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Why Does USAID Matter?

USAID strives to maintain peace and stability during international crises, enabling individuals facing food shortages to feed their children and…
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February 11, 2025 in News, Organizing for the Future, Rural Living & Agriculture

Hey Kansas! How ’bout them tariffs?

The USAID shutdown halts USAID's purchases for "Food for Peace." Halting "Food for Peace" impacts the market for sorghum. Should farmers just pile it on the ground and wait a…
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February 11, 2025 in News, Organizing for the Future, Rural Living & Agriculture

Hey Nebraska Farmers! File this under “mistakes were made”

Consider this: Nebraska farmers are "among the world’s best at producing corn, soybeans, cattle, and hogs. Can Nebraska's sparse population consume all of these crops and meat? NO.  What Nebraska…
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February 3, 2025 in News, Organizing for the Future, Rural Living & Agriculture

Paybacks Are Hell. Trump’s Tariffs Backfire on Supporters

Farmers,  You're it!  See tariffs on fertilizer. This is what happens when the U.S. attacks its friends.   Trump "shot" our closest allies -- Canada and Mexico, with his tariffs. Farmers: …
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January 28, 2025

Trump’s 59 Executive Actions

January 24, 2025

‘Went looking for unity. Found none.

January 23, 2025

Long over due 5-Year Farm Bill is still in Limbo

January 22, 2025

Inaugural Unity? Not this time.

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Rural Living & Agriculture

February 11, 2025 in News, Organizing for the Future, Rural Living & Agriculture

Hey Kansas! How ’bout them tariffs?

The USAID shutdown halts USAID's purchases for "Food for Peace." Halting "Food for Peace" impacts the market for sorghum. Should farmers just pile it on the ground and wait a…
Read More
February 11, 2025 in News, Organizing for the Future, Rural Living & Agriculture

Hey Nebraska Farmers! File this under “mistakes were made”

Consider this: Nebraska farmers are "among the world’s best at producing corn, soybeans, cattle, and hogs. Can Nebraska's sparse population consume all of these crops and meat? NO.  What Nebraska…
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February 3, 2025 in News, Organizing for the Future, Rural Living & Agriculture

Paybacks Are Hell. Trump’s Tariffs Backfire on Supporters

Farmers,  You're it!  See tariffs on fertilizer. This is what happens when the U.S. attacks its friends.   Trump "shot" our closest allies -- Canada and Mexico, with his tariffs. Farmers: …
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Infrastructure

January 28, 2025 in Infrastructure, News, Organizing for the Future

Trump Slows Federal Workers

It's basic: whether people go on vacation or orders come down from the top, work piles up on people's desks. Trump's orders have been turned into mandates. Legal filings and…
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August 27, 2024 in Infrastructure, News

EPA to the rescue — $500 million to help nonprofit lenders

Kentucky looks to the future. Like everyone else, Appalachia needs to transition to solar panels and money-saving energy retrofits, and the federal government is helping. "A new initiative, the Green…
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August 2, 2024 in Infrastructure, News

SC: Federal Grant for High Speed Internet Changes Lives

"When Mathew Nelson opened Chattooga River Lodge and Campground in the Appalachian foothills in 2020, visitors asked him if they could log onto the TV to play Netflix shows or…
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Health & Education

February 1, 2025 in Health & Education, News, Organizing for the Future

Will American soon be sick again?

Websites are down, reportedly for the purpose of deleting anything related to DEI. "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced an immediate pause on public communications from…
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January 31, 2025 in Health & Education, News, Organizing for the Future

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Gets Bipartison Grilling in Senate

Two days of questioning does not seem to make Senators any less worried.  Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Chairman of the Committee and a doctor, gave Kennedy multiple opportunities to clarify…
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January 28, 2025 in Health & Education, News, Organizing for the Future

Raw Milk, Real Truth

Are you curious about how animals get diseases? And why do some people develop the same illness? Living closely with animals and consuming their milk can be risky, mainly because…
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National Security

February 1, 2025 in National Security & Highlights, News, Organizing for the Future

Musk Aides Lock Federal Employees Out of Computer systems

The personal data of millions of federal employees is at risk. “Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out…
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January 24, 2025 in National Security & Highlights, News, Organizing for the Future

Jan. 6th Pardons Stir Up More Anger

Many Republicans despised the previous Congressional investigation.  Now they want to do it again. Capitol Police are furious that their assailants have been set free.  Former Oath Keepers leader Stewart…
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January 23, 2025 in National Security & Highlights, News, Organizing for the Future

More Executive Orders. More lawsuits.

On his first day, Trump signed 100 executive orders. Among them were orders declaring immigration an emergency, an attempt to end birthright citizenship, and a directive to rename the Gulf…
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