Episode 26 concludes Season 3, which focused on the failures of family law, family

court, foster care, medical kidnapping and parental alienation. The host, Dr. Lynn

Sandra Kahn, had three final points, found in the title of this episode, 3 reasons why 90

million Americans hate the Democrats. Doctor Kahn aimed her comment at her

Democrat friends, Democrat leadership and progressive podcasters.

First, Dr. Kahn pointed to the 3 million children taken from their homes by child welfare

systems over the past ten years, not because of abuse, but for “neglect” which is often

another word for poverty. So 3 million children, 3 million parents and 3 million significant

others – that’s ten million Americans all traumatized by family law and foster care.

Second, Dr. Kahn points to the 60 million citizens who live in rural America. In 1970 we

had over 648,000 US dairy farms. In 2024 we had 24,470, down 95%. Since the 1970s,

USDA farm policy – formal and informal -- destroyed 600,000 dairy farms. And that

hollowed out 600,000 farming towns for $1 of farm income, farmers spend $0.44 in the

local community buying supplies.

The nail in the coffin came from the Obama administration who decided in 2012 that

whole milk contributed to childhood obesity, and it would be illegal to serve whole milk in

schools. Science recognizes that it takes fat to burn fat, that whole milk is 97% fat free

anyway and that it's in the fat there we have the vitamins, minerals, probiotics and

amino acids that children especially need to grow healthy bodies and healthy brains and

healthy bones literally. And that's what Democrats decided would be illegal to serve. Dr.

Kahn calls out the Democrats to Support the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act.

Third, Dr. Kahn points to 20 million veterans, their families and survivors who need the

services of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Dr. Kahn points to one example of bad

systems and bad policy: in 2013, it took a veteran an average of 347 days to receive a

determination of benefits. By 2024, that was reduced to 149 days. Dr. Kahn asks, “How

long would it take Elon Musk to figure out how to transition the Department of Defense

medical records into the VA medical records instantaneously?”

Dr. Kahn concludes: I don't like the direction our country is going in. I wish the

Democrats would get their act together. They can start by paying more attention to

families, farmers and veterans and delivering specific improvements to policies and

systems.

Dr. Lynn S Kahn

YouTube Channel: The Government Mechanic

Podcast: The Government Mechanic, wherever you get your podcasts

Website: http://GovMechanic.com

Articles: https://govmechanic.com/category/articles/

LinkedIn: Lynn Sandra Kahn

Episode 25 summarizes problems and solutions for farming, ranching, fishing and

America’s food supply in Episodes 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The first lesson is that USDA -- the

US Department of Agriculture -- policies are consistently horrible, with destructive

impacts on family-owned farms, ranches, fisheries and their small communities.

For example, the USDA sets the price of milk below what it costs the dairy farmer to

produce that milk. The numbers are clear: In the 1970s, we had 770,000 dairy farms; in

2024 we had 36,184. Our founding fathers were farmers, food producers and food

distributors. Today, corruption and bias toward industrial farming, ranching and fishing

has changed the character of our heartland, of our nation, of America. The US

Department of Agriculture, created by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. He

considered USDA the People’s Department, that would follow and support the interests

of farmers and farming communities.

The episode started with two clips from Brenda Cochran talking about how farmers are

left out of farm policymaking and how policies favor big corporations, so small farmers,

ranchers and fishers get really hurt. Dr. Kahn reminded listeners and viewers that USDA

sets the price of milk below what costs the farmer to produce that milk, then takes

money out of the famer’s milk check through mandated “check offs” to support research

on non-dairy beverages! The next clip from Marty Irby described the loss of family-

owned ranches leading to the rise of a few, powerful food corporations, which is called

market concentration. The good news is non-profits are learning how to lobby

Congress for change. In the final clip, Niaz Dorry describes bringing the views of hands-

on food producers to the policy and decision-making table and building alliances across

organizations.

Dr. Kahn spent the rest of the episode talking about SOLUIONS and what consumers

can do, such as:

 Don't take food for granted.

 Buy local, be knowledgeable about local foods.

 Be aware, read labels.

 Find out what is served in schools, go to local school board meetings.

 Be policy aware.

 Make your voice count: Know who your state and Washington DC

representatives are. Go see them, call congress, send letters, call the White

House 202-224-3121, send emails.

 Systems change needed – should we re-institute parity laws? How do we invite

small farmers, ranchers and fishers at legislative and administrative law level?

How do USDA and Land Grant Universities stop defining success only as

economies of scale.

Episode 24 summarizes the 7 episodes posted about America's children lost in foster

care and through family court. I warn you, my listeners and viewers, this is

heartbreaking stuff. Please find your support network if you are triggered by these clips.

Start with the list of resources below.

Dr. Kahn showed some clips from these episodes:

 Episode 17 spotlights Rachel Bruno, who had her own children taken in 2015, then

sued Los Angeles County and the State of California. She won. She has the lived

experience and after 10 years the perspective to shed light on the abuses of

America’s child welfare system. She emphasizes the financial incentives for states to

remove children from homes: states get $2000 – $8000 per month, more for special

needs children, to place a child in foster care. LA County receives about $2B per

year from federal funding. Money only kicks in when a child is removed.

 Episode 18 features Baily Templeton, mother and advocate for family rights and

child welfare reform, whose child with cancer was taken from her and treated without

her knowledge or consent. Her son was returned after they had amputated the

bottom part of his leg. Bailey argues for parents to be in charge of their children’s

medical, educational and religious decisions. She supports the legislation calling for

Parent Advocates in family courtrooms. She questions the role of the Guardian

Administrator in each state, that makes medical decisions for children in foster care.

 In Episode 19, Terri LaPoint describes patterns of Medical Kidnapping, where

children are taken from their parents, sometimes babies taken from their mother’s

arms, placed in foster care. Then as wards of the state, these babies and children

are vaccinated and enrolled in medical tests without parents’ knowledge or consent.

 Episode 20 features Connie Reguli, a family rights lawyer, who describes the

policies and laws that allow 350,000 children to be taken from their families every

year. And 87% are not taken for abuse, they are taken for neglect, mostly related to

poverty. The outcomes for foster care children are dreadful on many measures. Over

the past ten years, about 3.5 million children and their families have been

traumatized by the US government. Yet billions of dollars flow from the federal

government to the states to remove children from their homes. Directly helping

families in crisis is not allowed – only taking children from homes.

 E 21 and 22: Under the Hood Part 1 and 2. Rachel Bruno, Bailey Templeton,

Connie Reguli, Kathleen Monahan and Dr. Kahn talked about the agencies

responsible for family policy, foster care, and family court. One observation was that

the primary agency, the Administration for Children and Families, ACF, somewhat

recognizes the importance of family support and reunification, though clearly not

enough. To her surprise, Dr. Kahn concluded that truly helping families in crisis

means first of all changing the legislation that delivers tens of billions of dollars to

states for removing children from their homes.

 In Episode 23, David Shubert describes parental alienation, in his case starting with

his spouse kidnapping his children, taking them to another country, and lying to the

children to alienate them from the other parent.

RESOURCES

Connie Reguli

Facebook Group Family Forward Project

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1697223540511940

YouTube channel - Connie Reguli

https://youtube.com/@connieregulifamilyforward?si=39HQPmm4_pN0EC94

YouTube - Family Forward Training and...