'I never thought I was going to lose this much money': Trump voter amid tariffs
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Paraphrasing a quote: People who make $1,000,000 an hour have convinced people making $25 an hour that all of their problems come from people making $7.25 an hour.
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│ @lisafreebairn7736 commented on Friday April 11, 2025 | Likes: 0
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│ They would still vote for him. That is why they are careful in answering the questions. They do not want to admit that they would still vote Trump.
A triple Trumper. 
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Both these comments be why I can't take TLR serious...
All this 'buy the dip' 'both parties are the same' 'i told y'all how to make money stop complaining' 'real reparations come from crypto and stocks' 'i don't rock with Trump or either party' just be a cover to vote for Trump cause they brainwashed off the first comment.
If your posting on the-coli, your closer to the people making 7.25 an hour than you will ever be to the million an hour.
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Jeff Richards, St. George News
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CEDAR CITY — Officials at Utah Iron LLC announced on Wednesday that the company is suspending its mining operations at its Iron County facility, effective immediately.
Jenn Rhodes, executive director of operations for Utah Iron, said, "Significant fluctuations in global markets have created an unusual and strenuous amount of uncertainty for buyers and sellers," according to a news release.
The news release quotes company officials as saying, "We are navigating uncharted waters with unfamiliar and seemingly insurmountable risks. While it pains us to suspend our mining operations, it is a necessary step while we regroup and adjust to current market pressures."
Located approximately 15 miles west of Cedar City, the company is one of Iron County's larger employers, the news release states, adding, "The company also supports many other small and large business(es) locally and regionally as well as major transportation providers, railway and sea shipping, that will be impacted."
Read the full article at St. George News.
Citing market uncertainty, Utah Iron shuts down mining operations in Iron County
Jeff Richards, St. George News
1–2 minutes
CEDAR CITY — Officials at Utah Iron LLC announced on Wednesday that the company is suspending its mining operations at its Iron County facility, effective immediately.
Jenn Rhodes, executive director of operations for Utah Iron, said, "Significant fluctuations in global markets have created an unusual and strenuous amount of uncertainty for buyers and sellers," according to a news release.
The news release quotes company officials as saying, "We are navigating uncharted waters with unfamiliar and seemingly insurmountable risks. While it pains us to suspend our mining operations, it is a necessary step while we regroup and adjust to current market pressures."
Located approximately 15 miles west of Cedar City, the company is one of Iron County's larger employers, the news release states, adding, "The company also supports many other small and large business(es) locally and regionally as well as major transportation providers, railway and sea shipping, that will be impacted."
Read the full article at St. George News.
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get tariffed, brehs 
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"I don't rock with either party" = "I LOVE Trump but, I gotta pretend the Dems are evil to justify it"
‘We Made a Mistake’: Outdoor Sports Retailer REI Retracts Endorsement of Doug Burgum, Launches Initiative to Protect Public Lands
A few months into the second Trump term, REI's new CEO has publicly disclaimed the company's endorsement of Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary and apologized.
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‘We Made a Mistake’: Outdoor Sports Retailer REI Retracts Endorsement of Doug Burgum, Launches Initiative to Protect Public Lands
Sarah RumpfApr 10th, 2025, 12:28 pm
Screenshot via REI on Instagram.
When outdoor recreation co-op REI signed onto a letter endorsing President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior, then-North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, it drew shock and outrage from many of the retailer’s loyal customers. Now, a few months into the second Trump term, REI’s new CEO has publicly disclaimed that endorsement and apologized.
The January letter was sent to Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) as the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, a coalition of outdoor recreation organizations, retailers, and interest groups.
The letter praised Burgum as “an avid outdoorsman who hunts, snowmobiles, sails, skis, rides horses, side by sides and more” who had a “history of support for outdoor recreation, the outdoor recreation economy, and the protection of public lands and waters,” “commitment to supporting outdoor recreation as an economic driver and a meaningful way to connect communities,” and “long-time admiration of Teddy Roosevelt, sophisticated understanding of business, and commitment to public-private partnerships.”
“The success of the $1.2 trillion outdoor recreation economy relies on the Department of the Interior managing, safeguarding, and maintaining America’s public lands and waters, infrastructure, and increasing access so we can pass on the lifelong benefits of time in nature to our children and all future generations,” the letter continued. “ORR will seek to work diligently with the next Administration to advance a sustainable and thriving outdoor recreation economy for the benefit of all Americans. We appreciate the opportunity to highlight our support for Governor Burgum’s nomination and look forward to working with you and your staff in the 119th Congress.”
On Wednesday, REI posted on its social media accounts a short video message from Mary Beth Laughton, who was announced as the next president and CEO earlier this year after previous stints at companies that included Nike, Sephora, and Athleta, and a few years on REI’s board. According to a LinkedIn post by Laughton, she began as president on Feb. 3 and CEO on March 31.
In Laughton’s message, posted on Facebook, Threads, and Instagram, she noted that she was not in charge when the letter was sent, but had been “a committed member of the REI community for decades.”
Laughton said she was there to discuss an “urgent” topic: “Our public lands are under attack…[f]rom the gutting of national park staff to expanded threats of drilling or even selling off our public lands, the future of life outdoors has never felt so uncertain.”
She explained that REI had signed onto the Burgum endorsement letter “in an effort to have a seat at the table and continue our outdoor advocacy,” but that was a “mistake”:
Laughton did not cite any specific action by the Trump administration or the Department of the Interior under Burgum as the impetus for the revoked endorsement, but on Tuesday, Burgum had been present in the Oval Office when Trump signed a group of executive orders regarding the coal industry.
According to a report by the AP, the orders included citing presidential emergency authority “to allow some older coal-fired power plants set for retirement to keep producing electricity to meet rising U.S. power demand amid growth in data centers, artificial intelligence and electric cars,” and directing Burgum’s agency “to identify coal resources on federal lands, lift barriers to coal mining and prioritize coal leasing on U.S. lands” — reversing a moratorium put in place during the Obama administration that paused approvals of coal leases on federal lands.
The website cited by Laughton lists several initiatives the company encourages customers to support, including contacting congressional representatives to urge them to pass the Public Lands in Public Hands Act, which would ban the sale of national parks, monuments, forests, wildlife refuges, and other federally-owned public lands and waters to private buyers.
Commented on Thu Apr 10 19:31:26 2025 UTC
Mark another one in the column for companies who alienated their customer base by complying in advance.
So fukking stupid.
Mark another one in the column for companies who alienated their customer base by complying in advance.
So fukking stupid.
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│ I saw an infographic that showed camping/outdoor gear as having the highest tariff exposure of almost any consumer goods category. Almost NOTHING in that store is made in the US, and most of it is made in China or elsewhere in Asia.
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│ It's going to be a bumpy ride for REI over the next few years.
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│ I saw an infographic that showed camping/outdoor gear as having the highest tariff exposure of almost any consumer goods category. Almost NOTHING in that store is made in the US, and most of it is made in China or elsewhere in Asia.
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│ It's going to be a bumpy ride for REI over the next few years.
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│ │ After the regime logs all the National Forests we won’t need outdoor gear anyway
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│ │ After the regime logs all the National Forests we won’t need outdoor gear anyway
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│ │ │ With all the jobs gone we'll all be homeless and need the outside gear
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│ │ │ With all the jobs gone we'll all be homeless and need the outside gear
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│ │ │ │ Only the cardboard boxes the expensive gear comes in
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│ │ │ │ Only the cardboard boxes the expensive gear comes in
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Commented on Fri Apr 11 04:35:53 2025 UTC
"i never thought i was gonna lose THIS much money"
"i never thought i was gonna lose THIS much money"
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│ Commented on Fri Apr 11 06:07:00 2025 UTC
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│ That means he didn’t listen to Kamala, because she absolutely warned him… along with almost all financial experts that this is exactly what would’ve happened. Aannnnnddd it did.
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│ That means he didn’t listen to Kamala, because she absolutely warned him… along with almost all financial experts that this is exactly what would’ve happened. Aannnnnddd it did.
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│ │ Commented on Fri Apr 11 08:19:30 2025 UTC
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│ │ I wonder what it was about Kamala that just didn’t convince him?
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│ │ I wonder what it was about Kamala that just didn’t convince him?
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MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business
“I never thought I was going to lose this much money this fast,” the beekeeper told CNN.
MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business
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“I never thought I was going to lose this much money this fast,” the beekeeper told CNN.
Tom Sanders
Reporter
Updated Apr. 11 2025 9:55AM EDT Published Apr. 11 2025 9:23AM EDT
A beekeeper who voted for President Donald Trump three times says he would have “considered other options” after the president ordered tariffs and cuts that could put him out of business.
“I never thought I was going to lose this much money this fast,” farmer Jim Hartman told CNN, explaining that cuts to the federal budget, combined with the Trump administration’s tariff policy, could cause him to lose over half of his annual income.
Hartman, who runs Secret Garden Bees, a honey farm in North Carolina, told the presenter that “the cost of equipment has just gone through the roof” since Trump was re-elected, with things looking to get steadily worse in the coming months.
“We just bought our year’s supply of bottles from Taiwan and our year’s supply of corks from Portugal about 3 weeks ago, so that would have been another $50,000 or $60,000 out of my pocket,” he said.
Hartman said the increased costs mean he has been forced to carry out repairs rather than replace equipment and is unable to hire any more workers to help him run the farm.
But it’s not just the tariffs that are squeezing his budget. Hartman admits that nearly half of his business comes from selling honey to the federal government for use in food banks and at schools as part of a program that was suddenly halted by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) without any warning as part of its efforts to streamline government spending.
“For a lot of other local farmers around here, that was a major source of reliable revenue,” he said. “For me, you know, it’s going to cost me around $150,000 a year, roughly 50 percent of my revenue. That’s a massive hit.”
Hartman made his comments before the Trump administration temporarily suspended the tariffs for 90 days but later told CNN the government’s policy had “flip-flopped so many times you can’t take it to the bank.”
“Stuff like this is pushing me left,” he told The Wall Street Journal in a separate interview, claiming that farmers like him have been left to carry the brunt of the president’s trade war. And although he does not blame Trump personally for the economic downturn, “the people he’s appointed and the way they’re going about things, it’s not OK,” he said.
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