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Topic: Government Assistance

A sign noting the acceptance of electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards that are used by state welfare departments to issue benefits is displayed at a grocery store on December 04, 2019 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

EBT card skimming schemes on the rise

Joy Saha
(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

the end of the safety net

David Campbell, Kristina Lambright - The Conversation
In this Dec. 1, 2015 photo, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., departs a news conference following a GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. From left are Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., Speaker Ryan, and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La. After months where tea party lawmakers provoked crisis and unrest in Congress, even driving out a speaker, GOP leaders have turned to the business of governing, pushing forward a series of bills destined to get a presidential signature. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

The GOP poverty PR push

Simon Maloy
Megyn Kelly, Sean Hannity, Mike Huckabee, Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)

The Right's big welfare lie

Simon Maloy
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Australia's bold vaxx policy

Joanna Rothkopf
Mitt Romney (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

GOP's worst deja vu ever

Simon Maloy
(Hulu)

Katie McDonough
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I couldn't feed my family

Lorraine Berry
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