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Where Is the Rural America That Raised Me?

"Donald Trump whines, brags, besmirches veterans and disrespects women.  These aren’t the values I learned growing up on a ranch…
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October 16, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

The Harris-Walz Plan for Rural America

Tim Walz makes the announcement.  Watch the YouTube video here. Walz announces plan for Rural America. Watch this space for the details of the Plan. We're applauding it, and we…
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October 16, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

Tim Walz owns a Beretta A-400, but that’s not the news?

"Walz talked about his semiautomatic shotgun, a Beretta A-400, mentioned he liked the more forgiving recoil on his shoulders, and then — flipping up the shotgun, shells removed — walked along…
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October 16, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

Football and Pheasants

Governor/VP Candidate Tim Walz has kicked off the pheasant season in Minnesota. We're betting that as pheasant hunting season opens, there will be many farmers sitting on tractors with guns…
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October 9, 2024

Trump Plans Tax Cuts for SuperRich but NOT for US!

October 7, 2024

The Dog Ate the Farm Bill. Again!

October 4, 2024

In Case You’ve Forgotten … Trump & Jan. 6th–Jack Smith’s October Surprise

October 2, 2024

Vance Wants Grandmas to babysit; Gives “Damning Answer” to Democracy’s Future

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Rural Living & Agriculture

October 16, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

The Harris-Walz Plan for Rural America

Tim Walz makes the announcement.  Watch the YouTube video here. Walz announces plan for Rural America. Watch this space for the details of the Plan. We're applauding it, and we…
Read More
October 16, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

Tim Walz owns a Beretta A-400, but that’s not the news?

"Walz talked about his semiautomatic shotgun, a Beretta A-400, mentioned he liked the more forgiving recoil on his shoulders, and then — flipping up the shotgun, shells removed — walked along…
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October 16, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

Football and Pheasants

Governor/VP Candidate Tim Walz has kicked off the pheasant season in Minnesota. We're betting that as pheasant hunting season opens, there will be many farmers sitting on tractors with guns…
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Infrastructure

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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May 13, 2024 in Infrastructure, News

Oil Policy Up for Purchase?

We call this scary ... an immoral way to make policy.  Agree or disagree about the federal subsidies the oil industry enjoys.  Those subsidies come about because a Congress majority…
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Health & Education

October 7, 2024 in Health & Education, News

JUST THE FACTS – Rumors Prevent Rescues in North Carolina

"Emergency officials responding to the Hurricane Helene disaster in Western North Carolina say false rumors on social media impede their efforts to help tens of thousands of people in need."…
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September 20, 2024 in Health & Education, News

Good-bye healthcare. Good-bye $35 insulin. Good-bye reproductive freedom.

"...Instead of seeking to reduce health care costs, which is what most Americans want, the policy proposals in Project 2025 would have the opposite effect: they would cut back on…
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September 15, 2024 in Health & Education, News

Are Emergency responders okay? Budgets struggle as disasters mount.

Climate change has rewritten the script for disasters. "... Climate change has rewritten the script for disasters, leaving communities vulnerable to weather patterns that don’t abide by schedules or the…
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National Security

October 8, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Heads UP! Western NC and Eastern TN — Chk your Cell Phone

BULLETIN! Anyone in Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.  Cell phone carriers have unlocked their towers for any that are still standing.  No matter what phone service you have, you…
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October 8, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Dear North Caroline, Ohio and Florida

YOU HAVE BEEN SNOOKERED ...If you have been sucked into believing that Trump, wearing his suit, stood in the water to tell you that federal and state dollars are only…
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October 7, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Trump’s Budget Creates Fiscal Hole TWICE AS BIG as Harris-Walz’s

Two analysts say Trump's plans will raise costs for almost all Americans.  The national debt would soar. "The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan group that seeks lower…
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