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After Move To Canada, Wayback Machine Launches Trump Video Library, Complete With "Fact Checks"

After Move To Canada, Wayback Machine Launches Trump Video Library, Complete With "Fact Checks"

Back in November we noted that the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) had announced plans to move their servers to Canada out of fear of censorship under the new Trump administration, saying "on November 9th in America, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change."  The decision struck us as somewhat odd at the time given the website's seemingly innocuous content. 

California Farmers Fret Over Labor Shortages As Trump Vows To Deport Their Work Force

California Farmers Fret Over Labor Shortages As Trump Vows To Deport Their Work Force

Unbeknownst to most Americans, the Central Valley of California is an agricultural powerhouse producing nearly 50% of all fruits and vegetables grown in the United States, including over 90% of popular items like almonds, carrots and table grapes.  But producing all those fruits and vegetables is extremely labor intensive requiring up to nearly 500,000 laborers each year.  The problem is that those jobs are extremely seasonal (see chart below) and extremely difficult requiring hours of back-breaking work in the 100-degree California sun.

 

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