Capture lane

Democratic Erosion

The Democratic Erosion capture lane traces 550 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

550 events From Jan 1, 1142 To Oct 15, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1142–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-10-16Judge Alexakis Orders CBP Agent Exum's Vehicle Returned from Maine After Government Released Evidence Out of State 2 src
Judge Georgia Alexakis · Charles Exum · U.S. Border Patrol
confirmed
2025-10-04Pirro's DC Office Dismisses 21% of Cases in 8 Weeks vs 0.5% Over Previous Decade 8 src
Jeanine Pirro · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-09-25Trump Signs NSPM-7 Labeling Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity, and 'Anti-Americanism' as Domestic Terrorism Indicators 5 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · American Civil Liberties Union · +1
confirmed
2025-09-23Warren and Slotkin File Formal Ethics-Probe Request to State Dept OIG, Commerce OIG, and OGE Over Witkoff/Sacks UAE Chip-Deal Conflicts 3 src
Elizabeth Warren · Elissa Slotkin · Steve Witkoff · David Sacks
confirmed
2025-09-22DOJ Public Integrity Section Collapses to Two Lawyers, Gutting Federal Anti-Corruption Enforcement 3 src
U.S. Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-09-22Lindsey Halligan, Trump's Personal Attorney With No Prosecutorial Experience, Appointed Acting U.S. Attorney EDVA to Pursue Political Prosecutions 5 src
Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · James Comey · +2
confirmed
2025-09-21Charlie Kirk Memorial Service - Trump and Musk Publicly Reconcile 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Turning Point USA · Charlie Kirk
confirmed
2025-09-19Trump Appointee George Cook Named Acting Census Director in Unprecedented Triple Role 2 src
U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Department of Commerce · Donald Trump
reported
2025-09-18Parscale's Clock Tower X Registers Under FARA for an Israel-Funded U.S. "Anti-Semitism" Media Campaign Routed Through Havas Media Germany 3 src
Brad Parscale · Clock Tower X LLC · Havas Media Germany GmbH · State of Israel · +1
reported
2025-09-12ICE agent fatally shoots Silverio Villegas González in Franklin Park; Cook County rules homicide as bodycam contradicts DHS account 4 src
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-09-11Trump Administration Threatens National Guard Deployment to Chicago 3 src
Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Stephen Miller
reported
2025-09-10Charlie Kirk Assassinated at Utah Valley University During Turning Point USA Event 3 src
Charlie Kirk · Donald Trump · J.D. Vance · Turning Point USA
confirmed
2025-09-08ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Appoints Bovino as Commander-at-Large 5 src
Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +2
confirmed
2025-09-06Trump Administration Explores Federal Takeover of 9/11 Memorial and Museum 3 src
Trump · Kathy Hochul
reported
2025-09-01Mass Inspector General Firings Implement Project 2025 Plan 3 src
Donald Trump · Chuck Grassley · Chuck Schumer · Elizabeth Warren · +2
confirmed
2025-08-28RFK Jr. Fires CDC Director Susan Monarez After She Refuses to Approve Unscientific Vaccine Directives 3 src
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Trump
reported
2025-08-26Diplomatic Security Service Agents Begin Patrolling Washington DC Streets, Making Arrests for Minor Offenses 3 src
State Department · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump
reported
2025-08-25Trump Attempts First-Ever Firing of Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook Sues 2 src
Donald Trump · Lisa Cook · Bill Pulte · Federal Reserve
confirmed
2025-08-242,300 Armed National Guard Troops Deploy in Washington DC Carrying M17 Pistols and M4 Rifles 3 src
Trump · National Guard · U.S. Department of Defense
confirmed
2025-08-20US Imposes Unprecedented Sanctions on Four International Criminal Court Officials 5 src
Marco Rubio · Volker Türk
confirmed
2025-08-19Trump Installs Unconfirmed Loyalists as US Attorneys, Bypassing Senate 3 src
Donald Trump · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice
confirmed
2025-08-18DOJ Escalates Investigation of Senator Adam Schiff: Ed Martin Appointed Special Attorney, Investigation Stalls, Then Grand Jury Probes the Investigators 8 src
Adam Schiff · Pam Bondi · Ed Martin · Bill Pulte · +3
confirmed
2025-08-18Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote 3 src
Texas House Democrats · Greg Abbott · Ken Paxton · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-08-18Trump Appoints Missouri AG to Unprecedented FBI Co-Deputy Director Role 3 src
Donald Trump · Dan Bongino · Kash Patel · Federal Bureau of Investigation
confirmed
2025-08-15Trump Attempts DC Police Takeover with Loyalist, Blocked by Federal Judge 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · DC Metropolitan Police
confirmed
2025-08-11Trump Federalizes DC Police and Deploys 800 National Guard Troops Despite Declining Crime 3 src
Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · DC Metropolitan Police
confirmed
2025-08-10DOJ Employee Sean Dunn Fired After Throwing Sandwich at Federal Agent in Protest 3 src
Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-08-07Senator Ossoff documents 510 credible reports of ICE detention abuse including child mistreatment 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-08-07Trump Issues 202 Executive Orders with Two-Thirds Matching Project 2025 Blueprint 3 src
Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Project 2025
disputed
2025-08-05DOJ Publishes Official List of 35 "Sanctuary" Jurisdictions, Escalating Federal-State Confrontation Over Immigration Enforcement 3 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-08-03Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting 9 src
Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature · Ken Paxton
confirmed
2025-08-01DOJ Uses Legal Loopholes to Install Trump Loyalists as Acting U.S. Attorneys Without Senate Confirmation 3 src
Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · U.S. Senate · Federal Judiciary · +3
confirmed
2025-08-01Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Orchestrates Mass Loyalty Purges Across Trump Administration 3 src
Laura Loomer · Donald Trump · National Security Agency · Department of Justice · +2
confirmed
2025-08-01Trump administration defies court orders in 57 of 165 cases (35%) 3 src
Trump Administration · Federal Judiciary · U.S. District Judge James Boasberg
confirmed
2025-07-29Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Gaza "Genocide" - First GOP Lawmaker to Use Term 3 src
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Republican Party · Israel
confirmed
2025-07-21Trump Administration Defying 35% of Court Orders in Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis 4 src
Trump Administration · Federal Courts · Department of Justice · Federal Agencies
confirmed
2025-07-17Mass Firing of Inspectors General Signals Systematic Government Oversight Erosion 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-07-12Trump Calls Own Supporters "Weaklings" and "Selfish People" After Demanding Epstein File Transparency 3 src
Donald Trump · Tucker Carlson · Laura Loomer · Marjorie Taylor Greene · +5
confirmed
2025-07-11Federal judge orders stop to "indiscriminate" ICE raids in Los Angeles 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
confirmed
2025-07-10DOGE 2.0: Institutional Capture Continues After Musk's Direct Involvement 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-07-07Ghana Launches Democracy Capture Index Revealing Widespread Institutional Capture in Africa 3 src confirmed
2025-07-01New Jersey Becomes Official Sanctuary State as States Escalate Legislative Resistance to Federal Immigration Enforcement 4 src
California Legislature · Colorado Legislature · ICE · Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-07-01USAID Completely Shuttered - Exceeds Project 2025 Timeline 3 src
United States Agency for International Development · State Department · Marco Rubio
confirmed
2025-06-27House bill proposes nearly 50% cut to GAO; Senate rejects 4 src
House Republicans
confirmed
2025-06-18Senate Confirms Rodney Scott as CBP Commissioner 51–46, Seven Weeks After IACHR Found U.S. Responsible for Hernández Rojas Cover-Up He Supervised 5 src
Rodney Scott · U.S. Senate
confirmed
2025-06-14"No Kings" protests draw 5 million people in 2,100+ locations 5 src
American Civil Liberties Union · MoveOn · American Federation of Teachers · Communications Workers of America
confirmed
2025-06-12IAEA Board Declares Iran in Breach of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Obligations 2 src
Rafael Grossi · Iran
confirmed
2025-06-09DOJ Issues Transformative FCPA Guidelines Prioritizing U.S. National Interests 4 src
Department of Justice · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-06-04NYT reveals Epstein estate's $170M Valar Ventures position — largest remaining asset, still locked up, slated for beneficiaries not victims 3 src
Peter Thiel
confirmed
2025-06-03Trump-Musk Feud Erupts Over 'Big Beautiful Bill' as Musk Suggests Impeachment 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
confirmed
2025-06-01Over 275,000 federal layoffs announced with 128,709 workers targeted 4 src
Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency · Federal Workforce · +2
confirmed
2025-05-31Federal judges face 373 threats in first five months of 2025 4 src
Federal judges · U.S. Marshals Service
confirmed
2025-05-31IAEA Reports Iran's Near-Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile Reaches 408kg 2 src
Rafael Grossi · Iran
confirmed
2025-05-29Trump Nominates Paul Ingrassia to Lead Office of Special Counsel 5 src
Donald Trump · Paul Ingrassia
confirmed
2025-05-19DOJ Civil Rights Division Mass Exodus: ~400 Employees Depart as Dhillon Rewrites Mission to Target Trans Rights, Promote 'Anti-Christian Bias' Agenda 6 src
Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-05-15Constitutional Defense Training Academy Launched 3 src
Constitutional Defense Network
confirmed
2025-05-15FBI Disbands Washington Public Corruption Squad Amid Broader Investigative Reorganization 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kash Patel · Chuck Grassley · +1
confirmed
2025-05-10DHS spokesperson says arresting Democratic members of Congress is 'definitely on the table' after Newark ICE facility incident 4 src
Tricia McLaughlin · Department of Homeland Security · Bonnie Watson Coleman
confirmed
2025-05-09ICE arrests Newark Mayor during congressional oversight visit to detention facility 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Bonnie Watson Coleman · GEO Group
confirmed
2025-05-08Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected Pope Leo XIV - First American Pope 4 src
Pope Leo XIV · Vatican
confirmed
2025-05-05Trump Administration Escalates Judicial Oversight Tensions 3 src
Trump Administration · Federal Courts · U.S. Supreme Court
confirmed
2025-05-02Trump Budget Proposes 40% Cut to Section 8 Housing Vouchers, Block-Granting Rental Aid to States and Imposing Two-Year Time Limits 4 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-05-01DOJ Sends Demand Letters to 44 States for Unredacted Voter Rolls Including SSNs 5 src
DOJ Civil Rights Division · Harmeet Dhillon · Pam Bondi · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-05-01Operation At Large launches with 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard proposed deployment 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · National Guard · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem · +2
confirmed
2025-04-29DOGE Aide Dismantling CFPB Owns Substantial Stock in Regulated Companies During Mass Layoffs 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Gavin Kliger · Department of Government Efficiency
confirmed
2025-04-29Trump Campaign Staff Hired by Sanctioned Albanian Opposition Leader for Election Campaign 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-29Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into ActBlue Fundraising Platform 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-04-28IACHR Holds United States Responsible for Anastasio Hernández Rojas Killing and Cover-Up — 15 Years After CBP Agents Beat and Tased Him While Handcuffed 5 src
Rodney Scott
confirmed
2025-04-26Trump Jr. Launches 'Executive Branch', Ultra-Exclusive $500K Private Club in D.C. 4 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Alex Witkoff · Zach Witkoff
confirmed
2025-04-25AG Bondi Rescinds Biden-Era Policy Protecting Journalists from DOJ Subpoenas and Search Warrants 5 src
Pam Bondi · DOJ · Trump Administration · Merrick Garland
confirmed
2025-04-25Trump Administration Dramatically Weakens Independent Hatch Act Enforcement 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Hampton Dellinger · Paul Ingrassia · +2
confirmed
2025-04-24Trump Administration Initiates DOJ Probe into Democratic Fundraising Platform ActBlue 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-04-22Politically Connected Firms Exploit Trump Tariff Exemptions Through Opaque Process 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Reyes Holdings · Ballard Partners
confirmed
2025-04-22Rapid Response Litigation Protocol Developed 3 src
Constitutional Defense Network · Lawyers for Good Government · Democracy Forward
confirmed
2025-04-21Pope Francis Dies at 88, Hours After Meeting VP Vance 4 src
Pope Francis · J.D. Vance · Catholic Church · Vatican
confirmed
2025-04-20Schedule F Implementation Deadline: Systematic Federal Workforce Reclassification 3 src
Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies · Trump Administration · Federal Workforce
confirmed
2025-04-20VP Vance Meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday in Final Papal Encounter 3 src
J.D. Vance · Pope Francis · Vatican · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-17Trump Appointee Sought IRS Audit Review for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-15US Removes Sanctions from Antal Rogán, Top Orbán Aide 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Viktor Orbán · Marco Rubio
confirmed
2025-04-12US and Iran Begin Indirect Nuclear Negotiations in Oman 2 src
Steve Witkoff · Abbas Araghchi · Oman
confirmed
2025-04-11DOJ fires immigration attorney for refusing to lie to federal courts about deportations 3 src
Erez Reuveni · Emil Bove · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi
confirmed
2025-04-11Meta adds former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick to its board 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Mark Zuckerberg
confirmed
2025-04-10Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Government Must 'Facilitate' Abrego Garcia's Return 5 src
Supreme Court · John Roberts · Kilmar Abrego Garcia · Trump Administration · +2
confirmed
2025-04-09US DOGE Service Agreement with Department of Labor Reveals $1.3 Million Fee 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Labor
confirmed
2025-04-09USCIS to screen immigrants' social media for antisemitic activity 4 src
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-07Dhillon Guts DOJ Voting Section: Reassigns Managers, Suspends Cases, Rewrites Mission to 'Voter Fraud' 6 src
Harmeet Dhillon · DOJ Civil Rights Division · Pam Bondi · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-04-05Nationwide Legal Defense Network Expands Operational Capacity 3 src
AFL-CIO · Democracy Forward · National Treasury Employees Union
confirmed
2025-04-02Liberation Day Tariffs Cost Average Household $1,000 in 2025, Imported Goods Prices Rise 4% as Americans Bear 94% of Tariff Cost 4 src
Donald Trump
confirmed
2025-03-28Vice President Vance Visits Greenland, Accuses Denmark of Neglecting Territory 2 src
J.D. Vance · Mike Waltz · Chris Wright · Mike Lee
confirmed
2025-03-22Supreme Court Continues to Sidestep Definitive Ruling on Presidential Emoluments 7 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-21DHS eliminates civil rights and oversight offices through mass layoffs 3 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
confirmed
2025-03-18DOGE Audit Controversy: Inflated Savings Claims and Potential Conflicts of Interest 3 src
Elon Musk · U.S. Treasury Department
confirmed
2025-03-15Kilmar Abrego Garcia Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador Despite Court-Ordered Protection 4 src
Kilmar Abrego Garcia · ICE · Trump Administration · Nayib Bukele
confirmed
2025-03-14AG Pam Bondi Announces Federal Investigation into Tesla Vandalism 4 src
Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk
confirmed
2025-03-11Musk Pledges $100M to Trump Political Operation 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration
confirmed
2025-03-10Legal Resistance Network Litigation Summit 3 src confirmed
2025-03-10National Legal Defense Fund Established to Defend Nonprofits and Democracy 3 src
Democracy Forward · Lawyers for Good Government · Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington · Public Citizen · +2
confirmed
2025-03-10Pro Bono Legal Support Network Expansion 3 srcdisputed
2025-03-10Strategic Litigation Coordination Summit: Multi-State Legal Resistance 3 src
American Civil Liberties Union · New Civil Liberties Alliance
confirmed
2025-03-07Trump Sends Letter to Khamenei Demanding Nuclear Negotiations with 60-Day Deadline 3 src
Donald Trump · Ali Khamenei · United Arab Emirates
confirmed