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10/29/2025

“We’re shutting down government to keep people sick.”

10/29/2025

“Basically, the most evil billionaires in Silicon Valley want to consume everything before it’s too late, and then kick the tires and leave us all to drown…”

“Basically, the most evil billionaires in Silicon Valley want to consume everything before it's too late, and then kick the tires and leave us all to drown…”

10/28/2025

“Border Patrol are the aggro cowboys compared to ICE,” said one immigrants’ rights advocate. “Now they’re going to be the ones running the show.”

10/28/2025

ICE is detaining thousands of people a day without criminal records and without a warrant. But people are standing up. And the resistance is growing. This is episode 73 of Stories of Resistance.

10/28/2025

“75% of [Franklin County] voted for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. And I have people who are telling me, ‘I never really thought about incarceration before,’” but now “‘I’m finding out more about how incarceration works in Arkansas, [and] I’m really starting to question the way that the state locks so many people up.”

“75% of [Franklin County] voted for Sarah Huckabee Sanders. And I have people who are telling me, ‘I never really thought about incarceration before,’” but now “‘I'm finding out more about how incarceration works in Arkansas, [and] I'm really starting to question the way that the state l...

10/28/2025

“We already experienced displacement. We can’t do it again. We’re staying here. Whatever happens, happens. Even if they crush us under their tanks.”

10/28/2025

“When you see some of the tactics people are using now to try and monitor these ICE arrests… it’s similar to what we did when we were in SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee).”

“When you see some of the tactics people are using now to try and monitor these ICE arrests… it's similar to what we did when we were in SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)."

10/24/2025

New Working People Episode: “This Shutdown Is Not Like the Others”

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed. Millions of Americans are feeling the ripple effects, from delayed SNAP benefits to shuttered parks and stalled childcare programs.

In the latest episode of Working People, host Maximillian Alvarez talks with three furloughed federal employees who are living through the shutdown and fighting back.

“We swore an oath to serve the American people. What happens when we can’t do that, when people can’t get Social Security, food assistance, or Medicare?”

These workers share what it’s really like behind the headlines, the stress, the solidarity, and why this shutdown feels different from any before it.

🎧 Listen now: https://therealnews.com/this-government-shutdown-is-not-like-the-others-furloughed-federal-workers-explain

10/22/2025

Taya Graham and Stephen Janis have been on Capitol Hill covering the current federal government shutdown. They break down why the current impasse is like no other, and who is really calling the shots.

10/22/2025

“We swore an oath when we took these positions to defend the Constitution and to provide these services to the American people… what’s going to happen to your everyday American when they don’t have Social Security or food assistance or Medicare?”

“We swore an oath when we took these positions to defend the Constitution and to provide these services to the American people… what's going to happen to your everyday American when they don't have Social Security or food assistance or Medicare?”

10/22/2025

“Don’t be afraid to fight back when you think that you’ve been wronged by the prison system because it’s so important that more of us are doing this so that they’re held accountable just like they expect our loved ones to be held accountable.”

"Don't be afraid to fight back when you think that you've been wronged by the prison system because it's so important that more of us are doing this so that they're held accountable just like they expect our loved ones to be held accountable."

10/21/2025

“ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans,” said one critic.