The Cost of Power Is Always Paid by the Powerless
How Trump’s allies got pardons, protections, and potential payouts while America’s most vulnerable got left behind
In the span of just a few weeks, several things happened in Washington, D.C. — not in secret, not in the shadows, but right out in the open.
On November 10, Congress passed a temporary stopgap budget (a Continuing Resolution) to narrowly avoid a further prolonged government shutdown. It doesn’t expand social programs. It doesn’t fund long-term solutions.…
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