Nine months into the fiscal year, the U.S. is more than $1.3 trillion in the red — and the interest bill alone has already surpassed $1 trillion. That single line item now costs more than virtually every government program except Social Security.
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The bulletin's lead story is a troubling account of a fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine. Maine independent senator Angus King — who received the information directly from Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen — confirmed that the motorist killed was not named on the warrant the officers were attempting to serve [1] — Giles Snyder "An ICE officer shot and killed a motorist in Biddeford, Maine — but the victim wasn't even the person named on the warrant. Sen. Angus King…" 00:16 . The shooting occurred Monday morning in this small, historically immigrant-rich city near Portland, a place that grew up as a mill town drawing French Canadians and has since welcomed newer immigrant communities priced out of Portland's expensive housing market. The reaction was fast and fierce: by noon, roughly 200 protesters were marching through downtown Biddeford [2] — NPR Reporter (Maine Public) "Biddeford, Maine is a city of just over 20,000 people with deep immigrant roots — and within hours of the ICE shooting, hundreds of protest…" 00:41 . A reporter from Maine Public described residents as being in genuine shock — the kind of disbelief that comes when a community that felt distant from such violence suddenly finds itself the story. The ICE officer who opened fire said he did so because he feared for public safety when the motorist attempted to flee, according to the Homeland Security Department.
An ICE officer shot and killed a motorist in Biddeford, Maine — but the victim wasn't even the person named on the warrant. Sen. Angus King got that information directly from Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen, raising urgent questions about accountability.
Maine Sen. Angus King says the motorist fatally shot by ICE in Biddeford was not the target of the warrant officers were trying to serve.
Biddeford, Maine is a city of just over 20,000 people with deep immigrant roots — and within hours of the ICE shooting, hundreds of protesters took to the streets. A community that felt insulated from this kind of violence suddenly found itself at the center of a national crisis.
Within hours of the ICE shooting, a couple hundred protesters were marching through downtown Biddeford by noon.
Audience-building isn't a shortcut — it's a 3-year content grind before the product even exists. The speaker reveals that his monetisation success was entirely downstream of years spent tweeting daily and creating content, not talent or luck.
Building a monetisable audience on Twitter costs just 5 minutes a day — but it has to happen every day for years. The time barrier is low; the consistency barrier is where most people fail.
Sam built Algrow, a SaaS for finding viral content formats, with zero coding experience using ChatGPT and Cursor. Six months later: 10,000 users, $14K/month in revenue.
Sam's first MVP threw an application error on its very first user — and he shipped it anyway. The core idea worked, and that was enough to validate the product and keep users coming back.
Sam joined Discord voice chats, muted himself, and silently screen-shared his product. Users in the chat started tagging him asking what the tool was. No pitch needed — curiosity did the selling.
Most founders post links in Discord and immediately get banned for self-promotion. Sam's approach was the opposite: build rapport, help people with the tool, let word of mouth do the work.
Find where your ICP lives. Listen before building. Validate with DMs and Loom recordings. Build in public with users inside your own Discord server. Turn early adopters into advocates with free access.
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Algrow helps creators find and replicate viral video formats, starting at $25/month. It analyzes subscriber counts, average views, and trending formats — and can even generate the videos with AI.
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