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The Difference in Being Poor in Red States versus Blue States. Part I - Welfare and Federalism. This chapter discusses how Republicans at the federal and state level are adding behavior modification requirements to a wide array of public benefits programs, thus driving a divide between red and blue states. Behavior modification requirements include tying public assistance to work requirements, family caps (limits on benefits based on family size), and drug tests. Congress first approved behavior modification requirements on a large-scale as part of welfare reform in 1996. These requirements are attempts to control the behavior of the poor, based on an assumption that poor people are morally deficient. To implement these changes, Republicans are using federalism tools such as waivers, or statutorily permitted deviations from federal program norms on a state-by-state basis. The Trump administration has already approved work requirements for Medicaid and signaled that it w...

In this video, Carl Sagan explores the vastness of the universe, the power of science, and the limitations of religious belief. He emphasizes the importance of skepticism, evidence, and the scientific method in shaping humanity’s future, while questioning the role of faith and mythology in understanding our place in the cosmos. In His Final Interview, Carl Sagan Warned That Someone Just Like Trump Could Take Over America. "If we are not able to ask skeptical questions... then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan." "We've arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces," the late "Cosmos" host said. "I mean, who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" https://futurism.com/the-byte/carl-sagan-warned-c...

Vince McMahon is accused of sex trafficking in a lawsuit: A former staffer sued WWE founder Vince McMahon, former head of talent relations John Laurinaitis and WWE on Thursday for violating the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act, negligence, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and other claims in a case depicting McMahon as a sexual predator who used power and wealth to brutally subjugate an “easy target.” The lawsuit could turn on the enforceability of a nondisclosure agreement and a mandatory arbitration provision. Vince McMahon sexually preyed on female wrestler Ashley Massaro shortly before she killed herself: report. Much of Grant’s complaint portrays WWE staff as not only tolerating McMahon’s alleged misdeeds but facilitating them. She says in June 2021, McMahon and Laurinaitis “cornered her” in a locked office room and “pulled her in between them.” Grant says they proceeded to “forcibly touch her” and told her, “No means yes” and “Take it, ...