- To be clear, I’m in no way saying any of what is happening is deserved. Archived Message
Posted by OB25
on May 1, 2025, 13:35:20, in reply to "the program was dressed like it wanted it*"
Just noting the absurdity that the current admin is just sweeping any and all documents and programs that have the word “DEI” and “race” in them and scrubbing them without caring about the details. The exact same program would easily slip past them if it didn’t have one of the flagged words in it.  Previous MessagePrevious Messageit’s too bad they put the “environmental racism” language in the order because the program would have never been noticed and would still be active if they hadn’t done that. Previous Messagehttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/trump-canceled-dei-program-raw-sewage-alabaman-homes-rcna201164 Previous MessageThe clock is ticking on trade deals that the U.S. will need to strike with many nations, most notably China, to avoid what Trump’s Treasury Secretary has described as an “unsustainable” tariffs war. But in the U.S. farming sector, the damage has already been done and the economic crisis already begun. U.S. agriculture exporters say the global backlash to President Trump’s tariffs is punishing them, especially a decline in Chinese buying of U.S. farm products, leading to cancelled export orders and layoffs. Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, a leading export trade group for farmers, tells CNBC the number of canceled purchases of U.S. agriculture should not be described as approaching a crisis. “It is a full-blown crisis already,” he said. CNBC Despite this article, prices for cattle and hogs are at or near 52 week highs, corn and soybean prices are not good, but haven't really dropped since the tariff announcements. Wheat has taken it on the chin. |
- CanHartlebHireSnider May 1, 2025, 12:47:31