USAID.gov is down. Why is this concerning? Trump has no legal authority to eliminate a congressionally funded independent agency. The work of USAID is vital, and if this can happen to them, it can happen to any of us.

One example of what isn’t hitting the news through all of the noise.

Welcome to a bipartisan issue. Wild birds fly and avian influenza will spread. It’s been consistent since 2022 in the poultry industry. New reality.

Just… what? Make it make sense. What happened to the red party that had family values and cared about kids? This isn’t it. #goneblue

Trump’s Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.

And so it begins:

Bakersfield, CA sees massive drop off in field workers as ICE agents rounded up suspected immigrants, resulting in acres of oranges left unpicked in the California sun during the most active period of the season.

“Economic devastation”
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