I grew up in rural America...the kind of place where the morning smell of diesel and soil told you exactly what kind of day it was going to be.
Half the kids in my class had dirt under their nails before breakfast.
Their parents were farmers...the backbone...the tax base, and the quiet strength of this country.
Most of them voted for Trump.
They believed in him. Trusted him. Thought he understood the struggle of getting one more season out of land that no longer loves you back.
And now? He just bailed out Argentina...a foreign government...while the same American farmers who fed this nation are being left to rot on their own soil.
He sold every damn one of them out.
I know what’s coming next because I’ve seen this movie before.
In the 1980s, I watched men I knew...proud...sunburned... good men...lose everything they’d worked for.
Some walked into the barn one morning and didn’t come back out.
Others took the truck down a gravel road and made a final decision they couldn’t undo.
It broke families.
It broke towns.
And it carved something into me that’s never left: when leaders trade loyalty for leverage, it’s always the working man who pays the price.
This time… I fear it’ll be worse.
More debt. More pressure. More betrayal wrapped in patriotism.
And more men and women realizing...too late...that the people they trusted sold them a brand...not a future.
Because when you betray the backbone of a nation...it’s not just crops that die.
It’s hope.
43 FBS defenses have forced 8+ turnovers this year.
16 FBS defenses have recorded 15+ sack this year.
11 FBS defenses are allowing less than 14 PPG this year.
Only one (1) FBS defense is doing ALL three:
• Nebraska - 11.3 PPG, 20 sacks, 10 turnovers
Pay Tony White double.
Holy hell this ad from @VoteVets absolutely eviscerates Trump.
Share this everywhere.
Because NOBODY in our armed forces should EVER have to salute that man again.
Aden Grathwohl ('25, Hiawatha, KS) gets on time and slams a 1B to LF. Low hands are dragged along well, power generated from solid lower half. Power potential in 6', 205lb. frame. #16uBattle@MarekAcademy@PGMidwestBB
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Stats from 4 tournaments, 18 games. BA .436, SLG .615, OBP .549, OPS 1.164, 2 outfield assists. @MarekAcademy@BUncommitted@UncommittedUTR @PBR_Uncommitted