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Podcast: Narativ with Zev Shalev (Audio)
Episode: Day 162: America's Authoritarian Infrastructure Is Now Fully Operational
Description: Our Special July 4 Flash Sale Is On For One Week!Day 162 of the Trump administration marks a watershed moment in American authoritarianism. While the Senate's passage of Trump's $5 trillion "Big Beautiful Bill" grabbed headlines with its 50-50 vote requiring JD Vance's tie-breaker, the real story lies in the systematic infrastructure of oppression now fully operational across federal agencies.The bill itself represents the largest wealth transfer from poor to rich in American history—17 million Americans will lose healthcare while 60 million lose food assistance, all to fund tax cuts for billionaires and massive increases in border se...