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07 May

Steve King Shoots Himself in the Meat

Written by Don Carr

Avowed racist Congressman Steve King’s (R-IA) latest move is an amendment to the farm bill aimed at protecting the egg laying industry in his district. King’s district is the largest egg-producing district in the largest egg producing state. And Iowa’s egg laying industry didn’t much care for California passing laws mandating eggs sold in-state...

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08 January

Trump Embraces the Ag-Right

Written by Don Carr

President Trump is set to address the annual American Farm Bureau Federation conference in Nashville, Tenn., this afternoon. On the surface it may seem like Trump is giving a speech to one of our nation’s most beloved icons – the American farmer. But, the Farm Bureau actually represents a small, tight-knit clan of wealthy, far-right ideologues...

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20 September

Members that Voted Against Harvey Aid Received $650K in Farm Disaster Aid

Written by Don Carr

On September 8th Congress voted for relief for Americans impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Several callous members voted no, citing their conservative ideology, even though they’ve embraced federal dollars flowing to their districts before. As the Kansas City Star editorial board noted when raining hot fire on their local nays: “And the hypocrisy. Let us...

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14 September

Trump’s Farm Guy Spreads Food Stamp Fraud Manure

Written by Don Carr

Today the Senate Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing on fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — better known as food stamps. The hearing is at the behest of Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS). According to Bloomberg News, Roberts is using the hearing as a beachhead for a larger plan...

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18 November

Love It Or Leave It?

Written by Don Carr

For a country founded on rebellion, secession movements are an unsurprisingly popular American tradition. From the tongue-in-cheek variety of mock revolt practiced by Key West’s Conch Republic, to the bloody fighting of the Civil War, the urge to flip the bird to the powers that be is as old as these United States. There’s...

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19 October

America’s Gonna Need the Jaws of Life After this Train Wreck Election

Written by Don Carr

Nearly a quarter century later there are still political kernels of wisdom to be harvested from Bill Clinton’s improbable, history-making 1992 presidential campaign – wisdom Americans can consider after emerging from their bunkers to survey the smoking, salted ground on November 9th. A new documentary film, Crashing the Party, etches the biggest lesson of...

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01 August

Love it or Leave it News: The Republic of Kinney

Written by Don Carr

The ROA is feeling severe shame in not knowing until now that freedom-loving citizens in the neighboring state of Minnesota pulled off a “tongue in cheek” secession ala Key West’s Conch Republic. From Atlas Obscura: In the mid-1970s the officials of tiny Kinney, Minnesota were desperate to fix their crumbling water system. With no help...

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16 June

Love It or Leave It News: Boys State Brain Force

Written by Don Carr

In Texas, where misguided secession talk is as ubiquitous as barbecue, a recent move to seriously debate rebelling from the Republic was defeated at the state GOP convention. That didn’t stop the brightest young male minds in the state from doing the same. At the annual Texas Boys State convention in Austin, reports the...

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27 April

Love it Or Leave It News: Yee Haw for Texas

Written by Don Carr

It’s election season again, or as they call it in Texas, “time for faux revolt!” The Obama age has catapulted rural angst into a full-blown psychotic rage as evidenced by a string of secession efforts. From California’s State of Jefferson, to New Yorkers mad over a fracking ban, to a call for some Maryland...

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27 March

An Issue The Food Party Can Cotton To

Written by Don Carr

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack remains wisely unswayed by House Agriculture Committee pleas to reclassify cottonseeds. According to the cotton industry, low prices and loss of acreage have put American cotton farmers in a tough spot. They believe salvation lies with the reclassification, which would allow $1 billion more a year in...

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