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dutch777

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5. Rural areas aren't exactly winning after their going for Trump....losing healthcare plus tariff hit to ag businesses.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 08:39 AM

23 hrs ago

Will be very interesting what the mid terms looks like in these areas. There was an article I read just a few days ago about a Repug state rep in a rural area that is big dairy country. She was working at the state level to increase ICE enforcement. He local dairy farmers opposed her proposals as they rely heavily on immigrant labor to keep their businesses running. He husband is a sales rep for a company that sells products to dairy farmers and his biggest customers went elsewhere with their business essentially cutting his salary almost completely. What goes around comes around.

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900 Health Facilities Shutting Down or Risk Collapse As Trump-GOP Cuts 'Ripple Across the Country' [View all] appalachiablue Yesterday OP

Vote Republican, lose your hospitals. I'm fine with that. dem4decades Yesterday #1

I don't know what it will take for them to realize the truth, in the meantime the harm is deep. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #2

Am certain that many of them are just fine with all the cruelty UpInArms 23 hrs ago #3

Thanks, what ignorance and damage, it's shocking. I saw the Propublica article. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #4

Rural areas aren't exactly winning after their going for Trump....losing healthcare plus tariff hit to ag businesses. dutch777 23 hrs ago #5

Thanks for the post, the self destruction is lethal. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #8

quite the quandary Skittles 11 hrs ago #23

America First has made America Worse. tanyev 23 hrs ago #6

Correct, thanks for the post. appalachiablue 23 hrs ago #7

"America First" is a sheer white supremacy thing Skittles 11 hrs ago #24

But...but.... at least we're getting our 2 billion Hey Joe 21 hrs ago #9

Der Fuhrer Bunker! nicht ballroom, circulating on a post here. Ha. appalachiablue 21 hrs ago #10

How fast can a leader turn a nation PatSeg 20 hrs ago #11

shitstain NEVER liked the US dave99 19 hrs ago #14

You know, that's a good point PatSeg 19 hrs ago #15

Destruction of the nation's institutions, chaos and descent into a 3rd world country. Hell. appalachiablue 19 hrs ago #16

Yes, I think the destructors have been PatSeg 19 hrs ago #17

Accidental dupe PatSeg 19 hrs ago #18

What percentage of the people this hurts voted for trump? 70%? 80%? mwb970 20 hrs ago #12

SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! cer7711 19 hrs ago #13

they made their bed. pansypoo53219 18 hrs ago #19

Kick dalton99a 17 hrs ago #20

We have got to get these fucking maniacs out of power. Whatever it takes. Initech 14 hrs ago #21

Marionette miller meeks has been running ads nonstop on how she saved rural health care in iowa JT45242 12 hrs ago #22