I’m pretty sure we’re gonna be left to have to take care of our fellow citizens for their fuck up. Been doing it all my life just anticipating I’m gonna have to do it again and listen to them wine
I feel like my wife and I are the only blue voters in our godforsaken red rural state. I work in ag and am already seeing farmers failing so fast it makes their heads spin. Too many drought years and Trump/Musk will be the final nails in their coffins. I doubt anyone will ever admit they voted wrong
These stupid, greedy, bigoted a——— farmers that voted for DJT— F—- Y’All! You deserve every bit of 💩 you’ve got comin’ to you and your “Trump is talking to them, not ME. I’m the SPECIAL ONE!” Yea, f—- you! Each & every one of ya’! 🖕
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” ― Frédéric Bastiat
We have a farm in WI. A few weeks ago, we attended a growers’ conference. About 90% of those In attendance were super Trumpers. Even when they discussed the likelihood that this would limit or end the availability of federal funds/grants to farm projects, “it’s worth it if it roots out fraud.” 😖
Probably 20% of the sessions being offered at that conference dealt with the direct impact of climate change on their crops. Heads completely in the sand. The disconnect would be amusing if things weren’t so dire.
Yesterday, one of them posted on a message board that a “deranged Lib” left a bad public review calling them a racist and a bigot. “I never post anything political on the farm business page!”
One glance at this dude’s face wide open personal page and… yeah, he’s a racist and a bigot.
WI here to. We have had next to NO snow here in Belleville. Going into the spring with drought. We just bought a house with a little piece of land, planting our own veggies and taking care of our own. Im still in shock that T took Wisco this year...still shakin my head. Goin to the Capitol Monday.
If I may be so bold, please consider a vote next week for Jeff Wright for State Superintendent. He’s our district Super and he has been amazingly effective. We hate to lose him but he’s precisely the kind of leader we need at the state level.
Yeah, woke up to a slight dusting of snow this morning but after two painfully dry summers - it isn’t nearly enough. We actually put in an irrigation well at the farm last spring because another summer like ‘23 isn’t sustainable. Last year was so dry, too, July through Oct.
We had same. They are talking more the next few days but no where near enough to make up for the whole winter. Up by Green Bay I guess they got a bit on Friday night. What we got will melt or blow away by mid morning.
But they could never say exactly what fraud.
I love how they say other countries are taking advantage of us but they can’t say how, they don’t even know how much export tariffs are.
Failure of the American education system.
I don’t know. We have 4 kids who are/were in our local public schools. All 4 have received good ed with rigorous courses/sound civics. But there are plenty of their classmates who seem to have missed out on those things. They tend to come from families who view education as a lib conspiracy.
Having come up through the WI public school system: yep. If you're paying attention in class, it's imperfect (because it's a human process!) but better than the kids I TA'd in Idaho got, who couldn't do algebra as college freshmen.
The system failed pre 1982 when that terrifying report came out and they started changing the system.
The system today is completely different than the one most adults over 30 had.
We are living through WHY they older generation freaked out and began those changes.
Project 2025 says that they only want a couple of corporate farms overseeing the country’s food supply. All this is intended to bankrupt farmers so their land can be bought for pennies on the dollar
You'd think after he burned them with his trade war (trade wars are easy) during his first term they might have learned a lesson but then again Kamala wasn't a white old man.
Someone close to me works for USDA on this program and her job is in jeopardy. Not only MAGA is suffering. This bill also provided money that goes to programs helping urban farmers. ☹️
Billionaires looking to make maximum profit. I think they believe US-ers will work the fields like the immigrants they are deporting. Not reading the room.
These farmers were on the hook last time Trump was in office. If they voted for him this time around, so be it. Like the old saying goes..."Fool me once..."
I will not say I told you so, I will not say I told you so, I will not say........I fuc*ing told you this was going to happen if you elect Trump!!! I fuc*ing told you so.
Keep up the great work Jess. Keep telling truth to power.
And if that's not bad enough, they're not paying for fencing the gov required and said they pay them for. They'll go broke and hurt our food supply. Soaring prices.
... American farmers. You fucked around with your Orange Chosen One once before and China screwed you. Trump then gave Farmers tax payer money. Farmers blinded by their fucken patriotic stupidty again ...
“The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not affect benefits that go directly to individuals.”- Fed gov pymts go 2 agencies who disperse 2 individuals so technically they aren’t stopping pymts “directly to individuals”, just to agencies. This is a prime example of lawyer speak.
We all knew this was going to happen, we all have to suffer along with the MAGA cult but the only bright spot is I hope they lose every single thing. I know that’s bad but at this point I really don’t care, do you?? 👵🏼✊🏽
They want to run all of the American family farms out of business because Musk wants to import his white South African Nazi buddies to take over the land. Because he thinks Americans are too stupid to do the job.
I live in a highly agricultural area and the farmers here are absolutely in a dead panic because they have lost all of the usaid contracts. I read this somewhere so I said to a couple of them that I know that you don't have to say that you were wrong to say that you were lied to.
US farm bankruptcies were up 20% in 2019, despite the billions of dollars in aid President Donald Trump has paid to farmers hurt by the trade war with China.
There were 595 Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies, nearly 100 more than in 2018, the trade group said. ( Here we go again)
We are a small family farm and have always voted Democrat, all the big grain farmers in my community are all Republicans, they voted for this shit, I say enjoy sitting in it,
Thank you, we will be fine, my husband comes from a farming family, cattle farm. His father taught him well. We bought our Farm in 1983 it's completely paid for now. But he still works because taxes, insurance, feed, maintenance on the equipment is so expensive. Not sure how young people will far.
Hope your planter is in good shape. Just picked up repair parts for mine. (mainly bearings, tru-Vs, etc) Wow! Thought I might need to rob a bank. Many of our friends are small farmers-all Trumpers. Abortion is one reason. But all they watch is Fox News. Totally misinformed. Good luck this year
I totally hear you,our family, the same,abortion or they said they weren't voting for a black or a woman. And some just didn't even vote. I just don't understand it. I didn't see any of this coming,in 2016,I guess I had my head up my butt. I hope you have good luck as well. Thanks for commenting 🙂
Huh. Who coulda seen that coming? Oh, right. Pretty much everybody who hasn't been indoctrinated into the cult. On the bright side, I've heard they'll be given free kool-aid.
Don't forget that tuition will be raised a couple of times at least considering how small student body will become. Any and every university or college will cost as much as ivy league.
(ok, let's just skip the rest - many will just close their doors altogether eventually, adding to unemployment)
Thanks, was able to find this 'alternate' source -- but still, it quoted WaPo, which I can no longer access as I canceled my subscription (as have many others on Bluesky):
I always see a bunch of these signs when I’m driving through California’s Central Valley, and I’ll be sure to let out a “Ha Ha Suckers!” the next time I’m out there.
Farmers who voted for TRUMP because he covered their losses from his FIRST term tariffs, are finding out that was because he needeed their votes. No "bailout" THIS TIME!
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Trump won 433 of 444 US “farming-dependent counties” this past election. Nearly 98%. Ironically farmers are HUGE govt welfare recipients via subsidies and financial safety nets like aid for distressed borrowers.
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Same goes for non or 3rd party voters.
We tried to warn you.
You were fine with others suffering. Well now it's YOU.
For farmers who voted Harris, I am deeply sorry.
They’re plundering us.
From 2020, an election year. https://www.cfr.org/blog/92-percent-trumps-china-tariff-proceeds-has-gone-bail-out-angry-farmers
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As they say, actions have consequences.
But like any bad habit, it's hard to break. You know it's bad for you, but you believe it's better than the alternative.
The smart ambitious people have been leaving the family farm for better opportunities for a century.
Farming is hard badly paid work
The ones that stay get more angry and less functional as time goes on.
Crop insurance
$28 BILLION BAILOUT 2018-20 trump failed tariff policies - LOST EXPORT CONTRACTS w CHINA
Now the magats are complaining that China is in western hemisphere?
By … Their… OWN.. FuQing.. ACTIONS!!
The last ime Trump paid farmers $25B when China canceled after the tariffs. They bought from Brazil who probaly still has their business.
Trump is an ignorant POS.
But apparently they kept a kid in Iowa from playing Volleyball- so totally worth it, right?
One glance at this dude’s face wide open personal page and… yeah, he’s a racist and a bigot.
I love how they say other countries are taking advantage of us but they can’t say how, they don’t even know how much export tariffs are.
Failure of the American education system.
The system today is completely different than the one most adults over 30 had.
We are living through WHY they older generation freaked out and began those changes.
I wonder how many voted for him
You know why? 👇👇👇👇
BECAUSE
ELECTIONS
HAVE
FUCKING
CONSEQUENCES.
Their suffering is consolation for what Trump will do to the rest of us.
F O time! You were warned-🤘🏻🤘🏻
"So? Sorry. Nah. Not sorry."
Keep up the great work Jess. Keep telling truth to power.
Was it the Anti-Women's vote this time
or just plain White Power Nationalism
as DTs campaign's main theme
There better not be bailouts this time.
FAFO
KEPT TELLING MY FARMER FRIENDS THAT TRUMPS GOING TO SCREW YOU.
Sometimes STUPID IS WHAT STUPID DOES.
Keep saying...🇺🇸n #BlueStates should seriously consider boycotts on #RedStates
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/01/21/trump-tariff-aid-to-farmers-cost-more-than-us-nuclear-forces/
Fox!
There were 595 Chapter 12 family farm bankruptcies, nearly 100 more than in 2018, the trade group said. ( Here we go again)
https://wapo.st/3EzmG7c
Same with everything else. Only rich kids go to school past elementary one, only they get education.
(ok, let's just skip the rest - many will just close their doors altogether eventually, adding to unemployment)
However, could you provide a LINK to the article?
NOTE: If source is WaPo, please use a "Gift" link so that non-subscribers can actually read it (i.e. get past the $ firewall).
Thanks! 😎
https://climatepower.us/news/icymi-farmers-on-the-hook-for-millions-after-trump-freezes-usda-funds/
https://climatepower.us/news/icymi-farmers-on-the-hook-for-millions-after-trump-freezes-usda-funds/
Does the promise involve unnecessary cruelty or wasteful spending?
Then = He means it.
Else = A Lie
Promised them big but delivered nada.
They voted for Trump
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How do you like him now?