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• The Governor of Texas explodes after developers who are ruining the housing market!

  THE CRISIS NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT 🚨 In this explosive episode, we reveal how immigration policies are literally PARALYZING the construction industry in Texas and across the United States. As the housing market plummets, builders face their worst nightmare: 92% of companies can’t find workers.

  📰 SOURCES AND REFERENCES: Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Economic Policy Institute Report – July 2025

  Noble Chronicles (YouTube) | November 7, 2025
• Gov. Kehoe signs bill to ban race-based hair discrimination

  According to the Economic Policy Institute, hair discrimination is rooted in systemic racism, and its purpose is to preserve white spaces.

  News Press Now (Missouri) | November 7, 2025
• Congress Could Get Millions of People Off of SNAP by Raising the Minimum Wage, but It Hasn’t — for 16 Years

  The latest proposal to hike minimum pay, the Raise the Wage Act of 2025, would bring the federal rate up incrementally to $17 by 2030. According to research by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, that change alone would positively impact more than 22 million workers, including many of the lowest-paid in the nation, and provide an additional $70 billion annually in wages.

  Capital & Main | November 7, 2025
• Lost Customers Flagged as Emerging Risk in Immigration Crackdown

  “There’s always a question about the magnitude of these effects, but the logic is kind of inescapable,” said Ben Zipperer, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. “If you want a growing population of workers or a growing population of consumers, you have to have immigration. There’s no way around it.”

  More immigration enforcement or new immigration policies means fewer workers, which means fewer people spending paychecks, Zipperer said.

  Bloomberg Law | November 7, 2025
• Black Women Drive Entrepreneurship in America, So Why Are So Many Being Left Behind?

  Black women’s unemployment and job losses have surged, adding extra pressure on business owners like Lewis. According to a Economic Policy Institute analysis, the unemployment rate for Black workers rose to 7.5 percent in August 2025, with the decline concentrated among Black women.

  Blavity | November 7, 2025
• Texan Takes On Corporate Abuse as Trump’s FTC Abandons Workers

  The FTC puts the number of workers bound by noncompete clauses at 30 million, almost 1 in 5 Americans. The Economic Policy Institute estimates the true number could be up to 60 million. Terms of the agreements can vary greatly, and typically include restrictions on where an employee can work, in what field, and for how long.

  The American Prospect | November 7, 2025
• ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry

  Deportations leave holes to fill in the construction industry, but Mallick, Palomino and others say there are few U.S.-born workers willing to take them. In a report published in July, the non-partisan Economic Policy Institute, concluded that if the Trump administration meets its goal of deporting 4 million people by the end of 2028, 1.4 million immigrants who work in the construction industry would be lost. And there would be a net loss of 861,000 jobs among U.S.-born workers, partly because the sudden removal of part of the work force could force contractors to rapidly scale back or shut down entirely.

  NPR | November 7, 2025

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