The 'Right-to-Repair' . . . Soul-utions 'Watch' (click here) ...
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Show Notes (an excerpt)
Remarks: Donald Trump Makes an Oval Office Announcement Regarding Coal – June 4, 2026
Hear Ford CEO Jim Farley respond to Trump on repairs
Right to Repair: Why You Can’t Fix Your Own Stuff and What’s Being Done About It
Do Ford & GM Not Want You To Be Able To Fix Your Own Vehicle?!
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens (summary)
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens (full study)
U.S. House committee approves amended REPAIR Act that backs 2014 MOU
It’s Over. I Can’t Believe This Is How It Ended.
Motor Vehicle Modernization Act of 2026
The REPAIR Act: H.R. 1566
Legislation Raises Serious Vehicle Privacy, Security and Safety Issues for Consumers
How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year
Reclaiming ownership in the age of ‘smart’ machines – Doug Wilson on Collapse Life podcast
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An excerpt : John Deere is costing American farmers $4.2 billion a year by restricting them from fixing their own tractors.
Apple, Amazon and major automakers use the same strategies on everything you own. It's bad for consumers and local mechanics, but excellent for corporate profits.
00:00 Intro 01:50 John Deere's Repair Monopoly 05:27 Property Rights Explainer 08:59 Car Repair Monopolies 11:26 Other Anti-Repair Strategies 12:15 Anti-trust Enforcement & Copyright Reform 13:21 The Right To Repair Movement 15:35 Data Safety 18:25 Walter's Story ----- More Perfect Union’s mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective, and we attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power, and we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. We're an independent, nonprofit newsroom. To support our work:- Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu...
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Reclaiming Ownership (click here) ...
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Reclaiming ownership in the age of 'smart' machines
An excerpt : You asked for it, folks, and here it is. Our conversation with Doug Wilson, founder of Ursa Ag, the low-tech tractor company that has suddenly gone viral after farmers across North America recognized themselves in the problem he describes.
Modern agricultural equipment has become astonishingly expensive, deeply computerized, and often impossible to repair without specialized technicians. In some cases, machinery worth over a million dollars can be disabled by something as absurd as a failed radio module tied into the tractor’s communication system (a.k.a. its CANBus system).
Wilson’s answer is so simple that it’s radical: build a machine that owners can actually afford, understand, repair, and maintain — with minimized technology touch points.
Beneath the surface discussion of tractors sits something much larger. As societies move toward increasingly software/app-driven infrastructure — from appliances to vehicles to farming itself — more people are beginning to question whether “smart” technology is genuinely improving their lives, or simply creating new forms of dependency, surveillance, and economic extraction.
The conversation also explores the mounting pressure on farmers themselves, from fertilizer shortages and tariff disruptions to shrinking profit margins and rising consolidation. Wilson argues that many farmers already understand the fragility of the system better than anyone else — because they live inside and with its constraints every day.
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Questions raised about Trudeau meeting, Carney swearing-in attendance, Schiefke appearance at industry event
An excerpt : Bloc Québécois and Conservative MPs this week called for an ethics committee investigation into the Canada Truck Operators Association (CTOA), raising questions about the organization’s access to senior Liberal politicians and its role in debates surrounding the controversial Driver Inc. business model.
The issue surfaced during a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, in which Bloc MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval urged the committee to examine CTOA’s relationship with government, citing a reported meeting with former prime minister Justin Trudeau, the presence of CTOA spokesman Tej Dulat at Prime Minister Mark Carney’s swearing-in ceremony, and the participation of Transport Committee chairman Peter Schiefke at a CTOA meeting earlier this year.
“We need to focus on transparency,” Barsalou-Duval told the committee as he argued for a study into the organization’s interactions with government officials.
Questions about political access
During committee debate, Barsalou-Duval said documents obtained through the House transport committee showed CTOA representatives met directly with then-prime minister Trudeau on Oct. 25, 2024. He questioned why the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly produced no documents related to the meeting when records were requested through committee proceedings.
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