The Death Party

This week we're looking at the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill on the number of uninsured and digging into if there actually is White Genocide in South Africa.

Ukraine-Russian War

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/china/trump-speak-putin-end-war-ukraine-europeans-demand-ceasefire-2025-05-19/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/kyiv-mayor-says-drones-missiles-attack-city-triggering-fires-2025-05-23/ 

Israel

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-says-107-aid-trucks-entered-gaza-thursday-2025-05-23/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-still-waiting-aid-pressure-mounts-israel-2025-05-21/ 

Big Beautiful Bill impacts

• https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text 
• https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2025-05/61422-Reconciliation-Distributional-Analysis.pdf 
• https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/E_and_C_Markup_Subtitle_D_Part_I_5_12_25_4628d60c2a.pdf 
• https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/harsh-work-requirements-in-house-republican-bill-would-take-away-medicaid-coverage 
• https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2023-04/59109-Pallone.pdf 

South Africa Genocide?

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/under-attack-by-trump-south-africas-ramaphosa-responds-with-trade-deal-offer-2025-05-21/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-makes-false-claims-white-genocide-south-africa-during-ramaphosa-meeting-2025-05-21/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-town-leader-sad-about-trumps-misuse-white-crosses-video-2025-05-23/ 
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg9w4n6gp5o

Covering Trump's Latest Executive Order on Drug Prices

Sources:

Ukraine-Russia War

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-is-satisfied-with-ukraine-talks-istanbul-ready-keep-talking-2025-05-16/ 

Israel Arab War

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/deadly-israeli-strikes-pound-gaza-trump-says-people-are-starving-2025-05-16/ 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-would-make-gaza-freedom-zone-trump-says-qatar-2025-05-15/ 

Myanmar

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-opposition-says-junta-airstrike-kills-17-school-children-2025-05-12/ 

US Aid update

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-aid-cuts-leave-food-millions-mouldering-storage-2025-05-16/

US pharmacy prices

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/delivering-most-favored-nation-prescription-drug-pricing-to-american-patients/ 
• https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/insulin-affordability-ira-data-point 
• https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-reducing-cost-insulin-improving-healthcare-nations-seniors/ 
• https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/the-facts-about-the-35-insulin-copay-cap-in-medicare/ 
• https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14087-lowering-prescription-drug-costs-for-americans
• https://rightcarealliance.org/activities/insulin/ 
• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10061307/ 
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trumps-drug-pricing-order-threatens-roches-50-billion-us-investment-plans-2025-05-14/ 
• https://www.fda.gov/media/92548/download 
• https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/how-are-prescription-drug-prices-determined 
• https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/how-drug-prices-are-negotiated-germany 

This week were covering the conflict between India and Pakistan, Bill Gate's 200 billion dollar giveaway.

Sources:

West Africa

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/conflict-extreme-weather-worsening-hunger-west-central-africa-wfp-warns-2025-05-09/

Ukraine-Russia War

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-ukraine-keeps-trying-breach-border-2025-05-09/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-says-ukraine-stands-by-offer-30-day-ceasefire-2025-05-07/

Israel-Arab War

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/new-gaza-aid-plans-would-increase-childrens-suffering-unicef-says-2025-05-09/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/israels-plan-evacuate-gaza-would-be-illegal-forceful-displacement-norway-iceland-2025-05-08/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/seafarers-stranded-off-yemen-port-eye-exit-after-us-houthi-ceasefire-deal-2025-05-08/

Main Subjects

Bill Gates

• https://www.reuters.com/business/bill-gates-speaks-about-plan-give-away-200-billion-worlds-poor-2025-05-08/ 
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf
• 28 billion on international programs
• 32 billion on health

Pakistan-India “Conflict

• https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-pakistans-history-strife-2025-05-06/
  https://www.reuters.com/world/india/one-killed-seven-injured-militant-attack-indias-kashmir-india-today-tv-says-2025-04-22/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blast-heard-pakistans-lahore-amid-tensions-with-india-say-geo-news-reuters-2025-05-08/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/multiple-loud-explosions-heard-pakistani-kashmir-reuters-witness-2025-05-06/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/latest-developments-india-pakistan-conflict-2025-05-08/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-armed-forces-launch-multiple-attacks-along-indias-entire-western-border-2025-05-09/ 

This episode is focused on Fentanyl overdose deaths and the new Trump Budget

West Africa insurrections

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/surge-attacks-signals-jihadist-comeback-nigerias-northeast-2025-04-29/ 

Ukraine-Russia war

https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-us-rare-earth-minerals-deal-8566241ea0e121a30437d845357055d8

Narcam

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm 

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/drug-overdose-deaths.htm#find-our-data 

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2025/2025-cdc-reports-decline-in-us-drug-overdose-deaths.html 

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/31/fact-sheet-on-intl-overdose-awareness-day-the-biden-harris-administration-announces-more-than-450-million-in-new-funding-to-support-president-bidens-unity-agenda-efforts-to-beat-t/ 

https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/24/what-they-are-reading-in-the-states-biden-harris-administration-awards-1-5-billion-to-states-and-tribes-to-combat-overdose-epidemic/ 

https://www.dea.gov/ 

https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-holds-cabinet-meeting/659306 

Trump Budget 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/information-resources/budget/the-presidents-fy-2026-discretionary-budget-request/ 

Focused on Iranian peace talks and global risk of food insecurity. 

Sources:

Iran

• https://www.reuters.com/world/how-un-sanctions-iran-could-be-restored-2025-04-10/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-proposes-talks-with-european-powers-us-nuclear-negotiations-proceed-2025-04-24/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-resume-talks-oman-narrow-gaps-over-new-nuclear-deal-2025-04-26/ 

World Hunger

• https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/malnutrition-treatments-halted-ethiopia-due-underfunding-wfp-says-2025-04-22/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-funding-freeze-upends-agricultural-research-us-universities-2025-04-17/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/un-agencies-food-refugees-plan-deep-cuts-funding-plummets-documents-show-2025-04-25/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/world-food-programme-reduce-food-support-sudan-due-funding-shortages-2025-04-25/ 

Arab-Israeli War

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-steps-up-gaza-strikes-polio-vaccination-halted-by-blockade-2025-04-22/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-fire-kills-least-26-people-gaza-hits-police-station-2025-04-24/ 
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-airstrikes-kill-10-school-housing-displaced-families-hit-childrens-2025-04-23/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/germany-france-britain-call-israel-allow-aid-into-gaza-2025-04-23/

Russia-Ukrain War

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/missile-that-killed-eight-russian-strike-kyiv-was-nkorean-kyiv-source-says-2025-04-24/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-accuses-zelenskiy-wrecking-peace-diplomacy-2025-04-24/ 

West African Conflict

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/benin-says-al-qaeda-affiliate-attack-killed-54-soldiers-last-week-2025-04-24/