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Writer of the Abolish Poverty Substack. Casual content creator, full time social services worker, committed to ending poverty.
Substack: https://abolishpoverty.substack.com/
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What you can do in 2026 to promote Poverty Abolition.
From a phone call to community organizing, here is what to do.
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I want to express gratitude for anyone who has read my newsletter this month. If you want to continue fighting poverty here are some actions one can take.
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“Trump and the Republicans have spent the past year openly waging war on working-class people here at home,” said @nationalnurses.bsky.social, “gutting Medicaid, refusing to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that keep our patients’ premiums from skyrocketing.” labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
‘No More Blood for Oil’: Global Labor Movement Opposes Trump’s Attacks on Venezuela
Labor federations around the world are condemning the Trump administration’s acts of war in Venezuela. In a raw display of imperialist aggression, the United States bombed the country, kidnapped its p...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“Trump and the Republicans have spent the past year openly waging war on working-class people here at home,” said @nationalnurses.bsky.social, “gutting Medicaid, refusing to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that keep our patients’ premiums from skyrocketing.” labornotes.org/blogs/2026/0...
This is why so many people feel dejected about politics. The people don't matter, the money does. We need to reform our electoral systems to ensure money can't interfere at all. Our representatives are meant to represent us and us alone.
Who was lobbying Washington on Venezuela in 2025?
OpenSecrets found a sharp increase in lobbying by U.S. energy companies and Venezuelan government-linked groups as sanctions and policy decisions loomed.
🔗 Read our analysis: www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/01...
OpenSecrets found a sharp increase in lobbying by U.S. energy companies and Venezuelan government-linked groups as sanctions and policy decisions loomed.
🔗 Read our analysis: www.opensecrets.org/news/2026/01...
Sanctions, strategy and spin: Venezuela lobbying soars under Trump - OpenSecrets News
An analysis of lobbying filings shows that U.S. energy companies and organizations linked to the Venezuelan government increased their influence…
www.opensecrets.org
January 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
This is why so many people feel dejected about politics. The people don't matter, the money does. We need to reform our electoral systems to ensure money can't interfere at all. Our representatives are meant to represent us and us alone.
No news stream today as I need to work late, I will try to do it on Thursday. I do have a Substack on Venezuela and how their oil and poverty are linked, as well as American interventions impact. Find the article here open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
Venezuela, Oil, and Poverty
How Venezuela's oil history impacted the countries poverty
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January 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM
No news stream today as I need to work late, I will try to do it on Thursday. I do have a Substack on Venezuela and how their oil and poverty are linked, as well as American interventions impact. Find the article here open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
Last year I said I was gonna do more content, lets try and keep this year better. Streaming a Subnautica play-thru now on Twitch. I will also be streaming news hopefully on Tuesday, Speedrunning on Friday.
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Survival Sunday | Subnautica |
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January 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Last year I said I was gonna do more content, lets try and keep this year better. Streaming a Subnautica play-thru now on Twitch. I will also be streaming news hopefully on Tuesday, Speedrunning on Friday.
www.twitch.tv/palmtree_games
www.twitch.tv/palmtree_games
I want to express gratitude for anyone who has read my newsletter this month. If you want to continue fighting poverty here are some actions one can take.
open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
What you can do in 2026 to promote Poverty Abolition.
From a phone call to community organizing, here is what to do.
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I want to express gratitude for anyone who has read my newsletter this month. If you want to continue fighting poverty here are some actions one can take.
open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
I wrote a quick article on some ways that you can start advocating for poverty abolition in 2026. From a phone call to community organizations, here are some first steps. open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
What you can do in 2026 to promote Poverty Abolition.
From a phone call to community organizing, here is what to do.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I wrote a quick article on some ways that you can start advocating for poverty abolition in 2026. From a phone call to community organizations, here are some first steps. open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
It is important to fact check statements from those in power. No matter how many lies occur we need independent accountability. I focus on Trump's economic claims and he clearly does not understand the issues that influence poverty. open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
How Trump has added to American Poverty?
Trump says we are in a golden age, meanwhile the average American does not agree.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It is important to fact check statements from those in power. No matter how many lies occur we need independent accountability. I focus on Trump's economic claims and he clearly does not understand the issues that influence poverty. open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
Trump last week gave a speech on the American economy and lied through his teeth. I reviewed his claims and explained how it shows he does not care or at least does not know how to address poverty. Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
How Trump has added to American Poverty?
Trump says we are in a golden age, meanwhile the average American does not agree.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Trump last week gave a speech on the American economy and lied through his teeth. I reviewed his claims and explained how it shows he does not care or at least does not know how to address poverty. Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
There is a reason that there should be government support for social services. When NGOs are the main way crises are addressed there is more vulnerability to economic instability. This year has been hard for NGOs because of lack of funding from individuals and government. apnews.com/article/poll...
Most US adults aren't making year-end charitable contributions, new AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s f...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
There is a reason that there should be government support for social services. When NGOs are the main way crises are addressed there is more vulnerability to economic instability. This year has been hard for NGOs because of lack of funding from individuals and government. apnews.com/article/poll...
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It's hard to ignore that this happened just as Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. was slipping away, with Kushner pulling out of the financing and Trump bad-mouthing CBS. Time to please the king again
Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's hard to ignore that this happened just as Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. was slipping away, with Kushner pulling out of the financing and Trump bad-mouthing CBS. Time to please the king again
NSPM-7 uses vague language which leaves community supports vulnerable. We need to be aware of this as we continue to support our under-served communities. Full article here: abolishpoverty.substack.com/p/how-does-n...
How Does NSPM-7 Impact Mutual Aid Groups?
Will Mutual Aid be attacked by the Federal Government?
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December 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
NSPM-7 uses vague language which leaves community supports vulnerable. We need to be aware of this as we continue to support our under-served communities. Full article here: abolishpoverty.substack.com/p/how-does-n...
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NEW📝: A flood of billionaire money in elections started after the SCOTUS #CitizensUnited decision.
Since 2010, billionaire 💰💰 in elections has grown 160x, giving the wealthy huge power over policy while regular voters lose influence. 🧵1/3
Since 2010, billionaire 💰💰 in elections has grown 160x, giving the wealthy huge power over policy while regular voters lose influence. 🧵1/3
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW📝: A flood of billionaire money in elections started after the SCOTUS #CitizensUnited decision.
Since 2010, billionaire 💰💰 in elections has grown 160x, giving the wealthy huge power over policy while regular voters lose influence. 🧵1/3
Since 2010, billionaire 💰💰 in elections has grown 160x, giving the wealthy huge power over policy while regular voters lose influence. 🧵1/3
Trump just gave a speech that basically tells those struggling that it is all fake. Trump has given a platform to the richest people in the world to white wash suffering they cause. We have not seen jobs rise in the US, in fact it's the opposite. CEOs have raise their pay off the backs of workers.
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Trump just gave a speech that basically tells those struggling that it is all fake. Trump has given a platform to the richest people in the world to white wash suffering they cause. We have not seen jobs rise in the US, in fact it's the opposite. CEOs have raise their pay off the backs of workers.
I am not usually proud of my writing but this quote I am. "Mutual aid is done to build resilience and independence, not the ‘pick you up by your boots straps’ independence, the ‘here are the tools, now do your thing’ independence." A quote from my full article here open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
How Does NSPM-7 Impact Mutual Aid Groups?
Will Mutual Aid be attacked by the Federal Government?
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I am not usually proud of my writing but this quote I am. "Mutual aid is done to build resilience and independence, not the ‘pick you up by your boots straps’ independence, the ‘here are the tools, now do your thing’ independence." A quote from my full article here open.substack.com/pub/abolishp...
NSPM-7 targets anti-capitalist groups, will mutual aid fall in to that? Mutual aid is a way for impoverished communities to support themselves and gain communal independence. My full article on the subject is here: abolishpoverty.substack.com/p/how-does-n...
How Does NSPM-7 Impact Mutual Aid Groups?
Will Mutual Aid be attacked by the Federal Government?
abolishpoverty.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
NSPM-7 targets anti-capitalist groups, will mutual aid fall in to that? Mutual aid is a way for impoverished communities to support themselves and gain communal independence. My full article on the subject is here: abolishpoverty.substack.com/p/how-does-n...
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New York is suing UPS over millions of dollars in stolen wages.
Letitia James' office accused the delivery giant of shortchanging seasonal workers for years.
The suit alleges that UPS illegally failed to pay seasonal workers minimum wages, promised wages, and overtime wages.
Letitia James' office accused the delivery giant of shortchanging seasonal workers for years.
The suit alleges that UPS illegally failed to pay seasonal workers minimum wages, promised wages, and overtime wages.
N.Y. AG sues UPS over alleged cheating seasonal workers out of millions
The attorney general is asking the court to order restitution for current and former seasonal workers.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
New York is suing UPS over millions of dollars in stolen wages.
Letitia James' office accused the delivery giant of shortchanging seasonal workers for years.
The suit alleges that UPS illegally failed to pay seasonal workers minimum wages, promised wages, and overtime wages.
Letitia James' office accused the delivery giant of shortchanging seasonal workers for years.
The suit alleges that UPS illegally failed to pay seasonal workers minimum wages, promised wages, and overtime wages.
Its crazy how the Trump administration highlights how important knowledgeable people are. A podcaster is the head of the FBI and has let out the name of a person of interest who is no longer in custody, provided no reassurance to the community affected, and has no answers. apnews.com/article/brow...
Brown University shooting leaves students, community frustrated with official response
The effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University’s campus and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall has raised serious questions about the school’s security systems and the u...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Its crazy how the Trump administration highlights how important knowledgeable people are. A podcaster is the head of the FBI and has let out the name of a person of interest who is no longer in custody, provided no reassurance to the community affected, and has no answers. apnews.com/article/brow...
The Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF) case is exactly the type of case NSPM-7 is looking for. From my understanding, 2/5 are tied to the FBI in some way and I would be curious their involvement. We have seen FBI entrapment with similar legislation to NSPM-7. (1/4)
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF) case is exactly the type of case NSPM-7 is looking for. From my understanding, 2/5 are tied to the FBI in some way and I would be curious their involvement. We have seen FBI entrapment with similar legislation to NSPM-7. (1/4)
Next Substack should come tomorrow night, I've been traveling lately for family events. It's regarding the way NSPM-7 will likely abuse mutual aid groups. Keep an eye out. 👀
December 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Next Substack should come tomorrow night, I've been traveling lately for family events. It's regarding the way NSPM-7 will likely abuse mutual aid groups. Keep an eye out. 👀
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
I just finished reading Hood Feminism, and I am going to read Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. I will be posting about it as I read, if you want to read along with me here is an affiliate link with all of my recommended reads and will have my current reading on it: bookshop.org/a/119171/978...
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
A Factor of Evolution
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December 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I just finished reading Hood Feminism, and I am going to read Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution. I will be posting about it as I read, if you want to read along with me here is an affiliate link with all of my recommended reads and will have my current reading on it: bookshop.org/a/119171/978...
For every Billionaire, more families are pushing into poverty. There is only so much money, one person (or even family) doesn't need that much.
When we say “billionaires should not exist,” what we mean is:
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
For every Billionaire, more families are pushing into poverty. There is only so much money, one person (or even family) doesn't need that much.
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What policymakers must do is simple: recognize food as a human right. The only United Nations members opposing it are Israel, which is forcefully starving Palestinians, and the United States. www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-i...
There is No Excuse for Student Food Insecurity
At colleges around the United States, students are struggling through class without knowing where their next meal will come from. That has to end.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
What policymakers must do is simple: recognize food as a human right. The only United Nations members opposing it are Israel, which is forcefully starving Palestinians, and the United States. www.currentaffairs.org/news/there-i...
This and some inside info I have, seems like even some of the most Trump loyalist are able to see it's electoral suicide to cave. Both state and federal. Now we just need the Democrats to see the tide shift and pounce on working class issues.
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
Indiana Republicans Reject Trump, Vote Down Gerrymander - The American Prospect
The full result of Trump’s election-rigging scheme shows almost no advantage. And the way things are going, it wouldn’t have mattered anyway.
prospect.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This and some inside info I have, seems like even some of the most Trump loyalist are able to see it's electoral suicide to cave. Both state and federal. Now we just need the Democrats to see the tide shift and pounce on working class issues.
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
prospect.org/2025/12/12/i...
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This is a disgusting amount of money.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.
December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is a disgusting amount of money.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.
Families are losing healthcare and can't afford food or basic necessities.
And the billionaires keep getting richer.