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"The story of Trump is that the worse it gets for him, the more obvious it is that he’s losing, the more desperate and extreme he gets. That means we can’t sit back and relax, counting the days until the midterms and a beautiful blue wave."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #hunger #children #SNAP #WIC
/6
"For now, the affordability issue belongs to Democrats. Everything the administration is doing on the economy not only won’t make things better, it’s already unpopular. Tax cuts for the wealthy, tariffs, cutting off benefits to low-income people — they can say it’s going to improve the average person’s life, but that average person isn’t going to buy it."
~ Paul Waldman
#Trump #economy #TaxCuts #EconomicElites #food #groceries #layoffs #JobMarket #affordability
/7
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-affordability-issue-belongs-to
“Today airlines began to cancel hundreds of flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said that reductions will begin at 4% on Friday and go up until they hit 10% on November 14.”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #AirTravel #flights #airlines #airports
/8
"United, Southwest and Delta airlines began cancelling flights for Friday in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s directive that will see reductions in flights at 40 major airports from Friday to help address air traffic controller shortage safety concerns as a result of the government shutdown."
~ Edward Helmore
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #AirTravel #flights #airlines #airports
/9
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/us-40-airports-traffic-reduced
"Republican lawmakers are finally reading the room, and for once, the writing on the wall isn’t spelled M-A-G-A. The economy is shrinking, the tariffs are hitting red states the hardest, and millions of Americans—the same ones Trump promised to uplift—are watching their grocery bills rise while their SNAP benefits are slashed."
Michael Cohen
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #hunger #children #SNAP #WIC #economy #tariffs
/10
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-reckoning-has-only-just-begun
"Farmers in Iowa, manufacturers in Michigan, and truckers in Texas aren’t getting richer off these trade wars; they’re getting crushed. …
the migration has begun. Slowly, quietly, and maybe even too late. But it’s happening. And when it’s over, the GOP will look up, dazed and confused, wondering how the man they built their empire around ended up standing alone in the dust."
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #food #hunger #children #SNAP #WIC #economy #tariffs #farmers #manufacturers
/11
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