Ep. 9 - July 2025 News Update with Chelsey

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July 2025: "Concentration Camps, Classroom Chaos, and Christian Nationalist Blueprints"

Welcome to your July solo news drop — where we pull back the curtain on what the GOP and Trump administration are doing while everyone’s distracted by sunglasses and soundbites. In this episode, we break down:

• Alligator Alcatraz – the Everglades-based migrant concentration camp that flooded on its second day open. No plumbing, no oversight, no humanity. With eyewitness accounts, whistleblower reports, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz demanding a federal investigation.
• School Funding Freeze – the Trump administration is illegally withholding $7 billion in education money already approved by Congress. We cover Rep. Terri Sewell’s July 11 letter, districts hit hardest (Alabama, Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Missouri), and DeSantis’ Orwellian push to let political allies accredit colleges.
• Project 2025 – the Heritage Foundation’s fascist roadmap is no longer a warning—it’s a playbook in motion. From gutting the Department of Education to legalizing mass deportation and firing career scientists, we connect the dots from the headlines to the handbook.
• Measles Outbreak Cover-Up – how HHS is scrambling behind the scenes to keep a lid on rising measles cases, with vaccine distribution stalled and states reporting spikes in preventable illnesses.
• NIH and Science Under Attack – UMass Chan faces a $94M NIH funding shortfall. Research is halted, jobs slashed, and pediatric brain cancer trials frozen. The Trump budget calls scientists wasteful and dangerous — and it's costing lives and leadership.
• DeSantis’ Fake Accreditation Program – in his bid to MAGA-fy academia, the Florida governor wants political operatives to greenlight colleges. Because apparently facts now require loyalty oaths.

This episode isn’t about headlines — it’s about the hostile architecture being built underneath them. And if you're waiting for someone to sound the alarm, congratulations. You just pressed play.

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