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Sebathius
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(part 10)
Finally, he went after their workforce. Immigrant farming has long been a staple workforce of the small farm that is trying to keep costs low to be able to eke out a profit. ICE is in full force right now trying to get rid of that workforce.
February 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
(part 9)
This is exactly what Trump and his people are hoping for, the more insolvent a farm becomes, the more desperate the owners will get to sell off the land - for little to no money.
February 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
(part 8)
Interest rates were starting to drop by the end of Biden's administration as lending was cooling off. Mortgages are coming up and with no money to make any profit, lending will come up again as farmers try to hold onto their farms.
February 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
(Part 7)
FEMA is being waylaid by saying they are "pushing it back to the states" but honestly they just want it to not help farmers. If you can get money back to rebuild your farm, you're not likely to sell that land.
February 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
(part 6)
USAID being shut down is also a huge part of this; soybean and corn products were also being sent to starving countries and those incentives were so enticing to small farms that they changed all their produce to get those credits.
February 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
(part 5)
In response, he gave a lot of that money to corporation farms instead of family farms to continue the gut punching. His tariffs went back into place now. USAID being shut down is also a huge part of this
February 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
(part 4)
In 2016, Trump instigated a tariff against the Chinese in order to strangle soybean sales. He was successful in having some farms change hands to corporations, though he ended up with pushback as he had people in place that forced him to give farmers money to stay alive.
February 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
(part 3)
Farmers need a workforce, water, loans on their farmland, government subsidies incite them to grow certain crops (soybean was a big one) to keep their farms going. So we know what the farmers need to survive.
February 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What got me thinking this is whats going on specifically in Agriculture. Farm landowners have had their lands for generations, and with little to no interest in selling. Farming corporations (and also in meat sales, they are related in how they are owned and do fall into this group in that way)
February 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I mean, USAID and the tariffs are obviously to stop them from having buyers, ICE is to get rid of their workforce, FEMA is out in case of a disaster, and intentional interest tanking is to make their mortgages bought up by the banks. Farmers are absolutely under attack.
February 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Can DOGE find out through this information which farms are vulnerable to the gut punches they have been getting from the administration? If so, wouldn't that make it easier for them to purchase that land from generational farmers for pennies on the dollar?
February 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
He's just the Orange plastered face for us to rage against, there are real threats at work behind the scenes. Steven Miller is back in power again, committing the same evil bullshit he did last time....and now, there are a whole Heritage Center cloned copy of him in power.
February 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The Republican party no longer exists, and the Democratic party is hamstrung by the law that the autocratic state no longer follows.

We are seeing the end of a nation in real time.
February 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I believe in God, I'm a Christian, and I agree with you. Trump is doing work for himself, not God. God's teachings are completely opposed to whatever the hell Trump is doing now. Heck, I dont think Trump believes in God, he sees the belief system as a con he can use.
January 19, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Agreed; one thing I really liked about Tabletop with @wilwheaton.net was that they tried to immerse the potential gamers with fun but also made an effort to show the rules.

I know they also had an episode that detailed D&D, but more could be done in their same method. Pick up the baton!
January 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Trump is a Putin stooge :(
January 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Aw dude that sucks! I hope you recovered since
January 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Id love to see the Chargers go further but I think its likely to be a Lions Chiefs game too :(
January 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM