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Buzz Feed
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Buzz Feed
Ag Secretary Suggests Replacing Migrant Farm Workers With 'People On Medicaid'
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins doesn't seem worried that mass-deporting migrant farmworkers will disrupt the U.S. food supply. During a Tuesday press conference, Rollins insisted that 'there will be no amnesty' for agricultural workers who aren't authorized to be in the U.S. Instead, Rollins said, President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda will 'continue, but in a strategic way.' She then suggested a doozy of a plan to replace deported farmworkers: A combination of 'automation and 100% American participation,' which she said could be provided by what she called the '34 million people, able-bodied adults, on Medicaid.' Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2025 @atrupar / Via HuffPost reached out to Rollins' office for clarity on her proposal. For one thing, the number of 'able-bodied adults' on Medicaid who are available for farm labor gets a lot smaller when you dive into the details (her 34 million figure appears to include parents and people who are already working elsewhere). Meanwhile, social media users were left wondering what it would look like to force millions of people on Medicaid to labor on American farms. "We can replace the brown people we're deporting with the elderly people we're kicking off Medicaid! I'm sure kicking folk off Medicaid and into farm work will go just swimmingly. — Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) July 8, 2025 So are they going to bring chain gangs back to pick crops using Medicaid recipients instead of Prisoners? — Johan Nilson Nagel (@NagelNilson) July 8, 2025 Brooke Rollins claims that "34 million able-bodied Americans on Medicaid will be able to replace agricultural workers... 22 million people on Medicaid are 50 and over. We're gonna put Grandma to work picking fruit? Got it. — Janice Hough (@leftcoastbabe) July 8, 2025 BREAKING: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that 'able bodied' Medicaid recipients will replace the farmworkers that Trump deports. These are not jobs that Americans want to do. This Administration does not understand the labor market. — Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary) (@MAGALieTracker) July 8, 2025 Somebody should have her explain how the hell someone that has been living on the little money they get from Medicaid and probably doesn't have a car is expected to get to a job Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work — DaveStirek (@57555ds) July 8, 2025
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ag Secretary Suggests Replacing Migrant Farm Workers With 'People On Medicaid'
Agriculture SecretaryBrooke Rollins doesn't seem worried that mass-deporting migrant farmworkers will disrupt the U.S. food supply. But her explanation as to why not sounds a touch dystopian. During a Tuesday press conference, Rollins insisted that 'there will be no amnesty' for agricultural workers who aren't authorized to be in the U.S. Instead, Rollins said, President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda will 'continue, but in a strategic way.' She then suggested a doozy of a plan to replace deported farmworkers: A combination of 'automation and 100% American participation,' which she said could be provided by what she called the '34 million people, able-bodied adults, on Medicaid.' Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2025 HuffPost reached out to Rollins' office for clarity on her proposal. For one thing, the number of 'able-bodied adults' on Medicaid who are available for farm labor gets a lot smaller when you dive into the details (her 34 million figure appears to include parents and people who are already working elsewhere). Meanwhile, social media users were left wondering what it would look like to force millions of people on Medicaid to labor on American farms. "We can replace the brown people we're deporting with the elderly people we're kicking off Medicaid! I'm sure kicking folk off Medicaid and into farm work will go just swimmingly. — Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) July 8, 2025 So are they going to bring chain gangs back to pick crops using Medicaid recipients instead of Prisoners? — Johan Nilson Nagel (@NagelNilson) July 8, 2025 Brooke Rollins claims that "34 million able-bodied Americans on Medicaid will be able to replace agricultural workers...22 million people on Medicaid are 50 and gonna put Grandma to work picking fruit? Got it. — Janice Hough (@leftcoastbabe) July 8, 2025 BREAKING: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that 'able bodied' Medicaid recipients will replace the farmworkers that Trump deports. These are not jobs that Americans want to do. This Administration does not understand the labor market. — Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary) (@MAGALieTracker) July 8, 2025 Somebody should have her explain how the hell someone that has been living on the little money they get from Medicaid and probably doesn't have a car is expected to get to a job Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work — DaveStirek (@57555ds) July 8, 2025 🚨 Brooke Rollins just said the quiet part out loud:'No amnesty. Mass deportations continue. We'll replace immigrant labor with machines and force the poor on Medicaid to pick up the slack.'This is a manifesto for a low-wage police the immigrants. Threaten the… — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) July 8, 2025 Trump Signs His Cruel Tax And Spending Bill Trump Admin Reverses Policy Against Targeting Some Immigrants: Report Supreme Court Allows Trump To Restart Swift Deportation Of Migrants Away From Their Home Countries Trump Takes Lie-Packed Victory Lap On Bill Slashing Medicaid, Food Stamps
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ag Secretary Suggests Replacing Migrant Farm Workers With 'People On Medicaid'
Agriculture SecretaryBrooke Rollins doesn't seem worried that mass-deporting migrant farmworkers will disrupt the U.S. food supply. But her explanation as to why not sounds a touch dystopian. During a Tuesday press conference, Rollins insisted that 'there will be no amnesty' for agricultural workers who aren't authorized to be in the U.S. Instead, Rollins said, President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda will 'continue, but in a strategic way.' She then suggested a doozy of a plan to replace deported farmworkers: A combination of 'automation and 100% American participation,' which she said could be provided by what she called the '34 million people, able-bodied adults, on Medicaid.' Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly." — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 8, 2025 HuffPost reached out to Rollins' office for clarity on her proposal. For one thing, the number of 'able-bodied adults' on Medicaid who are available for farm labor gets a lot smaller when you dive into the details (her 34 million figure appears to include parents and people who are already working elsewhere). Meanwhile, social media users were left wondering what it would look like to force millions of people on Medicaid to labor on American farms. "We can replace the brown people we're deporting with the elderly people we're kicking off Medicaid! I'm sure kicking folk off Medicaid and into farm work will go just swimmingly. — Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) July 8, 2025 So are they going to bring chain gangs back to pick crops using Medicaid recipients instead of Prisoners? — Johan Nilson Nagel (@NagelNilson) July 8, 2025 Brooke Rollins claims that "34 million able-bodied Americans on Medicaid will be able to replace agricultural workers...22 million people on Medicaid are 50 and gonna put Grandma to work picking fruit? Got it. — Janice Hough (@leftcoastbabe) July 8, 2025 BREAKING: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that 'able bodied' Medicaid recipients will replace the farmworkers that Trump deports. These are not jobs that Americans want to do. This Administration does not understand the labor market. — Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary) (@MAGALieTracker) July 8, 2025 Somebody should have her explain how the hell someone that has been living on the little money they get from Medicaid and probably doesn't have a car is expected to get to a job Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work — DaveStirek (@57555ds) July 8, 2025 🚨 Brooke Rollins just said the quiet part out loud:'No amnesty. Mass deportations continue. We'll replace immigrant labor with machines and force the poor on Medicaid to pick up the slack.'This is a manifesto for a low-wage police the immigrants. Threaten the… — Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) July 8, 2025 Trump Signs His Cruel Tax And Spending Bill Trump Admin Reverses Policy Against Targeting Some Immigrants: Report Supreme Court Allows Trump To Restart Swift Deportation Of Migrants Away From Their Home Countries Trump Takes Lie-Packed Victory Lap On Bill Slashing Medicaid, Food Stamps
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
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Montreal Gazette
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Montreal Gazette
Directing next James Bond movie a monumental coup for Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve strikes again. The Quebec director, whose monumental ambition is matched only by his monumental achievements, raised the bar another notch Wednesday when it was announced he will oversee the next James Bond film. It's a monumental coup for a visionary filmmaker who has been on a steadily soaring ascent through Hollywood's upper ranks. Directing the adventures of 007 could cement Villeneuve's status as an auteur with mainstream appeal. How did he get here, and what might the most storied spy of Her Majesty's Secret Service look like under his leadership? Villeneuve is no stranger to revamping venerated narratives with a hallowed place in the cultural imagination. Nor to making his big dreams into blockbuster reality. In 2017, he took on a sci-fi classic with Blade Runner 2049, his bold sequel to Ridley Scott's beloved 1982 neo-noir film starring a young Harrison Ford. Though it stalled at the box office, Villeneuve's film was an artistic tour-de-force, steeped in breathtaking imagery, oppressive tension and the kind of fearless conviction that big budgets can't buy. In other words, the movie contained the same artistic integrity and epic leanings that have characterized the director since his 2010 breakthrough Incendies, which earned him his first Oscar nomination for best foreign language film. He followed Incendies with the stark and star-studded police thriller Prisoners, in 2013, and the suspenseful FBI drug-war saga Sicario, in 2015, both of which showed his ability to build and hold a level of dramatic tension that keeps audiences glued to the edge of their seat. In between came the art-house head-trip Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, in 2014; and then one of his most interesting films, the poetic extraterrestrial encounter Arrival, starring Amy Adams, which earned Villeneuve 2017 Oscar nominations for best picture and best director while dipping his toes in science fiction. That set the stage not only for Blade Runner 2049 but also Dune: Part One and Part Two, the darkly epic diptych adaptation of Frank Herbert's supposedly unadaptable sci-fi saga (with a third, Dune: Messiah, on the way). The Dune films confirmed Villeneuve as a Hollywood heavyweight able to combine cinematic audacity with bankable (read: cash register-ringing) entertainment value. Those attributes got him selected by Amazon MGM Studios — which acquired creative control of the James Bond intellectual property rights in March from longtime producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli — to breathe new life into the most storied spy in the history of cinema. Villeneuve and his life partner and collaborator Tanya Lapointe will serve as executive producers on the film, alongside producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman, which is all the proof you need that the director will be actively involved in rethinking his world-renowned protagonist. The filmmaker, who says he 'grew up watching James Bond films with my father,' describes himself as 'a die-hard Bond fan,' adding: 'To me, he's sacred territory. I intend to honour the tradition and open the path for many new missions to come.' That would make this the third straight time – after Blade Runner 2049 and the Dune films – that Villeneuve has taken on a movie project he grew up revering. The filmmaker was a co-writer on Dune: Part One and Dune: Part Two, as he had been on Incendies. If he co-writes the next Bond film, it would give him expanded artistic licence to go with his hero's license to kill. Villeneuve has a flawlessly consistent track record as a filmmaker who brings gravitas, suspense and cinematic flair to everything he directs. That bodes well for Bond, an old-world protagonist whose appeal is ever in danger of feeling dated, and is overdue for another makeover. It's a perilous assignment, but one for which Villeneuve's range of skills seems particularly well suited. The pitfalls are manifold but if he succeeds, the film world is his oyster.
