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Topics in this episode:

US News: Federal funding package (☠️)

Transnational News: US, Venezuela, El Salvador; Deportation, torture.

Gaza, Israel: Starvation

Nature News: Ecosystem resilience

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SOURCES USED TO CREATE THIS SUMMARY

US Funding Bill Will Increase Poverty and Inequality

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvjlj3n1vmo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

Work requirements don't work → https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/28/nx-s1-5466338/georgia-work-requirements-medicaid-pathways

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g-s1-59261/medicaid-cuts-long-term-care-caregivers

Deportation and torture:

https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-alligator-alcatraz-8607894cc7bab9c17bce30fdf541f0bc

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyrnrnxy7yo

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-detainees-conditions-fungus-mosquitoes-rcna220205

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-el-salvador-prison-swap-b2791843.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-returned-abuse-rcna220924

Rolling Stone: Inside the Grassroots Fight Against Trump's Deportation Machine

Mass forced starvation in Gaza

https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-more-1000-starving-people-reported-killed

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/22/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/malta-recognise-palestinian-state-september-2025-07-29/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/27/israel-announces-daily-military-pauses-as-fury-mounts-over-starvation-in-gaza

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/israeli-rights-groups-break-taboo-with-accusations-genocide-2025-07-30/

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-warns-israel-it-could-recognise-palestinian-state-gaza-starvation-2025-07-29/

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/23/nx-s1-5477365/israel-gaza-aid-casualties

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-pause-fighting-humanitarian-aid-gaza/

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/25/world/video/israel-iran-war-protests-starvation-crisis-vrtc

https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-gaza-hunger-protest/

Nature News: Songbirds in Australia are about to eat

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-mass-blossoming-is-occurring-in-wake-of-floods-to-feed-honeyeater-birds-in-australia-where-just-300-remain/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-28/gum-trees-set-for-booming-blossom-after-rain-and-floods/105437310

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