Eddie Bruce-Jones

As Toni Morrison said, "the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work." But she also reminded us never to lose our capacity to be shocked.

Part of my conversation on @ayman.msnbc.com earlier today.

The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare The Center for American Progress and The Arc break down the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, exposing how its deep cuts to Medicaid and Medicare will lead to benefit losses, increased paperwork requirement...

The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Come to SOAS on Tuesday to hear @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social discuss her new book on the Caribbean, colonialism and the climate crisis! Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-labor...

Israel-Hamas War: U.N. Security Council Passes Gaza Aid Resolution as U.S. Abstains The measure calls for a major increase in aid to beleaguered Palestinian civilians but not a cease-fire. It came after days of negotiations to win support from the White House and the Israeli governme...

Breaking News: The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution calling for a major increase in aid to Gaza. The U.S. abstained, allowing the measure to pass after days of talks.

Thanks, Steve!

The Rwanda plan is back in court next week. Here's a new piece by me for the Guardian long read. The inside story, from the UK govt's own internal correspondence, of how the deal came together - and how, after months of warnings, it started to falter.

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...

What Fresh Hell Will This Supreme Court Term Bring? | Crooked Media

NEW EP: Our preview of the first week of the October sitting! We'll get you up to speed on the sentencing case SCOTUS is hearing today, & the cases later in the week on civil rights enforcement (tester standing) & the administrative state (CFPB funding).

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