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submitted 3 weeks ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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Michigan farmer Rebecca Carlson, a longtime Trump supporter, faces bankruptcy as Trump’s funding freezes stall a $400,000 USDA grant for hiring temporary workers.

Carlson, who hoped Trump’s second term would revive her struggling cherry farm, already spent $200,000 preparing for labor under the H-2A visa program.

With funding halted, she risks losing $200,000 more and can’t move forward with critical hires.

Trump’s new tariffs and immigration crackdowns threaten agriculture costs and labor availability, leaving farmers uncertain and frustrated with unmet promises.

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[-] Draces@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

they cannot help but be uninformed.

Bullshit. They've had way too long to figure out that reality doesn't match up with the news they're getting. It's just easier to not question it

[-] Eldritch@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Their reality is legitimately different from your own. And as long as you refuse to acknowledge that. You will just push them to cling to their lies as much as you are clinging to your own.

By virtue of simply being here both of us are not typical or average. A lot of typical average people still don't use the internet and don't even rely much on cable. When everything around them tells them that reality is one particular way. And in general it doesn't often negatively impact them they'll believe it. Now when the cognitive dissonance is really hitting is the best time to break them from it.

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