Democratic Backsliding
The Democratic Backsliding capture lane traces 74 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1142–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | VP Vance Rebukes Pope Leo XIV on Theology at Turning Point USA, USCCB Issues Corrective: Captured-Catholic-Tradition Operational Confrontation
10 src JD Vance · Pope Leo XIV · Bishop James Massa · Tom Homan · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-12 | Orbán Concedes Defeat After 16 Years, Ending Authoritarian Rule Despite Last-Minute Vance Campaign Visit
4 src Viktor Orbán · Péter Magyar · JD Vance · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-12 | Trump Orders US Navy to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After 21-Hour Iran Peace Talks Collapse
4 src Donald Trump · JD Vance · Jared Kushner · Steve Witkoff · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-07 | US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire After Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization
3 src Donald Trump · Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-07 | VP Vance Campaigns for Orbán in Budapest Days Before Hungary Election, Securing $1.2B in Hungarian Arms and Oil Purchases
4 src JD Vance · Viktor Orbán · Péter Magyar · Donald Trump · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-04-03 | 23 States Sue Trump Over Mail Voting Executive Order as Democratic AGs File 100th Lawsuit Against Administration
3 src Keith Ellison · Letitia James · Dan Rayfield · Democratic Attorneys General Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-31 | Trump Issues Executive Order Directing USPS to Refuse Delivery of Mail Ballots to Non-Approved Voters
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Postal Service | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-23 | Federal Judge Reverses Takedown Order, Rules DOGE Deposition Videos Can Stay Online
3 src federal court · Department of Government Efficiency · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-22 | Iran War Civilian Toll Mounts — 3,114+ Dead Including 1,354 Civilians, 210+ Children, 3.2M Displaced
4 src Human Rights Activists News Agency · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · Refugees International | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-20 | DOJ Sues Harvard Alleging Antisemitism, Seeks to Recover Billions in Federal Subsidies
4 src DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harvard University | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Comey Subpoenaed in DOJ 'Grand Conspiracy' Probe Targeting Obama-Era Intelligence Officials
3 src James Comey · Jason A. Reding Quinones · Judge Aileen Cannon · John Brennan · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-19 | Freedom House Reports U.S. at Lowest Score Ever, Net Decline of 12 Points Since 2005
3 src Freedom House | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | Democrats Walk Out of Bondi-Blanche Epstein Briefing After Comer Vulgar Remark
4 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Rep. James Comer · Rep. Robert Garcia · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | DNI Gabbard Admits Iran Was 'Not Rebuilding Enrichment' Before War — Omits Finding from Oral Testimony
6 src Tulsi Gabbard · John Ratcliffe · Kash Patel · Sen. Mark Warner · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-18 | V-Dem Downgrades U.S. from Liberal Democracy to Electoral Democracy in Historic Report
3 src V-Dem Institute · University of Gothenburg | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | ICE Charter Flights Deport Approximately 15 Ukrainians to Poland-Ukraine Border via Shannon, Ireland
4 src Journey Aviation · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Human Rights First | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-17 | Rep. Summer Lee Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Attorney General Pam Bondi
3 src Rep. Summer Lee · Pam Bondi · Rep. Rashida Tlaib | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | Amnesty International Declares Minab Girls' School Strike a Potential War Crime — 168+ Killed Including 100+ Children
3 src Amnesty International · U.S. Central Command · Pentagon | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-15 | House Democrats Launch Investigation Into DOJ Retaliatory Prosecution of NY AG Letitia James
3 src Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Ted Lieu · Rep. Jerrold Nadler · Rep. Dan Goldman · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-15 | Illinois and New York State Bar Associations File Formal Opposition to DOJ Ethics Shield Rule
4 src Illinois State Bar Association · New York State Bar Association · Pam Bondi | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-13 | Judge Orders Plaintiffs to Remove Viral DOGE Deposition Videos from YouTube
3 src Judge Colleen McMahon · Nate Cavanaugh · Justin Fox · Department of Government Efficiency | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced
6 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Katrina Mulligan | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-02 | Texas School Prayer Law SB 11 Deadline Passes; Most Districts Decline to Adopt Daily Prayer Periods
3 src Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott · Texas school districts · ACLU of Texas · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Designates AI Company a Supply Chain Risk to National Security
6 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | US Catholic Bishops Call Trump Birthright Citizenship Order "Affront to Catholic Teaching," File SCOTUS Brief
3 src U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · Bishop Brendan Cahill | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Anthropic Formally Rejects Pentagon Ultimatum, Amodei Holds Red Lines on AI Safety
5 src Dario Amodei · Anthropic · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Chief 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-26 | Hillary 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Bipartisan House Oversight Investigation Launched into DOJ Withholding of Trump-Related Epstein Files
3 src James Comer · Robert Garcia · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Bloomberg Op-Ed Documents White Christian Nationalism Driving US Foreign Policy
3 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Bloomberg Opinion | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition"
4 src Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Richard Leon · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Judge Murphy Rules Third-Country Deportation Policy Unlawful, Documents Torture Convention Violations
4 src Brian Murphy · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate Fails Second DHS Funding Vote 50-45, Shutdown Continues as Congress Leaves for Recess
3 src Chuck Schumer · Kristi Noem · United States Senate | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Former ICE Attorney Testifies Agency Trains Cadets to Violate Constitution
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · United States Congress | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | France Bars U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner from Accessing Senior Government Officials
3 src France · Charles Kushner · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Hegseth Threatens Anthropic with Defense Production Act Over Military AI Access
5 src Pete Hegseth · Dario Amodei · Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Judge Bryan Holds Federal Government in Contempt for ICE Transfer Violations
3 src Jeffrey Bryan · Daniel Rosen · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | More Than a Dozen States Sue Over CDC Childhood Vaccine Recommendation Rollback
3 src Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | NPR Investigation Reveals DOJ Secretly Withheld Epstein Files Containing Abuse Accusations Against Trump
5 src Pam Bondi · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Robert Garcia · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Declares Christian Religious Revival in State of the Union, Frames Nation as God's Chosen Instrument
4 src Donald Trump · Charlie Kirk · Melissa Deckman · Paul Raushenbush | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-24 | Trump Moves Education Department Programs to HHS and State Without Congressional Approval
3 src U.S. Department of Education · HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) · Department of State · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Judge Cannon Permanently Blocks Jack Smith Classified Documents Report
3 src Aileen Cannon · Jack Smith · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | Operation 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-22 | DHS 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-22 | DHS Shutdown Furloughs 50%+ of Cybersecurity Agency Workforce
3 src CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-22 | Noem and Lewandowski Secretly Devise TSA PreCheck Suspension, White House Reverses Within Hours
4 src Kristi Noem · Corey Lewandowski · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · TSA | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Post-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 · U.S. Office of the U.S. Trade Representative · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-21 | Trump Invokes Section 122 to Impose New Tariffs Within 24 Hours of Supreme Court Ruling
4 src Donald Trump · Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | CIA Director Ratcliffe Orders Retraction of 19 Intelligence Products
3 src John Ratcliffe · Central Intelligence Agency | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | FCC Chair Urges Broadcasters to Air 'Pro-America' Patriotic Content
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government
4 src William B. Porter · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Justice Department Fires Judge-Appointed Virginia U.S. Attorney
3 src Department of Justice · James W. Hundley | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Supreme Court Strikes Down IEEPA Tariffs 6-3 in Historic Limitation on Executive Trade Authority
4 src John Roberts · United States Supreme Court · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | Trump Demands Netflix Remove Susan Rice from Board During Merger Review
3 src Donald Trump · Netflix · Susan Rice | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | US Sanctions Three RSF Commanders for Darfur Atrocities, Critics Call Response Performative
3 src Scott Bessent · Department of the Treasury · Rapid Support Forces | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | FCC Chair Confirms Investigation of ABC Over Equal-Time Violations on The View
3 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · ABC | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | HUD Proposes Barring Families with Undocumented Members from Subsidized Housing
3 src HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development) · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | Venezuela Amnesty Law Passes: Government Claims 3,200 Released, Foro Penal Verifies Only 540
5 src Delcy Rodriguez · Jorge Rodriguez · Foro Penal | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | 400 Christian Leaders Issue Ash Wednesday Letter Condemning Trump Administration as "Cruel and Oppressive," Calling White Christian Nationalism a Heresy
3 src Cardinal Blase Cupich · Interfaith clergy coalition · Trump Administration · Pete Hegseth | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor to Lead Pentagon Worship
3 src Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-18 | Native Americans Detained by ICE During Minneapolis Operations Without Records
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Oglala Sioux Tribe | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ 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 · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Obtained Voter Files Covering 37 Million Voters via Secret Agreements
3 src Department of Justice · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Orders Firing of Army Public Affairs Chief in Continuing Milley-Era Purge
2 src Pete Hegseth · Dan Driscoll · Dave Butler · Mark Milley · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | ICE 287(g) Agreements with Local Police Explode to 1,400+
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-17 | Maryland Governor Signs Emergency Ban on State-Local ICE Partnerships
3 src Wes Moore · Maryland General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-13 | ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation
2 src American Civil Liberties Union · NewsGuild-CWA · Status Coup News · Kristi Noem · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | Pattern of Grand Jury Resistance to DOJ Political Prosecutions Emerges Across Multiple Districts
5 src Jeanine Pirro · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Mark Kelly · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-09 | Multifaith Coalition Sues Trump's Religious Liberty Commission for Excluding Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, and Non-Christians
3 src Interfaith Alliance · Muslims for Progressive Values · Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund · Hindus for Human Rights · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Hegseth 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 · National Prayer Breakfast | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-05 | Trump 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 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-04 | Speaker Johnson Leads Family Research Council's National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance; Characterizes LGBTQ Rights and Environmentalism as "Sins"
3 src Mike Johnson · Steve Scalise · Tony Perkins · Family Research Council · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | DOJ's Secret "Confidential MOUs" for Voter Purges Exposed by States and Journalists
4 src Department of Justice · Colorado Secretary of State · Wisconsin · Texas · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-18 | Analysis Reveals Proposed FY2026 Budget Would Cut CDC by 53%, Eliminate 61+ Programs
5 src Trust for America's Health (TFAH) · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Department of Health and Human Services · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · +1 | confirmed |