🏭Trump's Liberation Day tariffs and mid-decade census exclusion order shake up trade and representation
On August 7, 2025, President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff package kicked in, applying a universal 10% duty on non-exempt trading partners and steep country-specific rates—from 15% to 50%—on 69 nations. Canada faces a 35% levy, Brazil 50%, and India 25% (with a further 25% penalty over Russian oil set to begin August 27). That same day, Trump directed the Commerce Department to launch a mid-decade census that would exclude undocumented immigrants from congressional apportionment figures, reviving his first-term proposal overturned by federal courts. Both moves deploy executive authority to shift economic costs onto U.S. consumers and political power toward Republican-leaning states.
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Your grocery bill jumps $2,400 annually as tariffs hit coffee, food, and essentials
Blue states lose House seats while Trump controls census counting
Global trade war escalates as allies retaliate with their own tariffs
Constitutional crisis brewing as courts challenge census manipulation
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