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Is it even possible? Voters going to the polls this week hope so, but solutions will require some out-of-the-box thinking. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Noel King. A woman shopping for groceries in the supermarket. Photo by chabybucko via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. <...
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Americans will vote in the midterm elections this week, and many of us are voting on the cost of living. We are not happy about the grocery bill. In recent rally appearances, President Trump has been unsympathetic on the subject. You'll be my guest at Mar-a-Lago. The problem is that for $5,000, the most you'll be able
to buy is a hamburger and maybe a small dessert. So surely the Democrats will rally around the simple message of affordable groceries in the closing days of campaigning. They don't like eggs anymore?
No, they like eggs. But we have to set that $7 aside for killing Palestinians? Oh, dear. There's a lot of incredible things going on around Michigan and frankly this country with
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