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What Happened Today – May 23

🔴 GovBrief Intensity Score 144
High intensity. Big news cycle.
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This is an indexed score based on news activity. 100 = our permanent historical baseline that is adjusted for weekdays and weekend days. Scores above 100 mean a busier-than-normal news day.

Yesterday’s Most Popular Story

Trump claims autism “has to be artificially induced” while citing inflated statistics at MAHA event.

💼 Trump is weaponizing economic pressure to bend people and companies to his will.

Law firms offer millions in tribute, companies cut thousands of jobs as their contracts are canceled while others have to abandon workers when the White House cancels their right to work in the US.

But judges keep blocking his retaliation campaigns, proving his power isn’t absolute even as his self-proclaimed retribution actions attack multiple institutions. The question is whether we’ll fight back before the whole economy becomes his enforcement arm. Indivisible’s training next Tuesday can show how you and your family, friends, and neighbors can fight back.

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