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On this week's Start Making Sense podcast, @JoanWalsh talks about the new politics of abortion, @HeerJeet shares his analysis of Trump's pardons for war criminals, and @brycecovert explains the recent wave of strikes across the country.http://bit.ly/2Rp3P46 

Consultants told her not to talk about her past work for Planned Parenthood. She did anyway. She won anyway. http://bit.ly/33LSygR 

At least five Quillette contributors have gone on white nationalist Stefan Molyneux’s show to discuss their “research” on topics like race, intelligence, and “criminality.”http://bit.ly/2sM6v1r 

“I’m not writing for leftists. The whole book is why you, non-socialist, should be a socialist.”http://bit.ly/2YqsUNr 

Quillette takes debunked race theory and launders it in lifeless prose.http://bit.ly/385yLw9 

In another attack on the social safety net, HUD has refused to release “point-in-time” counts of homeless populations, which are used by states to distribute hundreds of millions of dollars to localities to tackle homelessness.http://bit.ly/2OV4Pv4 

“No one really knows how to do this.”http://bit.ly/38fyfM8 

Here's a firsthand account of what it's like living without regular access to food.https://www.thenation.com/article/how-i-learned-to-be-hungry/ …

And as the news media focus on the latest tweets from the president, the robber-baron class quietly pillages the country.https://www.thenation.com/article/41-million-americans-are-food-insecure-why-are-the-media-ignoring-them/ …

Young adults are increasingly victims of a failing economy that is leaving them starving.https://www.thenation.com/article/6-8-million-teenagers-are-food-insecure/ …

Immigrants are especially vulnerable—confusion and fear about immigration crackdowns have caused some families to avoid food banks and public assistance programs.https://www.thenation.com/article/why-immigrants-in-california-are-canceling-their-food-stamps/ …

The Trump administration also cut funding for vital home meal delivery programs.https://www.thenation.com/article/photos-who-actually-benefits-from-meals-on-wheels/ …

In 2017, some 10 million elders are threatened by hunger—but the president proposed a budget slashed desperately needed funding for food programs.https://www.thenation.com/article/donald-trump-hungry-seniors-drop-dead/ …

Millions of Americans are being deliberately cast into hunger by the federal government—and it's not the first time Trump has gone after the most vulnerable.https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-food-stamps-homeless/ …

Don’t Mess With French Pensionshttp://bit.ly/2PlVSKn 

“The old anarchist slogan “Demand the impossible!” has always resonated with me. You take the thing you think is impossible and then you don’t accept that it’s impossible. You refuse to accept that” —@NathanJRobinsonhttp://bit.ly/2LvNmY2 

Labour’s obstacles include not only Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn’s unpopularity, and the winter weather, but also skepticism about the possibility of change.http://bit.ly/2r6qRSN