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Friday Nite Videos | August 23, 2019

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'No One Should Retire Into Poverty'

Jake Johnson Common Dreams
At a historic hearing, progressives make the case for expanding—not cutting—Social Security benefits. The last time Congress enacted increases was 1972.

Trump Administration’s Harmful Changes to Medicaid

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
These restrictions have already cost many thousands of people their health coverage and access to care and could harm millions more.

The Untapped Power of Rural Voters

LaTosha Brown New York Times
Rural voters hold enormous potential for progressives. When Donald Trump came in 2016, many rural voters were desperate. He promised to bring back factory jobs. He promised to bring back coal-mining jobs. Sure, these were lies. But they were lies.
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