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In 2005, Oneida shut the flatware factory in Sherrill, New York.
A town that had made silverware for MORE THAN 100 YEARS was supposed to be finished.
Two men refused to let that happen.
Their names are Matt Roberts and Greg Owens.
Roberts had managed that factory. Owens was another former Oneida manufacturing manager. When the company ended U.S. production, they bought the plant and the equipment and reopened it the NEXT DAY as Sherrill Manufacturing.
They did not have a giant rescue fund.
They did not have a Hollywood ending waiting.
They had a building, some machines, and a workforce that knew how to make forks, knives, and spoons.
At first they kept making product for Oneida.
Then Oneida pulled the remaining American work and sent it overseas.
That should have been the end.
It wasn’t.
They took government flatware contracts to keep the lights on. In 2010 they filed Chapter 11. They sold unused equipment. They sold space they could no longer fill. They leased back only the part of the factory they could still run.
They came out of bankruptcy in 2013.
Then they did the thing that saved the company.
They built their own brand: Liberty Tabletop.
They sold 18/10 stainless flatware straight to customers who wanted tableware MADE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Not through a department store that could drop them overnight.
Direct.
Today Liberty Tabletop is the only company still manufacturing stainless steel flatware in America.
Same town.
Same trade.
U.S. steel.
About 70 jobs.
They did not bring back 2,000 workers. Nobody did.
What they saved was the last line.
If you want American-made forks and spoons, this is the factory that still makes them.
Support Liberty Tabletop.
THIS is what keeping manufacturing in America actually looks like. 🇺🇸
**PURE MICHIGAN? ***
This is not about vengeance.
This is about keeping a repeat offender from hurting someone else.
An 8-time felon hit my brother’s truck on Clio Road at 88 to 92 miles an hour in a 35 mile an hour zone. He was video-chatting a 14-year-old. He had drugs in his system. After the crash he told her not to call 911.
My brother choked to death on his own blood while holding his wife’s hand and telling her everything would be okay. She will never walk again. She will never be able to care for herself.
The original prosecutor bound him over on second-degree murder. A different prosecutor took the case and offered a plea to reckless driving causing death. According to my brother’s stepson, the family was told the decision on a plea was not theirs. I’ve been told the same thing directly — Michigan law gives victims the right to be consulted, not the right to control a plea. The sentence was 7 to 30 years. He could be out in April 2029.
Weeks earlier he had been pulled over for no license and bad plates while already on parole. The system left him with his keys. The police also destroyed the vehicles months before he was finally arrested.
The family was treated as an inconvenience. The arraignment was delayed for a year. When we tried to watch on video after taking time off work, the feed was never turned on. After the hearing was rescheduled because of the court’s own technical problems, the judge signed off by telling the defendant “Good luck.”
My brother’s stepson told me a victims advocate described me as “difficult” after I spoke up about how the family was being treated. Michigan’s Crime Victim’s Rights Act requires notice to siblings of a deceased victim. We had to fight for basic information.
At sentencing he said he was sorry. He said he would take my brother’s place. A man who is truly sorry does not spend years trying to undo the plea.
The Court of Appeals rejected the application for lack of merit. The deadline to ask the Michigan Supreme Court ends this week.
He has an end date.
Our family does not.
My brother’s grandson was six when this happened. He told the family he wanted the driver to kill him too so he could be with his grandpa.
The system failed my brother, his wife, our family, and the people of Michigan.
Is this the kind of justice system of Pure Michigan people expect?
Local media refused to tell our story after speaking to the prosecutors office regarding our family statement blaming the prosecutors office for weak plea deals that ended my brother's life. They ran away real fast when at sentencing, we introduced the lone reporter who showed up. Prosecutor and supposed victims advocates suddenly had nothing to say.
Since the felon is supposedly appealing to the Michigan Supreme Court. I had to post this. I'm already sick. This does not help.
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Mary and her veteran husband were trying to figure out what comes next after a massive tree came down on their home during Hurricane #Isaias. Her 21-year-old daughter was standing in the kitchen when the tree landed just above her. She was lucky to walk away unharmed, but their home wasn’t so lucky.
Yesterday, we delivered them an EmergencyRV through our partnership with @FLSERT — giving their family a safe place to stay while they focus on getting their home back.
They have a long road ahead, but they don’t have to figure out where they’re going to sleep tonight and that’s a good place to start.
Give at emergencyrv.org to support our work sheltering families.
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I’ll fight for the Amish every day of my life! Gladly.
It was an honor to meet with the Amish in Upstate NY. They will not fight, but I’ll fight for them, and we shook hands on it. Get ready🇺🇸 @alex_fasulo
There should be no discrimination for hiring Americans. Anyone think the settlement should have been higher?
Major win for protecting U.S. workers! Instacart has agreed to a $5 million settlement for discrimination during PERM recruitment. Thank you @andrealucasEEOC for your partnership in getting a great result and sending a message that this administration holds companies accountable.
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The factory in Sherrill, New York is still making stainless flatware.
Same town. Same trade. Same people who refused to let the last American line shut down.
A few weeks ago a lot of you saw the story and went looking for it.
Christmas is coming. A lot of people are looking for gifts and tableware that were actually made here.
If you want American-made forks, knives, and spoons for the holidays, this is still the only place that makes them.
Liberty Tabletop
libertytabletop.com
Support the ones still making it. 🇺🇸
In 2005, Oneida shut the flatware factory in Sherrill, New York.
A town that had made silverware for MORE THAN 100 YEARS was supposed to be finished.
Two men refused to let that happen.
Their names are Matt Roberts and Greg Owens.
Roberts had managed that factory. Owens was another former Oneida manufacturing manager. When the company ended U.S. production, they bought the plant and the equipment and reopened it the NEXT DAY as Sherrill Manufacturing.
They did not have a giant rescue fund.
They did not have a Hollywood ending waiting.
They had a building, some machines, and a workforce that knew how to make forks, knives, and spoons.
At first they kept making product for Oneida.
Then Oneida pulled the remaining American work and sent it overseas.
That should have been the end.
It wasn’t.
They took government flatware contracts to keep the lights on. In 2010 they filed Chapter 11. They sold unused equipment. They sold space they could no longer fill. They leased back only the part of the factory they could still run.
They came out of bankruptcy in 2013.
Then they did the thing that saved the company.
They built their own brand: Liberty Tabletop.
They sold 18/10 stainless flatware straight to customers who wanted tableware MADE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Not through a department store that could drop them overnight.
Direct.
Today Liberty Tabletop is the only company still manufacturing stainless steel flatware in America.
Same town.
Same trade.
U.S. steel.
About 70 jobs.
They did not bring back 2,000 workers. Nobody did.
What they saved was the last line.
If you want American-made forks and spoons, this is the factory that still makes them.
Support Liberty Tabletop.
THIS is what keeping manufacturing in America actually looks like. 🇺🇸
Hey all, I won't be posting much today. I'm extremely sick. Like my brother, I have severe allergies and I am worn out with migraines. I dont use automated posting but will try to post a couple times. ♥️🙏🇺🇸
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Yeah, this is exactly the problem. American farmers and ranchers shouldn’t have to compete on price against the entire world just to sell food in their own country. That setup has never made sense to me.
Look at what happened with lamb. In 1999, about 30% of what we ate came from imports. Now it’s 79%. That’s not some small shift—that’s the domestic industry getting pushed aside in its own market.
When a major packing plant closes because the revenue isn’t there anymore, that hits real ranchers and real communities. It’s not abstract.
I get that some imports will always be part of the picture, but the default shouldn’t be “let cheap foreign product flood in and hope our producers can hang on.” The home market should belong to the people raising the food here first. Imports can fill whatever’s left.
Instead we’ve spent decades treating it the other way around, and then acting surprised when more of our food production disappears. Food security is national security. If we keep losing the ability to feed ourselves, that eventually becomes a real problem, not just a talking point.
Watching U.S. sheep producers sit in a room at the International Trade Commission arguing their case against a bunch of foreign interests and lawyers feels like the kind of fight that should have been happening more often. They’re trying to slow down the damage before there’s even less of an industry left.
I don’t think this is about shutting out the rest of the world. It’s about not forcing our own producers into a race to the bottom for access to American customers.
If we want ranchers, packing plants, and the jobs that go with them to still be here in another 10 or 20 years, the current presumption has to change. The people producing the food in this country should get first crack at the market here. That just seems like common sense to me. 🇺🇸
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Im ok with the cooler temps.
Above normal temperatures are favored for late October. Check out more temperature and precipitation outlooks at cpc.ncep.noaa.gov.
ALT Above normal temperatures are favored for late October. Check out more temperature and precipitation outlooks at cpc.ncep.noaa.gov.
What’s your favorite fall food?Apple pie, pumpkin soup, chili, cider, candy corn… or something else entirely?Drop it below. We’re curious.
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American-made brands: lock your spot in our Made in USA Christmas Gift Guide before November 30. Shoppers already searching for gifts made here will find you.
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Why don’t we see more news stories about small American manufacturers opening or expanding?
Because most of them aren’t chasing headlines. They’re too busy grinding. Ordering materials. Fixing machines. Training the new hire. Making payroll. Shipping product so their customers stay happy and their people stay employed.The big announcements make the news.
The quiet ones—family shops adding a second shift, a guy who quit his job to start making something here instead of importing it, the shop that just hired three more people—those don’t get press releases. They just get the work done.
That’s who keeps American manufacturing alive. Not the ribbon cuttings. The ones showing up every day so their families and employees have something solid.We would love to tell their stories too. The ones that never make the headlines. The shop that just hired two more people. The family that kept the lights on through the slow months. The owner who’s too busy shipping orders to write a press release.
If you’re making it here and you’ve got a story, we want to hear it. Send it our way. We’ll put it in front of people who are already looking for something made in America.
That’s the whole point.
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China-made product recall:
3M is recalling ~53,600 Scotch TL1302Z thermal laminators (made in China, sold on Amazon). Can overheat and catch fire—63 reports of smoking/melting, 5 fires. Stop use, unplug, and contact 3M for a full refund.
cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027/3M-Com…
Micron broke ground on its $100 billion New York memory fab complex (largest private investment in NY history). Up to 4 fabs, advanced US production for AI demand, and tens of thousands of jobs.
emsnow.com/micron-celebrates…
US manufacturing added 72,000 jobs in 2026 so far (after losing 200k+ in Biden’s final years). Factory construction is surging and durable goods production is up as companies reshore.
whitehouse.gov/research/2026…
American-made brands: lock your spot in our Made in USA Christmas Gift Guide before November 30. Shoppers already searching for gifts made here will find you.
buydirectusa.com/feature-you…
Im ok with the cooler temps.
Above normal temperatures are favored for late October. Check out more temperature and precipitation outlooks at cpc.ncep.noaa.gov.
ALT Above normal temperatures are favored for late October. Check out more temperature and precipitation outlooks at cpc.ncep.noaa.gov.