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Seen on this episode:
SNAP partially pays out -
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/snap-food-stamps-trump-administration-contingency-fund/
Shutdown continues - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-on-senate-republicans-to-get-rid-of-the-filibuster/
https://www.kff.org/quick-take/aca-insurers-are-raising-premiums-by-an-estimated-26-but-most-enrollees-could-see-sharper-increases-in-what-they-pay/?utm_campaign=KFF-Medicaid&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_uA49J2ISJetaNmb7LeKPonPDs8A_gD5nBsm97jZ4ajmEfubm2IIePllnJg5SIkl4Xu52yBLu76p1iPS6n1zGWLXdxCw&_hsmi=387333598&utm_content=387333598&utm_source=hs_email
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/government-shutdown-snap-nov-1-deadline-rcna241084
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/head-start-programs-flash-red-lights-ahead-november-funding-cliff-rcna238462
Immigration news - https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/ignoring-evidence-kristi-noem-says-no-citizens-detained-immigration-ag-rcna241088
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/democratic-congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-indicted-ice-protests-126990529
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
Sudan’s civil war and hypocrisy games - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/29/horrific-violations-arab-nations-slam-rsf-killings-in-sudans-el-fasher
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/10/ethnically-targeted-violence-raging-sudan-darfur
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/power-struggle-sudan
Caribbean ”drug boat” strikes -
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/us/politics/trump-boat-attacks-war-powers.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/02/three-killed-in-us-military-strike-on-alleged-drug-vessel-in-the-caribbean
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/02/politics/hegseth-bars-military-officials-from-discussing-drug-boat-strikes-with-congress-without-prior-approval