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As Trump Rewards Billionaires and Mike Johnson Protects Pedophiles, Americans and Their Children Are About to Go Hungry–The CEO to Worker Pay Ratio Has Gone From 20 to 1 to 360 to 1 But Now Musk Expects a $1 Trillion Paycheck–Trump’s Theatrical War on Drugs Has Key Ally Colombia Exiting the Stage

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As Trump Rewards Billionaires and Mike Johnson Protects Pedophiles, Americans and Their Children Are About to Go Hungry  We begin with SNAP food stamp payments to one in eight Americans stopping on November 1 since the House of Representatives is shut down which will result in millions of kids going hungry so that Speaker Johnson … Continued

Against the Grain

Austerity: Guardian of Capitalism

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Capitalism by its nature produces crises and, for the last century, states have responded by imposing austerity measures on the public. Governments claim it’s a bitter but necessary medicine to set economies back on track. But economist Clara Mattei argues that austerity is actually a bludgeon to entrench elite power and repress workers’ aspirations for … Continued

Law & Disorder

Crisis in Sudan w/ the Guardian’s Rachel Savage and Poet-Activist Emi Mahmoud

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Sudan’s brutal two-year war has entered a new phase. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has seized control of the entire Darfur region, ousting the Sudanese army from its last stronghold. The conflict has killed over 40,000 people and displaced more than 14 million, creating a humanitarian crisis. The capture of el-Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, raises … Continued