Elon Musk and DOGE: Increasing efficiency, or robbing Americans?
Within the first month of the new Trump administration, the federal government has already become nearly unrecognizable. Operating through the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been given carte blanche to wage war on every part of the government that stands in the way of the business and investment needs of the billionaire class. The ongoing attacks on the Treasury Department, the Department of Education, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are just the opening salvo of a broader, darker plan to remake American society and government to serve the interests of the largest corporations and most powerful oligarchs. On this week’s livestream, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez will speak with organizers of the emergency rally that took place on Monday outside of the CFPB building in Washington DC to protest the Trump administration’s moves to effectively shut down the agency. Then, we’ll speak with media critic and TRNN columnist Adam Johnson and tech critic Paris Marx about DOGE’s attacks on democracy, Musk’s agenda, and the grim future of technofascism materializing before us in real time.
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Prof. Richard Wolff: Billionaires made $6 billion PER DAY in 2024
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'Everybody's at risk': ICE could come for YOU, even if you're a citizen
Moises Zavala, Workplace Justice Campaigns Organizer for Arise Chicago, and Natascha Elena Uhlmann, a writer for Labor Notes and immigrant rights activist from Sonora, Mexico, discuss the ICE raids happening in Chicago and around the country, and how communities can fight back.
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Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, speaks with The Real News about how workers can fight in the Trump era.
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Abbey Martin on the critical role of independent news organizations, like TRNN in society. Show your support. Donate today: https://buff.ly/4iSlECQ
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🚨 Breaking from #RNC #rnc2024: Protesters affirm their commitment to hold a rally and march on the RNC Monday, July 15. TRNN spoke to a broad coalition of Milwaukee organizers who say engagement in direct action is, for some, the result of a loss of faith in the voting process. Members of this broad coalition also plan to march on the DNC in Chicago. Issues of concern range from the protection of the LGBTQ+ community, restoration of reproductive health care rights, ending the war on Gaza, strengthening unions, and working to end police brutality. We will be covering the protesters' march on the RNC tomorrow and will give real-time updates. Stay tuned for more on-the-ground coverage live from the RNC...
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Police hid a body in an unmarked grave and that’s just the beginning of the secrets they buried - Police hid the Truth for months, even years from Jackson Mississippi families, specifically in the years 2016-2023 when families were not notified about these burials. Mrs. Betterson Wade could not know that the quest to find her son would lead to so many other families finally finding a resolution.
215 bodies were found buried in shallow, numbered graves behind the Hinds County Penal Farm in Jackson, MS. Families are coming forward to try to finally solve the loss of their missing loved ones not just seeking closure but answers and accountability. These bodies were buried without proper notification to the relatives of the deceased and families are slowly coming forward to claim them.
Adding insult to injury, the bodies are considered state property so some families are required to pay fees ranging from $250-$750, to cover the cost of both the death certificate and the body. At this time 3 families have come forward to ask why their loved ones who were thought to be missing persons were buried without their death being fully investigated or their next of kin notified.
Dexter Wade’s burial number was 672, which means there are potentially 671 unanswered questions and unclaimed loved ones. There must be some explanation and accounting for this egregious and potentially illegal practice.
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