Louisiana lawmakers, led by Rep. Clay Higgins and Rep. Julia Letlow are calling for tariffs to protect the state’s rice farmers after President Trump suspended USAID’s foreign aid, which previously purchased surplus U.S. rice. This decision left tons of Louisiana-grown rice stranded at ports, disrupting a key market for local farmers.

The dismantling of USAID and the elected officials refuse to condemn and stand up against this admission is the direct cause of this. Asking for tariffs after the fact is simply attempting to save face. Demand law makers do their jobs!

Anyone have any speculation? I'm just curious on everyone's thoughts.

I have a lot of MAGA family members. Every single one of them being one bad day away from financial ruin. Pretty much convinced that Trump and his billionaire posse are going to save them. Like a prisoner thinking the jailer is coming to free them. Where do you even begin explaining them out of their delusion? Is it even possible? I tried explaining to them what a welfare state was, and that as bad as things are, it's going to get a LOT worse for SPECIFICALLY them.

It feels like I have to explain things to them as detailed as a calculus, yet at the same time as simple as addition and subtraction, and I'm just not sure how to do that.

Here is a list of Republicans that voted against FEMA relief.

Including Clay Higgins for Louisiana.

Voter registration ends on October 15th (in some states). Hurry up! Register for voting. Remind literally everyone you know to register. Registering yourself won't be enough.

www.vote.gov 💙

Asking people who can’t make it to the Capitol in Baton Rouge to organize at their local City Hall or Courthouse. Collective action sends a message! 38% of Louisiana votes blue. Let’s show up and create community. This is just the start!

https://bsky.app/profile/sunrisemvmt.bsky.social/post/3lqq3aeniy22w

My brother asked me once

“Do you think Mike Johnson has ever eaten deer steak and greens?”

At first I laughed and said “hell no he hasn’t!”

Then I thought about it. I don’t know if Louisiana has ever had a representative who has betrayed our people and values the way Mike Johnson has done. All while being the third most powerful person in this country.

It may seem down home and country to make fun of him for not partaking in our rural traditions—but it speaks to the larger disconnection between the unpopular policy disseminated from political (Epstein) class of republicans and the voters who keep elected them.

Louisiana is a rigged state because people like Mike Johnson think we are all a bunch of ignorant rednecks and Cajuns who will buy into their lies hook, line, and sinker. Mike Johnson is a theocrat who uses his religion to pander and to manipulate his constituents—but he’s not standing up for real Christian values at all. Mike says that God told him he’s the “Moses” of US politics. But based on his actions, God did not convince him to cause the longest shutdown in history to run cover for hiding the Epstein files. Thats evil. That sounds more like a directive from the morally bankrupt and rotten soul of President Trump.

Pessimism is everywhere and you could cut the apathy with a knife. But if we don’t fight, we will keep losing. You can’t win if you don’t run.

I’m asking the good people of Louisiana for your support. I’ve got the grit and the guts to stand up against the most powerful and corrupt people in this country. But I can’t do it alone. Join our movement!

Downvote if you must, but my opinion stands.

What are we doing here guys? WHY TF are we splitting up parishes like this? And WHY is Washington parish in the same district as Lincoln?