Knitting on Waves

SOYBEAN FARMER SOUNDS OFF: Trump’s trade war is crushing farmers. Now Trump is giving $20B to Argentina—the same country taking much of America’s soybean market.

Soybeans are the no. 1 cash crop in Tennessee.

Via @pulsereportnow on IG

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

A Deal That Would End Universities’ Independence The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.

Donald Trump is offering nine universities funding if they sign a compact that’s a “complete adoption of the MAGA high-education agenda,” Kevin Carey writes. The document is “shot through with the tensions that mark Trumpism in its latest form”:

Within the first minute of a 10-minute discussion, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social repeats the long-debunked hoax that Hamas put babies in ovens. He's the worst Obama cover band out there

As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

YouTube video by MSNBC ‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

youtu.be/vOXOWAhFz0A

If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.

The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”

It’s about control.

KIMMEL: “That sonofabitch… I never imagined we’d have a president like this, and I hope we never have another president like this again… celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs - he took pleasure in that. The opposite of what a leader is supposed to be.”

👀 @ericswalwell.bsky.social bringing it 👇🏽

Graphic featuring the following text: Header: 2026 health care premiums would more than double under GOP budget Subhead: If ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire, your health care payments could double. Below is a graph with a bar set at $888 2025 and another bar set at $1,904 2026. Source: KFF

Republicans want to price you out of your health care

Enjoy some truth about the #TrumpShutdown @markwarner.bsky.social

How humiliating for the United States military

And after 40 minutes of cringe-Thunderous applause from the generals!

Just kidding. Total silence. 👀 🦗 🦗

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.

These two gotta go.

UN: “Kids dying of starvation… what we give them is a peanut butter paste. We’ve been told we can’t bring that in because it’s a luxury.”

AMANPOUR: “Seriously?”

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Can We Actually Save America?

I feel very strongly that we must use the next three years to build a new opposition movement. I tried to lay out my reasons and what I think we need to do to make it happen.

Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc

jolly_good_ginger Retired Army Vet Dropping Facts

Trump deploys troops to Portland, authorizing ‘full force’ if necessary The action escalates a campaign to use the U.S. military against Americans that has little modern precedent.

Officially a tyrant: Trump announced Saturday that he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, and to immigration detention facilities around the country, authorizing “Full Force, if necessary” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women "This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

Recent reporting alleges that civilian men are impersonating ICE agents to kidnap and sexually assault immigrant women, with cases in North Carolina and New York.

Unmasking ICE agents is important, but it’s a Band-Aid on a broader, systemic crisis. Read @kylietcheung.bsky.social's full Op-Ed ⤵️

When the President uses federal law enforcement for his personal revenge, it puts all of us in danger.

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

As soon as the governor signs this illegal bill, Missouri will be sued. I don't bluff and I usually win.

Zelensky: “War has already reached too many people to pretend it has nothing to do with you. So it depends on you. Whether you help peace or continue trading with Russia and helping Russia to fund this war, it depends on you.”

Solidarity signs are popping up in restaurants across Los Angeles. They're a simple but powerful way to say we know our rights and we've got each other's backs.

To download your own solidarity sign and for more free Know Your Rights resources, head to ilrc.me/protect

It's only Tuesday...

Travel or Rapture?

Still haven't raptured, this is some bullshit right here

Wow.

Not at all surprising, but wow.

Blatant corruption is perfectly fine (encouraged, even) in this administration.