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Will Small Farmers’ Beef With Trump Sway the 2020 Election?
Marco Cibola On an October morning, two men and a woman wearing cowboy hats, bearing American flags, and sitting atop horses rode into a windowless conference room in the depths…
Trump’s Food Stamp Cuts Will Be Devastating to Trump Country
An employee at a rural grocery store organizes a shelfJill Schramm/Minot Daily News/AP Earlier this month, the US Department of Agriculture finalized new restrictions on eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition…
The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s Fertilizer King
Mother Jones illustration; Ronald Zak/AP; Getty Those paying close attention to President Donald Trump’s impeachment drama will have heard of the Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash. His story contains multitudes. He…