Randy
@rkbrown2230.bsky.social
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Mostly just lying low until this is over - if it ever is over. Hoping that BlueSky will eventually be known as the home of trustworthy sources.
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It will be a progression much like in the Vietnam war. First, a few advisors. Then forces to protect the bases. Then combat forces to search and destroy enemy forces in the surrounding areas. Then pacification of enemy strongholds. Finally, strategic bombing of enemy states and supply lines.
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Not a fan of MTG, but I will say she's really good at reading the tea leaves. It's a good sign if she's turning on Trump.
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These guys are paid racists. It's disgusting.
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MAGA policies are a full on assault on rural America. They are closing down rural hospitals, clinics, schools, entire small towns. And with a few decades Wall Street will own the vast majority of good farm land.
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From what I've read, Canadians have already stopped buying many American products. Canadians have a whole world to import from, and there's not much the Canadian government could do to make the situation harder on Americans. Trump shot us in the foot.
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Not opposed to this. While the earlier immigrants should have had a legal status, the fix is to allow in more workers with a legal status. It's unfortunate that the regime sees fit to lower wages as part of this, but it should have little effect as employers must pay market wages to obtain workers.
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It will be clear after the mid-terms. MAGA can only stay in power by stealing the election. So if they stay in power the United States are over.
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Remembering when Reagan was famous for taking down the air traffic controllers union. Wouldn't it be funny if the air traffic controllers now take down Trump?
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I guess ICE must have "the border" all tightened up then...
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Doesn't sound that complicated to me. If the demand for your crop has collapsed, then either plant something else, or let half your fields regenerate until the market returns.
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If that's the rule now, then it's the rule for us too, and it seems likely that blue states, with most of the largest cities, could make even better use of it than the red states.
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Trump is using gambler's logic - exaggerating the wins and discounting the losses.
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Democrats are still playing MAGA's game. You don't argue with Nazis. You build an army and take them out.
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Right. It's really all about oil. US oil interests are still angry over being denied access to Venezuelan oil fields, and US oil interests own MAGA.
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Put them on trial. All of the officers on scene, and everyone who tried to cover it up.
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We should boycott corporate Christmas. Buy only from local vendors or not at all. And take the opportunity to explain it to the kiddos - it's because the corporations have sold us out to the fascists.
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Maybe he should have talked to people in Portland?
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Replace left with right and democrat with MAGA and you have what is actually happening.
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True. Sometimes I can't handle it. But it's my most trusted source for the times that I can.
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If the bailout goes primarily to corporate agriculture they will use it to buy up even more family farms at auction. So means test it.
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I don't have a problem with bailing out family farms, but there should be a cap on income so that only true family farms receive a bailout. Nearly half of agricultural production today is by large corporations which also control the politics of rural states. These corporations got Trump elected.