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RE: mastodon.social/@tess/11561345…
Fascinating article. Take 15 mins to read. Eye opening!
Dana Fried (@tess@mastodon.social)
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.Mastodon
"California has the highest poverty rate of any US state"
"California boasts more billionaire residents than any other state"
Life in the USA.
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n…
#poverty #SanFrancisco #SFBayArea
Bay Area’s poverty soared, data shows, as California’s top earners saw windfalls
Poverty rate jumped from 12.2% to 16.3% in 2023 in state, Tipping Point Community report findsVictoria Bekiempis (The Guardian)
a 17 year-old homeless teenager prostituted herself for orthodontic care and the pedophile #MattGaetz was one of her rapists; because, let’s be clear: this is how #pedophiles #ephebophiles use poverty ―to #rape.
it’s coercion ―as in, there is no #consent―, when a teenager resorts to #prostitution to survive #poverty.
yes, teenagers have agency, but this isn’t one of those moments.
rich men exploiting poverty-stricken teenagers are rapists.
nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/poli…
#Trump admin renews #SCOTUS appeal to keep full #SNAP payments frozen
The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program that helps buy groceries for 42 million Americans should proceed during the historic US govt #shutdown. Lower courts have ruled that the govt must keep FULL payments flowing, & SCOTUS asked the admin to respond after an appeals court ruled against it again late Sunday.
#law #Plutocracy #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #FoodStamps
apnews.com/article/snap-food-b…
Supreme Court says US food stamp funding can be temporarily halted
The programme has been left in limbo during the US government shutdown, with the White House saying it can't afford it.Ana Faguy (BBC News)
Heartless #billionaire assholes
#Trump admin seeks to halt #SNAP #food #aid payments after a #CourtOrder
Trump’s admin asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a #US govt #shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.
#law #judiciary #FoodStamps #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #SocialCleansing #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #EconomicDiscrimination
apnews.com/article/snap-food-g…
Research in Practice have our annual adults conference today on the impact of poverty in adult social care. This blogpost covers what we'll be looking at researchinpractice.org.uk/adul… Will be tweeting for us in the bad place using #PartnershipC, will also post what stuck out for me here using the same hashtag
