🏥 Trump and Republicans Are Losing The Shutdown Fight
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MTG calls on Johnson to bring House back to DC and rails on GOP handling of health care, with far-right member admitting Republican political disaster (CNN).
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Republicans caution White House on inflicting shutdown pain, GOP lawmakers warning administration its strategy is backfiring (Wall Street Journal).
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Air traffic control staffing shortages cause more flight delays, showing cascading failures of prolonged crisis (CNN).
🧨 Struggling Trump Economy
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The unofficial jobs numbers are in and it’s rough out there, revealing dire employment situation through alternative data sources (Wall Street Journal).
👑 Trump’s Mad King Power Grab
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Trump threatens jail for Chicago Mayor, Illinois Governor, vowing to imprison state and local officials who resist federal overreach (USA Today).
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Before Trump ordered in troops, federal officers called Portland protests ‘low energy’, showing military deployment was always unnecessary (New York Times).
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Trump asks conservative allies for names of antifa activists, seeking to compile enemies list of political opponents (Reuters).
💰 Corruption And Authoritarianism: Trump Is Protecting The Ultra-Rich, Not You
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Trump fires Black officials from an overwhelmingly white administration, purging remaining diversity from already homogeneous government (New York Times).
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Inside the Justice Department where the president calls the shots, with unprecedented presidential control over prosecutorial decisions (Wall Street Journal).
🔥 Trump Is Making Us Less Safe
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GOP blocks bid to halt Trump’s attacks in the Caribbean Sea, Republicans enabling military action without congressional authorization (New York Times).
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A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, diverting national security resources to deportation operations (Washington Post).