China has had Dibao since 1993 (the world’s largest social welfare program) and China eliminated extreme poverty altogether. You have to behave in an extreme manner to be poor in China, actively resisting aid. This story exploits westerners ignorance to push a political agenda.
Mamdani's approval is now nearly 70%, so the media has given up their narrative about him destroying New York City, and have instead resorted to saying that he's still disapproved of by people outside of New York City
Oh no not my private health insurance that rejects every fucking claim and requires prior authorization for everything before denying it but still charging out the ass for a monthly premium, no please anything but that!!!!
Yeah the Israelis immediately started killing all the hostages, and then indiscriminately bombed in a way that killed more.
Because Israel decided it was better to kill them than trade them.
Give it about 75 days: Republicans will suddenly rediscover the national debt and use it as cover to cut Social Security and healthcare for the most vulnerable Americans, all while funding multi-billion-dollar wars overseas and pushing more tax cuts for the wealthy
China entered a property bubble that nearly caused their equivalent of the 2008 crash except the government broke up the bank involved rather than bail it out, soft landed the property bubble bursting, and then arrested and sentenced those responsible.