{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Trump's Poverty\u00a0Denial","description":"Almost immediately after President Trump announced the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, his administration sent out a list of talking points to business-friendly surrogates. Headlined \u201cJudge Brett Kavanaugh On Overregulation,\u201d it elaborated how Kavanaugh \u201cprotects American businesses from job-killing regulation.\u201d That pleasant pablum disguises what Kavanaugh really thinks of regulations protecting all of us. So writes Helaine Olen, in a column for the Washington Post\u2019s PostPartisan blog. She joins the show to unpack what Kavanaugh\u2019s deregulatory ideology could mean for workers\u200a\u2014\u200aand consumers\u200a\u2014\u200ashould he join the high court. Later in the show, amid the ongoing Farm Bill debate, which has nutrition assistance for some 2 million Americans squarely in the cross-hairs, another threat to struggling families\u2019 nutrition is largely flying under the radar. Last week it came to light that a program that enables low-income families to purchase fresh produce at farmers markets with their SNAP benefits is in jeopardy\u200a\u2014\u200adue to a change in contractors initiated by the Trump administration, which is raising all kinds of red flags. To unpack what\u2019s going on\u200a\u2014\u200aand what\u2019s at stake for families struggling to put food on the table\u200a\u2014\u200aRebecca speaks with Jane Black, one of the reporters who broke the story for the Washington Post. But first\u2026 Move over, climate change. Late last week, the White House issued a sweeping denial of poverty. A major report released by Trump\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers brazenly declared the War on Poverty \u201clargely over and a success.\u201d As Rebecca and Jeremy explain, the report is literally page after page of gaslighting the very real hardship faced by tens of millions of Americans struggling to afford food, housing, health care and more\u200a\u2014\u200aall for the purpose of justifying Trump\u2019s quest to dismantle Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and other programs that help families get by (to pay for his millionaire tax cuts). PLUS: More evidence that workers\u2019 wages are down, 6 months after Trump\u2019s tax law took effect; Amazon Prime Day strikes; President Obama calls for a Universal Basic Income; and other news of the week, ICYMI. ","author_name":"OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas","author_url":"https:\/\/tcf.org\/off-kilter\/","html":"