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What Happened Today – October 6, 2025

⚖️ They’re bulldozing constraints while starving our protections.

Troops are moving toward Chicago, and Trump threatens Portland and the courts with the Insurrection Act. Down in Florida, the DOJ admits that not everyone locked up in the Everglades was subject to deportation. And in California, the Hollywood-Burbank Airport’s control tower sat unmanned for six hours because controllers aren’t getting paid.

Trump loves the shutdown. He just named the 7th person to lead the IRS this year, and it’s only October. There are fewer people to say no, fewer watchdogs, and much less resistance.

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The illegal aliens who are here are taking jobs away from Blacks, they’re taking jobs away from Whites, they’re taking job away from Latinos, they’re taking their health benefits away, they’re taking their school slots away, and of course, in many cases, they’re committing heinous crimes. We cannot have a system of law in this country that privileges illegal aliens over American citizens, and that’s what they’re doing. You know it and I know it.
Steven Miller speaking on CNN on October 6..
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Trump administration plans Social Security disability rule eliminating age as eligibility factor or raising threshold to 60, potentially denying benefits to 750,000 older Americans.

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