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FTC just forced Deere to open farm equipment repair — a real 10-year win for farmers. But the FTC enforcing it is down to 2 commissioners, same party, fireable at will. The win is real. The guarantee isn't.
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Farmers Beat John Deere. The Watchdog That Won It For Them Just Lost Its Teeth. | v64otd.com
The FTC just forced John Deere to open farm-equipment repair to farmers. The commission enforcing it for the next 10 years? Down to two: one party, at will.
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July 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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🚗 Auto loan defaults just hit an all-time record. $777/month average payment. 7-year loans now normal. Wages hollowed out. Automakers abandoned the middle market.
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They Built Cars You Can't Afford, Financed You for Seven Years, and Walked Away With the Money | v64otd.com
Auto loan defaults just hit an all-time record. Average car payment: $777/month. 7-year loans are now normal. Here's why — and it isn't an accident.
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July 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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🗳️ Trump fired all 3 Election Assistance Commission members last night. Only federal election security agency — now vacant. Four months before midterms.
Three theories on what comes next. None reassuring.
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They Fired the Election Commission. Here's What They Actually Want It to Do Next. | v64otd.com
Trump gutted the only federal election security agency months before midterms. No stated reason. Three theories about what comes next — none of them reassuring.
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July 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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🧪 Kennedy: all 9 petroleum food dyes gone by end of 2026. FDA's own site now says 2027. No rulemaking filed. Big Food pledged removal — then funded the lobby to kill state enforcement.
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July 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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💊 38M Americans have diabetes. <8,000 endocrinologists. Pharma funds half of what doctors learn. Most patients never get asked what's causing it.
I forced the question — here's what it found.
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Diabetes Doesn't Care About Your Prescription. Neither Does Whatever Is Causing It. | v64otd.com
After years of prescriptions and no answers, I started asking why my blood sugar kept reverting — not how to manage it. The system was not built for that.
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July 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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🎯 Trump called FIFA and got a red card reversed. SCOTUS killed post-Watergate campaign finance limits in a case JD Vance himself brought.
Same week he praised Nixon. He helped kill the laws Congress passed because of Watergate.
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The Relationship Is the Product | v64otd.com
Trump called FIFA to bend a red card rule. The Supreme Court let parties spend unlimited money directly on candidates. The relationship is always the product.
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July 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Seven years of "gentle, natural" skincare, and the oils I trusted most were quietly feeding the yeast behind my seborrheic dermatitis on my scalp and face. What actually fixed it:

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Seven Years of "Gentle, Natural" Skincare Was Quietly Feeding the Problem | v64otd.com
After seven years of gentle, natural skincare, I learned the oils I trusted most were quietly feeding the yeast behind my seborrheic dermatitis flares.
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June 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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My A1C was 6.0 — well controlled. I was still exhausted, ears ringing for two years, hands ice-cold below 72°F, and Texas summer wrecking me by 8am. Turns out my iron was critically low.
#irondeficiency #GLP1 #mounjaro #vitaminD #vitaminB12 #metformin #ferritin #v64OTD
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I Was Crashing on Mounjaro. Nobody Mentioned It Might Be Iron. | v64otd.com
My ferritin hit a critically low 6 despite a 6.0 A1C. New 2026 research links GLP-1 meds to iron deficiency. Here's what to ask your doctor to test.
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June 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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🌵 Old Texas Dude here.
Independent — no party label.
32° Scottish Rite Mason. Love traveling Europe — Portugal holds a piece of my heart.

I write V64OTD on Corporatocracy, where government & corporations are in bed together at our expense.
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OTD Vault — The Ledger Doesn't Lie | v64otd.com
Old Texas Dude. Dispatch from the margins. Field-tested reviews.
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June 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM