https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/Dplaw.xml Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:45:55 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:45:57 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Sun, November 9, 2025 9:45 AM EST <p>Imagine Mike Johnson standing looking in the window of a bake shop with the most amazing, delicious looking cake on display. He desperately wants a piece of that cake. But the shop door is locked and guarded.</p> <p>The guard only lets certain types in - the rich, the powerful, or those helping the rich and powerful get richer and more powerful. Behind Johnson and across the street are families with children. They are starving, in need of assistance.</p> <p>There are hard working immigrants, contributing to the tax base, in the process of becoming citizens. There are sexually abused women and men, many underage. There are small business owners and workers standing in food lines and registering for unemployment.</p> <p>Mike Johnson can help all of the people who are standing behind him. He holds it in his power. But he wants that cake. He wants what the rich and powerful have. He will never have that if he helps the less fortunate.</p> Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:45:55 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=804941 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=804941 Imagine Mike Johnson standing looking in the window of a bake shop with the most amazing, delicious looking cake on display. He desperately wants a piece of that cake. But the shop door is locked and guarded. The guard only lets certain types in - the rich, the powerful, or those helping the rich and powerful get richer and more powerful. Behind Johnson and across the street are families with children. They are starving, in need of assistance. There are hard working immigrants, contributing to the tax base, in the process of becoming citizens. There are sexually abused women and men, many underage. There are small business owners and workers standing in food lines and registering for unemployment. Mike Johnson can help all of the people who are standing behind him. He holds it in his power. But he wants that cake. He wants what the rich and powerful have. He will never have that if he helps the less fortunate.