Bill Freeman October 15, 2025
October 14, 2025
The government shutdown, which started on October 1, is entering its third week.
open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/october-14-2025?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
The Trump Administration’s Plans To Covertly Cut Social Security Disability Benefits
An upcoming regulatory proposal would change the rules of Social Security disability programs to make it harder to qualify, particularly harming older adults.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-plans-to-covertly-cut-social-security-disability-benefits
The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight
Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025/10/coffee-tariff-prices/684545/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fXGBA4-_dU1Oahn2LrQiLaM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy
Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/education-decline-low-expectations/684526/?gift=kv3__FYls2fxmm4Mh6G3fWMjKYoHLAnvg-h-CmmFkIU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Nutrition program for women, infants and children to stay afloat through end of month • Tennessee Lookout
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is infusing $300 million into a key federal nutrition program to keep it running through October, while a government shutdown continues without an apparent end point. USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — known as WIC — has relied on short-term funds amid the […]
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/15/repub/nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-to-stay-afloat-through-end-of-month
A closer look at what’s driving the rising rate of uninsured children • Tennessee Lookout
Hundreds of thousands of more children in the United States are going without health insurance, and experts warn that actions by the Trump administration and Congress will likely make the problem worse.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/14/repub/a-closer-look-at-whats-driving-the-rising-rate-of-uninsured-children
China Has Overtaken America
And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrugman/p/china-has-overtaken-america?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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