“Farmer John Boyd, 53, of Baskerville, Va., is facing a double calamity: tariffs have sunk the prices of crops like soybeans, but financial relief from the federal government hasn’t come because the Department of Agriculture is closed.”
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Pelosi is the only leader doing her job and doing it well.
https://pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/article_5261f352-15ec-11e9-b017-ff68f9dd28aa.html
The LTE laments that Trump, Schumer and Pelosi are not up to their leadership responsibilities.
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“Deep fake” videos another threat to democracy
In an era when there is a concerted effort to confuse the citizens of our nation about what is fact and what is fiction there is another troubling storm on the horizon.
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Texas landowners prepare to fight wall
https://pilotonline.com/news/government/nation/article_17b815ec-52ea-5705-9845-91ac7ace4b82.html
Don’t mess with Texas. Environmental groups, landowning families going back 150 years or more and a Catholic Church are gearing up to defend their property from the federal government’s probable eminent domain actions.
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Trump’s extortion of Americans
https://pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/article_ced474be-1385-11e9-bd9f-0f31db08c913.html
Trump has been trying to frame this debate around either a wall or no border security at all. That, of course is a total lie.
The Democrats have been funding, or agreeing to fund, border security for years. Just not a wall in the most literal, expensive and intrusive sense. Continue reading “Trump’s extortion of Americans”
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