๐ Trump’s Agenda: Tax Breaks For The Rich, Health Care And Food Snatched From Americans Who Need It
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White House uses shutdown to maximize pain and punish political foes, deliberately inflicting harm on Americans for political advantage (New York Times).
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Trump causes bipartisan alarm by turning shutdown into DOGE 2.0, exploiting government crisis to pursue mass federal workforce reduction (Semafor).
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Trump budget chief says firings are coming in ‘one to two’ days due to shutdown, using fiscal crisis as pretext for purging federal employees (NBC).
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Construction on Trump’s ballroom continues amid government shutdown, prioritizing personal luxury projects while federal workers go unpaid (The Daily Beast).
๐งจ Struggling Trump Economy
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US manufacturing activity contracts for seventh straight month, showing industrial sector in prolonged decline (Bloomberg).
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New tariffs could worsen America’s housing crisis, trade policies threatening to deepen affordability emergency (New York Times).
๐ฐ Corruption And Authoritarianism: Trump Is Protecting The Ultra-Rich, Not You
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Howard Lutnick says ex-neighbor Jeffrey Epstein showed off massage room, made creepy comment during townhouse tour, Commerce Secretary describing disturbing interactions with convicted sex offender (New York Post).
๐ Public Opinion
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Trump hits lowest approval rating so far, dropping to historic low amid multiple crises (The Hill).
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Young voters, Black Americans sour on Trump as job market struggles, key demographics turning against president over economic failures (Politico).
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Grocery price pain rises, in warning sign for Trump and GOP, consumer frustration over food costs intensifying political backlash (Axios).