South Dakota's real fight isn't left vs right. It's regular people vs billionaires.
Thune and Rounds voted to send $26.4 billion to Israel in 2024. Billions for weapons. Billions for foreign wars. The money is always there for that.
But when folks here need a hospital that actually delivers babies, a wage that pays the rent, healthcare that doesn't bankrupt us, or a small town that isn't drying up, suddenly there's no money.
There is money. It just isn't for us.
It's for donors. It's for defense companies. It's for the landlords buying up everything in Sioux Falls and Rapid. It's for big ag eating family farms. It's for billionaires getting richer while the rest of us watch rent, groceries, gas, and healthcare eat more of our paycheck every single month.
This is the working class against the rich. That's the whole fight. Everything else is a distraction they sell us so we keep blaming each other instead of them.
Healthcare should be a right. Housing should be a right. A living wage should be the floor, not the ceiling. Small towns should have hospitals. Family farms shouldn't have to fight billion dollar corporations just to stay alive.
People first, not billionaires.
Post like these, will always get silenced.. this is why we speak up as the working class... we wont stop!
as a South Dakotan, I have to ask Are you satisfied with the current situation?
Anyone actively trying to form some DSA groups? Lets go! Power to the people
cheers fam
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left some links below for sources
OpenSecrets, pro-Israel money (Q05):
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary?code=Q05&cycle=All&ind=Q05&mem=Y&recipdetail=S
South Dakota Searchlight (Thune/Rounds, $95.3B package incl. Ukraine + Israel):
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/02/08/u-s-senate-advances-95-3-billion-bill-that-includes-emergency-funding-for-ukraine-israel/
Argus Leader (Thune/Rounds voted yes on $95B aid package):
https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/13/thune-rounds-vote-yes-for-95-billion-aid-package/72583061007/
CNN vote tracker (final Senate vote on aid package):
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/senate-vote-israel-ukraine-aid-dg/index.html
Sen. Rounds press release on passage (includes Israel funding details):
https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rounds-joins-supermajority-in-passing-supplemental-appropriations-bill-for-ukraine-israel-and-indo-pacific
SD affected by obstetric service closures:
https://sdaho.org/2025/07/16/south-dakota-among-states-most-affected-by-obstetric-unit-closures/
Farm consolidation in SD (SDSU Extension):
https://extension.sdstate.edu/large-farms-continue-dominate-south-dakota-crop-production
Detailed SDSU report (2012–2022 farm/land trends):
https://extension.sdstate.edu/sites/default/files/2024-05/P-00297_0.pdf
Rapid City rent trends:
https://www.rent.com/south-dakota/rapid-city-apartments/rent-trends
Amendment I (Medicaid expansion conditioned on 90% federal funding):
https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Constitutional_Amendment_I,_Medicaid_Expansion_Conditioned_on_90%25_Federal_Funding_Amendment_(2026)
2026 SD ballot measures overview:
https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_2026_ballot_measures
2026 SD governor race overview:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_South_Dakota_gubernatorial_election
2026 SD Senate race overview:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Dakota