@RonFilipkowski Add to that the erosion of export markets due to trump tariffs.
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Trump is the worst president for farmers in the history of the United States. x.com/factpostnews/s…
FactPost@factpostnews
Iowa farmer: A lot of farmer discouragement out there. Prices of our soybeans started going down. Prices of fertilizer and other things we import to plant a crop started going up. For a year, we've seen some real chaos. The cost of diesel has soared since the war began. So many farms are reporting that they're on the brink of something bad.
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Absolute victory? It doesn’t look like it. Doesn’t smell like it. The facts don’t support that. Strategically this is more a disaster. politifact.com/article/2026/a…
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@MacFarlaneNews Of course. They do nothing but bow to a dictator ignoring their responsibilities.
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Even after Trump’s threat to blow up a “civilization”, will GOP block a war powers authorization in Congress today?
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@MacFarlaneNews Yet Department of War has no legal authority.
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In a criminal case in North Carolina, the Justice Department is indeed using the informal name "Department of War" for the Defense Dept
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@JonLemire His exit plan as bad as it is. The same man who essentially surrendered to the Taliban, committed to a hard exit date and never developed a plan. Note the trend!
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The war ends—for now—with a demonstration that Tehran possesses a powerful weapon of deterrence against future attacks, one that is cheaper to use, gives Iran enormous sway over the global economy and can bring in real revenue: the Strait of Hormuz theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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@lawofruby That’s not new. Especially when he is involved. The rest of us be damned. Disgusting.
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NEW: You might have missed Todd Blanche's inaugural press conference yesterday as Attorney General, where he announced DOJ has a new primary client: President Trump. Read more here: ms.now/news/news-anal…
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@lawofruby @MSNOWNews And Comer, ever protective of trump, complied. He has no desire to get to the truth. Just protect the lying unstable president.
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The subpoena, as obtained by @MSNOWNews, is to "Pamela J. Bondi, Attorney General of the United States."
Mychael Schnell@mychaelschnell
In a letter obtained by @MSNOWNews, Assistant Attorney General Patrick Davis tells Chairman Comer that because Pam Bondi is no longer AG, "the Department’s position is that the subpoena no longer obligates her to appear on April 14." "We kindly ask that you confirm that the subpoena is withdrawn," Davis writes.
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@DanLamothe @AnnaBower @LMartinezABC So he refused to answer the question. That means they were not.
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Media outlets Hegseth called on in the Pentagon briefing today include:
OANN
Just The News
Daily Wire
Daily Caller
Real America's Voice
ABC News
Kurdistan 24
ABC News's @LMartinezABC, one of the nicer people you'll ever meet, was criticized by Hegseth after politely asking whether the risks of closure to the Strait of Hormuz were mitigated early enough.
"I try to be nice up here, but you did listen to what I said, right?" Hegseth responded. He added, "Of course, it's ABC," and said Luis's inquiry was an "indictment framed as a question."
Hegseth also scolded @ckubeNBC for yelling a question from the back of the room, where much of the traditional press corps has assigned seats.
"Excuse me, why are you so rude? Just wait, I'm calling on people."
Dan Lamothe@DanLamothe
Good morning all from the Pentagon briefing room. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine are due to brief the media here at 8 a.m.
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Russian trolls working overtime in the comments for the last 48 hours. Someone thinks Trump needs propping up.
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@JoyceWhiteVance Exactly. Vance is a far right white nationalist who openly supports global white supremecist parties and is Hungry doing Putin’s work.
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Before you get too excited about using the 25th Amendment to replace Trump with Vance…
Anders Åslund@anders_aslund
Vance's speech in Budapest is truly outrageous: 1. The US vice president campaigns for an enemy of the EU & NATO, but a friend of Putin & China. 2. Vance attacks the EU for pressuring Hungary, but Hungary has received net about 3% of GDP a year from the EU, but it has squandered much on corruption. 3. In effect, Vance argues that the EU should promote corruption just as the Trump administration does. Trump and Vance fight freedom and the rule of law in favor of autocracy, kleptocracy and Russia. US foreign policy has hit the bottom.
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@MacFarlaneNews This whole episode since Easter reaffirms why rye 25th amendment must be invoked. Never mind the cease fire. He’s not fit.
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As Trump backs down on Iran timetable, calls for 25th Amendment ramp up among Dems
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Trump calls off announced plan to wipe out Iranian civilization tonight, declaring a two-week pause after negotiations make what he calls progress toward a "definitive Agreement concerning Longterm PEACE with Iran." nytimes.com/live/2026/04/0…
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@jonlovett @brianstelter Anyone know if they have mostly filtered trump’s comments since Easter?
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Will we destroy a civilization in prime time? Let’s check in with Fox
Oh no the wife, she is woke
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@JoyceWhiteVance The silence is deafening. Whether it happens or not it’s a big line he is willing to cross and shows he’s unfit for the presidency.
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Exactly. It’s the sort of mild distaste one might express over a dessert where some of the flavors were off, instead of the full throated condemnation the moment demands.
Susan Glasser@sbg1
By my count that’s now one Republican senator and one Republican House member who are not thrilled about the whole exterminating another country thing from Trump…
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@VolodyaTretyak @JoyceWhiteVance He said there should be no foreign influence even though that’s exactly what he and Putin are doing.
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The American VP traveled all the way to Hungary to support the most pro-Kremlin and corrupt EU leader before the elections. What an embarrassment it is for the USA.
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@JoyceWhiteVance That’s the scary part. Vance is a white nationalist and makes no bones about it.
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And yet, would we be better off with President Vance? We need to solve the very real problems we face here.
TheHillOpinion@TheHillOpinion
Trump’s gone too far: Invoke the 25th Amendment, before it’s too late tinyurl.com/396v8fth
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@JoyceWhiteVance He sold his soul to trump. He too does what he is told.
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Priorities and prosecutions are two very different things. The WH doesn’t get a vote in who gets prosecuted & who doesn’t, or at least it didn’t used to. As a former line prosecutor, Blanche knows this.
Acyn@Acyn
Reporter: Historically, there's been a kind of a firewall on criminal investigations between the White House and the DOJ. Blanche: That is the most false statement I've ever heard in my life. There is always communication between a president and his priorities and what the DOJ should be focused on and not focused on
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“When advisers raised the possibility that Iran could shut down the Strait of Hormuz — a choke point for vast quantities of global oil and gas — Mr. Trump dismissed the possibility, assuming the regime would capitulate before it came to that.” nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/…
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@peterbakernyt Where is the @GOPHouse and @GOPSenate outrage? Absolute silence. Just back room comments that mean nothing. Now we promote genocide and war crimes? That is not my America.
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Trump warns that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not make a deal by 8 p.m. He has pressed Tehran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route, or face a wave of strikes on critical infrastructure. nytimes.com/live/2026/04/0…
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@MacFarlaneNews This is why the 25th amendment is in place. With only loyalists on the cabinet, and a GOP Congress that is subservient and silent, we won't do the right thing. Instead, our values, our long history is being thrown out the window today. RIP USA. We almost made it to 250.
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As Trump talks about wiping out a “civilization”, power plants and bridges …. Democrats are responding with terms like “impeachment” and “war crimes”
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