Trump is screwing farmers. I have no sympathy for any farmer who voted for him

I bet part of this is to get small farmers to sell out to big companies.

Straight up: I’m not onboard with farmers getting another bailout when so many voted for Trump two and three times. But what Trump is doing to them is brutal. I want to believe they’ve learned their lesson this time, but I don’t.Watch all the way through.

— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-10-02T02:41:58.012Z

More pain for US farmers as government shutdown halts payments reut.rs/46Itt8Z

— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-10-01T22:35:11Z

Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?

— Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) 2025-10-01T20:30:15.868Z
https://bsky.app/profile/mcopelov.bsky.social/post/3m236bpzels26

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

— Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber.bsky.social) 2025-09-30T22:40:36.121Z

"This is just like setting the farm on fire and then sending in the firefighters. You solve the problem, but there's a much simpler way."– Me, on the coming bailout for farmers hurt by the trade war:

— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) 2025-09-28T18:52:02.364Z

Farmers planted in April or May. They have to sell in the next couple months. There isn’t any way they can react to the Trump havoc. http://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b…

— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) 2025-09-28T00:10:54.511Z

Instagram post on Sunset Strip billboards 1974-75

Sunset Strip billboards 1974-75

There is a book of Rock’N’Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip:

Rock 'n' Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip

There was an exhibit that accompanied the book. The website has photos:

Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip: Photographs by Robert Landau

Another exhibit – see the link and videos above

The Sunset Strip’s Historic Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards

Sunset Strip billboards through the lens of legendary photographer Henry Diltz, 1968-1980.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DT_A99Mjuxv/?img_index=3&igsh=MXdweGNnN3QwZmxoZg==

The Supreme Court lets Trump do whatever he wants

The ignore laws and precedent to give Trump a blank check.

Supreme Court rules 6-3 that congressional appropriations are optional: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p…

— Matt Ford (@mford.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T21:19:51.146Z

My reply has over 300 likes and some good comments

Why doesn’t the Supreme Court save us time and tell us if there’s anything Trump isn’t allowed to do? I bet they would even approve of him shooting someone on 5th Avenue. Alito and Thomas would blame the victim for being in the way of the bullet.

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T21:34:32.566Z

Budget agreements with Trump are worthless

It looks like Trump's hand picked Supreme Court isn't going to stop him from rescinding money that Congress already agreed to use.How can Democrats agree to a Republican budget that lets Trump delete the parts of it he doesn't like?

— Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) 2025-09-27T15:37:39.737Z

Any budget agreement with Trump is now worthless. He’ll do whatever he wants and his Supreme Court (R) will support him.

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-09-27T15:43:22.373Z

Crockett: "What assurances do we have if we entered into an agreement with these Republicans that they wouldn't go back on their word and just say, 'Oh yeah, we'll sign off on a rescissions package'"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-10-02T01:47:53.289Z

Are they dumb or lying?

Trump and his officials sometimes say they don’t know about something they clearly should have heard of. Are they dumb or lying? I think they are lying. They just don’t want to offend their bigoted cult or discuss things that would make them look bad.

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this?PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-17T17:02:04.017Z

I think he’s lying and does know about Roof. He wouldn’t want to criticize Roof because it would probablyupset Trump and his bigoted supporters.

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-09-19T23:36:30.716Z

Terrible AP article

The fact that Trump’s allegations are bogus is important! Don’t bury it.

It takes the AP until the eighth paragraph to point out that the evidence appears to undercut Trump's fraud claims. That is pathetic. It should be in the first paragraph.apnews.com/article/supr…

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-09-18T16:39:00.477Z

My comment on the AP’s post of the article:

Your article takes until the eighth paragraph to point out that Trump's allegations about Cook appear to be undercut by documents. This should be much higher in the story. If there is no fraud, Trump has no basis to remove her.

— Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-09-18T16:47:20.114Z