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What Happened Today – August 17

👁️ What started in DC on Monday is spreading like contagion.

In less than a week, Trump’s military and police takeover unleashed masked agents snatching people, tearing down signs, and driving residents indoors. Oklahoma is forcing teachers transferring from NY and CA to take loyalty tests, humanitarian visas are cut off, and Europe is arriving in Washington in force because even allies do not trust Trump after his bungled Putin talks.

This is not just about DC or Oklahoma. Trump’s sycophants are embedded in local school boards, police departments, and statehouses everywhere. The culture they are enforcing from the top is one they are trying to normalize from the bottom up. Find the fights in your own backyard and start changing that culture before it locks in.

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We're taking America back, baby. Este es para America, Estados Unidos es número uno, which translates to 'This is for America, the United States is number one.'
ICE posts video of eight masked plainclothes agents tearing down a protest banner in DC’s Mount Pleasant as federal power moves onto city streets.
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Government papers left in Alaska hotel printer expose Trump-Putin summit details, fueling ongoing security concerns over administration’s handling of sensitive information.

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ABC7 Los Angeles, USA Today, CBS News, The Associated Press, The Hill, WUSA9 Washington, WSTM NY