The Millions of Poor Americans at the Mercy of the Shutdown
The shutdown didn’t force Trump to not fund food welfare. There was money available, and the administration chose not to fund it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5AU-yDO35c
Author: Lone Candle
Sudan death toll is staggering
More people may have been killed over ten days in Sudan than in the past two years in Gaza.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgT7AxO39sY
‘At What Point Does This Cross a Line Into International Criminality?’
“As of this writing, the U.S. military has killed at least 61 people.
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According to Philippe Sands, who frequently argues before international tribunals, the administration’s actions are “contrary to the basic precepts of international law.” The question, of course, is what that means as a practical matter and whether foreign governments — including the countries whose citizens have been killed in the attacks — might try to do anything about it.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/01/trump-boat-strikes-international-law-interview-00632077
Jake Tapper Called Out Obama and Biden for Free Speech Abuses. He Says Trump Is on a New Level.
“”I have not seen ever before a direct infringement on the right to free speech like that,” CNN’s Jake Tapper says of the Trump administration’s actions in the Jimmy Kimmel saga.”
https://reason.com/2025/10/29/jake-tapper-called-out-obama-biden-for-free-speech-abuses-he-says-trump-is-on-a-new-level/
Republican Socialism Goes Nuclear: Trump Bets $80 Billion on Government-Backed Energy
“Nuclear power is clean, reliable, and safe, but forcing taxpayers to bet on its future success is risky. After thriving throughout the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, the industry has been plagued by P.R. disasters and project failures that have hampered nuclear power for much of the last 30 years.”
https://reason.com/2025/10/29/republican-socialism-goes-nuclear-trump-bets-80-billion-on-government-backed-energy/
Trump’s Move To Replace 12 ICE Directors Could Mean More Aggressive and Unconstitutional Immigration Enforcement
“To fill the roles, the Trump administration is turning to agents from Customs and Border Protection, the agency that has led aggressive immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles and Chicago.”
https://reason.com/2025/10/29/trumps-move-to-replace-12-ice-directors-could-mean-more-aggressive-and-unconstitutional-immigration-enforcement/
These Small Business Owners Explain How Trump’s Tariffs Are More of an ‘Existential Crisis’ Than COVID
“President Donald Trump says his tariffs protect American businesses, but more than 700 small businesses represented by We Pay The Tariffs beg to differ.”
https://reason.com/2025/10/30/these-small-business-owners-explain-how-trumps-tariffs-are-more-of-an-existential-crisis-than-covid/
El Fasher: the Bloodbath Everyone Saw Coming
The slaughter was predictable as the RSF set up to take the city, but the world did nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j86DSJioGLA
Ezra Klein: This Is How Democrats Win
Ezra Klein: This Is How Democrats Win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8iw1A2utVA
The Mysterious Gun Study That’s Advancing Gun Rights
The Supreme Court has used a doubtful gun study funded by a Second Amendment advocacy group to justify its decisions. The author has not published the study, has not shared the data, refuses to talk to anyone about it, refuses to testify in court about it, and one lawsuit dropped the reference to the study because he refused to testify. How the survey was represented was inaccurate compared to the actual survey questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI5ev8TWAR0