A 90-second crash course in Trump's betrayal of American soy farmers Here’s the geopolitical beans.

“The worst thing we could ever want is a handout.”

Donald Trump is reportedly planning a significant aid package for soy farmers hurt by his trade war with China, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

While the package is expected to be billions of dollars, many say it misses the mark.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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Republicans Will Try to Steal 2026. Here's the Law That Puts Them in Prison. One-third of Congress denied the 2020 election.

This is important information about upcoming elections with specifics about what we can do to keep them honest, and what we need to know and DO now to ensure it.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Why is Pam Bondi protecting pedophiles?

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

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YouTube video by Katie Phang MAGA Pastor PLEADS GUILTY After CAUGHT in SHOCKING SCANDAL

A Republican Trump supporter pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges. Think it’s Epstein? Think again.

MAGA is avoiding talking about it, but I'm covering the criminal case of TX megachurch pastor, Robert Morris, & why Republicans are the biggest hypocrites of them all.

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Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."

Awww! How cute! This country is so amazing!

Soybean Farmer: So now I've got a tariff war that's killing my market. I don't have any money from grain we're sending to other countries for USAID. I mean, I've got a compound problem. I don't know how you plan for next year because we don't know where we're at.

Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.

I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.

This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red

Oregon’s governor says she told Kristi Noem ‘there is no insurrection in Oregon’ – live Tina Kotek, Oregon’s governor, says in statement she asked to meet homeland security secretary before she visited Ice field office in Portland

There is NO INSURRECTION IN OREGON.

A Hollow Man and His Army of Mirrors Trump doesn’t lead the military—he feeds on it.

He does not see soldiers as human beings. He sees props. He sees optics. He sees mirrors reflecting the hero he has always failed to become.
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YouTube video by rpmackey Oregon governor and Portland mayor say federal officers are antagonizing protesters

Portland, Oregon

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This argues that Thomas accidentally brought back the original reparative argument for affirmative action that SCOTUS killed off in the Bakke case over Thurgood Marshall's dissent.

But even so, since when has Thomas or any of his cohort let their own logic thwart their deeply held policy goals?

AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.

Their outrage always seems to skip the actual predators.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

Sign says “ANTIFO Anti Federal Occupation”

Currently at the ICE facility in portland, OR. Some far right agitators have posted plans online to attack the mutual aid stations and take over the area at 7:00.

My white Evangelical brothers & sisters,

Where are you? Why are you silent? Are you ok w peacefully protesting clergy being shot at from rooftops?

Don't get me excited!

Hard to believe this attorney general can pursue justice with impartiality when she is dripping with such partisan disdain.

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

GOP has projection down to a science, don't they?

How professional. I hope she sends this to her Congressional representatives.

This is exactly why these storm troopers cannot be allowed to wear masks.