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Bayard

(26,150 posts)
4. Important information
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 12:33 PM
Jul 7

I'm running out of room to store the extra supplies I've been getting since trump was installed. We put in a large garden this year, and I've been canning the produce as fast as I can. (anyone need pickles?) I'm thinking of buying a bunch of produce raised by local farmers, that we aren't growing, and canning that too.

This video made me think of something else--is the big herding up of migrants a prelude to using them as slave labor when the un-imprisoned migrants leave? Is that the reason for the big push for numbers, and why he's starting to grab naturalized citizens? It would take awhile to gather up enough to replace the ones leaving, but I could see him also squashing any strike from migrant workers. He probably dreams of seeing his political enemies laboring in the fields.

Once again, if you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.

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At least there isn't a threat of tariffs on food import kerouac2 Jul 7 #1
Be careful about information sources on this topic Fiendish Thingy Jul 7 #2
I honestly dont think the union would advertize... BUT FirstLight Jul 7 #3
If there was an authorized strike, the union would have to notify the employers Fiendish Thingy Jul 7 #5
did more digging... here's the breakdown... FirstLight Jul 7 #7
Awesome post. Thank you many times over. A great movie about similar situations is LT Barclay Jul 7 #10
LULAC isn't a Labor Union, it is a political organization MichMan Jul 7 #15
Important information Bayard Jul 7 #4
Any farm that used slave labor would face an immediate, vicious backlash and boycott. Fiendish Thingy Jul 7 #6
I don't think so. Lots of Ag jobs in some states are already being done by prison labor. haele Jul 7 #9
There are obviously meat and dairy in California Melon Jul 7 #8
Deleted -- need to reframe what I said Hekate Jul 7 #11
A better solution that is more economic and humane. Make the migrants citizens. Allow them to work and pay taxes. Ping Tung Jul 7 #12
Who are they bargaining with that has the power to grant them citizenship ? MichMan Jul 7 #13
what took them so long? librechik Jul 7 #14
We can support them pattyloutwo Jul 8 #16
Good. We'll all have to hurt before the assholes back the fuck off. Scrivener7 Jul 8 #17
I guess to support, look for the hashtags above... FirstLight Jul 8 #18
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