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Chriis Murphy "cerebral and serious"
It's quite simply amazing. The younger generations have no historical memories of the days before Reagan when we had the Fairness Doctrine. Today, most younger people do not trust the media, yet go to crazed demagogues and others for news and information. I love that the older farmer spoke civilly and with respect in giving advice and information out, all while empathizing with the younger farmer.
Will Westmoreland, a southwest Missouri farmer and political consultant, in a video on TikTok said: "I think the worst thing that they did to us in rural America is that they convinced us somehow to place the culture wars over our own wellbeing."
Feb 12, 2025 ‘Haven’t Been Paying Attention’: Missouri Farmer Who Used Online Quiz to Vote for President Now Faces Losing Family Farm After Funding Freeze
Story by Christian Boone
First-generation Missouri farmer Skylar Holden said he wishes he’d been more careful with his vote now that he faces financial ruin due to a freeze instituted by President Donald Trump on funding for key conservation programs.
The father of three says he is dependent on that funding to keep his cattle farm afloat, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture has put a hold on the funds pending a federal review of all spending programs.
Holden had signed a $240,000 contract with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to improve water lines, fencing, and wells on his farm.
USDA officials recently notified him that his contract was frozen — after Holden had already spent $80,000 on materials and labor. It’s unclear when or if those funds will be made available.
“I’ve already done a bunch of the work, already paid for the material and the labor, so I’m out all that cost,” he said. “We are possibly going to lose our farm if NRCS doesn’t hold up their contract with us.”
Holden recently took his case to TikTok, and his video quickly went viral. But he’s found little sympathy from the left or the right.
Anti-Trumpers told Holden he “got exactly what he voted for.” Many have lampooned his claim that he relied on a 25-question online quiz to tell him how to vote rather than researching the candidate’s policies himself.
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just remove the [brackets] on either side of the period mark [.]
put a dot/period back between "tiktok" and "com"
include the rest of the address "/@westmoreland_pops/video/7469227380796558635"
and you're there
Advice From an Older Farmer
Will Westmoreland, a southwest Missouri farmer and political consultant, in a video on TikTok said: "I think the worst thing that they did to us in rural America is that they convinced us somehow to place the culture wars over our own wellbeing."
Feb 12, 2025 ‘Haven’t Been Paying Attention’: Missouri Farmer Who Used Online Quiz to Vote for President Now Faces Losing Family Farm After Funding Freeze
Story by Christian Boone
First-generation Missouri farmer Skylar Holden said he wishes he’d been more careful with his vote now that he faces financial ruin due to a freeze instituted by President Donald Trump on funding for key conservation programs.
The father of three says he is dependent on that funding to keep his cattle farm afloat, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture has put a hold on the funds pending a federal review of all spending programs.
Holden had signed a $240,000 contract with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to improve water lines, fencing, and wells on his farm.
USDA officials recently notified him that his contract was frozen — after Holden had already spent $80,000 on materials and labor. It’s unclear when or if those funds will be made available.
“I’ve already done a bunch of the work, already paid for the material and the labor, so I’m out all that cost,” he said. “We are possibly going to lose our farm if NRCS doesn’t hold up their contract with us.”
Holden recently took his case to TikTok, and his video quickly went viral. But he’s found little sympathy from the left or the right.
Anti-Trumpers told Holden he “got exactly what he voted for.” Many have lampooned his claim that he relied on a 25-question online quiz to tell him how to vote rather than researching the candidate’s policies himself.
...
tiktok[.]com/@westmoreland_pops/video/7469227380796558635
just remove the [brackets] on either side of the period mark [.]
put a dot/period back between "tiktok" and "com"
include the rest of the address "/@westmoreland_pops/video/7469227380796558635"
and you're there
Advice From an Older Farmer
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