Red state Nebraska hurting, immigrants gone, caused giant crash in tax revenues

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

— Raider (@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T16:02:19.269Z

FAFO

FUCK #Nebraska

— Eliana (@otrodia.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T16:06:36.717Z

FUCK ‘EM

Fuck ‘em. They knew what they were voting for.

— JD B. (@jdb123.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T16:06:41.921Z

[ananda]

1. I suspect NE is just the first red state to admit they need help.

I'm certain there are others.

[stollen]

29. Haven't heard much about Iowa

Souix City has meat packing, other areas have Tyson chicken, then the crops themselves...surely Joni Earnst isn't going to become a hog butcher to save her own state and farm?

I'd love to see IA on a vegan diet from the crops in their own garden.

[BidenRocks]

36. That's what child labor is for.

[RandomNumbers]

78. They'll be fine. They'll just find a way to steal more from blue states.

ETA: with the help of Trump and his cronies and the mushroom-licking republican Congress.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. hem. snork.

[Ocelot II]

3. Nebraskans never expected to find leopards prowling their soybean fields.

[malaise]

4. Oh corn shucks

FAFO

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Sorry, Sonny. It's cutthroat capitalism now.

You gave all your scoops to Two Scoops.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. And no way to fix it except having the feds prop them up. Raise that debt ceiling to a hundred trillion! TSF bankrupting

the USA just like his businesses.

[tanyev]

7. And Trump responded, "Oh how awful! We're going to make changes right away to help you!"

[markodochartaigh]

15. Trump bailed out farmers in his first term.

I don't know where the money came from but I wouldn't doubt that it came from blue state revenues. I think that it is mostly poor red staters that Trump doesn't care about, not the business owners.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/01/21/trump-tariff-aid-to-farmers-cost-more-than-us-nuclear-forces/

[tanyev]

19. Yeah, but they're not going to stop rounding people up.

Not as long as Stephen Miller lurks in the dark corners of the White House.

[markodochartaigh]

21. I think that you are correct.

But. Trump will likely bail out farmers who cannot make a crop because their workers are gone. Of course, like in the first bailout, most of the money will go to the well-connected hedge fund "farmers". And the farmers who weren't big enough and well-connected enough to get bailed out will lose their farms. But they will not admit that the cruel and stupid policies that they voted for caused their own destruction. They are like smokers with lung cancer who sit with the chemo pumping into their veins and still deny that they caused their cancer.

[calimary]

40. It's that old saying, proven AGAIN.

“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.”

I keep asking myself “WHAT will it take to wake these people up, for Pete’s sake?” I understand how and why some people just won’t or can’t admit they were wrong. But at some point, the dam’s just gotta break. It can’t hold back the bullshit forever.

[Justice matters.]

43. It came from the $8 Trillions the convicted idiot added

to the national debt. This time, it will grow over $40 Trillions. But he won't pay a penny.

[Rebl2]

8. Big surprise

NOT

[bronxiteforever]

9. Oh well

[Demovictory9]

10. Kick

[hildegaard28]

11. That's what

They get for all their hating. I guess they did need all those nonwhite people after all .

[DBoon]

12. Isn't this worth it to own the libs?

If your most important goal to to hurt other people, then why complain if you are worse off as well?

[Justice matters.]

45. They didn't think this one seriously.

They believed the lying convicted idiot who lied thousands of times in his first term that he would only deport criminals, gang rapists, and violent thugs, not their workforce they barely pay!

Anyway, we also know that they would never vote for a woman of color...

[UpInArms]

13. FAFO neighbor state

Am certain Missouri won’t be far behind

[perdita9]

14. Do they expect the Libs to bail them out?

The Libs they want to 'own?'

Sorry, Nebraska. You helped create this mess. Figure it out on your own.

[FHRRK]

84. As a Californian

The Libs WILL bail them out!

They will take more from us evil libtatds

I am friggen done, I don’t care how, but we need to fight back hard, not one single cent should flow out of CA, NY, MA, etc.

Will it cause pain, yes it will. But I am convinced, it is the only thing that will make the stupid shits to ignore Fox and move forward.

Just finished a road trip from WV to CO. In each state other than CO, every person I spoke to had an immediate negative reaction when they found out I was from CA.

[Initech]

16. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

[calimary]

49. I like that A LOT!

“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!”

LOVE it, actually! Bonus points cuz it’s guaranteed to get a smile or a giggle.

[Captain Zero]

17. Maybe the elderly kicked off Medicaid could work

The farms in Nebraska and other red states ??

Let em live in a barn like the middle ages peasants. Give them some radishes to eat, And spoiled milk to drink.

[Conjuay]

53. "Let em live in a barn like the middle ages peasants"

Hope there is heating in those barns; NE get pretty cool by November.

[hatrack]

72. Just one quibble with your suggestion . . .

Make sure it's spoiled raw milk - otherwise Croaky McWhalehead won't be able to MAHA!

[Midnight Writer]

18. Wait until their hospitals close down and all the good doctors move out because of their big beautiful bill.

Dumbasses are cutting their own throats. Or at least the throats of their constituents.

Hope Democrats have the sense and fortitude to capitalize on these disasters, but I am not seeing it.

[BidenRocks]

41. But they can pay the bill with a chicken.

Or maybe some knitted mittens.

[synni]

51. Our doctors suck as it is

I can't imagine the fresh hell we'll be enduring, when even these incompetent NP's are driven out of business.

[richdj25]

20. Indeed, Fuck Nebraska you knew

exactly what you were voting for, yet you're too stupid to realize the bottom line consequences.

[synni]

52. All Nebraskans aren't idiots

Even in my little county, we have a good, active Democratic party.

The problem is the farmers who have been brainwashed by Faux News.

[BoRaGard]

22. Go Big Red FAFO!

[Lonestarblue]

23. The very definition of the special privilege that white Republicans take for granted--and think they deserve.

They’re perfectly fine with Trump hurting black and brown people, but they expected him to allow their migrant workers to remain untouched.

They were perfectly fine with Trump destroying the federal government because some mythical deep state was out to get him. They knew Trump was a corrupt convicted felon. They didn’t care because he would hurt the people they hate. Welcome to the fact that everything Trump touches dies.

[Iggo]

24. They're still okay with hurting brown people. They're just mad it's hurting white people.

So, yeah.

Fuck ‘em.

[ClaudetteCC]

25. Is there an actual news source associated with this?

It just seems odd to me that a lack of labor is being blamed for a demand drop (by China assuming harvest problems) in one of the three major crops (corn, soybean, wheat) which are machine harvested.

[Justice matters.]

47. It could be a retaliation measure following the convicted idiot's illegal tariffs.

China can buy the same stuff from other countries...

Everything the convicted idiot touches dies after all.

[Ruby the Liberal]

73. Welcome to DU. LMGTFY

First few for "Nebraska China Soybeans"

https://cropwatch.unl.edu/market-journal-how-will-chinas-cancelled-soybean-order-affect-markets/

https://nebraskaagconnection.com/news/tariffs-push-farmers-to-shift-from-soybeans-to-corn

https://www.3newsnow.com/northeast-nebraska/nebraska-farmers-find-themselves-on-front-lines-of-trade-war-between-us-and-china

https://www.reddit.com/r/esist/comments/1ll7udq/its_starting_the_governor_of_nebraska_called/

Full list for that search: https://www.google.com/search?q=nebraska+china+soubean&rlz=1C1JJTC_enUS1154US1154&oq=nebraska+china+soubean&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRigATIHCAYQIRiPAjIHCAcQIRiPAtIBCDY2ODhqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[ClaudetteCC]

74. The original post was about the impact of 'migrant labor' fleeing

not trade wars or tariffs.

[progressoid]

88. Nebraska is more than corn, soybeans etc. There is a LOT of meat processing in the upper midwest.

NE is in the top 3 states for meat processing. About a third of the 25,000 - 30,000 meat packing workers in NE are brown people.

This is what happens when they get arrested, flee, or just don't show up for work.

https://investigatemidwest.org/2025/06/16/deportations-threaten-south-omaha-neighborhood-built-by-meatpacking-and-immigrants/

[ClaudetteCC]

97. I agree,

which is why i was suprised the article focused on 'migrant labor' impacts on commodity products rather than something like your meat packing example, or some other labor intensive produce (e.g. california artichokes).

[Figarosmom]

26. Trump will say

It's not my problem. Handle it yourself. Maybe if you hadn't mismanaged the state so badly. Raise your state taxes.

[Efilroft Sul]

27. ICE will be rounding up natural-born Americans (pronounced Democrats) by the thousands to harvest crops at gunpoint.

"I voted for this!"
— Future quote, MAGA voter


Say it with me, "concentration farms."

[Norbert]

58. They can shoot me then

I've worked 55 years and I will not work to fix some nit wits horrible mistake.

[eppur_se_muova]

82. "Re-education camps" -- China started them, Vietnam copied them.

Nothing to straighten out complaining libs like ten years of farm labor.

[Grokenstein]

28. "YOU $%#@ %@#!? &$%@#! LIBERALS!! SAVE US!!"

"...so we can do this whole dance all over again next time around!"

Hey, remember how popular that Watchmen Rorschach "Look down, whisper no" meme was among rightwankers just a couple of years ago?

[brakester]

62. I love references

that I need to Google!

"The phrase "Look down, whisper no" is a reference to a chilling quote from the character Rorschach in the comic book series and subsequent movie adaptation of Watchmen.
The Full Quote & Context:
The full quote, as spoken (or written in his journal) by Rorschach, is:
The quote details Rorschach's bleak view of society, describing the city as a corrupt place. The full quote can be found on TV Tropes tvtropes.org.
As a meme, the phrase is used to convey a sarcastic refusal or nihilism. It is often paired with images of authority figures or chaotic scenes to imply an unwillingness to help."

[ZDU]

30. Dear Nebraska, "Thoughts and Prayers"

FAFO

[Jack Valentino]

67. Dear Nebraska....... VOTE DEMOCRATIC!!!!!

[3auld6phart]

31. Drupfh

And the chicken shit cowardly pukes are truly destroying the U SA.

[Aristus]

32. There are entire states that I haven't yet told to fuck all the way off.

Nebraska, this one’s for you: Fuck all the way off, you corncob buttwiping bastards. Pull the corn silk out of your ears, blow the chaff out of those empty heads, and start learning how to be human beings. It’s going to be a tough slog; being human requires having a functioning brain.

[DENVERPOPS]

39. Nebraska

is in the throes of collapsing. There is an hour long You Tube on all the vast areas of Rural Nebraska, and the state of their all Volunteer Fire Depts, and all volunteer EMT's crashing throughout the state. The older volunteer fire fighters and medics are getting to old, as well as dieing.
The buildings are burning, with the voly's only able to save the cement foundations, and the older people need to be ground transported 60-100 miles for care, or air lifted long distances. Med Chopper prices have soared everywhere, and can bankrupt individuals that have to pay them. Most often NOT covered by Medical Insurances.....

[Aristus]

48. I've seen DU-ers post about having to drive through Nebraska,

(if they weren’t fortunate enough to be able to fly over it) and they said every radio station the whole way through was right-wing hate broadcasts.

Radio for those unable or unwilling to think for themselves…

[DENVERPOPS]

54. i had to drive about half way thru Nebraska

last year. It was obvious that they don't spend much money on the asphalt roads, or signage.......we went through a tiny town that had a huge barn like building in the middle of town with a humongous cross painted on it. (no, it wasn't a church)
Driving in Nebraska with a green Colorado license plate is hazardous. I always drove 5-10 mph under the speed limit the entire way. A Nebraska State Patrolman once pulled me over for not having mud flaps on my small pickup truck.......Nebraska has a law requiring mud flaps even on SUV's and Pickups, which is not a bad idea considering I have had to buy a lot of windshields......but when I asked the cop VERY politely and sheepishly how that applied to out of state vehicles and he said it didn't, he just wanted to check me out......???????

[SheltieLover]

33. Kick

[hatrack]

34. Grab the bootstraps, tighten your belts, figure it out, deal with your shitty choices . . .

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Womp Womp.

[dlk]

35. Too bad, so sad

They’re getting exactly what they voted for.

[PJMcK]

37. Gosh, that's a shame

Whatever will they do?

(snark)

[Dem_in_Nebr.]

38. Nebraska is fucked.

Sorry to say this about the state I'm from and currently reside in. Red State Magats did this to us all.

PS: This doesn't make me any less of a Cornhusker fan though.

[NBachers]

42. But what about all those Republicans who's jobs were stolen? Aren't they rushing back now that there's work available?

[Norbert]

44. I fully believe they would vote for the orange anus again.

One lie about Biden causing it oughta do it.

[Martin Eden]

46. Nebraska voters brought this on themselves

AND they brought it on the rest of us.

THEY deserve the consequences.
WE DON'T.

[brakester]

64. It's the same

for most red states.
I know NE's political system is broken, but enough of scapegoating, huh?

We need to put our energy into a lot of things more important than hating.

[Martin Eden]

68. Just stating the obvious

"Scapegoating" typically places blame on someone who is not primarily responsible. Voters in NE share equal blame with Trump voters throughout the USA -- adults who should have known better.

I don't "hate" them, but I don't spare them from criticism either.

Which, of course does nothing to save our democracy. We need all the allies we can get -- including voters who are experiencing the consequences of voting for an incompetent deranged narcissist. If they can connect the dots between the actions of the current administration and these consequences, they just might accurately place the blame and make a different choice next time they vote.

[synni]

50. Nebraska Dems are suffering, too

It's not just the Repukes. I'm sure my property taxes are going to go through the roof, and God knows what they'll do to my SNAP benefits, even though I'm disabled.

[femmedem]

91. Exactly, Sinni, and I'm sorry to see such disregard for Nebraska's residents here.

Harris got 39.1% of the vote. Should we be gleeful about how badly Trump's policies are hurting them? Should we say FAFO about Nebraska's children? Or about people who aren't eligible to vote? People in nursing homes or who face other barriers? Should we even say it about Trump's voters, dehumanizing them as we believe they dehumanize us?

Or maybe, maybe, can we extend our empathy to everyone suffering under these policies, earn their trust, and be ready to work with them if they are willing to work with us?

[underpants]

55. What does the N on the football team's helmets stand for?

kNowledge

[Rebl2]

56. Don't

really care, do you?

[BurnDoubt]

57. 'at'll learn 'em!

Does anybody ever ask "what then"?

[BurnDoubt]

59. Oh, yeah... I almost forgot... "They'll get over it."

[BoRaGard]

77. "They are all going to die anyway." - Phony Joni Next Red State Over (R)

[Abolishinist]

60. Rep. Don Bacon (R) is not running for reelection,

so it appears there's a good chance to flip a seat.

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/06/27/nebraska-u-s-rep-don-bacon-will-not-seek-reelection-in-nebraskas-2nd-district/

[1WorldHope]

61. Wow, now I know how Texans feel.

Full disclosure, I am a lifelong Nebraskan. It is interesting noting how I feel about what I'm reading right now. I hope I will be more careful in the future with my comments blaming the whole of a state because of... Well, ok, a majority of voters.
Nebraska is a big state with a lot of farmland. There are a few liberal cities and vast areas of small towns. In those small towns or around them there are one or two uber rich people who have sold their souls to the chemical companies while buying up all the small farms that went broke back in the last farm recession. Everyone in these little towns in the end works for these uber rich land owners. It's like little kingdoms all over the state. And in each of these little towns there's a small number of liberals, a number of poorly educated folks, a number of Mexican migrants who work for these farmers, there is a fair number of old people like myself, very young people, there are teachers and doctors and if they're lucky small hospitals and libraries and yes their world is very small. They strongly believe that people in the cities think they are stupid while knowing that if one of us had to survive on the land we would die and they would live, so their thought is, who are the dumbasses now?
My daughter moved from the capital city of Lincoln to a town of 80 people in western Nebraska. I have lost my mind knowing how red of an area she lives in. The BS she listens to everyday would end me. You are right they would vote for Trump again. But like every population of people, they would jump into a river to save you if you fell in. People are after all just people. People who work with what they know, people who love their children want to be healthy and grow old and die in their sleep like all of us. If even a few learn a lesson or regret their choice of voting for a con man, we should embrace them and forgive them and help them become better people.
This is been an enlightening experience, I really hope that I learn something from it.

[brakester]

65. Thank you for clearing the air, 1WH!

Like Bruce sang, "Open up the windows, let the bad air out!"

We are facing a country-wide crisis and very hard times are just ahead. It doesn't help to blame Nebraskans!

I usually say, when I start hearing a litany of blame, I know we are driving straight into the ditch.

Blame is easy, it's convenient, but it makes us blind.

Nebraskans, just like the rest of us, have been subjected to an insecure man who stop growing developmentally at 4 years old, who became an expert at manipulation, who somehow got elected president through cheating and lying, and used hate and blame to turn us against each other.

Our energy would be better spent working to get this failed man-baby, this soulless creature out of government and behind bars for life, where he belongs.

[1WorldHope]

66. As grandpa used to say, "Ain't it the truth, by gum."

[MadameButterfly]

70. Um. These guy voted for him

OK, so yeah, he lied. But so did the realtor who sold me a house I shouldn't have bought. I'll be smarter next time. Will Nebraskans?
If they don't learn from this mistake, we are stuck with fascists.
Unfortunately they aren't intellectuals, on average, so they have to suffer a lot before they get it.

I'm not a fan of people suffering for falling for a hoax. But if the only way they will stop inflicting this on all of us is suffering, the let it be.

[CrispyQ]

81. Land Doesn't Vote.

I don't know why the dem party doesn't broadcast a new version of the top map after every election!! I posted the top two maps on my FB page once & OMG, did it ever trigger the repubs in my network!! I'm guilty of using red state/blue state terminology, too, but it's a skewed way of looking at the country & favors republicans. Scratch that. It favors the cult.

2020 Presidential Election Results

By population.


By state.


By county.

[Coventina]

83. Um, no. They voted to hurt "others."

Not feeling sorry for them. A vote for Trump was an act of stochastic terrorism.

No sympathy from me.

[Maru Kitteh]

86. I was born in Kearney Nebraska, but it's not my fault.

Nebraska is much as you say it is, and there are still people I love there.

But I refuse to make excuses for them. The simple truth is, when you get down to it, they damn well know better.

[progressoid]

98. Iowan here...

I grew up in a small town. I dread going back home knowing that the same people that would jump in the river to save you could support this orange anus. They go to church every Sunday and then live a life of hatred the rest of the week. It's sickening.

I've given up on relying on the goodness of these people. They've been brainwashed beyond help IMHO. I know too many who seem nice but deep down are horrible people. This is no longer the party of Eisenhower or Nixon or Reagan or Bush. Its a party of hate and humiliation. I have yet to meet one that openly regrets their choice.

[republianmushroom]

63. Live and learn, live and learn the hard way.

Aw, yes, republican governing.

[roamer65]

69. NO Red State bailouts.

If they are dealing with revenue shortfalls, let them raise their own taxes.

[Ray Bruns]

75. What else is there to say but

[flashman13]

76. Let them eat soy cake.

[ToxMarz]

79. Hey Nebraska, just pull yourselves up by your own bootstraps

I

[Littlered]

80. Living in a state with endless

Soybean fields. I fail to see how immigration enforcement has anything to with the fact that China isn’t buying. Soybean farming isn’t a labor intensive endeavor. It’s not like there are thousands of people out there picking soybeans. This a matter of a moron jeopardizing farmers livelihoods because of his vanity.

[Trailrider1951]

85. immigration enforcement doesn't have anything to with the fact that China isn't buying

But both are a result of Trump's actions. China isn't buying because of the tariffs Trump imposed on the goods imported to the US from China. Immigration enforcement is a separate action that bites them in the butt. Those beans aren't going to harvest themselves.

[Littlered]

87. I'm guessing you don't live

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Where they do much soybean farming? As I said, it’s not a job that requires much outside labor, if any. Sometimes they might hire someone for a day to drive the truck. But that’s it. If no one’s available it’s a minor inconvenience at the worst. It’s not like the harvest is time sensitive, like it is for strawberries, etc.

I thought our emperor had a new trade deal with China? I honestly can’t keep up with all of his emotional instability. Seems like it changes daily.

[Trailrider1951]

92. Your guess is correct. I live out here on the left coast in the shadow of Mt. Rainier.

But I do live in a river valley with rich volcanic soil surrounded by working farms. The cash crops here are raspberries, blueberries and rhubarb. They're far more labor intensive crops. Thanks for the enlightenment!

[Gimpyknee]

89. My heart and prayers go out to Nebraska.

Not!

[Vinca]

90. As Melania's jacket says, "I really don't care, do you?"

They voted for it, they got it.

[Glaisne]

93. Thinking things through

is not a MAGA thing. It's too hard for them. Let them suffer the consequences.

[JoseBalow]

94. Nebraska sucks

[cydney_wong]

95. Where is this info from?

I can’t find anything about this.

[Ligyron]

96. I've heard it's a good state to go pheasant hunting in.

Now they go peasant hunting.