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Stories to Amplify — August 18, 2025

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🇷🇺 Trump Capitulates To Putin On The World Stage

  • Putin triumphs in Alaska, showing Russian leader’s diplomatic victory over Trump (Politico).

  • Trump bows to Putin’s approach on Ukraine: No cease-fire, deadlines or sanctions (New York Times).

  • Putin returns to Moscow with air of triumph after summit, demonstrating Trump’s weakness on world stage (Wall Street Journal).

👑 Trump’s Mad King Power Grab: Washington, DC

  • More National Guard soldiers head to D.C. and prepare to carry weapons, escalating military presence in nation’s capital (Wall Street Journal).

  • Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, expanding federal militarization efforts (Associated Press).

  • Where D.C. crime is bad, residents question Trump’s motives, revealing skepticism about true intentions behind crackdown (New York Times).

  • Trump’s masked officers tase delivery man in D.C., showing excessive force against innocent workers (The Bulwark).

🧨 Struggling Trump Economy

  • Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation, creating additional burden on household budgets (NPR).

  • Airline ticket prices are sky-high, showing transportation cost increases affecting travel (Axios).

  • Job market gloom hasn’t been this bad since the Great Recession, revealing severe employment outlook deterioration (Axios).