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Stories to Amplify — July 18, 2025

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

  • House gives final approval to Trump’s $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid, targeting essential information services (Associated Press).

  • Where Congress’s cuts threaten access to PBS and NPR, affecting public media nationwide (New York Times).

  • Trump’s new Alcatraz could cost $2 billion, adding to wasteful spending priorities (Axios).

💰 Corruption And Authoritarianism: Trump Is Protecting The Ultra-Rich, Not You

  • Jeffrey Epstein’s friends sent him bawdy letters for a 50th birthday album. One was from Donald Trump. (Wall Street Journal).

  • The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking (Mother Jones).

📊 Public Opinion

  • Trump faces backlash as 69% believe Epstein details concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds widespread suspicion (Reuters).

  • Trump’s approval rating on immigration and government spending has slipped, new AP-NORC poll finds declining support (Associated Press).

  • Trump’s approval hits new low as Epstein pressure mounts, showing political consequences of scandal (Strength In Numbers).

🚨 Trump’s Cruel and Chaotic Immigration Policy Is Targeting People Without Criminal Records

  • Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE, violating privacy protections (Associated Press).

  • Here legally since 1999, thousands of immigrants have 60 days to leave, as Trump targets long-term residents (Washington Post).

  • Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone (Associated Press).