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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14m

TODAY: New SNAP cuts are kicking in because of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." 5 million people have already lost food assistance, including 1.5 million+ kids since the bill was enacted. No kid deserves to go hungry so Trump can give his billionaire buddies another tax handout.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4h

Jordan Klepper on Trump's AI CEO summit: It was like the Last Supper, if everyone there believed they were the son of God

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 3h

Some North Carolina voters only have a week left to ensure they can cast a ballot in the midterms as a result of a shady settlement the state elections board made with Trump’s Justice Department. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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North Carolina mailboxes overflow with voter registration warnings after state cut a deal with Trump’s DOJ

“This is death by a thousand cuts,” one voting rights advocate told Democracy Docket. “It’s why you move voting sites, it’s why you have fewer hours, it’s why our absentee mailing ballots are so compl...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 3h

Republicans sent the Senate home this week without taking ANY real action to: - End Donald Trump's Iran war - Lower costs for American families - Regulate AI

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Semafor @semafor.com · 6h

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer declined to commit to imposing recently enacted Russian sanctions, saying that officials plan to “name names” this month but it’s ultimately President Donald Trump’s decision whether to enact the levies. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 6h

Turnabout is fair play... grab 'em by the paycheck.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h

NEW: Democrats sued the Trump administration for quietly changing a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots weeks before the midterms. The lawsuit argues the altered form is part of a broader GOP effort to make voting more difficult for Americans living abroad.

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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says

The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says

The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 7h

Trump spent millions of taxpayer dollars to run his campaign ads. Here’s how Rep. Bennie Thompson is responding: @benniethompson.bsky.social

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 7h

Renee Good's family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations in the 37-year-old woman's killing by an immigration officer during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis. to.pbs.org/4xRlL85

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Renee Good's family sues U.S. government and immigration officials over her killing

Good was fatally shot Jan. 7 as protests against immigration raids flared across Minneapolis.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 7h

tommoran3.substack.com/p/at-cornell... “For my New Jersey readers, I offer: Editorial boards in NJ are dead.For many years, I ran the last one standing at the Star-Ledger.By the time the harebrains in the big offices decided to kill it in Feb 2025, the boards at every other paper were already dead”🤬

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At Cornell, student journalists are the heroes

Keeping the university’s feet to the fire over the horrfying gang-rape accusation.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 7h

robertreich.substack.com/p/the-heart-... “Millions of Americans will spend an average of $2,136 in annual ACA premiums this year — 58% more than last year. Nearly 5 million Americans will lose healthcare coverage this year because congressional Republicans failed to renew the Premium Tax Credit.” 🤬🤬

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The Rot at the Top

The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 16h

Scott "The House" Bessent, bond vigilantes for you on line 1

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12h

Trump wants to purge noncitizens from the voter rolls — even if it means eligible citizens get kicked off by mistake. “They want to screen out people who they think will vote Democratic,” Marc Elias says. Voting rules are being rewritten right now. Stay a step ahead: demdock.com/3T3Owjg

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 12h

this sounds immensely shit, and the cutesy mascot thing makes me hate it even more.

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 12h

We are not safe until we get a handle on this. That starts with understanding the problem and reasserting human control over AI. The alarm bells are sounding — we need the AI Risk Management and Security Act, legislation I’ve introduced with @markwarner.bsky.social and Sen. Schatz, NOW.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 12h

T.S.A. Agents Are Told to Get on Their Feet During Airport ID Checks www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...

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Sleepy Donald Trump

ALT: Sleepy Donald Trump

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 12h

Late Night Is Skeptical of A.I. Leaders Self-Regulating www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/a... ““Look at this signature: Donald Trump, President of the ‘Unites States.’ Could there ever be a better metaphor for this presidency than misspelling ‘United States’ on a document about ‘super intelligence?’” 🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

nytimes.com

Late Night Is Skeptical of A.I. Leaders Self-Regulating

“Sure, we don’t need laws! I’m sure we could trust these guys,” Jordan Klepper said of technology executives on “The Daily Show,” after Trump asked them to police themselves.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 12h

U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b... “The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose above $100 a barrel. The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes reached as high as 5.34 percent” #TrumpsWar #RepublicanSheep #WarPowers 🤬🤬🤬

nytimes.com

U.S. Bond Yields Hit Highest Level Since 2002

The trends pushing up yields, including the war in Iran and high government debt levels, are unlikely to dissipate soon.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz apnews.com/article/carn... Hearing this Trump says we’re changing the name of Canada to Trump. 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️

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Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/lanc... “In the past two days, the state has seen 40 new measles cases, raising the total to 943. Of those, 176 patients have been hospitalized, or about 19%. This is twice the national average of 9%. Only four Pennsylvania cases have been recorded in vaccinated people” 🤨🤨

cidrap.umn.edu

Lancaster County reports Pennsylvania’s 5th measles-related death

To date the CDC has confirmed just 2 measles deaths, as Pennsylvania’s measles cases climb to 943.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt... “A mathematical model shows that if Florida removes its requirement that public school students receive the MMR vaccine, as proposed by the state's surgeon general, the state could see dozens, if not hundreds, of deaths in children in the following 5 to 10 years”🤦‍♂️🤬

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Measles disaster in Florida might not be far off, analysis finds

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow... “One law of current politics is nobody who associates themselves with Trump emerges with a shred of credibility. For some, not a big loss — it’s not as if anyone respected Pete Hegseth even before he decided the key to military success was more testosterone”🤦‍♂️

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The Beclowning of Scott Bessent

Another Trump enabler pays the price

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/one-more-r... “the deep unpopularity of AI isn’t hard to explain. We have a technology that is enriching a small number of people, but whose creators warn may destroy millions of jobs if not the world. And job creation falls flat because hardly any jobs are being created”🤦‍♂️

paulkrugman.substack.com

One More Reason Americans Hate AI: It Does Nothing for Them

Trillions of dollars in spending, higher interest rates, hardly any jobs

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o... “Alas, though, when someone as morally warped as Trump — whose first secretary of state called him a “moron” — assumes this much unchecked power at the dawn of the Age of Artificial Intelligence, he can’t be ignored” 🤬🤬🤦‍♂️

nytimes.com

Opinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways

On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o... “Chief Justice John Roberts has accomplished so much of his agenda that it’s not easy, as he begins his 22nd Supreme Court term, to think of what unfinished business might remain….” #JohnRobertsSuperPAC 🤬🤬🤦‍♂️

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Opinion | This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There. (Gift Article)

This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... “It claims that its A.I. data centers are a giant experiment that could fail… It does this so it can tap into a tax credit intended for research and experimentation.” 🤬🤬🤬

nytimes.com

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.

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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“I don’t see this ending soon,” said Firrincieli. “Chaos increases prices.” Plenty of chaos from the White House: war, restrictions on immigrants, and tariff threats are all raising transport costs now. www.wsj.com/business/inf...

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The Cost of Transporting Pretty Much Everything Just Won’t Stop Going Up

Trucking and cargo-shipping rates are at their highest levels in years—and it isn’t just because of the price of fuel.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 29/09/2026

ICE is deporting parents without their children. The Atlantic follows a 2-year-old in Mobile, Alabama, left behind when his parents were sent to Venezuela. 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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The Babies Left Behind in America

The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/09/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump is leaving America exposed to dangerous viruses: digital, biological and diplomatic,” our columnist @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social says. “Something bad is going to happen to us as a result. We and our children are going to pay for this, and not only at the gas pump.”

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Opinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways

On the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster.

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 30/09/2026

They’re campaigning on keeping them out of sports, even in states where trans students have been blocked from competition for years.

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Republicans Can’t Stop Talking About Banning Trans Athletes

This story was originally reported by Brooke Migdon of The 19th. Meet...

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va... “In addition,most adults dismiss Trump administration’s claim that childhood vaccines cause autism,and while half of poll respondents still hold the same unfavorable opinion of Kennedy they did in August 2025, significantly more say they view him very unfavorably”🤬

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Most Americans confused about RFK Jr’s stance on measles vaccine as views dim of his ability to rein in outbreaks

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads apnews.com/article/trum... Boy, I could’ve used that $20M to fill up my tank 🤬🤬🤦‍♂️ #TrumpDementia

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Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads

DHS has tapped $20 million to pay for campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 29/09/2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce 20% cut to top brass, the Trump administration used Homeland Security funds for pro-Trump television ads and billionaire Peter Thiel is behind the $130 million purchase of Casa Encantada. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter: on.wsj.com/4jfgMdZ

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Plus, the Trump administration used taxpayer dollars for pro-Trump ads and billionaire Peter Thiel was behind the secretive purchase of Casa Encantada.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index plummeted 6.7 points this month to 81.9, the lowest level since April 2014. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the index at 89.2. The deterioration in confidence was across political party affiliation, age and income groups.” 🤨🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Accusations of Antisemitism Hit a Star of the French Far Right www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/w... “Bardella is not a secondary figure. He is president of the R.N. and is presented by Le Pen as her future prime minister,” he added. “The affair therefore indirectly affects Le Pen herself.” 🤨🤨🤨

nytimes.com

Accusations of Antisemitism Hit a Star of the French Far Right

Jordan Bardella, the 31-year-old protégé of Marine Le Pen, is said to have made antisemitic statements as a teenage activist. He denies it.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Rev. Adam Hamilton Knows What’s the Matter With Kansas www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o... “Implicit is the idea that the opposite of Trumpism is not an equally in-your-face politics from the other side but a return to a degree of mutual respect.” 🤔🤔🤔

nytimes.com

Opinion | Kansas Hasn’t Elected a Democrat to the Senate Since 1932. Adam Hamilton Could Change That.

This campaign could be a compelling model for Democrats.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o... “If A.I. represents a mortal threat, then it should be wrestled to the ground and stuck in a cage. Whatever its putative benefits, they aren’t worth any of us having to contemplate extinction”

nytimes.com

Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.

A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/09/2026

Trump: Sleepy Joe Biden, have you heard of him? *a few moments later* Trump: 😴😴😴

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/09/2026

How about the President focus on making higher education more affordable instead? College helps you take your dreams to the next level, whether that’s earning a degree in engineering, business, social work, or art for your future.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Senate nears vote on college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers apnews.com/article/coll... How does this help with fuel costs? Higher utility bills? Skyrocketing healthcare costs? Food safety? Voting rights? Endless wars? Affordability? #OutOfTouchRepublicans 🤬🤬🤦‍♂️

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Senate nears vote on college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers

The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping bipartisan bill that would regulate college sports. It's an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and nea...

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost apnews.com/article/trum... “The change furthers Trump’s promise to revoke policies that encouraged production of electric vehicles and expose Americans to more planet-warming pollution from vehicles”🤬

apnews.com

Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost

The Trump administration released new fuel economy standards on Monday, relaxing regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

tommoran3.substack.com/p/happy-with... “His most absurd claim was that he has protected Medicaid, when -- he voted for the Big Beautiful Bill, which contained the deepest cuts to Medicaid in history. Kean voted for the cuts in Obamacare subsidies that drove up premiums in New Jersey by 16 percent” 🤬

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Happy with the Iran War? Tom Kean is your man.

He also offers Netanyahu unconditional support, and says we should send ground troops to Israel if it needs help.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u... “Trump continues to say, ‘Hey, we sell arms to other people around the world,’” Mr. Perdue said while discussing the visit by Mr. Xi. “He actually asked President Xi would he like to buy some at one point.” 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤬

nytimes.com

Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says

President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

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queensboy21.bsky.social @queensboy21.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Watchdog Agency Pulls Back on Markets Enforcement Under Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u... “Since Mr. Trump returned to office, the C.F.T.C. has intervened to help the cryptocurrency industry, the source of at least $1.4 billion in revenue for Trump.” #TrumpsDeepPockets 🤨🤨🤬

nytimes.com

Under Trump, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Scales Back Enforcement, Worrying Farmers

The fate of two cotton brokers highlights how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has scaled back its regulatory actions not just for crypto cases but also for the kinds of cases it has long poli...

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