Alatron Observations:

  Hate is an intense, deep-seated emotional response of aversion, enmity, or extreme dislike, often fueled by anger, fear, or contempt Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter didn’t misspeak. He said the quiet part out loud. While defending the dismantling of Black political power in Alabama through racist gerrymandering, he openly declared that he hopes the Supreme Court overturns the 14th Amendment, the amendment that granted citizenship to formerly enslaved Black people after slavery. Let that sink in. An elected official in 2026 is publicly expressing hope that the constitutional amendment recognizing Black people as citizens of this country will be overturned. And some people still want to pretend America isn’t racist. This is what Make America Great Again has always meant to the extremists driving it: rolling back the gains of Reconstruction, gutting voting rights, erasing Black history, dismantling civil rights protections, purging Black people from positions of power,...

  Chapter 12: Special Bankruptcy for Farmers Alright — what’s going on in agriculture right now? Farms and their finances today are completely different from what they were a century ago. So, let’s dig past the headlines and find out what’s really going on. When we hear about a “farm bankruptcy crisis,” what does that really mean? First things first — yes, farm bankruptcy rates have been rising in the last few years. But that’s from historic lows . When you look at the data, you can see the bigger picture. And it’s not just farms. Everyone’s filing for bankruptcy more right now — individuals, businesses — across the board. This isn’t just a farm problem. It’s a U.S. economy problem. What’s wild to me is that everyone knows farm bankruptcies are going up, but nobody’s talking about the fact that all bankruptcies are going up. There isn’t a special farm bankruptcy crisis. There’s a general bankruptcy problem — and farms are part of that. So, what’s going on here? ...