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Daniel Helkenn's avatar

Years before the Haitians there were similar events featuring The Hmong (St. Paul), then the Somalis in Mpls. Years before this even the small town in Iowa where I graduated from high school was changed when Iowa Beef Packers closed down the biggest , highest paying employer in town (Hygrades), and reopened it after importing many people from Mexico and Central America. That story made 60 Minutes but that was when there was actually some investigative journalism being done. I’ve lived long enough in enough places to have seen this all before. The common denominator, as you point out, is someone makes an ass ton of money from this and it ain’t the immigrants. I told someone in a conversation right after the debate that I bet the road would lead to Dewine. I had no idea until reading this how right I was. This is what frustrates me. The bigger story behind this is missed. But I don’t know why I’m surprised…it generally is.

The right is great at memes…too bad they suck so bad at politics. The problem with all the stuff on X is most people aren’t on that. Everyone gets their news from Apple News, MSN or FB. Haitians eating cats is old news now. The new craze is Laura Loomer replacing Melanie. Is that in the cards for a Karen post this week?

Great post. I was glad to see info on the Dewine/Haiti connect.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

The USA has eaten half the world, and they're worried about hungry immigrants. Maybe we can interview another fat American for perspective.

Georgia (country) elections next month.

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