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Trump policies affecting farmers

How Trump policies might affect American farmers | MSNBC

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http://www.msnbc.com/…/how-trump-policies-might-affect-american-far…

Jan 9, 2018

What farming in the U.S. looks like right now and how President Trump’s ideas on trade, regulations, and …

01/08/2018: The farm economy in the Trump era – Marketplace

https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/01082018

Jan 8, 2018 – 01/08/2018: The farm economy in the Trump era. President Donald Trump was in Nashville, Tennessee, today, giving the keynote address at the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation. We’re starting today’s show with everything you need to know about the ag economy in 2018, and …

The Trump Administration Chooses Big Meat, Withdraws GIPSA Rule …

https://www.bloomberg.com/…/the-trump-administration-chooses-big-meat-withdraws…

Oct 25, 2017 – Farmer groups—including the National Farmers Union, Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, Farm Aid, R-CALF USA, the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, and the Organization for Competitive Markets—supported the Obama-era rule. Many farmers and ranchers thought Trumpwould allow it to …

Turkey farmers facing squeeze after Trump kills agriculture rules …

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/…/turkey-farmers-trump-agriculture-rules-25616…

Nov 22, 2017 – Obama-era rules that had yet to take effect would have given smaller farmers more power to set the terms of their deals with massive meat companies, … even for the mom-and-pop turkeyfarmers who raise free-range, antibiotic-free turkeys that have seen increasing demand as Americansbecome more …

Farmers sue USDA in defense of Obama-era rule that Trump revoked …

thehill.com/…/365627-farmers-sue-usda-over-obama-era-litigation-rule-that-trump-re…

Dec 19, 2017 – A group of small farmers filed a petition in a federal appeals court last week pressing the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reinstate an Obama-era rule that it revoked in October. … Bloomberg reported that petition was filed Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis. The law currently requires …

Trump’s Bitter Harvest for American Farmers | New Republic

https://newrepublic.com/article/144842/trumps-bitter-harvest-american-farmers

Sep 19, 2017 – Perhaps the greatest fiction of the Donald Trump era is that of his skill at closing deals. Put aside the dubious victories of his early days in New York and Atlantic City, where he proved uncannily good at saving his own financial skin at the expense anyone who worked for him or partnered with him.

Trump Administration Hits Small Farmers With More Bad News | HuffPost

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/trump-farmers-gipsa-rule_us_58efb450e4b0da2ff…

Apr 13, 2017 – An Obama-era rule meant to help livestock farmers fight meat industry abuses could be on death row. … The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week delayed implementation of an Obama administration rule aimed at making it easier for livestock producers to sue the large meat-processing companies they …

Vote for Science. Vote for Scientific Integrity

REACH OUT TO CONGRESS: Ask them to put the science back in “science” and HIRE QUALIFIED SCIENCE LEADERSHIP!

Over the past year, we’ve watched a steady stream of anti-science policies passed in the U.S. both on a federal and state level. At the same time, the current administration and Congress have consistently placed individuals with little to no science background – and, still worse, people who actively reject the scientific consensus on important scientific issues like climate change – in critical science leadership and advisory roles. A year into this administration, many critical roles remain unfilled, or have been filled by unqualified appointees.

You can keep fighting for science this month by joining us as we advocate to put qualified scientists in scientific leadership roles!

Simply follow the link to the petition and sign it today! Don’t forget to share on your social networks!

Why Scientific Integrity is Important

Scientific integrity is the ability and responsibility to perform, use and share objective and clear science without censorship or political interference. That means scientists have the right – and responsibility – to communicate their research to the public and among themselves independently, accurately, and without threat. Supporting scientific integrity is how we ensure that we’re basing decisions on scientific knowledge insulated from bias, falsification, or personal interests.

Scientists follow rules as part of the scientific method – when we protect the ability and responsibility of science defined by those roles, we get science driven by integrity, not special interests.
And that is why protecting scientific integrity is crucial. We need to explore ideas without censorship, diminishment, or limitations. Our future depends on it.

Advocating for qualified scientific leadership is a key step in championing scientific integrity. Join us!

For more information on Vote for Science, visit https://www.sciencevote.org/.

Why Nationalism is Always Bad

The Lou Dobbs variety of nationalism is particularly dangerous.

CNN’s commentator, Lou Dobbs has found his niche. He’s the populist jingoist who’s not on Fox. From a business point of view I’m sure the CNN big wigs tell themselves he’s part of their strategy to compete with Fox’s Bill O’Reilly et al. I’m already on record bashing Fox but I haven’t blogged about Lou Dobbs.

Dobbs is an asshole because he appeals to base nationalism. He’s against free trade, blaming it – incorrectly – for all our country’s economic woes. He’s against immigrants (he saves his most vitriolic comments for “illegals” but his sentiments are clear just below the surface) – the human face of free trade and globalization. He rails about the “war on the middle class.” He accuses politicians of being traitors because they won’t erect a bigger wall along the Mexican border or because they favor this or that trade agreement.

He’s against the war in Iraq but not because of any sense of outrage about the war itself or even because he opposed it from the start. Rather he opposes it only because of how it has played out. He not against invading countries for no good reason. He’s against not winning. He’s completely ignorant about the constitution but rails about Americans’ “rights” and how we deserve a “government that works.” He constantly confuses the policies he likes with objectively perfect policies that only a cynical crook or a traitor would oppose.

The Lou Dobbs variety of nationalism is particularly dangerous. While he doesn’t have the animated flags waving all over his TV studio, he’s appealing to the same base prejudices and hatreds as the Fox News flag wavers.

At the same time, he encourages the kind of bitter resignation and frustration often expressed by US West. By so convincing intelligent people to give up, he leaves the country in the hands of the true cynics.

The Law Talking Guy said…

My reaction after watching Lou Dobbs for two afternoons in the hospital was that he’s just a dumb, old bigot whose interview style constists of horribly loaded questions and leaps to comfortable, prejudiced conclusions. Bottom line, Lou Dobbs is actually worse than the folks I’ve seen on Fox News who are at least decent propagandists.

11:41 AM

History Buff said…

I find it interesting that you’re bashing him for being against free trade, I thought from previous posts that you were against it too.

I personally believe in free trade, especially in our hemisphere. I think it’s very disappointing that Congress let the free trade agreement with Columbia lapse, I think it was helping them turn things around.

I also think that our immigration policy needs to open a lot more spots for unskilled laborers (right now I think the number is around 2000 to 3000 which is paltry.) That way they can come here legally, and probably get better pay, which would be good for all workers. I go out to all of the housing developments in San Antonio every quarter and the vast majority of workers are immigrants and they are all working their butts off.

I think anyone that thinks that immigrants come here for a free ride have forgotten about the American Dream that all immigrants have–to get ahead and make a better life for their children.

But the reason why people like Lou Dobbs are popular is because people are anxious, everything is changing and most people can’t handle change, especially people above the age of 30. Lou Dobbs is advocating going back to the old ways and shutting our doors. This type of thinking is permeating throughout US society. The best thing that people who are adaptable can do is not to become cynical, we are the country’s best hope.

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Raised By Republicans said…

History Buff,

You may be confusing me with LTG. He’s not only deeply suspicious of international trade but of capitalism itself. I’m very pro-free trade and pro-capitalism and have posted numerous things on this blog to that effect.

I have posted a number of things criticising the Republican bastardization of capitalism that amounts to a kind of corpratist cleptocracy. While I think a sound regulatory state is neccessary for the smooth functioning of capitalism I still think we need capitalism as the foundation of our economy.

At the same time, I realize there are people who are hurt by trade. But they are always in the minority and the best way to help them is not to cut off trade but rather to use the increased prosperity the rest of us enjoy to compensate them.

I think Bill Clinton summed it up very well in his interview for the PBS Frontline series on the “Commanding Heights.”

Bill Clinton: It may not solve all our problems but it is absolutely neccessary.
Interviewer: What is?
Clinton: TRADE! (emphasis in the original)

1:24 PM

DAVOS Theme

The theme this year seeks to create “a shared future in a fractured world,” and if the forum is to meet that goal, the global development community will be a key partner. The international organization is known for driving public-private cooperation, in part through its annual gathering in this Swiss mountain town that includes donors, nongovernmental organizations, and social enterprises in its discussions. While many value Davos, there are always critics — from locals who hang protest signs out their windows to leaders who boycott the meeting — who say the elite gathering illustrates global disparities in wealth and power.

This year, Devex is focusing on what the annual meetings mean for development, and connecting the dots between an agenda with a strong focus on emerging technologies and the work our audience is doing in foreign aid, global health, and humanitarian response.

4 STORIES TO WATCH THIS WEEK

1. World leaders convene. The World Economic Forum meetings are drawing Angela Merkel of Germany, Emmanuel Macron of France, and Theresa May of the United Kingdom, all major bilateral donors we’ll be following closely. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to close the meeting on Friday and speak about his America First agenda. Tomorrow Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will talk about the growth of India’s economy, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss his priorities, including empowering women. You can watch those talks here and here.

2. Gender (im)balance. While male delegates still outnumber female delegates by four to one, all seven co-chairs for Davos 2018 are women. Tomorrow, we’ll hear from the co-chairs and Devex will be covering key conversations on women’s empowerment and women’s leadership throughout the week.

3. Tech for good. We’re also looking forward to sessions on how industries can shape the future of the digital economy, how new technologies can help refugees, and how to move toward better capitalism. We’ll be talking to Tim Brown, the CEO of IDEO, about the value of design thinking in addressing the challenges on the WEF agenda, and Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, about the organization’s work to increase access to immunization.

4. Shared happiness = shared prosperity. Finally, Devex is hosting an event about the role of health and well-being in catalyzing global development. Katja Iversen, president & CEO of Women Deliver, Jaak Peeters, head of Johnson & Johnson’s Global Public Health division, and Peter Sands, incoming executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will participate.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar gives his take on what the dealmaking at Davos means for the billions to trillions agenda. “Now that global development has entered an era of financial innovation, Davos has more relevance than ever,” he writes, pointing to the philanthropists, finance ministers, and leaders of development institutions who will dominate the development conversation this week.

We’ve also pulled together an NGO leader’s survival guide for Davos with advice from veterans of the annual meeting on how leaders in global health, international development, and humanitarian response can maximize their time at Davos.

The World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Risk Report found that environmental risks and cybersecurity threats top the list of concerns among survey responders. Here’s our analysis.

A LOOK AHEAD: 3 THINGS TO KNOW

1. The humanitarian agenda. Peter Mauer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross — one of the world’s largest humanitarian networks — will speak at a press conference detailing the most pressing humanitarian issues in 2018. Here’s what he’s going to say.

2. #SharedFutures means collaboration. Fifteen U.N. agencies and international organizations (think: U.N. OCHA, the World Bank, IFRC) have teamed up to show their solidarity in achieving the SDGs under the theme Leave No One Behind: Partnering for Impact. Devex is on board, too. On Wednesday, tune in to a virtual reality event — co-hosted with the Global Humanitarian Lab and consortium — to learn how cross-sector collaboration can help us avoid disasters in the first place.

3. What Davos means for our community. On Thursday, Devex President & Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar will give his in-depth analysis of what Davos means for global development. Register here. (Not a member? Here’s how to change that.)

MEDIA ROUNDTABLE

In Washington, the (large) Trump delegation was delayed after the U.S. federal government shutdown over the weekend. With a temporary funding bill in place, attention is turning back to Davos and how President Trump will approach the meetings. Speaking to Fortune, Ian Bremmer’s outlook for Trump at Davos isn’t great. The Financial Times‘ Gideon Rachman has a slightly more optimistic take — and theNew York Times opinion section offers this cartoon.

The New York Times also writes that champagne might flow more freely than last year: Populism Is Waning, Which Is Reason to Party in Davos.

1 IMPORTANT GRAPH

Most CEOs think prosperity is about more than just GDP. Read the full report.

An Oxfam report is highlighting the inequality gap, noting that 42 people hold same wealth as the 3.7 billion poorest people, The Guardian reports. But Politico and the Huffington Post point out some of the controversies in Oxfam’s methodology. The Washington Post interviewed some critical voices who expressed concerns over the world’s growing inequality.

Meanwhile, Reuters has a rundown of the celebrity-laden Crystal Awards for human rights, including emotional A-list speeches from the likes of Cate Blanchett, Elton John, and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.

Qualifications of Presidents

41	George H. W. Bush	Pilot (Navy Lieutenant, Junior Grade),^[8] businessman (oil),^[9] C.I.A. Director, ambassador to China.
42	Bill Clinton	Lawyer, law lecturer/teacher
43	George W. Bush	Pilot (Texas Air National Guard), businessman (oil,^[10] baseball)^[11]
44	Barack Obama	Community organizer, lawyer, professor (incorrectly referred to by some as a lecturer)
45	Donald Trump	Identified photos of lions and camels

Reject “Concealed Carry Reciprocity”

Dear Connie b,

Right at the end of 2017, the House passed the NRA’s number one priority — “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” — a reckless policy that would gut state gun laws and allow many people with dangerous histories and no training to carry hidden, loaded handguns across the country. Help us stop this dangerous bill from passing the Senate!

By advancing Concealed Carry Reciprocity, Congress is ignoring the voices of law enforcement, mayors, and the American public. If you think this is unacceptable, add your name to our petition and join Everytown for Gun Safety.

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The NRA won’t be satisfied until anyone — even people with dangerous histories — can carry a gun anywhere.

The Senate vote is the last chance we have to stop “Concealed Carry Reciprocity” from becoming a reality. Demand your Senators vote NO on Concealed Carry Reciprocity!

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