lol, c’mon edwardc, we all know this will never happen Dems had their chance for 4 years, but Joe Biden and the rest of the party were too weak
Kentucky farmers believe fuel, fertilizer and financial stress are taking a personal toll on agricultural operations across the state and nation. Farm bankruptcies reached a six-year high in April, according to data from Epiq AACER, as rising input costs continue to squeeze operations large and small. Kentucky farmers said they are feeling the pressure firsthand — and the weight goes beyond the bottom line. y’all won’t believe who was president 6 years ago As a fifth-generation cattle farmer and owner of 3T Cattle in Fayette County, David Tucker knows the rhythm of hay season well, but the financial math has grown harder to work out. "It can get nerve wracking some days, going over finances and trying to figure out how we're going to make everything work from year to year," Tucker said. Tucker said the latest headline about farm bankruptcies is no surprise. "Digging into the numbers a little bit, bankruptcies are up 46% year over year, 2024 to 2025, so we had a total of 315 bankruptcies in 2025, which is up. The Southeast and the Midwest were hit the hardest. The Southeast is up about 69%," Shepherd said. I absolutely love this for them
The Republican Party has felt like home to Rena Schroeder since her teenage years when she joined a high school club for conservative Latinos. She cast her first presidential vote for Ronald Reagan. And she’s lost friends over her ardent posts on social media, some touting her anti-abortion views. “I’ve always been committed,” said Schroeder, 62, of her allegiance to the GOP. That is, until she learned about a massive data center, part of OpenAI’s $500 billion Stargate project, going up south of her property. The project has been championed by her party’s standard-bearers, President Donald Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott. But the more Schroeder learned about data centers popping up across the state, the more she became convinced her party was corrupted by industry lobbyists, seemingly brushing off what she saw as an existential threat to rural Texans like her. So in late March, at a GOP precinct meeting in Falls County, Schroeder suggested they propose a data center ban at the upcoming state Republican convention, which sets the party’s priorities. “They started screaming and yelling, and you would have thought I started World War III,” Schroeder said. “They said, ‘We won’t accept that, Rena. You’re gonna have to revise it to regulations.’” She threw her hands up in the air and said, “The only thing that I’m gonna revise, right here, right now, is my commitment to the Republican Party. Goodbye.” According to a Texas Tribune analysis, at least 82 data centers, or nearly 60% of those that are either planned or under construction, are in state House districts that voted for President Donald Trump and elected a Republican state representative in 2024.
Has Texas solved their power grid issues and water supply issues? How will data centers affect these issues?
No and no....we don't have leadership in this state that can see past the next 24 hour news cycle. More urgent to come up to defend the impeached AG they have running for Senate with AI generated ads.
I love this for Sellout A Smith…republicans have spent yet another token Idk how many times these black MAGAs or black MAGA apologists have to get emasculated and humiliated before they finally learn I’m pretty sure all Stupid A Smith said is that Trump would be a distraction at the game, and that was enough for sensitive gramps to start attacking him I wonder if Sucker A Smith will respond…he always has something to say when a black athlete like Jaylen Brown checks him
Trump: “Stephen A. Smith is an arrogant fool, a low IQ individual. In other words, he's "dumb as a rock…” Almost every time Trump says low IQ he is referring to a person of color. Trump should just buy himself a white hood and wear it with pride.
Then they did not pay attention? Most of what Trump has done is consistent with what he said he would do. I am not in the "****em camp", because that is half the country.
Texas politics is an absolute wasteland. For all the discussion of politics is NY, CAL, LOU and IL - TEX has the most corrupt and self-serving politicians in the USA. This is what happens when you have one party completely dominate a state for decades and decades. Doesn't matter which party it is.... but when people like Abbott and Paxson and Cruz can be repeatedly elected, there is a serious issue.
Or they voted for the other side and are getting ****ed along with everybody else. Farm bankruptcies are nothing to cheer for, all it results in is more corporate (and foreign) consolidation of America's food supply. I absolutely understand the sentiment though.
To be clear - I am not cheering for any of this, it hurts everyone. "voting for the other side" is a big part of the problem, overlooking and excusing poor candidates and crooks because they are "on my team". It is also why I caution Democrats on Graham Platner. He is a very charismatic candidate, but there is a lot of smoke and will not be surprised if he ends up another snake oil salesman.
What I know about Platner is very limited. He has a troubled past. But he owns it and is very authentic. I will say that Platner has been very busy campaigning in Maine, having town halls all over Maine. The Maine voters know Platner way better than you or I. If the majority of Maine voters want Platner as their next Senator, so be it. I will say that his opponent is likable but not very authentic. Word on the Street is that Susan Collins is very concerned about Graham Platner's troubled past but is willing to overlook it if given permission by Donald Trump.
For the record, that's not what I meant but just how I phrased it. And yeah, Platner is not someone I would support outside of a significant "lesser of two evils" situation. Maine voters are a very, very Independent (capital I) bunch, though. Have always liked and respected Angus King even when I didn't agree with him. Susan Collins can go write another strongly worded letter mailed from her sitting room or nursing home.
