Capture lane

Democratic Backsliding

The Democratic Backsliding capture lane traces 67 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

67 events From Sep 18, 2025 To Mar 23, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-03-23Federal Judge Reverses Takedown Order, Rules DOGE Deposition Videos Can Stay Online 3 src
Department of Government Efficiency · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox
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2026-03-22Iran War Civilian Toll Mounts — 3,114+ Dead Including 1,354 Civilians, 210+ Children, 3.2M Displaced 4 src
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · Refugees International
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2026-03-20DOJ Sues Harvard Alleging Antisemitism, Seeks to Recover Billions in Federal Subsidies 4 src
DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harvard University
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2026-03-19Comey Subpoenaed in DOJ 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe Targeting Obama-Era Intelligence Officials 3 src
James Comey · Aileen Cannon · John Brennan · Jack Smith
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2026-03-19Freedom House Reports U.S. at Lowest Score Ever, Net Decline of 12 Points Since 2005 3 src
Freedom House
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2026-03-18Democrats Walk Out of Bondi-Blanche Epstein Briefing After Comer Vulgar Remark 4 src
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · James Comer · Robert Garcia
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2026-03-18DNI Gabbard Admits Iran Was 'Not Rebuilding Enrichment' Before War — Omits Finding from Oral Testimony 6 src
Tulsi Gabbard · John Ratcliffe · Kash Patel · Mark Warner · +1
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2026-03-18V-Dem Downgrades U.S. from Liberal Democracy to Electoral Democracy in Historic Report 3 src
V-Dem Institute
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2026-03-17ICE Charter Flights Deport Approximately 15 Ukrainians to Poland-Ukraine Border via Shannon, Ireland 4 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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2026-03-17Rep. Summer Lee Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Attorney General Pam Bondi 3 src
Pam Bondi
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2026-03-16Amnesty International Declares Minab Girls' School Strike a Potential War Crime — 168+ Killed Including 100+ Children 3 src
Amnesty International · U.S. Central Command · Pentagon
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2026-03-15House Democrats Launch Investigation Into DOJ Retaliatory Prosecution of NY AG Letitia James 3 src
Jamie Raskin · Pam Bondi · Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan
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2026-03-15Illinois and New York State Bar Associations File Formal Opposition to DOJ Ethics Shield Rule 4 src
Pam Bondi
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2026-03-13Judge Orders Plaintiffs to Remove Viral DOGE Deposition Videos from YouTube 3 src
Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency
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2026-03-03OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced 6 src
Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-03-02Texas School Prayer Law SB 11 Deadline Passes; Most Districts Decline to Adopt Daily Prayer Periods 3 src
Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott
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2026-02-27Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security 6 src
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1
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2026-02-27US Catholic Bishops Call Trump Birthright Citizenship Order "Affront to Catholic Teaching," File SCOTUS Brief 3 src
Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court
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2026-02-26Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety 5 src
Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-26Chief Judge Schiltz Threatens Criminal Contempt Against ICE After 96 Court Order Violations 4 src
Patrick Schiltz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Todd Lyons · Daniel Rosen · +1
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2026-02-26Hillary Clinton Gives Epstein Deposition as Boebert Leaks Classified Photo, Democrats Warn Trump Will Be Next 5 src
Hillary Clinton · James Comer · Robert Garcia · Lauren Boebert · +1
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2026-02-25Bipartisan House Oversight Investigation Launched into DOJ Withholding of Trump-Related Epstein Files 3 src
James Comer · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · +1
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2026-02-25Bloomberg Op-Ed Documents White Christian Nationalism Driving US Foreign Policy 3 src
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth
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2026-02-25Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition" 4 src
Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-25Judge Murphy Rules Third-Country Deportation Policy Unlawful, Documents Torture Convention Violations 4 src
DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-02-25Senate Fails Second DHS Funding Vote 50-45, Shutdown Continues as Congress Leaves for Recess 3 src
Chuck Schumer · Kristi Noem · United States Senate
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2026-02-24Former ICE Attorney Testifies Agency Trains Cadets to Violate Constitution 2 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-02-24France Bars U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner from Accessing Senior Government Officials 3 src
France · Charles Kushner · Donald Trump
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2026-02-24Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access 5 src
Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-24Judge Bryan Holds Federal Government in Contempt for ICE Transfer Violations 3 src
Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-02-24More Than a Dozen States Sue Over CDC Childhood Vaccine Recommendation Rollback 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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2026-02-24NPR Investigation Reveals DOJ Secretly Withheld Epstein Files Containing Abuse Accusations Against Trump 5 src
Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +2
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2026-02-24Trump Declares Christian Religious Revival in State of the Union, Frames Nation as God's Chosen Instrument 4 src
Donald Trump · Charlie Kirk
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2026-02-24Trump Moves Education Department Programs to HHS and State Without Congressional Approval 3 src
U.S. Department of Education · Department of State · Donald Trump
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2026-02-23Judge Cannon Permanently Blocks Jack Smith Classified Documents Report 3 src
Aileen Cannon · Jack Smith · Department of Justice
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2026-02-23Operation Metro Surge Final Data: Only 578 Arrests Documented of 4,000 Claimed 5 src
Tom Homan · Kristi Noem · Tim Walz · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1
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2026-02-22DHS Shutdown Emergency Measures: 63,000 TSA Agents Working Without Pay 3 src
Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · TSA · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · +1
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2026-02-22DHS Shutdown Furloughs 50%+ of Cybersecurity Agency Workforce 3 src
DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
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2026-02-22Noem and Lewandowski Secretly Devise TSA PreCheck Suspension, White House Reverses Within Hours 4 src
Kristi Noem · Corey Lewandowski · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · TSA
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2026-02-21Post-SCOTUS Tariff Pivot: Trump Invokes Section 122 Global Tariff and Launches Section 301 Investigations as Legal Workaround 7 src
Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Jamieson Greer · Department of the Treasury
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2026-02-21Trump Invokes Section 122 to Impose New Tariffs Within 24 Hours of Supreme Court Ruling 4 src
Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury
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2026-02-20CIA Director Ratcliffe Orders Retraction of 19 Intelligence Products 3 src
John Ratcliffe · Central Intelligence Agency
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2026-02-20FCC Chair Urges Broadcasters to Air 'Pro-America' Patriotic Content 3 src
Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission
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2026-02-20Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government 4 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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2026-02-20Justice Department Fires Judge-Appointed Virginia U.S. Attorney 3 src
Department of Justice
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2026-02-20Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3 in Historic Limitation on Executive Trade Authority 4 src
John Roberts · Donald Trump
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2026-02-20Trump Demands Netflix Remove Susan Rice from Board During Merger Review 3 src
Donald Trump · Netflix
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2026-02-20US Sanctions Three RSF Commanders for Darfur Atrocities, Critics Call Response Performative 3 src
Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury
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2026-02-19FCC Chair Confirms Investigation of ABC Over Equal-Time Violations on The View 3 src
Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission
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2026-02-19HUD Proposes Barring Families with Undocumented Members from Subsidized Housing 3 src
Donald Trump
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2026-02-19Venezuela Amnesty Law Passes: Government Claims 3,200 Released, Foro Penal Verifies Only 540 5 src confirmed
2026-02-18400 Christian Leaders Issue Ash Wednesday Letter Condemning Trump Administration as "Cruel and Oppressive," Calling White Christian Nationalism a Heresy 3 src
Cardinal Blase Cupich · Trump Administration · Pete Hegseth
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2026-02-18Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-18Native Americans Detained by ICE During Minneapolis Operations Without Records 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-02-17DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections 4 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +1
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2026-02-17DOJ Obtained Voter Files Covering 37 Million Voters via Secret Agreements 3 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump
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2026-02-17Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge 2 src
Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-17ICE 287(g) Agreements with Local Police Explode to 1,400+ 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump
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2026-02-17Maryland Governor Signs Emergency Ban on State-Local ICE Partnerships 3 src confirmed
2026-02-13ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation 2 src
American Civil Liberties Union · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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2026-02-11Pattern of Grand Jury Resistance to DOJ Political Prosecutions Emerges Across Multiple Districts 5 src
Jeanine Pirro · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Mark Kelly · +5
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2026-02-09Multifaith Coalition Sues Trump's Religious Liberty Commission for Excluding Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and Non-Christians 3 src
Democracy Forward · Dan Patrick · Ben Carson
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2026-02-05Hegseth Declares America a "Christian Nation" at National Prayer Breakfast; Says Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for It 3 src
Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense
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2026-02-05Trump Education Department Issues Guidance Allowing Teachers to Pray Visibly With Students During School Day 3 src
Linda McMahon · U.S. Department of Education · Trump Administration
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2026-02-04Speaker Johnson Leads Family Research Council's National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance; Characterizes LGBTQ Rights and Environmentalism as "Sins" 3 src
Mike Johnson · Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · Freedom From Religion Foundation
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2025-12-18DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists 4 src
Department of Justice · Tennessee · Brennan Center for Justice
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2025-09-18Analysis Reveals Proposed FY2026 Budget Would Cut CDC by 53%, Eliminate 61+ Programs 5 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Office of Management and Budget
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