Subject: Day 21
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DAY 21: THE FASCIST REGIME SCREWS FARMERS, TRIES TO SABOTAGE U.S. BONDS


It seems to have never occurred to the fascist regime that destroying USAID would mean the cancellation of huge amounts of agricultural buys for foreign aid which would leave U.S. farmers in the lurch.

Nor did it occur to the regime that freezing President Joe Biden’s signature infrastructure bill would break promises to thousands of agricultural and small businesses that made investments based on promises included in that bill.

The funding freezes have also paused large projects across multiple states. The Iowa Soybean Association said Thursday that Agriculture Department payments had been suspended for a five-year Midwest Climate Smart Commodity grant that the organization secured in 2022. The $95 million deal supports over 1,000 farms in 12 Midwestern states and encourages conservation practices in producing corn, soybeans, wheat and sugar beets, the association said.

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Another example of recklessness came during Trump’s visit to the Super Bowl. For some reason, he decided to espouse a conspiracy theory that directly violates the the 14th Amendment which says: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.”

How did Trump question the public debt of the United States? In about as blatant a way as possible.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said his administration was examining U.S. Treasury debt payments for possible fraud and suggested that the country’s $36 trillion debt load might not be that high.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said administration officials who have been combing through payment records in an effort to identify wasteful spending have turned their attention to the debt payments that play a central role in the global financial system.

“We’re even looking at Treasuries,” Trump said. “There could be a problem – you’ve been reading about that, with Treasuries and that could be an interesting problem.”

FAFO is going to be the death of us. (Caps optional on last word)