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Back in the White House, Trump Launches Spiteful White Supremacist Policy Agenda

Interview with Steve Phillips, columnist, host of the Democracy in Color podcast and best-selling author, conducted by Scott Harris

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After Gaza Ceasefire, Israel’s Military Launches New Deadly Offensive in Occupied West Bank

Interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh, director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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RFK Jr. Poses Grave Danger to U.S. Public if Confirmed as HHS Secretary

Interview with Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, distinguished professor of public health, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, conducted by Scott Harris

This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – Feb. 5, 2025

Compiled by Bob Nixon

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'Allow some of this to be privatized': GOP gov admits goal of DOGE is to gut Social Security
https://www.alternet.org/gop-governor-social-security/#
#SocialSecurity #medicare
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The Founders would not have envisioned a Congress so supine in the face of Trump’s barrage.

https://wapo.st/414a8NV
#StopMusk #TrumpCoup #TrumpCoupAttempt
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"New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu is bullish on a billionaire-led effort to cut social safety nets for working-class Americans — including the political third rail of Social Security.

Sununu specifically argued that the proposed austerity measures were necessary, saying: "In about eight years, Social Security benefits drop to 83%, Medicare goes bankrupt [and] the interest rates come due." The first point seems to come from the May 2024 Social Security trustees report, which states that the fund reserves that help pay for Social Security benefits will be spent down by 2035.

"However, as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has pointed out, Social Security could be made solvent for decades by simply removing the cap on paying into the fund. Currently, the super-rich only have to pay a 6.2% payroll tax of the first $132,900 they earn in a year into Social Security. But Sanders argues if that cap were removed, Social Security benefits would be fully paid for 52 more years. The Vermont senator added that seniors who earn less than $16,000 per year would get an additional $1,300 per month in benefits if that cap were removed."
https://www.alternet.org/gop-governor-social-security/
#SocialSecurity #Medicare #doge
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What 'terrorized' federal employees say about the decision to stay or go under Trump

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A number of federal employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US federal agency that monitors and models the oceans and atmosphere for the purpose of predicting changes in climate and weather, have received orders to temporarily cease communicating with foreign nationals, including those working directly with the US government, WIRED has learned.

https://www.wired.com/story/noaa-employees-foreign-nationals/

#StopMusk #TrumpCoup