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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

Ninety-three farm bankruptcies in Q2 — nearly double the number from the end of 2024.

@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/04/f...

Farm bankruptcies are soaring amid low crop prices, while Trump considers bailout of up to $14 billion | Fortune

In the second quarter, there were 93 bankruptcy filings, up from 88 in the first quarter and nearly double the 47 at the end of 2024.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Democrats should just start insisting that they saw very real videos of people rioting at Mar-a-Lago -- overturning golf carts, setting fire to the brunch buffet, stabbing busboys with carving knives, whatever -- and calling on Trump to send the Illinois National Guard there to restore order.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 3h

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 3h

“Everyone’s smiling in cities with troops.” Oh good, we finally nailed the North Korea aesthetic.

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 3h

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14h

🚨BREAKING: The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified in federal court Wednesday that while he’s been instructed in the past to preserve minority congressional districts protected by the Voting Rights Act, he received no such direction when drawing Texas’ new gerrymander this summer.

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 17h

Christian minister attacked by ICE agents. Waiting for the outrage from MAGA. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues over First Amendment threats

David Black joins journalists and protesters in lawsuit to stop ‘pattern of extreme brutality’ from federal agents

www.independent.co.uk

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 17h

Hi @cnn.com -

On behalf of the 2/3s of Americans who DID NOT VOTE for Trump, pls STOP reporting on what he SAYS (LIES) and start reporting on what he DOES (LIES).

Best,
The Majority

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 17h

Reminder this is all happening because Republicans refuse to let you have affordable health care.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

Air traffic control facilities across the United States are reportedly experiencing staff shortages amid Trump’s government shutdown.

These shortages are taking place in Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, Washington, and more.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 17h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17h

This is well said. Trump and Noem need to back off before we have another Kent State tragedy.

Tweet from Aaron Reichlin-Melnick quoting Laura N. Rodríguez Presa.
Aaron’s comment: “DHS is an escalation spiral; the more they do things like this, the more people on the ground push back... and I'm deeply worried what the ultimate result will be.”
Laura’s tweet reads: “A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them... Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents ICE activity, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.”
Attached photo shows a federal agent inside a vehicle pointing a rifle out of the driver’s side window.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

Wow — Harvard Crimson student newspaper busts Hegseth for having written a long policy brief touting diversity before he joined Trump’s war on DEI.

With receipts. Bravo, Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17h

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

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Boudicasal @boudicasal.bsky.social · 16h

We must get dark money out of politics if this democracy is to survive.

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 17h

"The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote"

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine to limit absentee voting & impose voter ID requirements.

Important reporting from Zeteo's new political reporter @andrewperez.bsky.social

The Supreme Court’s Dark Money Man Is Trying to Make It Harder to Vote

Leonard Leo’s network is bankrolling the main donor behind a ballot initiative in Maine that would limit absentee voting and impose voter ID requirements.

zeteo.com

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 17h

Mike Johnson is lying. Swear-in Rep elect Adelita Grijalva. Release the Epstein files.

Congresswoman-elect calls out Mike Johnson for REFUSING to swear her in

YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen

www.youtube.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17h

What Governor Pritzker is doing is right for his state, but it is vital for the Republic.

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NEVER TRUMPER @jennyfmtheblock.bsky.social · 21h

Regarding Stephen Miller~

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Boudicasal @boudicasal.bsky.social · 19h

Yep, that’s a Portland protest alright.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social · 21h

Did Trump write the infamous Epstein birthday letter? You decide.

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Boudicasal @boudicasal.bsky.social · 19h

American WWII troops were Antifa. Idiot, Trump should just stfu.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h

Merrick Garland green-lit the search of Mar-a-Lago. It happened in August 2022 three months before Jack Smith was appointed. Jack Smith was in the Netherlands at the Hauge prosecuting Kosovo war crimes when Mar-a-Lago was searched. Eric should have listened to my podcast.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump accuses Jack Smith of "planting classified documents at Mar-a-Lago"

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 23h

I think we know why Trump has buried the Epstein Files

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Boudicasal @boudicasal.bsky.social · 19h

Who??? He said who? Good grief what an ignoramus.

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