🚨 In this episode of Mad Tea, we break down Trump’s new Executive Order on homelessness and mental health line by line. What looks like care is actually surveillance, coercion, and criminalization. We name the harm, expose the language, and offer solidarity.

Housing is a right. Madness is not a crime.

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Here is a link to the executive order on the government's website:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

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