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Stories to Amplify — July 7, 2025

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📋 Trump’s Spending Bill: Tax Breaks For The Rich, Health Care And Food Snatched From Americans Who Need It

  • Trump signs Big, Ugly Bill during White House 4th of July celebrations (ABC News).

  • How healthcare cuts in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ will affect Americans, analysis shows widespread impact on medical coverage (The Wall Street Journal).

  • The economic consequences of the highly regressive, budget-busting Big, Ugly Bill (The New Yorker).

  • How Trump’s megabill could slam the job market, threatening employment across multiple sectors (Politico).

  • States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts, as healthcare infrastructure faces threats (Stateline).

⛈️ Trump Is Making Us Less Safe: Weather Agencies Gutted As Floods Increase

  • The Trump Administration wants to close down key weather labs across the country, undermining meteorological capabilities (NOTUS).

  • Texas officials slam Trump’s National Weather Service for botched forecast, highlighting consequences of agency cuts (The Daily Beast).

  • Trump cuts may have led to scaled-back Texas flood predictions, raising concerns about public safety (The Independent).

  • Experts question if Weather Service was operating at its best amid Trump’s cuts ahead of Texas floods (TIME).

🧨 Struggling Trump Economy

  • An increasing share of American adults are going hungry, as Trump signs bill to gut food assistance (Axios).

  • How Trump’s trade war is upending the global economy, analysis shows worldwide disruption (Reuters).

👑 Trump’s Mad King Power Grab

  • The repressive tool behind Trump’s latest immigration crackdown, examining denaturalization as authoritarian tactic (Vox).

  • Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ reveals the ongoing cruelty towards migrants in US, exposing inhumane detention conditions (The Guardian).

  • ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center poses serious risks to immigrants beyond just alligators, highlighting multiple dangers at facility (Rolling Stone).

  • Florida Democrats denied entry to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after Trump visit, blocking oversight of controversial facility (The Hill).