# Crumbling Confidence

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Podcast: [The American Radicals Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-american-radicals-podcast-6724200)
Published: 2026-07-17T17:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://AmRadPod.podbean.com/e/crumbling-confidence/
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## Resource

The American Radicals Podcast covers Epstein transparency, expanded government student loans, immigrants receiving welfare, partisan fights over data center construction, and AI investigating elections. Check us out on Spotify!https://open.spotify.com/show/09AZ2WuYnWbZ2941wsb6jW?si=76c005605dc64dc1 https://news.gallup.com/poll/712436/confidence-institutions-remains-near-time-low.aspx https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/vance-trump-screwed-up-epstein-files-01000142 https://massie.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395849 https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/attorney-general-raul-torrez-usdoj-is-hindering-our-criminal-investigation-by-withholding-unredacted-epstein-files/ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/16/student-loans-small-business-administration-00995063 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-immigrants-green-card-public-charge-medicaid-housing-food-aid/ https://heatmap.news/politics/americans-oppose-data-centers-poll https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/15/kathy-hochul-sabotages-new-yorks-future-with-data-center-moratorium/ https://tennesseestar.com/economy/trump-blasts-hochul-over-data-center-moratorium/jtnews/2026/07/15/?feed_id=20266&_unique_id=6a58685e1f439 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-2020-election-georgia-fulton-artificial-intelligence-fbi https://statesunited.org/resources/2020-election/ https://statesunited.org/press-release-birthright-citizenship/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/us/army-veteran-trump-house.html

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