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Soybean farmer who backed Trump feels strain of China's boycott amid trade war.

"The great majority of [soybeans] coming from this area would be going to China," Gaffner said, but "not this year."

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Soybean farmer who backed Trump feels strain of China's boycott amid trade war

With harvest season underway, farmers like Scott Gaffner are worried about what comes next amid a Chinese boycott of American soybeans.

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A growing chorus of Trump allies is urging Trump to defy federal court orders, pushing the country toward a direct confrontation between the Executive Branch and the Judiciary—the very outcome the Constitution was designed to prevent.

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Calls Grow on the Right for Trump To Ignore Judges’ Orders

Stephen Miller called a judge’s decision to temporarily block the Portland troop deployment “legal insurrection.”

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The Trump administration must reveal what kinds of security clearances have been granted to Elon Musk, a New York federal court ruled Wednesday.

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Judge forces Trump administration to tell what security clearance Musk had when he oversaw DOGE and cost cutting

Musk wrote in February: ‘I’ve had a top secret clearance for many years and have clearances that themselves are classified’

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 5h

Claire McCaskill: Republicans who stood by as Bondi attacked their Democratic colleagues should be ashamed.

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Claire McCaskill: Republicans who stood by as Bondi attacked their Democratic colleagues should be ashamed

Claire McCaskill says Republicans who stood by as Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, attacked Democrats during a Senate hearing should be ashamed.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

Federal immigration agents surveilled Marin in his hospital bed for 37 days without charging him after a Carson car wash raid.

Marin was under 24/7 surveillance, couldn’t speak privately with doctors or lawyers, and was interrogated while medicated and in pain.

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Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him

Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when federal agents raided the car wash where he worked. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center before a federal j...

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

A mostly Republican group of leaders past and present on Wednesday accused Trump of using "the power of law enforcement" to go after Americans he has a "personal animus" against.

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Exclusive: Prominent Republicans slam Trump for "abuses of power"

Trump's actions "threaten the safety and rights of every American, as well as the stability of our economy," statement says.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

MTG doubles down on her unexpected break with Republicans over health care in shutdown fight.

The MAGA firebrand sparked criticism from GOP leadership after giving voice to a key Democratic demand — extending expiring Obamacare funding to avoid premium hikes.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on break with Republicans over health care in shutdown fight

The MAGA firebrand sparked criticism from GOP leadership after giving voice to a key Democratic demand — extending expiring Obamacare funding to avoid premium hikes.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

AP photos show Rubio’s urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal.

An AP photographer covering the event zoomed in on the handwriting on White House stationery that read, “You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”

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AP photos show Rubio's urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event, hinting that a Mideast peace deal was close.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

Landlord says mail wasn't delivered because she is Black.

A landlord alleges postal workers refused to deliver mail because she's Black and her tenants were White. Supreme Court will debate whether she can sue.

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Landlord says mail wasn't delivered because she is Black. Supreme Court weighs in

The Supreme Court previously sided with a woman tripped over mail. Which way will this case go?

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

Senate Republicans voted down legislation that would have put a check on Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

Democrats tried to counter the administration’s extraordinary assertion of presidential war powers to destroy vessels in Caribbean.
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Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump's use of war powers against cartels

Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump's immigration crackdown after being shown migrants' letters.

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Pope Leo urges U.S. bishops to speak about Trump's immigration crackdown after being shown migrants' letters

A Texas bishop showed Pope Leo XIV a packet of letters from immigrant families "terrorized" by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 6h

A veteran defense lawyer turned judge will oversee the case against ex-FBI director James Comey.

Confirmed to the bench by President Joe Biden in 2021, Michael Nachmanoff was randomly assigned to the case after a Virginia grand jury indicted Comey last month.

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A veteran defense lawyer turned judge will oversee the case against ex-FBI director James Comey

The federal judge overseeing the Justice Department’s prosecution of former FBI director James Comey has already handled cases in President Donald Trump’s orbit

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Jeffries: "The streets are hot right now on Capitol Hill because the Republicans are just falling apart. They cannot justify their position having shut the government down. They cannot justify their position in terms of hiding the Epstein files from the American people."

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 15h

Justin Pearson on Wednesday launched a primary challenge against Democratic congressman Steve Cohen, joining a wave of younger candidates calling for generational change in the party.

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‘Tennessee Three’s’ Justin Pearson launches challenge against Democratic congressman

Memphis lawmaker to go up against Steve Cohen, joining wave of younger candidates calling for generational change

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 15h

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘Why does he always sound like the dumbest member of the crime family?’

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Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘Why does he always sound like the dumbest member of the crime family?’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s threatening and odd comments on the government shutdown, Fox News and Ghislaine Maxwell

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 16h

llinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) challenged Trump to “come and get” him after Trump called for Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) to be put in jail.

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Pritzker to Trump: ‘Come and get me’

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) challenged President Trump to “come and get” him after the president called for Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) to be put in jail. “You know as well as …

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 16h

Newsom on signed into law a controversial bill that aims to clamp down on antisemitism in schools, shrugging off objections by a powerful teachers union and others that it will restrict what teachers can say about Israel’s war in Gaza and other hot button topics.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom targets antisemitism in California schools with new law

In signing the law, Newsom rebuffed objections from the state's main teachers union and others.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 16h

California made history Wednesday by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, from meals served to over one billion California schoolchildren annually.

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California enacts nation’s first law to define and ban ultraprocessed foods | CNN

California makes history by enacting the first law to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods in school lunches.

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 16h

Elon Musk and X Corp have reached a settlement in a lawsuit by four former top executives at Twitter, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, who claim they were not paid $128 million in promised severance pay after Musk acquired the social media company and fired them.
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Musk's X settles ex-Twitter executives' $128 million severance pay lawsuit

(Reuters) -Elon Musk and X Corp have reached a settlement in a lawsuit by four former top executives at Twitter, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, who claim they were not paid $128 million in promis...

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Ⓜ️𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊 💙 🦋 @lmariev.bsky.social · 16h

Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego got in a confrontation Wednesday with Speaker Mike Johnson after they staged a surprise press gaggle outside his office to highlight their health care demands and his delay in swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.).

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Kelly, Gallego confront Speaker Johnson outside his office

Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) got in a confrontation Wednesday with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after they staged a surprise press gaggle outside his office to highlight t…

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 1d

CNN: The judge presiding over the prosecution of Jim Comey has agreed to Comey’s request to schedule a near term trial. Comey asked for a Jan 12 trial date. The judge went with Jan 5. Comey is counting on the gov’t not being ready for trial. A good bet.

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Former Trump WH Lawyer Says Pam Bondi Is More ‘Reprehensible’ Than Nixon’s Corrupt AG.

“I think today she achieved one thing. She knocked John Mitchell off the perch of reprehensible attorney generals as number one, despite his guilty plea and time in jail.”

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Former Trump White House Lawyer Says Pam Bondi Is More ‘Reprehensible’ Than Nixon’s Corrupt Attorney General

A lawyer who worked in the White House during President Donald Trump's first term said Attorney General Pam Bondi is now the most "reprehensible" person ever to hold that post.

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