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Six months into a war with Iran, and it’s showing up at your gas pump. Congress moved the shutdown fight to December 11th, five weeks after you vote. Fifty-seven immigrant detainees have died in government custody. Food recalls are on pace to match last year while SNAP cuts are quietly costing kids their school lunch. And two months out from an election, a whistleblower says the Postal Service is rushing a mail ballot system.Plus my California voting group on Sway and the petition I started with Change.org to get families answers about how their loved ones died.Links below. Election Day is November 3rd.Change.Org Petition — c.org/yCx5R7LRygSway Group for California Voters- https://www.sway.co/malyndahaleSOURCES Iran strikes and the Strait of Hormuz — Just Security, Sept 2 https://www.justsecurity.org/155980/early-edition-september-2-2026/Oil prices and midterm politics — NPR World https://www.npr.org/sections/world/Stopgap funding through December 11 — WORLD Radio, Sept 2 https://wng.org/podcasts/wednesday-morning-news-september-2-2026-178829708257th detainee death, Miami mega master hearings, SNAP and school meals — NPR National https://www.npr.org/sections/national/Third country deportations — Democracy Now, Sept 2 https://www.democracynow.org/2026/9/2/headlinesUSPS mail ballot whistleblower — PBS NewsHour, Sept 2 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/september-2-2026-pbs-news-hour-full-episodeJuly CPI at 3.4 percent — BLS https://www.bls.gov/cpi/Food recall tracker — Food Safety News https://www.foodsafetynews.com/tag/2026-recalls/Jalapeño salmonella outbreak — FDA https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-jalapeno-august-2026I write about faith, justice and moral clarity, giving language to the things you feel but struggle to say. Paid subscribers get two exclusive offerings: What I’m Learning Right Now, a monthly unfiltered personal essay, and Off The Record, a twice monthly personal video series letting you into my actual life. Become a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit malyndahale.substack.com/subscribe

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit malyndahale.substack.comI don’t remember a time when I wasn’t singing. It was my first love before anything else, before acting, before filmmaking, before activism, before any of this. And for a long time it was the thing I wanted most in the world. This month on Off The Record I’m sharing the story I’ve never really told publicly. Where singing started for me, what it cost me…

18 months in, what does everything actually cost now compared to when this administration started? We're breaking down grocery prices, gas prices, and the bigger economic picture, and what renewable energy's record-breaking spring means for family budgets going forward.SOURCESNBC News Grocery Price Tracker — https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/grocery-price-tracker-inflation-trends-eggs-bread-trump-administration-rcna257424USDA Food Price Outlook — https://www.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/food-prices-and-spendingGas Prices 18 Months — https://www.finder.com/economics/gas-pricesLendingTree Gas Price Study — https://www.lendingtree.com/credit-cards/study/us-gas-prices/EIA Gasoline and Diesel Update — https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/BLS CPI May 2026 — https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/10/cpi-inflation-report-may-2026.htmlCBS News CPI Report — https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-report-today-may-2026-inflation-iran-war-trump/NBC News Inflation Report — https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/may-inflation-report-gas-prices-iran-rcna349059USAFacts Wages vs Inflation — https://usafacts.org/answers/are-wages-keeping-up-with-inflation/country/united-states/Canary Media Clean Energy Records — https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/this-spring-clean-energy-in-the-us-set-record-after-recordI write about faith, justice and moral clarity, giving language to the things you feel but struggle to say. Paid subscribers get two exclusive offerings: What I’m Learning Right Now, a monthly unfiltered personal essay, and starting in July, Off The Record, a twice monthly personal video series letting you into my actual life. Become a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit malyndahale.substack.com/subscribe