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Stories to Amplify — August 22, 2025

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🧨 Struggling Trump Economy

  • Homebuyers in the US canceled contracts at record rate for July, showing widespread market retreat amid economic uncertainty (Bloomberg).

  • Walmart says tariff impact changing customers’ behavior, demonstrating response to cost increases (Axios).

👑 Trump’s Mad King Power Grab

  • Trump says law enforcement crackdown will ‘go on to other places’ during appearance at police facility in DC, threatening to expand authoritarian tactics nationwide (CNN).

  • Trump threatens ‘harsh measures’ if convicted GOP election denier Tina Peters not freed, using presidential power to pressure justice system (The Hill).

  • ICE aims to spend millions on decked-out vehicles for D.C. operation, investing heavily in immigration enforcement spectacle (Washington Post).

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

  • Trump administration reviewing all 55M people with US visas for potential deportable violations, targeting legal immigrants for removal (Associated Press).

  • Immigrant population in U.S. drops for the first time in decades, showing dramatic impact of enforcement policies (New York Times).

  • Poll suggests Trump’s ICE raids are backfiring in California, revealing public opposition to aggressive enforcement (Politico).

🔥 Trump Is Making Us Less Safe

  • F.B.I. plans to lower recruiting standards, alarming agents and  compromising law enforcement quality for political objectives (New York Times).