Charles and Heather Maude, a small, fifth-generation farming and ranching family near Pennington County in South Dakota, were prosecuted by the Biden administration via the Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service in 2024. Both parents were charged separately, facing $250,000 fines and up to 10 years in prison each, for allowing their cattle to graze on 25 acres of the Buffalo Gap National Grassland.The Maudes, whose family has owned their farm for five generations, disputed the fence line that marked the edge of their property with the grasslands, and claimed the U.S. Forest Service had originally set up an informal agreement Biden’s administration later violated.What would normally be a small civil dispute was used by Biden’s Forest Service to severely prosecute the Maudes for theft and purloining. Charles Maude also told The Daily Signal that government officials advised them to find separate living arrangements for their children in the likely event that both parents were locked up for a decade.Rollins, Noem, and several state and congressional officials commended the Maudes, and announced new efforts by the Trump administration to not only review new disputes and concerns of bureaucratic overreach via a new online portal but vowed to review older government decisions against American farmers and landowners.“The prosecution of the Maudes is now over. They will not be driven from their homes, they will not be failed, they will not be fined and their children will grow up with a mother and a father that they love and who love them,” Rollins said. “We are ending regulation through prosecution.”
A happy ending, just like a Western from the golden age.
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And what is the compensation for having their lives disrupted, for years, by fear of prison, loss of their children, and financial destruction? Who pays?
As the old saying goes, it's too much to hope for justice. The best we can hope for is the occasional lapse in injustice.
Grim
That saying was obviously written by a govt man.
"Government Men": the Core of the Deep State
Let's get the categories straight. There are "Government Men" and there are "Not-Government Men."
The difference should be obvious. Codevilla used the term "Ruling Class", which meant "Government Men" plus their cousins/camp-followers in finance, the press, military supply, education and, increasingly, health services and products. That's because Government Men spend the money that their camp-followers want and need and canwithhold said moneys in favor of other camp-followers.
Government Men stick together*.* It is very rare for a Government Manto be shunned after making an error like election fraud, rape, sodomy, or theft. They turn up again as part of the camp-follower group or back in some obscure Government Man position. Government Men make the rules, so it's no problem for Government Men to break them. Embarrassing on occasion, but......no problem.
All else? "Not-Government Men." Those consist of two classes: the sheep who are shorn, and the dependents. The sheep earn money and by and large, pay taxes*--i.e., get shorn*. They do the things that keep the country running; things like building buildings, making and fixing cars and other things, driving trucks and trains, growing crops, working in retail and distribution. The dependents? Exactly that: they take money, usually from Government Man*.*
Government Men take care of themselves. In the most recent case, that of student loan giveaway, we see that D.C., Maryland, and Virginia are three of the five areas which benefit the most from Government Man's largesse. So happens that those areas are also Government Man hives. Huh!
Government Man is not stupid. In order to keep Not-Government Men/sheep in line, Government Man maintains very large and well-armed Government Man spying and enforcement divisions, at the Federal and State levels. While most local enforcers are not camp followers, many are. Further, they can be turned into Government Men easily: give them a choice of being fired or following illegal, unethical, or immoral orders and you'll have more Government Men.
Are you beginning to understand why Trump--a Not-Government Man--has been persecuted, vilified, slandered, and subjected to torture-by-Government Man lawyers? Take a long look at the careers of 'honorable' Members of Congress. You'll find Government Men, careerGovernment Men** who may have spent a few years in Not-Government slots. Don't be stupid enough to think that the (D) or (R) label makes a difference. They are all Government Men, period.
For that matter, look at your State's Government Men. Some pretendto have civilian occupations, but they don't actually work on those. They may aspire to Big Boy Government Man jobs (Federal), or may be happy with a smaller fiefdom; but the rules are the same. They take care of each other, they have spies and enforcers, and they love to shear sheep. And just like Federal Government Men, they have friends who will happily organize mostly peaceful riots, terrorism, and looting if necessary. Those friends usually are paid through Government Man camp-followers such as 'social service' organizations and/or teachers' unions.
Don't make a Category Error!! Recognize Government Man for what he is. Act accordingly.
https://dad29.blogspot.com/2022/08/government-men-core-of-deep-state.html
I think I got that line from a science fiction book, but yeah, you got to watch out for the administrative state. They aren't your friends.
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