Alex Ramel

Conservative Whatcom County farmers are now realizing some of the consequences of the MAGA immigration policy.

I’m angry that people who should have known better helped enable Trump and his republican cronies and the real harm they are doing. But it’s a hard thing to admit that you’ve been lied to and fooled. It takes maturity to admit a mistake.

Trump has lied to and fooled a lot of people. We need them to recognize it and vote differently in the future. Let’s not make it harder to admit by saying “I told you so,” especially not in public forums and on social media.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/get-them-all-why-are-wa-farmers-blindsided-by-an-ice-crackdown/

‘Get them all’: Why are WA farmers blindsided by an ICE crackdown? Farmers are speaking out about immigration raids on farmworkers, saying they're startled by it and disappointed. Are we living in different information bubbles?

War with Iran is needless, thoughtless, and illegal under international law and the US Constitution. Like previous wars of adventure, it will end badly for US interests after costing countless innocent lives, traumatizing communities, and further dividing our country. My heart is broken.