The horse and buggy industry would like a word.

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"With tariffs; we are a rich nation; without tariffs, we are a poor nation." Every nation with Trump-level tariffs is dirt-poor.

Combining used to be a solitary way to spend a day. Then I turned 65. Now, a number of nice ladies call me every 15 minutes or so to talk about Medicare

Share my dreams. If you dare. blake8dd.substack.com/publish/posts/…

Opinion: Farmers are being left behind, and it's time to speak up disq.us/t/4ylyxui

Threats to the availability of proven crop protection tools mean higher costs, lower production, and a more fragile food supply.   Read more in my letter to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:   bit.ly/4qFHigR

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Oren Cass is going to testify to Congress that the US must "prohibit all sales of advanced AI chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China." I hope we all see the irony. Cass has built his name as the conservative arguing that trade dependency is bad because it

Farmers need every tool in the toolbox. Thanks to Randy Tobler and @StephanieSBell for having me on yesterday to talk about the importance of protecting access to crop protection tools. My segment: 939theeagle.com/wake-up-missou…

My latest, in which I mention chatbots and Bebe Rebozo. open.substack.com/pub/blake8dd/p…

As predicted...

🚨 Key Highlights from Jobs Report:   ✅Federal bureaucracy slashed by 324k under the Trump Admin ✅130k job gains in January   ❌However, 124k were in Health care and social assistance – which are heavily subsidized by the government   ❌Only 5% of job growth last year came

agri-pulse.com/articles/24225… Old Man. Howling at the moon.

It's almost as if @JDvance doesn't fully understand trade deficits...

Family farmers are up against it. Lower commodity prices and rising input costs are hurting us—the last thing we need is for our crop protection tools to be taken away. Read about why access to these tools is so important: modernagalliance.org/news-resources…

My heroes got old. open.substack.com/pub/blake8dd/p…

Oh my.

My brother holds forth. Worth a watch. youtube.com/shorts/zH2zSnh…

A cry for help. Invest in my future open.substack.com/pub/blake8dd/p…