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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 8h

When and if the bailout materializes, will it be sufficient to help farmers who've lost a $13 billion export market with the doors to China closed amid Trump's self-inflicted trade war?

"Clever and generous" farm bailout coming, Hassett says

Soybean farmers have seen their top export market — China — close completely.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 8h

Election meddling on steroids? Trump says Washington’s $20 billion bailout for Argentina comes with strings attached — namely, that the ruling party of his ally, President Javier Milei, must prevail in the country’s legislative elections this month.

Trump Dangles $20 Billion Lifeline for Argentina, With Strings Attached

www.nytimes.com

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 8h

The court has asked the parties to answer the question of: “Whether the state’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.”

Why a Supreme Court case from Louisiana will matter for the future of the Voting Rights Act

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is the primary way plaintiffs can challenge racially discriminatory election practices.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 8h

Eden Stern, 30, says GOP leaders have failed to consistently denounce antisemitism when it comes from their allies, some of whom have ties to white supremacists. “You can’t say you are pro-Jewish and you’re for the Jewish people and not denounce neo-Nazis. I don’t think you can be both."

More U.S. Jews shield identity in public amid antisemitism fears, Post poll finds

A third of U.S. Jewish people say they don’t feel safe, and two-thirds report seeing antisemitic content online at least once a month, a Washington Post poll finds.

www.washingtonpost.com

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 8h

A tough road ahead made more complicated by Hamas refusing to disarm, confusion over the composition of an international security force and Netanyahu's reluctance to empower new Palestinian leadership.

Opinion | Mr. Trump, on the Middle East, Please Move Fast and Break Things

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 9h

Tell us what you really think. Some Young Republicans taking part in the leaked group chats referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people,” voiced "love" for Hitler, spoke of putting opponents in gas chambers, raping enemies and were "ready to watch people burn."

Full list of Young Republicans involved in offensive chats

Politico obtained 2,900 pages of exchanges over seven months among a dozen Young Republican leaders in New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont.

www.newsweek.com

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 9h

German editorial cartoonist Paolo Calleri has fun with Trump’s outrage over Time magazine’s cover photo, which the thin-skinned U.S. leader sees as highly unflattering.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 9h

Enjoy the view. Anne Bascove’s “Brooklyn Bridge IV” (2005).

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 9h

Where will you be?

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 9h

When democracy dies. Otto Dix’s “The Electric Tram” (1919). Highly popular during the Weimar Republic, Dix was an early target of the Nazis, who declared Dix a “most degenerate” artist and banned his work. He was briefly jailed by the regime. The “47” is an interesting coincidence.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Dutch editorial cartoonist Maarten Wolterink weighs in on major media outlets rebuffing the Pentagon effort to muzzle journalists. Almost no one’s going for it except the right-wing, pro-Trump propaganda outlet, OAN.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Italian editorial cartoonist Enrico Bertuccioli on how to ignite violence and destroy democracies.

mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich questions the Trump administration’s sincerity in claiming that ICE agents are targeting primarily hardened criminals.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 20h

Vice President JD Vance is calling on Americans to report offensive remarks about Charlie Kirk. Does that include citing Kirk's support of the antisemitic replacement theory, which claims Jews are secretly orchestrating a plot to flood the U.S. with non-white immigrants to replace white Americans?

US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 22h

And to think that it was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth himself, who used the messaging app Signal to share classified details about military operations targeting Houthi rebels in Yemen.

News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

(Free access) To put it mildly, a controversial opinion. That said, a worthwhile read.

Opinion | Primary credit for the Gaza ceasefire goes to the IDF — and Netanyahu

The diplomats’ hour arrived after, and because of, Israel’s response to unprovoked, wanton violence.

wapo.st

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth's new rules bar journalists access to large swaths of the Pentagon without an escort and say Hegseth can revoke press access to reporters who ask anyone in the Defense Department for information — classified or otherwise — that he has not personally approved.

New York Times, AP, Newsmax among news outlets who say they won't sign new Pentagon rules

The New York Times, The Associated Press and the conservative television network Newsmax are among five outlets on Monday who say they won't sign a new Defense Department document about its new press ...

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

And now the challenges. How to disarm Hamas, which is already executing its opponents? How to deploy an "International Stabilization Force" and establish of a "technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee" to temporarily govern Gaza under the chairmanship of Trump himself?

As Trump brings hostages home to Israel, what's next for Gaza?

After President Donald Trump's triumphal declaration of an end to the Gaza war, the question now is whether his peace plan can survive its test with reality - including disarming Hamas, deploying an i...

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the vanity. Trump's complaint on his Truth Social: “They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture.”

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Victims are not faceless. Toddler Jean Stolowicz was deported on Oct. 10, 1943, from Drancy to Auschwitz, where he was gassed after the selection.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

How do you see yourself? (Saul Steinberg, 1961).

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Brazilian editorial cartoonist Thiago Lucas notes the fragility of the Gaza ceasefire and the difficult road ahead amid reports Hamas is executing opponents and trying to re-establish its authority.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Belgian editorial cartoonist Burkhard Mohr believes Chinese President Xi Jinping holds the upper hand in Trump’s trade war, which is taking a toll on American consumers and small businesses.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Conservative editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez highlights the incredible hypocrisy of Trump’s retribution-seeking Justice Department.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Officials who oversee airports serving Buffalo, Charlotte, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, believe the video violates state and federal laws that prohibit the use of public resources for political activity.

Airports say they won’t air Kristi Noem shutdown video at TSA checkpoints

Travelers in Cleveland, L.A., Phoenix, Seattle and other cities will not see the footage, which blames congressional Democrats for shutdown-related flight delays.

www.washingtonpost.com

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