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Why do so few Americans vote in mayoral elections? Maybe Americans don’t think the mayor of their city makes that much of a difference in their lives? Or is it because they’re not aware that mayoral elections are happening in their city? Detroit’s mayoral race pits City Council President Mary Sheffield against the Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. The last general election for mayor in Detroit yielded about a 19% turnout. Across the US only 10 to 20% of Americans on average voted in recent mayoral elections. 🇺🇸 https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2025/08/19/mayor-general-election-sheffield-kinloch-campaign

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Brian Gavidia, an American citizen, was illegally arrested in June by ICE. He is now part of a lawsuit over illiegal immigration enforcement raid tactics used by the Trump Administration that are in violation of the constitutional rights of American citizens. 🇺🇸 Clearly the Trump Administration has put people in charge that have forgotten about the Constitution of the United States of America and they need to get new management in charge at ICE who understand the rights of American citizens. 🇺🇸

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The Trump Administration’s tariffs and crackdown on legal immigrants risk a return of 1970s-esque "stagflation", when a sudden oil shock prompted stagnant growth and prices spiraling up, except this time the crisis would be self-inflicted. The labour market is sending clearly worrisome signals. Job creation was almost non-existent in May and June, sluggish in July, and the ranks of discouraged workers are growing. 🇺🇸 Prices for hard-to-substitute, imported staples, like coffee and bananas, have already jumped. Forecasters expect price increases to widen in the months ahead, as firms sell down pre-tariff stock and raise prices, now that they have more confidence about what the tariff policies might be.🇺🇸

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The US economy is a puzzle but the pieces aren't fitting together - BBC News

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To avoid tariffs and trade war uncertainty, more companies are using U.S. Customs-sanctioned foreign trade zones (FTZs) and bonded warehouses, where products can be stored anywhere from years to indefinitely with the hopes that the Trump Administration’s tariffs will go away and companies won’t have to pay and then pass the cost of tariffs on to Americans. Given that the Trump Administration seems very attached to tariffs Americans are likely going to pay the price of tariffs over several years as goods come out of the bonded warehouses. 🇺🇸

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U.S. producer prices increased by the most in three years in July amid a surge in the costs of goods and services, suggesting a broad pickup in inflation is imminent. July CPI data also showed inflation is steady, along with the recent poor jobs report it seems the US is headed for stagflation. 🇺🇸This leaves the Fed in a tough position because if they cut rates in September, Americans will face even higher prices on products in relation to inflation on top of higher prices from tariffs over the next few years. If the Fed doesn’t cut rates in September, the job market which was already declining from the current economic policies in place from the Trump Administration may get worse. 🇺🇸 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-producer-inflation-heats-up-goods-services-prices-soar-2025-08-14/