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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Are they writing "Thank You" letters to Trump already?

Let me give them thoughts and prayers:

I think they are idiots.

I pray that they may rot in hell.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Listen to interviews and read quotes from people like this. They know damn will it's Trump's fault, but they think he doesn't know. Seriously, always the same attitude.

"We just need President Trump to know that his $policy is hurting us out here."

Imagine begging a malignant narcissist, with spiraling dementia, to give a shit about you.

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The homeless dude begging for money is a Trump supporter. Even someone starving and pennyness, he still supports Trump. That's stupidity at the highest level.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Look! The wealth! IT'S TRICKLING DOWN!

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm covered in the wealth. The watery brown wealth. The smelly watery brown wealth...this is definitely not diarrhea!!!

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Wealth the president dropped on us from a fighter jet?

[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Republicans hate handouts so this will be an easy one

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

At least they owned the libs bigly.

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 138 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

The good folks of Dawson County, Nebraska need to take a deep breath, and consider the bigger picture. They're finally getting Calibri font out of government documents, and the White House is getting vandalized. Losing some hamburger factory in the middle of buttfuck nowhere is a small price to pay.

Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 61 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m sure they’ll find a way to blame it on (a) Biden, (b) Democrats, (c) immigrants, and (d) woke liberals.

There is no or.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That was a pretty inclusive "and" he used

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they can have one of musks AI datacenters build next to thier town.

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

This will ensure they can blame biden when they run out of water and electricity.

[–] arbitrary_sarcasm@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Taking bets on how many of them are still gonna find a way to blame this on Biden and say that they'll continue to support Trump.

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

A good 90% at least won't find out ! They will keep believing what their favorite TV host tells them. Anyone else is a liar !

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 76 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Per the article:

Tyson, the meatpacking giant that employs about 3,200 workers in the town, will leave all of them without jobs when the facility closes on Jan. 20.

Per Wikipedia:

As of the 2020 census, the population of Lexington, Nebraska was 10,348.

So about 30% of them are without jobs. That's a HUUUUUGE blow to their economy.

Per this article:

https://southernagtoday.org/2025/08/07/u-s-brazil-beef-trade-at-a-crossroads/

While expanding access to Asia, Brazil also made significant inroads into the U.S. market. In May alone, it shipped 175 million pounds of beef to the U.S., five times the volume of May 2024.

All they need to do is learn Portuguese and relocate to Brazil. FTFY.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

A 30% drop in employment is plenty to destroy a town.

[–] setsubyou@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

On average, every household loses one source of income. That town is dead.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

that would destroy a country if it was country wide too, 25% is enough to cause a massive downturn.

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 16 points 2 days ago

Here’s hoping the next Republicans they happily vote for (again) will finally fix the problems.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

we also dont produce alot of beef for consumption, its mostly imported. the ones from usa are poor quality anyways.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

USA is a net importer of beef but for the opposite reason you say. The USA imports meat cuts and trimmings to make cheap ground meat and exports steaks and higher quality meat.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Have they thought about not being lazy and just pulling themselves up by the bootstraps? Surely they can easily pivot to available jobs in new industries for future and forward-looking technologies that our government has fostered to prevent large permanent job losses when volatile or transitional roles are threatened or eliminated? Right?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago

trump said: you voted for what i campaigned on, and "get used to a lower standard of living." recently.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I feel so sad for them. They believed in the dream of small America and big corporate winners. In other words, idiots.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Don't worry, I am sure they are super happy their favorite orange pedophile is having a Ball room built... they'll be warmed and nourished by the notion

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

The thing is, if they can throw out the psychopathic corporate politicians from their state and federal government, they can get some bennies to survive while they find new ways to make a living.

But will they realize that? I say no, they won't. And it's understandable, because a solution two or more years from now won't help them tomorrow. But still it would be nice if the message could work its way into the back corner of their brain.

[–] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is this related to Trump's administration actions because of the Argentinian meat subsidies and related competition in the meat sector? Or straight up tariffs?

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I'm thinking both.

[–] HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More voters who fucked up and found out. If only they didn't cause so much collateral damage to the rest of US and international societies with their stupidity

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

They will not find out, they will keep blaming Biden !

[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 days ago

MS NOW reported Friday from Lexington — the county seat of Dawson County, Nebraska, a place Trump carried easily with more than 74 percent of the vote last year. Tyson, the meatpacking giant that employs about 3,200 workers in the town, will leave all of them without jobs when the facility closes on Jan. 20.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 26 points 2 days ago

The PROBLEM is that there's too many LIBRULS in the Government that Republicans control EVERY house of at the Federal and State level!

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago

They're taking our jerbs!

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

thats a bougie brand for babies, you think they can afford it.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I expect "crooksandliars.com" to be a reliable and unbiased source

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 19 hours ago

Please show me an unbiased source. I'm more interested in if they are straight up lying or not.