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'Rock bottom': Red-state residents rage at Trump as they sell blood and burst into tears
Trump Country Is Paying for Oligarchy in DimesThe Power Is Up TopThe source article is about people in red states who are running out of money, not running out of opinions. That distinction matters. The people described here are selling plasma, rationing basics, and watching benefits disappear. They are not the ones making budget decisions, setting federal priorities, or protecting tax advantages for the wealthy. The power sits with Trump and the institutional class around him. The suffering sits everywhere else.Scarcity as PolicyThe reporting makes the poverty concrete: less than $4 in…
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