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Standing Up to Trump's Abuse of Power — Fighting for America's Working Families.

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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 15h
13 hospitals in rural Virginia may soon be unable to deliver a baby. Some will keep an ER. That's not the same thing. "No labor and delivery services. No cardiac care." — state Sen. Barbara Favola The cause: Medicaid cuts in the budget law Trump signed.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 29/09/2026
Trump has now floated five separate "dividend" checks, totaling nearly $15,000 per American. $5,000 from DOGE savings. $2,000 from tariffs. Another $5,000 this month. $500 in ACA refunds. Number actually paid out this term: zero.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 29/09/2026
There's a farm crisis building in Iowa, and it traces to two decisions. Trump's tariffs scrambled the market and blew up trade with Canada — which buys roughly 30% of Iowa's exports. Then his war in Iran sent diesel up nearly 80%. Farms run on diesel.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 29/09/2026
Heating oil was $4.10 a gallon the week before Trump attacked Iran. It's now above $6 in New York. Up roughly 60%. Households that heat with oil are looking at a $2,300 season — a 31% jump from last winter.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 29/09/2026
NBC News: "The Iran war will have a chilling effect on your wallet this winter." Higher heating bills. Higher gas prices. Higher airfare. Package delivery surcharges. Trump's war doesn't stay overseas. It shows up in December, on your bill.
nbcnews.com
The Iran war will have a chilling effect on your wallet this winter
Sky-high airfare, rising gas prices and soaring home heating costs are all squeezing consumers heading into the holiday season.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 29/09/2026
CNBC: Heating, oil, airfares, gas prices, package surcharges — those are all going to be layered on top of the consumer this winter.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 28/09/2026
Republicans in Florida voted to gut health care for billionaire tax breaks, then lectured you about waste, fraud, and abuse. Meanwhile Trump pardoned 15 health care fraudsters who stole more than $2 billion from taxpayers, several of them Floridians. Spare us the lecture.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 24/09/2026
"Two years ago, I didn't have to have a second job in order to do the things that I want to do that I'm not willing to give up." Trump promised to lower prices on day one. Twenty months later, these Mainers are struggling just to get by — some working two jobs to stay in the same place.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 24/09/2026
MS NOW host: The average price of heating oil in Maine has increased 51% since the start of the war — and analysis from the Natural National Resource Council of Maine projects that each Maine family will pay $1,260 more for heating oil this winter.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 23/09/2026
Americans are uneasy about AI, and they want someone looking out for them. Trump’s answer is to slap a new name on it and hope people stop asking questions. A fancier label won’t protect anyone’s job, electric bill, or their kids’ safety.
thehill.com
Trump says AI will be renamed ‘super intelligence’ in all US documents
President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that artificial intelligence will be renamed “super intelligence” in all U.S. documents.  “The United States also totally re…
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 23/09/2026
Diesel is pushing $7 a gallon in Washington state. Tariffs on top of that. Health care costs on top of that. Rep. @jayapal.house.gov: families are choosing between feeding their kids and driving to work. That's not an economy. That's Trump's crisis.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/09/2026
NEW: Donald Trump made 1,156 personal financial trades in July. It should be illegal for the president to trade individual stocks - period.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 23/09/2026
CNBC: 30-year mortgage rates reached new highs here of the cycle. We’re above 7%. We’ve seen mortgage applications come down for another week. The housing market continues to struggle, and affordability is really the main problem, with higher prices and higher rates. It’s a really bad combination.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 23/09/2026
Trump's tariffs helped push beef to record highs. Then he waived tariffs on 300,000 tons of imported beef to fix the problem he made. Prices are still climbing. Texas BBQ joints are still closing. Working families are paying for his chaos either way.
washingtonpost.com
A top Texas smokehouse is cutting brisket from its menu amid soaring beef prices
Butter’s BBQ in Sinton, Texas, says brisket is eating up 70 percent of its total grocery costs.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 22/09/2026
"This is an incident that smacks of corruption." @normeisen.bsky.social on the Putin-tied Russian oligarch who secretly bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration. "That is not America."
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 22/09/2026
The Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs. Corporations have gotten roughly $100 BILLION back. You've gotten nothing. You paid the tariff at the register. Big companies got the refund check. Elizabeth Warren and 5 senators are demanding to know why.
semafor.com
Exclusive: Senate Democrats press Greer to refund consumers for tariffs
The lawmakers ask whether officials are monitoring firms’ actions and weighing direct refunds.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 21/09/2026
"I think he's just sacrificing us." An American farmer on Trump. Asked if the president is disconnected from what farmers are facing, he said no: "I think he knows what it is." Trump knows what his war is costing them. He's doing it anyway.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 21/09/2026
Sen. Mark Kelly: Service members are at risk — we have 18 dead Americans and 700 injured. For what? For higher gas prices and diesel prices for farmers and gas prices for the American people. And the cost of food is going up. Americans can't afford their lives
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 21/09/2026
Rep. Andy Biggs voted to cut Medicaid by $1 trillion. He voted against extending the ACA tax credits. He introduced a bill to repeal the ACA outright. Arizonans are living with the consequences.
coppercourier.com
Andy Biggs wants to govern Arizona amid a healthcare crisis he helped create
US Rep. Andy Biggs is campaigning to be Arizona’s next governor. If he wins, he could inherit a healthcare crisis of his own making.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 18/09/2026
Diesel just hit a record $6.40 a gallon. Trump's tariffs and his forever war in Iran are squeezing family budgets. He isn't owning the inflation his agenda created. He's attacking the Fed on social media instead.
wsj.com
Weeks Before the Midterms, Almost Everything Is Getting More Expensive
The price of eating out, filling a gas tank and buying a house keeps rising. The Fed raised rates to try to tamp down inflation, but that will make borrowing more expensive too.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 18/09/2026
Heating oil is up about 60% since the U.S. and Israel started attacking Iran in February. Millions of families in the Northeast and Alaska are bracing for winter bills far higher than last year's. Trump's war is showing up at home.
nytimes.com
Why the Iran War Will Make Heating Oil More Expensive for Some This Winter
The cost of heating oil, which is similar to diesel and used extensively in Northeastern states, has climbed sharply because of the war in Iran.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 18/09/2026
Donald Trump promised lower prices. Instead, mortgage rates are near 7%, gas is near its highest level since 2022, and the Fed just raised interest rates for the first time in three years. Everything costs more than it did a week ago.
wsj.com
Weeks Before the Midterms, Almost Everything Is Getting More Expensive
The price of eating out, filling a gas tank and buying a house keeps rising. The Fed raised rates to try to tamp down inflation, but that will make borrowing more expensive too.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 16/09/2026
⛽ NEW: Americans have spent an additional $83 billion on gas since the start of the Iran war, according to a Joint Economic Committee Democrats analysis. That's about $699 extra per family.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 11/09/2026
Nebraska seniors are bagging groceries and stocking shelves because they can't afford their prescriptions and housing. They worked their whole lives. Trump and his wealthy friends got tax breaks. Our seniors got a second shift.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 11/09/2026
Diesel prices in the U.S. hit yet another record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average as Trump's war with Iran disrupts the world’s flow of fuel.
apnews.com
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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 09/09/2026
No matter what Rep. Bresnahan said tonight at the Republican Convention, he voted to cut healthcare for billionaire tax breaks and Trump's forever war raising costs for everyone in Pennsylvania.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 01/09/2026
More than 15,000 Americans have contracted cyclosporiasis since May, traced to iceberg lettuce. The farm involved hadn't been FDA-inspected in seven years.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 27/08/2026
“I’m over the Trump thing.” A three-time Trump voter says the promises aren’t matching reality: prices are still high, tensions overseas are escalating, and Americans are being asked to carry the cost. “We need to bring the troops home and just be done with it.”
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 27/08/2026
"Everything is harder every single day — from food to doctor appointments to gas." That's what the affordability crisis looks like in Texas. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans made it worse, and families are paying for it.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 27/08/2026
Trump inherited low inflation, right near the Fed’s target. Eighteen months later, prices are climbing without an end in sight, and families are footing the bill every time they check out at the grocery store.
wpbf.com
War, tariffs and AI are keeping pressure on prices as inflation remains stuck at 3.7%
Inflation remains at 3.7% for the second month, with global conflict, tariffs, and rising demand for technology driving costs higher, according to the Federal Reserve.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 24/08/2026
When a North Carolina family’s health insurance premiums cost more than their mortgage, something is deeply wrong. Families shouldn’t have to choose between paying for healthcare and keeping a roof over their heads. Rep. Deborah Ross is right to keep sounding the alarm.
ncnewsline.com
Healthcare costs, Medicaid cuts draw increased scrutiny from NC Democrats ahead of midterms • NC Newsline
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, North Carolina is expected to lose nearly $50 billion over the next 10 years, according to analysis by the NC Department of Health and Human Services. Democrats s...
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 18/08/2026
Sen. Ossoff: Now the Trump administration, it seems, will give the stamp of approval to the Trump family Bank— I mean, we're in banana Republic territory here.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 12/08/2026
"I HIT ROCK BOTTOM DAILY" 30% of Americans are putting groceries and medical bills on credit cards they know they can't pay off, and a mother of six is racking up $25/day in late fees after losing food stamps. Meanwhile, the White House claims the country is "more affordable."
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 28/07/2026
“Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran drove up the cost of diesel fuel just as farmers were set to start their spring planting.” According to a new report from @jecdems.bsky.social, Trump’s illegal war with Iran sent farm diesel costs soaring 63% during planting season.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 28/07/2026
A new congressional report finds farmers paid $1.4 BILLION more for diesel during the 2026 planting season—a 63% jump for five major crops. Trump promised lower costs. His war helped deliver the opposite. Farmers and families are paying the price.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 18/06/2026
“Iran is left stronger, we are left weaker.” Republican senators are sounding the alarm on Trump's disastrous Iran deal. 👇
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 10/06/2026
SHOT: Trump in 2024: “Starting on Day 1, we will end inflation and make America affordable again.” CHASER: Inflation just climbed to 4.2%, its highest rate in four years. The promise was lower prices. The reality is a growing affordability crisis.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 16/04/2026
PROMISES BROKEN: We compiled every time Trump told Nevada he'd lower prices and end inflation. He's been president 15 months. Still waiting.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 15/04/2026
“You don’t need to be an economist to figure this out.” Prices went up under Trump. Not down. Georgia State Rep. Jasmine Clark breaks it down 👇
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 15/04/2026
Trump’s “tax cut” doesn’t come close. Nevada families would need $2,676 just to break even — nearly 8x the average refund increase. Higher health costs. Rising tariffs. More pain at the pump. You’re paying more while Trump calls it a win. That’s not relief. That’s a raw deal.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 02/03/2026
Three U.S. fighter jets lost to friendly fire over Kuwait. Cost to replace: over $270 million. That’s the equivalent of 60 million school lunches for American kids.
defendamericaaction.org
THE EQUIVALENT OF 60 MILLION SCHOOL LUNCHES WENT DOWN IN FLAMES OVER KUWAIT THIS MORNING — Defend America Action
The cost of a war of choice. This morning Kuwaiti air defenses mistakenly shot down three US F-15 fighter jets in a friendly fire incident. All crew were safely accounted...
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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump has built his entire presidency around these stupid tariffs. They’ve damaged the American economy and isolated us on the international stage. He now has zero leverage over the rest of the world, and the average American consumer will hopefully get some relief from the price hikes he created.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 20/02/2026
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 16/02/2026
Trump's DOGE cut 2,400 Wisconsin federal jobs—yet federal spending INCREASED from $6.95 trillion to over $7 trillion. Trump promised to drain the swamp and save money—instead he fired workers, failed to cut spending, and left families scrambling.
wpr.org
Under Trump and DOGE, Wisconsin lost 2.4K federal workers — while spending increased
One year later, the DOGE project failed to reduce federal spending, and workers in Wisconsin say they've had to move on from federal employment or find ways to continue their work under challenging co...
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 16/02/2026
Trump promised West Virginia coal miners he'd bring back their jobs. Instead: 199 miners getting pink slips, Mountain View Mine closing permanently, Tucker County devastated. Trump lied to coal country while giving tax breaks to billionaires.
lootpress.com
West Virginia coal mine announces permanent closure, nearly 200 jobs to be eliminated
TUCKER COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) - Miners at Mettiki Coal were notified Thursday that the company’s Mountain View Mine in Tucker County will permanently close, r
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 16/02/2026
Virginia small business owner warns Trump's tariffs are squeezing thin margins, forcing price increases, and hurting artisan partners abroad. Meanwhile, VA Republicans like Rep. Kiggans vote to BLOCK efforts to end the tariffs devastating families.
virginiaindependentnews.com
Trump tariffs cost households average of $1,000 in 2025, study finds
Republican members of Virginia’s congressional delegation have repeatedly blocked efforts to rein in the president’s tariffs.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 16/02/2026
Trump's threats to annex Canada as "51st state" devastated Vermont border town: Willey's Store sales DOWN 33%, Hill Farmstead brewery DOWN 25-30%, border crossings DOWN 30%, Canadian spending DOWN 50%. Trump is bankrupting rural America.
nytimes.com
A Vermont Town Was a Foodie Mecca for Canadians. Until Trump’s Threats.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 16/02/2026
Trump's cuts to public media devastated Utah: KUER and PBS Utah forced to lay off 8 employees, 5 more took early retirement—10% of staff GONE. Congress rescinded $1.1 BILLION, dissolved Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Trump is killing local news.
sltrib.com
KUER and PBS Utah cut 10% of their staff after axing of federal public media funds
The two major public broadcasting stations in Salt Lake City, NPR affiliate KUER and PBS Utah, are cutting 10% of their employees, after losing federal support.
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 15/02/2026
Houston braces for MORE layoffs as Trump's failed economy drives job losses to highest level since 2009. Over 108,000 layoffs in January nationwide, Texas seeing year-over-year increases. Employment experts warn worse is coming.
click2houston.com
‘Prepare for uncertain employment future’: More layoffs expected amid economic strain
ln recent months there have been multiple businesses and corporations in the Houston area announcing layoffs. The sudden loss of employment from various sectors has impacted hardworking individuals at...
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Defend America Action @defendamericaaction.org · 15/02/2026
Trump's mass deportations are devastating Tennessee's construction boom: 45% of firms directly impacted, 18% lost workers who didn't show up, 32% saw subcontractors lose staff. Trump's immigration crackdown is crushing the state's economy.
newschannel5.com
Tennessee construction boom threatened by immigration enforcement worker shortage
Tennessee construction industry shows strong growth but faces labor shortages as immigration enforcement impacts nearly half of firms statewide.
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