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Hegseth says Pentagon will review Mark Kelly’s US weapons stockpile remarks Defense secretary accuses senator of disclosing classified info but Kelly says ‘that’s not classified, it’s a quote from you’

People are streaming these songs out of spite. It’s not out of true joy or love of the music. It’s to own the libs. And that’s so not what music is intended for. Music is supposed to be the voice of the oppressed — the actual oppressed. And now it’s being used as this really toxic weapon in culture wars.

Because to members of MAGA, it is about something much deeper than policy or politics: It’s about connection and identity. In today’s isolating digital culture, a true sense of community is harder and harder to come by. With MAGA, Trump has offered a rare and special asset to his followers, something much more valuable than national security or even economic prosperity, something primal. In a country navigating a debilitating loneliness epidemic, he gives his followers a sense of belonging.

And of course, the United States is the only industrialized country without some form of universal healthcare. Even after years of Affordable Care Act expansion, roughly 8 percent of Americans (nearly 27 million people) were uninsured in 2024. That figure is predicted to rise this year as Republicans roll back ACA supports, including enhanced subsidies. Worst of all, despite spending the most on health care, the U.S. ranks last among wealthy nations on numerous health outcome measures. American well-being, according to the 2026 Global Social Progress Index, lags behind former Communist Balkan countries and all of its G7 peers. The decline in quality of life is a distinctly bipartisan problem that no leader has addressed.