Green News Report 5/12/2026 by Progressive Voices

Trump’s Food Stamp Cuts Are Leaving Americans STARVING | Arizona Crisis Spreads Nationwide

From https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-food-stamp-cuts-children-arizona-hungry-big-beautiful-bill-rcna343922

Children and families in Arizona are going hungry — and many say Donald Trump’s policies are to blame. Food stamp cuts, rising costs, and corporate greed are pushing working Americans to the edge while billionaires continue collecting tax breaks and corporate welfare. If this can happen in Arizona, your state could be next.

In this episode of The Karel Show, heartbreaking stories reveal the real human cost of SNAP and food assistance cuts, and why millions of Americans are one emergency away from disaster. Why are we allowing this in the richest country on Earth?

Plus, real estate expert David Etheridge from Keller Williams Orlando joins the show to discuss whether NOW is the right time to buy a house, how Iran tensions could impact the economy and housing market, mortgage fears, interest rates, and what buyers and sellers should expect next.

Also, new developments in Savannah Guthrie’s mother’s case may finally bring answers. What did investigators discover, and why does it feel like we already know how this story ends?

🔥 Watch until the end and join the conversation in the comments.

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'BradCast' 5/11/2026: VA Supremes Nix Special Election Results, New U.S. House Map in Huge Gift to Voting Rigging GOP by Progressive Voices

One Casualty of the Trump Era: America Is Losing Its Inspiration

Has America lost its ability to dream, create, and feel inspired?

This week on The Karel Show, Karel shares a deeply personal realization after spending hours in a camera store for the first time in nearly 50 years. What started as a search for a new camera became something much bigger: a conversation about creativity, burnout, fear, politics, and why so many Americans are desperate to reconnect with inspiration again.

A 70-year-old woman searching for a camera to reignite her love of night photography. Musicians upgrading studios to create again. Artists trying to unplug from endless chaos, war, inflation, and division. The message was everywhere:

People are exhausted by survival mode and want their lives back.

In this episode:

* Why inspiration is becoming one of the biggest casualties of modern America

* The emotional toll of nonstop politics, war, and economic anxiety

* How rising prices and uncertainty are crushing creativity

* Why people are searching for hobbies, art, music, photography, and meaning again

* UK voters send a warning shot to leadership as global frustration grows

* Iran, Ukraine, Putin, Trump, and the nonstop pressure of the modern news cycle

Plus:

Why creating art may now be an act of resistance.

👇 Comment below:

What inspires YOU right now — and what’s stealing your joy?

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Is Europe becoming more accepting while America becomes more divided?

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This week on The Karel Show, Karel is joined live from Ukraine by journalist Scott Jacobson to break down the biggest LGBTQ stories happening around the world—and the contrast between progress abroad and culture wars in the United States is impossible to ignore.

In this episode:

* 🇭🇺 Hungary voters overwhelmingly support LGBTQ protections — will the government listen?

* 🇮🇪 Northern Ireland confronts the truth about how anti-LGBTQ “moral panic” reshaped society in the 1950s and 60s

* 🇺🇸 The DOJ reportedly seeks lawyers aligned with anti-trans policies as the culture war escalates in America

* What does this growing political rhetoric mean for LGBTQ people moving forward?

Plus:

* Why history matters more than ever

* How fear and division are being weaponized politically

* And why the global LGBTQ conversation is changing rapidly

👇 Sound off below:

Do you think America is moving forward—or backward—on LGBTQ rights?

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Green News Report 5/7/2026 by Progressive Voices

Will Iran, Inflation & Extreme Heat Destroy Summer 2026? | America’s New Travel Crisis

Summer 2026 is almost here… but instead of vacations, road trips, and backyard BBQs, Americans are facing soaring gas prices, expensive hotels, dangerous heat, and growing anxiety about travel.

Is the Iran conflict about to ruin summer for millions of people?

In this episode of The Karel Show, Karel breaks down:

* How rising oil prices tied to Iran are impacting summer travel

* Why many Americans may skip vacations altogether

* The growing divide between wealthy travelers and everyone else

* Extreme heat, climate fears, and health concerns across the West

* Why the “K-shaped economy” is becoming impossible to ignore

Plus:

* Billie Eilish sparks outrage after saying you can’t truly love animals while eating them

* Why some beliefs become the “hill you’re willing to die on”

* And what values people refuse to compromise anymore

👇 Are you cutting back on travel this summer—or going anyway no matter what?

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Why We’re Getting Sicker (And Ignoring It) | The Real Health Crisis No One Fixes by Progressive Voices