r/SouthDakota

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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

Election is June 2. Voter registration deadline is May 18.

I'm really interested in this strategy. While I doubt the states would ever (individually or together) agree on this, there is some logic to this from a culture perspective. Then again, in both states, the economic powerhouse of the state (Fargo in ND, Sioux Falls in SD) is located in the eastern half. The western half would be fairly poor (oil money notwithstanding - that is extremely boom/bust) and otherwise nearly completely dependent on tourism dollars and federal funding. Thoughts?

EDIT 1: Should be clear (thanks commenters) -- this is from a humor/satire site. EDIT 2: I did forget the oil of Western ND, yes.

This is a scary scenario... Buckle up folks!

I visited a small steakhouse years ago near Mt. Rushmore. The dining room had no electricity, using gas lamps for light. The kitchen had power, but they only served a big steak, or a little steak and baked potato.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? I'm in ​the area this weekend and hoping to visit the restaurant of it is still there.

Thanks!

Just wondering how much stuff there is do in Mitchell as a resident? I live in a metro Detroit suburb and suburbia is pretty bad for my mental health and depression, but of course there's other factors in regard to that. So, just wondering how much stuff their is to do there, besides bars or something lol. Also, any recommendations for good apartments?

Did you all suffer the same fates as Idaho, Montana, etc.? Or did you escape it? Are there good areas that were untouched by the COVID exodus? Have property values skyrocketed?

The dealer plate for my daughter’s car is expiring tomorrow. Long story short, we are in Rapid and dealer is in Vermillion. For reasons I won’t go into, title had to be mailed to us and is lost in the mail. We can see that the envelope was scanned in Sioux Falls, but it never arrived. The post office gave us the run-around and kept insisting it would show up. They finally acknowledged last Friday that it probably won’t arrive ever (it’s been almost a month since it was mailed).

The dealership told us to get an “extension” while they work on getting a new title (it is a used car, so they have to go back to the prior owner). But from what I can see online, there is no way for a buyer to get an extension. We just start paying interest on the excise tax for every day we are late registering it. Is that correct info? Anyone know? What a disaster. We are getting a FedEx label for the new title once it is available and will send it that to the dealer so we don’t have to rely on the USPS. Not sure why the dealer would have sent something as important as a title to us through regular mail without tracking.

We are touring around South Dakota in early Sept and decided to use Rapid City as our hotel -- only because we didn't know any better.

Would it be good of an idea to switch from 2 nights in Rapid City to 2 nights in Custer State Park?  Probably State Game Lodge to experience nature and see the wildlife.  We are a middle-aged couple from a large East Coast city there to celebrate her birthday. We won't be doing any hiking or anything.

Current Day 1: Leave Medora → Deadwood (lunch) → Badlands → Rapid City

Current Day 2: Leave Rapid City → Custer SP Wildlife Loop → Iron Mountain Rd → Mt Rushmore → Needles → Fort Hays Chuckwagon Supper & Show → Rapid City