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Gimpyknee

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35. Other than that, what do you think of the guy?

Reply to AZ8theist (Reply #21)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 08:15 PM

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According to Reuters, up to 70% of farmworkers stayed home, terrified of deportation, leaving fruits and vegetables to s [View all] riversedge Yesterday OP

Holy crap! 70%? Food prices are gonna go up and up. And on top of TSF's tarrfffs... brush Yesterday #1

If true, we'll have to rely more on IMPORTED fruits and vegs BaronChocula Yesterday #9

A self-own Catch-22 we can't escape. Thanks, trump. brush Yesterday #14

This will be devastating for northern state farms when harvest season hits soon. nt ImNotGod Yesterday #2

Lots of people who had milked cows in WI have left. Right now farmers are relying on HS kids but riversedge Yesterday #4

Calling all MAGAts. The employment opportunities Dr. T Yesterday #6

Well, they got rid of Department of Education so maybe they won't get to go to school. travelingthrulife Yesterday #7

Let's not forget the devastation to those workers and their families, who are unlikely to have a big cushion of savings Scrivener7 Yesterday #3

From farm to table, at least one in five jobs in the food industry is carried out by immigrants, the equivalent of 14 mi riversedge Yesterday #5

Good to know. calimary Yesterday #23

And a safe guess is that at least half of whom ICE rounded up were legal JT45242 Yesterday #8

Even easier just come by the fields at dawn. I keep telling ya: those berry-pickers are damn dangerous hombres... Hekate Yesterday #13

I am reading they get grabbed and thrown out of country almost immediately dixiegrrrrl Yesterday #24

We drove past ag fields planted next to US 101 this morning -- no workers in sight... Hekate Yesterday #10

Nobody thought farther than the present. calimary Yesterday #26

Terrific quote -- thx for sharing Hekate 22 hrs ago #37

Have to hit GOP/Trump with inflation their overzealous actions are causing. Friend just got a quote for some work... dutch777 Yesterday #11

K&R UTUSN Yesterday #12

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Yesterday #15

I hate posts like this... druidity33 Yesterday #19

Maybe ICE can pick up swong19104 Yesterday #16

WTF? BoRaGard Yesterday #17

lemons are getting scarce in my area.. Colorado mountain grammy Yesterday #18

Based on personal experience, produce prices are already rising. Hassler Yesterday #20

That fucking rascist scum Steven Miller has Dotards ear... AZ8theist Yesterday #21

Other than that, what do you think of the guy? Gimpyknee Yesterday #35

Enjoy your food relayerbob Yesterday #22

Stand Back!!!!! Stable Genius At Work!!!!! BurnDoubt Yesterday #25

"Stable Dweller" is more like it. calimary Yesterday #28

Excellent post! Thank you very much. liberalla Yesterday #27

A great victory for MAGAts and the Oligarchy. DJ Synikus Makisimus Yesterday #29

Let them eat tariffs. Oh wait, cake, I mean cake, not tariffs. twodogsbarking Yesterday #30

Kick dalton99a Yesterday #31

Soon the buses will be sent to Medicaid recipients homes and they will be taken to the fields to pick cotton, oh wait, twodogsbarking Yesterday #32

And this all was intentional. LilElf70 Yesterday #33

tRUMP's tubs of lard diehards will not be out there picking fruits and veggies wolfie001 Yesterday #34

Perhaps they can be classified as "essential workers" BWdem4life Yesterday #36