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Sahara's avatar

With the endorsement of Roundup by Trump and Kennedy, the only ones I would be voting for at this point is Joel Salatin, Thomas Massie, and you. I will participate in the Va. Constitutional Amendments, but other than that, I am done. We are about to have another war -it's most definitely not what I voted for. We need to start over, from the ground up. Not just in agriculture.

David A's avatar

I am surprised to see the upvotes as this means 1. you are ignoring any chance at the issues you identify where Kennedy and Trump are far ahead of the complete mandates of the clot shot from the left. Beyond that you are ignoring the entire woke agenda, illegal migrations, Islamist , massive government fraud, the willful shutting down of small farming, on and on, in every issue Trump is far far better then the left, but you are done voting?

Sahara's avatar

I think you are falling for the perpetual illusion that we have choice when the Epstein files clearly show that there is a whole other world none of us "low lives" has access to or any say in. Yes the current policy on immigration is slightly better, but Trump just tucked his tail in MN. Why? And never forget Warp Speed and the lockdown. I recommend James Corbett or Whitney Webb for insight.

Mike Gustine's avatar

Except he didn't tuck his tail in MN, that is just how the liberal media portrayed it. Less agents are needed there now because MN is allowing the local police to actually assist ICE, unlike previously (and the clean up there moved much more quickly once that changed). So now they can just pick up criminal immigrants when they are released from jail, where previously they were not informing ICE of their release. More ICE agents were needed due to the lack of assistance from local law enforcement. I agree with some frustrations you mention in your first comment, and I also agree about the Epstien files, but you can't really expect one administration to be able to fix everything all at once. I'm not terribly optimistic either, but I'm not going to throw my hands up and give up. Is there a country you'd rather be in at this point? Not me, as bad as things have gotten here, they are much worse in Europe and other western nations.

David A's avatar

"slightly better" Oh my, from 2 million a year coming in to net outflow, with violent criminal elements first, criminal in other ways besides illegal second, including a magnitude increase in sex trade and child trade and indentured servitude prosecution, a historic reduction in violent crime, a full on war with DEI, stopping child mutilation, far better health care system with that battle ongoing, the list of what the man has accomplished against a successful margin through the institutions and RINOS, and the very corrupt court system, is phenomenology, trillions of dollars coming into the nation, a freezing of funds to Ukraine, a full on battle against woke culture, etc,etc, I really could go on and on. (The poster below is correct about Minnesota, and arrests are ongoing. A proper and fair defense of warp speed decision would be a long post, but in essence Trump always favored state rights, and warp speed was a desperate move to keep the surging Trump economy on track, and force the end of the lock downs. If you were President you could not have prevented them, nor could you have ended them.

Sonia Nordenson's avatar

And I recommend Corbett or Webb for sour, disheartening, black-pilled insight, whose influence you are certainly under.

Bruce Hartnett's avatar

Roundup/Glyphosate does have a good non-harmful use as a weed killer, upon planting the various crops of grain. When it starts causing the problems, is the spraying of said crops to hasten the Harvest thereof. Therefore, there must be education & Legislation to ban it's use after the initial planting, etc. Our farmers began over 20 years ago to convert all of our Farmland to No-Till, which has produced better crops than others, and also leaves a homegrown mulch to hold moisture and further cut down weeds on our dryland fields!

Thomas A Braun RPh's avatar

Polls can be skewed to change viewpoints and are not necessarily reality. They should do one on public media advertising of prescription drugs. It is absurd to believe that it is educational and positive when you can't even pronounce the name of the product and then you are reminded that you can be harmed by it. They mask the harm aspect by creating a feel good human interaction as a distraction and convey the subminimal message "Taking RX Drugs are GOOD" Far from accurate. Congress should ban all Consumer advertising of RX drugs and put the decision making back in the hands of the physician. Only New Zealand is as dumb to allow it. Save the drug manufacturers about 5 BILLION dollars annually. I doubt they will lower their prices by that amount. Congressman: Do Your Job!

Jean's avatar

Note. Sec. Kennedy just put out on X

will always tell the American people the truth.

Pesticides and herbicides are toxic by design, engineered to kill living organisms. When we apply them across millions of acres and allow them into our food system, we put Americans at risk. Chemical manufacturers have paid tens of billions of dollars to settle cancer claims linked to their products, and many agricultural communities report elevated cancer rates and chronic disease.

Unfortunately, our agricultural system depends heavily on these chemicals. The U.S. represents 4% of the world’s population, yet we use roughly 25% of its pesticides. If these inputs disappeared overnight, crop yields would fall, food prices would surge, and America would experience a massive loss of farms even beyond what we are witnessing today. The consequences would be disastrous.

I support President Trump’s Executive Order to bring agricultural chemical production back to the United States and end our near-total reliance on adversarial nations. His EO protects two pillars of national strength: our defense readiness and our food supply. When hostile actors control critical inputs, they directly threaten the security of the American people. The Trump administration will secure these supply chains to eliminate that vulnerability.

President Trump did not build our current system — he inherited it. For decades, Washington designed modern agriculture. Policymakers wrote farm policy, directed research dollars, structured subsidies and crop insurance, and shaped commodity markets to reward monocultures and maximum yield. Those deliberate choices locked farmers into chemical dependence and prioritized short-term output over long-term soil vitality and human health.

We are now changing course — without destabilizing the food supply.

Alongside @USDA @SecRollins, we are accelerating the transition to regenerative agriculture by expanding farming systems that rebuild soil, increase biodiversity, improve water retention, and reduce reliance on synthetic chemicals, including pre-harvest desiccation.

We are also driving the rapid adoption of next-generation technologies, including laser-guided weed control, electrothermal and electrical systems, robotics, precision mechanical cultivation, and biological controls that replace blanket spraying with precision intervention.

These solutions are not theoretical. Farmers are already putting them to work. Markets are scaling them. Now the federal government will act with urgency to expand their reach and accelerate adoption nationwide.

I have met with hundreds of farmers and agricultural leaders across the country. They understand the pressures firsthand. Chemical inputs cut into margins. Chemical-resistant pests are spreading. Soil health is declining. Foreign markets are shutting out American produce. Farmers want workable alternatives, and they want policies that support transition without threatening their livelihoods.

At HHS, I am leading a coordinated effort grounded in gold standard science. I am working with Secretary Rollins and @EPALeeZeldin to expedite a better future where a thriving agricultural system is less dependent on harmful chemicals. We are sharing data, coordinating strategy, and supporting farmers through a practical transition.

The Make America Healthy Again agenda forces us to challenge long-standing assumptions about how we grow food, structure markets, and measure success in this country. Reform at this scale will test entrenched interests, and it will not move in a straight line.

President Trump has opened the door to this debate and backed meaningful change — not only in policy, but in the national conversation about health and agriculture.

American farmers stand at the center of this movement. They deserve policies rooted in rigorous science and economic reality. Our children deserve a food system that protects and strengthens their health.

With President Trump’s leadership, we are securing critical supply chains, confronting the health risks embedded in our current system, and deploying every available tool to build a stronger, safer, more resilient American food supply.

Brandy's avatar

I wonder how many people who complain about Trump's decision use fertilizers and weed killers on their lawns. How many of the complainers like to play golf courses which require fertilizers and weed killers to maintain the course? Everyone needs to do their part and before judging Trump for his decisions, do some research. I did and it makes total sense for him to make this decision. Do I like it, not really, but I understand it. Everyone of us is responsible for the 'chemical' situation we are in, so let's not pretend one man can fix our mistakes over night. God Bless President Trump.

Jean's avatar

Again, as you point out, each of us can make a difference in what we do. I don't use pesticides for the sake of creatures visiting my yard. I do use fertilizers for my sorry front yard and inject 3 large compromised trees to keep them alive. I'm for dessicants in particular not being in our foods and animal feeds. I'm hopeful regenerative farming will become a widespread practice. I appreciate Secretsry Kennedy's coverage on this issue!

David A's avatar

An excellent post and would require hours (dozens at a minimum) of study to properly understand how best to transition to healthier foods. That said, afaik, eliminating round up and using less toxic alternatives (not full organic) is not expensive.

James Lord's avatar

<<“He’s stunned. He says, ‘Unbelievable, unbelievable.'”

“Now, let me tell you why they’re booing you,” Rich continued. “I said, ‘Because all of them, including me—I said, I would boo you. I really would. I would boo you, really, if you brought that up, and here’s why…’ He’s looking at me, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘This is the last time this guy’s gonna invite me to anything. He’s never gonna call me again. I’m throwing massive shade on a former president’s…one of his biggest accomplishments.'”

“Here’s why they’re booing you, Mr. President. Because every human being out in that rally, either themselves or they know someone directly who has been harmed by the vaccine or has even died from it, including me. I said, ‘I got members of my own family who were forced to take it against their will to keep their jobs, and now they’ve got all kinds of problems, big problems—heart problems, long problems.'”

Rich recounted that during the conversation Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) advised Trump against listening to him, saying, “Mr. President, if you listen to conspiracy theorists like John Rich the Democrats are gonna take credit for what you did and they’re gonna beat you in the next election with it.”

After Rich reprimanded Graham for speaking over him, he continued, “Now let me finish what I was saying…and then I finished it. Okay, Trump ended that by saying, ‘So, I guess no more vaccine talk.’ I said, ‘I think that’s a good idea.'”>>

From 4-8-25 Infowars article, "'Everyone Knows Someone Harmed by Jabs’: John Rich Reveals How He Convinced Trump to Stop Praising Covid Jabs"

LoverOfHills's avatar

Mr. Rich can perhaps join with RFKjr on a Thank You ICU Nurses Tour, that I've suggested here. We have to mix it up, think out of the box. We need a shiny object to attract the full focus of President Trump to the Medical Truth issues.

LoverOfHills's avatar

I have a suggestion for HHS Director Bobby Kennedy. Do random (or planned) hospital ICU visits. Not to ruffle feathers, or to ask probing questions. A random Thank You tour.

I know this sounds crazy. But we have to think out of the box. And we owe it to these folks. I believe that many ICUs are full of highly qualified staff, nurses in particular, who are PTSD'd from all levels of covid BS. I also believe, many of them, are on the cusp of Waking Up. As Mattias Desmet counseled us, talking sincerely can help bring folks out of isolation, fear, anxiety. It's the only remedy to breaking out of this mass ........ I'll let you all fill in the word, begins with a psy (AAP, is still feeding it too!). As Elon said those early months in Pres. Trump's 1st year, Caring, just showing you Care, can go a long way.

I bet after RFKJr paid mind to these folks, President Trump would pay mind moreso to the Medical Truths. Win Win.

Remember the TV series, China Beach? Remember Bob Hope's USO tours? I've spoken with ICU folks. They will tell you they are still freaked out, PTSD'd, by what all went down in those years. And now, if, they try to break out of it, they feel villainized, and or mocked because to De-Stress they did a dancing video. It's so unfair. They were put in a horrible circumstance during this super stressful, confusing time. Then, when they got a break, they thought they'd infect their loved ones at home with their clothes! They striped outside their doors! They were changing their clothes all the time! They felt they couldn't even walk beside their loved ones.

There was no China Beach R n R station for the ICU nurses. I say we remember them, thank them somehow.

Jane Tracy's avatar

I think your suggestion would be wonderfully AWESOME 🤩

An apology and a heartfelt thank you to the nurses and all of the staff for what they lived through during the pandemic would be greatly appreciated 💥

D D's avatar

Wow, what a loving perspective. Compassion goes a long way.

Barbara Lekowicz's avatar

An excellent book to read: “What the Nurses Saw”. Interviews with nurses who worked in hospitals during COVID. An eye opener!

AMK60's avatar

A glaring omission from the list of business sectors is the insurance industry.

Discuss

Mark Brody's avatar

The Fabrizio "poll" shows the dire state that vaccine popularity is now in. It shows this by virtue of its obvious obfuscation of the truth about vaccine public opinion. Any poll that needs to try so hard to obscure the truth about public opinion reveals that its authors feel a desperate need to attempt to cover up the data that proves the polls "results" false. The obfuscation identified in the poll is not "proof" of vaccine unpopularity, but it is proof enough that the pollsters felt a need to obfuscate something that they must have been reluctant to have revealed. This could be only one thing -- that vaccines are far less popular than the pollsters would like you to believe.

Garry Blankenship's avatar

"Republican parents are far less likely than Democratic parents to have high confidence in childhood vaccine effectiveness (45% vs. 71%), safety testing (29% vs. 63%), and the vaccine schedule (27% vs. 58%)". Now I understand why young Democrats are so deranged.

Maria's avatar

Repealing the 1986 liability immunity is the beginning and the best start. I challenge anyone to say they had informed consent prior to being vaccinated, with any vaccine on the market. I believe that immunity led to the explosion of shots and it also led to ridiculous and negligent quality control. This is criminal and that the government ‘criminally fined’ Pfizer and the rest of the shit bags is absurd. Think about it, criminally fining a corporation. A corporation, I haven’t passed one of those walking next to me down any sidewalk. The executives from those institutions should be imprisoned! The executives and scientific staffs knew the dangers, and intentionally mislead the public and then covered up their crimes while our government bureaucrats were complicit.

Bob Luzzi's avatar

In the mean time there should be no vaccine mandates.

DaughteroftheKing's avatar

EXCELLENT books to give as gifts to expectant and current Parents:

"Vax Facts" by Dr. Paul Thomas

"Vaccines Amen" by Aaron Siri (Attorney)

"Vaccines: Mythology, Ideology and Reality" by John Leake and Dr. McCullough

"Warrior Mom" by Tracy Slepcevic

Barbara Lekowicz's avatar

“What the Nurses Saw”. Excellent book.

DaughteroftheKing's avatar

"What the Nurses Saw" related to COVID-19?

Bob Luzzi's avatar

Don’t need more polls. Need the right message to drive the poll(s). It’s simple: “vaccines may save lives but they have never been safety tested so we don’t know the risks or damages caused by vaccines compared to their benefits. Testing and studies must be done so parents can make informed decisions free from mandates.”

EM's avatar

Thank you for posting the article by Mr. Tucker. The results of the poll left me thinking, thinking, thinking. I am in my very early 70's now. As I recall, I had mumps and measles at the same time and my eyes were swollen shut. Whatever that thing was, I did not die from it. Keeping my eyes shut (from sensitivity to light), and salt water cloths bathing my eyes cured me. Just was mad that I could hear my sisters playing out on the swings.

There was also a time when there was a contagion sign on our door (YAY no going to school) because my four siblings and I had somehow contracted Impatigo. Whatever that is. I can't even find the spelling of it. Twas impugned to all of us climbing in pine tree and getting the sap on us. Whatever.

I live now in my ancestral home, and there is a colony of bats that live in the attic. Although my Mother was bitten by a rabid bat who somehow found it's way into a garbage bag, I want to preserve and protect them. And have found ways to do so. The bats have eaten more vector disease insects. Besides that, there poop makes a great and nutritious fertilizer.

Its just common sense. Funny, not so much, how no one has developed a "vaccine" re the vector diseases spread by a tick bite?

Anti-vax I am. I only take the tetanus shot.

Stacie's avatar

The CCP does similar deceptive practices to sway public opinion on an issue they wish to control. For instance, using a “Western outlet” to diminish Fulan Gong, who have been the subject people of totalitarian Communist human rights abuses. To read in the article that “The pollsters offer five warm fuzzies and then three more controversial and edgy, the last one of which is completely misworded and convoluted” reminds us of a similar deceptive practice that aims to save anything but human lives.

VictorDianne Watson's avatar

It appears that the Overton Window is moving positively toward more parent control of vaccines and less on mandates in spite of some of the poor questions that were asked.