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#USpolitics #Bernie #RedTownHall #Oligarchy [2]

"Bernie LEADS THE CHARGE In PACKED Rallies"
by Tennessee Brando
The complete version of Bernie's speech by Meidas Touch:
-> Bernie Leads POWERFUL RALLY in GOP TERRITORY <-
-> youtube.com/watch?v=2StnaGCQPCI <-

youtube.com/watch?v=UTMLejsq4r

Quote by TB:
"Mar 11, 2025
Bernie Sanders is on his "Fighting The Oligarchy" tour and still going at 83."

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#WorkersUnite #UnionStrong

#USpolitics #TradewarAndGroceries

"What Trump’s escalating trade wars mean for your grocery bill"
by Ayurella Horn-Muller for Grist [Mar 13, 2025] [Audio available]

grist.org/food-and-agriculture

"Climate change and bird flu are already driving up food prices. Trump's tariffs are about to make it worse."

"Life these days is expensive../\..Rising food costs in particular have become a source of financial stress for millions of U.S. households. Though overall inflation has cooled from a record peak in 2022, food prices increased nearly a quarter over the last four years and are expected to continue to climb."

"So far this year, Americans have faced a nationwide bird flu outbreak,"./\.. while rising temperatures and erratic rainfall across Western Africa are escalating chocolate prices to new highs.
Years of drought in the U.S. have also contributed to historically low levels of cattle inventories, hiking up beef prices. The result is skyrocketing supermarket bills, tighter household budgets, and dwindling access to food. "

"President Donald Trump’s latest trade decisions aren’t likely to help the situation. Amid a flood of announcements about federal funding freezes, food program terminations, and mass government layoffs, the president has been issuing on-again, off-again sanctions aimed at the United States’ biggest trading partners."

"The pendulum-like nature of Trump’s trade policies../]..customers could see sticker shock for fresh produce “within days.”

"“When it comes to extreme weather shocks, which are destroying our supply chains, climate change is increasing prices and creating food inflation,” said Seungki Lee, an agricultural economist at Ohio State University. If policymakers don’t fully account for that by adjusting trade policies, he said, then to some degree, “we will see the compounding impacts of tariffs and climate change-related shocks on the supply chain.”

#USbeware #FascistsAreHere #TimeToResist
#CapitalismIsFailingYou

Grist · What Trump’s escalating trade wars mean for your grocery billBy Ayurella Horn-Muller

Anyone remember the GOP freak out when Bill Clinton visited Attorney General Loretta Lynch on her plane? The mere appearance of meddling with the Justice Department sent them into world-ending tirades.

But now that Trump declares himself “Law Enforcer In-Chief”… crickets. #USPolitics

cnn.com/2025/03/14/politics/ju

CNN · Takeaways from Donald Trump’s airing of grievances at the Justice DepartmentBy Hannah Rabinowitz

The article has some useful context about Musk's career, notably what a sleazeball he has always been in his business and public dealings. It also points up the way governments have refused to do their regulatory jobs – and, less explicitly, how journalism has been a lapdog along the way.

But as it accurately points out Musk's desperate efforts to slow or reverse the well-deserved slide at Tesla, it doesn't get into the truly scary stuff. Namely, Musk won't give a damn about Tesla or its shareholders if his coup (per the first piece in this newsletter) succeeds. If he can divert U.S. government spending even more (see: SpaceX) into his bank accounts, Tesla will be an afterthought. Everything we know about this guy says there are no boundaries on his lust for money, and power. - @dangillmor

#GiftArticle #USPolitics
theatlantic.com/technology/arc

The Atlantic · Elon Musk Looks DesperateBy Charlie Warzel