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Trump’s 30% tariff on South African exports could gut a Texas staple: cowboy boots.
The ostrich leather used by top U.S. bootmakers? Sourced almost entirely from South Africa.

Now, farms abroad — and jobs at home — are at risk.

Judge Strikes Down Trump Law, Says It Was Motivated by Pure Racism Donald Trump has suffered another legal blow in his war on immigration.

A federal judge blocked Trump’s attempt to strip protections from 60,000 immigrants—calling the plan racist and rooted in white replacement theory. The law was never about safety. It was about exclusion.
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Smithsonian removes reference to Trump’s impeachments from presidency exhibit | CNN Politics In a statement to CNN Thursday, The Smithsonian said the decision was made after a review of the museum’s “legacy content” this year.

Trump was impeached twice. That history is now missing from the Smithsonian’s presidency exhibit—after an executive order aimed at reshaping how we remember the past.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down after Trump funding cuts | CNN Business The CPB announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.

Trump got what Republicans have pushed for over 40 years: public media defunded. CPB is shutting down. Rural stations may go dark. The loss? Trusted news, kids’ shows, emergency alerts—gone.
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Trump fired the Labor Secretary for releasing accurate job numbers.

As Peter Baker put it: The message to government workers is clear — contradict Trump, even with facts, and you’re out.

Trump Adviser Reminded on Live TV About Last Time Economy Was This Bad The jobs report is out—and Trump’s team is scrambling to defend the terrible numbers.

Trump’s team blamed “seasonal quirks” and immigrants for the worst jobs report since the pandemic. The real culprit? His own trade war—and the 260,000 jobs quietly wiped off past reports.
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TikTok Billionaire Donates Millions to Trump as He Repeatedly Delays Ban Jeff Yass, co-founder of ByteDance investor Susquehanna International Group, made his largest ever political donations to Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC in the first half of the year, per a new FEC filing.

Trump keeps delaying the TikTok ban. The app’s top investor just gave him $16 million.
National security? Or pay-to-play?
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Dinner costing more lately? You’re not imagining it.
Republican-led tariffs are jacking up food prices — while billionaires cash in.

@unrigoureconomy.bsky.social breaks it down: dontinflateourplates.com/

Yesterday, @booker.senate.gov asked Trump judicial nominee Eric Tung a simple question:

“Do you think Democrats are evil?”

Tung refused—again and again.

It took pressure from two senators just to get him to say no.
This is who Trump wants on the bench.

The Emil Bove Saga Isn’t Over Yet Republicans just confirmed Trump’s former personal attorney to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that won’t erase the multiple scandals he’s embroiled in.

A man who reportedly said “F*** you” to federal judges is now one himself. Senate Republicans just handed Trump’s ex-lawyer a lifetime seat—despite a trail of corruption, cover-ups, and contempt for the law.
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💸 BBQ season hits different when beef is $10/lb. Congressional Republican-backed tariffs are grilling your grocery bill so the ultra-rich can keep feasting.
Track the proof on @unrigoureconomy.bsky.social’s new grocery pricing site:
🍔 dontinflateourplates.com/

Chuck Schumer exposes how Republicans don’t believe in democracy. Laws like the SAVE Act are being pushed out to suppress votes and rewrite who counts in America.

White House unveils crypto policy 'roadmap' meant to usher in 'golden age' White House officials billed the 160-page document as "the most comprehensive piece of work on digital assets that's ever been produced."

The White House just dropped what they’re calling the "most comprehensive piece of work ever produced". It's a 160-page crypto roadmap covering everything on stablecoins, DeFi, taxation, banks, & digital custody.
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States Step In After the Supreme Court Puts Wetlands at Risk A patchwork of protections emerges as only some states pursue them

ICYMI: After the Supreme Court gutted federal wetland protections, states like Illinois are scrambling to fill the gap. But without action, hundreds of thousands of acres could be paved over—and once they're gone, they're gone for good.
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.@slotkin.senate.gov puts it best: the HONEST Act is our first defense against Donald Trump's crypto corruption.

Bessent: Trump Tax Scam Opened the Door to Privatize Social Security - Accountable US Today, President Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted the Trump tax scam created a “backdoor for privatizing Social Security."

Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just admitted the Trump tax scam opened the door to privatize Social Security.

Once again the admin is risking the financial security of millions to protect a system rigged in the favor of big corporations and billionaires.
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NEW POLL: Most Americans still feel underwater.

🔹 63% rate the economy negatively
🔹 53% feel financially behind
🔹 53% are uneasy about the months ahead
🔹 Half say they can’t save or enjoy life like they used to

The struggle is real.

The Billion Dollar Backers Behind the Trump Tax Scam Congressional Republicans sell out to Big Oil, Pharma, and Wall Street to pass Trump’s deeply unpopular bill.

It's the 60th anniversary of Medicaid, and Donald Trump and congressional Republicans just signed off on the largest cuts to the program in its history. Millions of Americans will lose their insurance as a result.

It's not just cruel, it's deeply unpopular.
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The Billion Dollar Backers Behind the Trump Tax Scam Congressional Republicans sell out to Big Oil, Pharma, and Wall Street to pass Trump’s deeply unpopular bill.

Trump's tax scam didn't materialize out of nowhere — it was bought and paid for. In the days and weeks leading up to the bill's passage, we tracked an millions of dollars pouring in from Big Oil, Pharma, Tech, and Wall Street to congressional Republicans.

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Advocates demand closure of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, citing appalling conditions Non-profit groups say detained immigrants in Florida are denied medical care and living in ‘cages flooded with feces’

Trump built a migrant jail in the middle of the Everglades.
No running water. No medical care. Cages filled with sewage.
He toured it. He celebrated it.
And now it’s being called a public health crisis.
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Right-Wing Leader Says Conservatives Need 'Scalps' of Woke Wall Street CEOs Lisa Nelson, ALEC’s CEO, said conservatives need a “scalp” from either Bank of America’s Brian Moynihan or BlackRock’s Larry Fink.

ICYMI: When the head of ALEC says they need to “take out” Wall Street CEOs over DEI and climate goals, it’s not about business—it’s about control. And it’s powered by Leonard Leo’s war chest.
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America’s new wave of hunger is here. A Maine food bank is tackling it head on No Greater Love strained to serve hungry patrons in Maine, New England’s most food insecure state. Then they lost more than 1,000lb of federally funded goods

No Greater Love used to provide 7–8 meals a week.

After Trump’s cuts to emergency food programs, they’re down to 3–4—and still losing hundreds of pounds of food every month.

This is how hunger spreads.
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10 States That Face the Harshest SNAP Cuts Under Trump’s New Bill Here's where food assistance will drop the most by 2029.

Trump’s new bill slashes food assistance across the country. Michigan, Georgia, and New Mexico are among the hardest hit—losing hundreds of millions while the wealthy rake in tax breaks.
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Contributor: The Supreme Court owes you an explanation When the justices rule without offering a rationale, we can't know if they are following the law or just exercising power.

No ruling that impacts life, death, or the power of a president should be handed down without explanation. Yet that’s exactly what the Supreme Court is doing—ruling from the shadows, and leaving the rest of us in the dark.

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Trump Media Buys $2 Billion in Bitcoin for Crypto Treasury Plan Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the firm behind Truth Social, has acquired about $2 billion in Bitcoin and related securities as part of its previously announced plan to become a crypto treasury company.

ICYMI: Trump Media just bought $2 billion in Bitcoin.

At the same time, Trump is slashing health care and food assistance. His media empire is building a crypto war chest—while millions brace for cuts to care.

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This Is the Presidency John Roberts Has Built The country is witnessing the creation of an all-powerful institution, and one man is responsible.

ICYMI: A president who says, “I can do whatever I want,” is one thing. A Supreme Court that agrees—and rewrites the Constitution to prove it—is something far more dangerous. John Roberts made that possible.
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Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them The White House says roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts won’t limit home- and community-based care. Health care experts disagree.

Rob relies on Medicaid to live independently with a rare disease. “I don’t want to just survive,” he says. Trump’s $1T cuts could take that away—from him, and millions like him.
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From Truth Social to bitcoin empire: Trump’s $2 billion pivot Follow the money: Trump’s latest crypto maneuver explained

Trump's media company is bleeding cash—so he turned it into a $2B bitcoin scheme.
@juddlegum.bsky.social details how Trump is using policy to boost his wallet and crypto allies. Corruption isn’t a bug—it’s the business model.
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The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA Sunshine State Attorney General James Uthmeier is the real brains behind this notorious migrant detention camp in the Everglades. The more barbarities that emerge, the brighter his star will no doubt shine.

ICYMI: The man behind Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp is 37 and rising fast in the MAGA ranks.
The more brutal the treatment of migrants, the brighter his future.
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ICYMI: The final price tag on Trump’s July 4th megabill? $3.4T in red ink and 10M Americans losing health coverage — all to pay for permanent tax breaks for the wealthy.
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