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Ocelot II

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1. Farm workers have been deported; farmers can't get fertilizer; they can't afford diesel;

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 02:48 PM

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they can't sell whatever crops they do grow. The only thing that's golden about farming under Trump is what's falling on them from a great height that they're being told is rain - and they might not get enough of that either, on account of climate change.

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