Capture lane

Democratic Erosion

The Democratic Erosion capture lane traces 522 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

522 events From Jan 1, 1142 To Jun 18, 2026 Open in filter view →
Top 10 actors in this lane 10 actors · 1142–2026
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DateEventLanesStatus
2025-08-10DOJ Employee Sean Dunn Fired After Throwing Sandwich at Federal Agent in Protest 3 src
Pam Bondi
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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
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2025-08-07Trump Issues 202 Executive Orders with Two-Thirds Matching Project 2025 Blueprint 3 src
Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Project 2025
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2025-08-05DOJ Publishes Official List of 35 "Sanctuary" Jurisdictions, Escalating Federal-State Confrontation Over Immigration Enforcement 3 src
Department of Justice · Donald Trump
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2025-08-03Texas House Democrats flee to Illinois to break quorum on redistricting 9 src
Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature · Ken Paxton
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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 · +2
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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
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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
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2025-07-29Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Gaza "Genocide" - First GOP Lawmaker to Use Term 3 src
Marjorie Taylor Greene · Republican Party · Israel
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2025-07-21Trump Administration Defying 35% of Court Orders in Unprecedented Constitutional Crisis 4 src
Trump Administration · Federal Courts · Department of Justice · Federal Agencies
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2025-07-17Mass Firing of Inspectors General Signals Systematic Government Oversight Erosion 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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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
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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)
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2025-07-10DOGE 2.0: Institutional Capture Continues After Musk's Direct Involvement 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk
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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
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2025-07-01USAID Completely Shuttered - Exceeds Project 2025 Timeline 3 src
United States Agency for International Development · State Department · Marco Rubio
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2025-06-27House bill proposes nearly 50% cut to GAO; Senate rejects 4 src
House Republicans
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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
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2025-06-14"No Kings" protests draw 5 million people in 2,100+ locations 5 src
American Civil Liberties Union · MoveOn
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2025-06-12IAEA Board Declares Iran in Breach of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Obligations 2 src
Rafael Grossi · Iran
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2025-06-09DOJ Issues Transformative FCPA Guidelines Prioritizing U.S. National Interests 4 src
Department of Justice · Trump Administration
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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
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2025-06-03Trump-Musk Feud Erupts Over 'Big Beautiful Bill' as Musk Suggests Impeachment 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
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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
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2025-05-31Federal judges face 373 threats in first five months of 2025 4 src
Federal judges · U.S. Marshals Service
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2025-05-31IAEA Reports Iran's Near-Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile Reaches 408kg 2 src
Rafael Grossi · Iran
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2025-05-29Trump Nominates Paul Ingrassia to Lead Office of Special Counsel 5 src
Donald Trump · Paul Ingrassia
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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
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2025-05-15Constitutional Defense Training Academy Launched 3 src
Constitutional Defense Network
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2025-05-15FBI Disbands Washington Public Corruption Squad Amid Broader Investigative Reorganization 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Kash Patel · Chuck Grassley · +1
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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
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2025-05-09ICE arrests Newark Mayor during congressional oversight visit to detention facility 3 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · GEO Group
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2025-05-08Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected Pope Leo XIV - First American Pope 4 src
Pope Leo XIV · Vatican
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2025-05-05Trump Administration Escalates Judicial Oversight Tensions 3 src
Trump Administration · Federal Courts · U.S. Supreme Court
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2025-04-29Trump Campaign Staff Hired by Sanctioned Albanian Opposition Leader for Election Campaign 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-04-29Trump Orders DOJ Investigation into ActBlue Fundraising Platform 3 src
Donald Trump · Elon Musk · Pam Bondi
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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
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2025-04-26Trump Jr. Launches 'Executive Branch', Ultra-Exclusive $500K Private Club in D.C. 4 src
Donald Trump Jr. · Alex Witkoff · Zach Witkoff
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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
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2025-04-25Trump Administration Dramatically Weakens Independent Hatch Act Enforcement 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Hampton Dellinger · Paul Ingrassia · +2
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2025-04-24Trump Administration Initiates DOJ Probe into Democratic Fundraising Platform ActBlue 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Pam Bondi
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2025-04-22Politically Connected Firms Exploit Trump Tariff Exemptions Through Opaque Process 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Reyes Holdings · Ballard Partners
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2025-04-22Rapid Response Litigation Protocol Developed 3 src
Constitutional Defense Network · Lawyers for Good Government · Democracy Forward
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2025-04-21Pope Francis Dies at 88, Hours After Meeting VP Vance 4 src
Pope Francis · J.D. Vance · Catholic Church · Vatican
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2025-04-20Schedule F Implementation Deadline: Systematic Federal Workforce Reclassification 3 src
Office of Personnel Management · Federal Agencies · Trump Administration · Federal Workforce
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2025-04-20VP Vance Meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday in Final Papal Encounter 3 src
J.D. Vance · Pope Francis · Vatican · Trump Administration
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2025-04-17Trump Appointee Sought IRS Audit Review for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-04-15US Removes Sanctions from Antal Rogán, Top Orbán Aide 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Viktor Orbán · Marco Rubio
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2025-04-12US and Iran Begin Indirect Nuclear Negotiations in Oman 2 src
Steve Witkoff · Abbas Araghchi · Oman
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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
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2025-04-11Meta adds former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick to its board 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Mark Zuckerberg
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2025-04-05Nationwide Legal Defense Network Expands Operational Capacity 3 src
AFL-CIO · Democracy Forward · National Treasury Employees Union
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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
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2025-03-28Vice President Vance Visits Greenland, Accuses Denmark of Neglecting Territory 2 src
J.D. Vance · Chris Wright · Mike Lee
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2025-03-22Supreme Court Continues to Sidestep Definitive Ruling on Presidential Emoluments 7 src
U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration
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2025-03-21DHS eliminates civil rights and oversight offices through mass layoffs 3 src
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-03-18DOGE Audit Controversy: Inflated Savings Claims and Potential Conflicts of Interest 3 src
Elon Musk · U.S. Treasury Department
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2025-03-15Kilmar Abrego Garcia Wrongfully Deported to El Salvador Despite Court-Ordered Protection 4 src
Kilmar Abrego Garcia · ICE · Trump Administration · Nayib Bukele
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2025-03-14AG Pam Bondi Announces Federal Investigation into Tesla Vandalism 4 src
Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk
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2025-03-11Musk Pledges $100M to Trump Political Operation 3 src
Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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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
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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
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2025-03-07Trump Sends Letter to Khamenei Demanding Nuclear Negotiations with 60-Day Deadline 3 src
Donald Trump · Ali Khamenei · United Arab Emirates
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2025-02-27Attorney General Bondi Releases First Phase of Declassified Epstein Files, Initiating Multi-Phase Document Releases Through November 2025 8 src
Pamela Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1
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2025-02-27EIU Democracy Index 2024 Reports Historic Low in Global Democracy Score 3 src confirmed
2025-02-15Attorney General Bondi Establishes 'Weaponization Working Group' to Target Prosecutors 3 src
Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Trump Administration
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2025-02-15Coordinated Litigation Strategy Workshop 3 src
Constitutional Defense Network
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2025-02-15Multi-Organizational Civil Rights Litigation Coordination Summit 4 src
Earthjustice · American Civil Liberties Union
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2025-02-15Pro Bono Legal Support Coordination Mechanism Launched 3 src
American Civil Liberties Union · Institute for Justice · New Civil Liberties Alliance · Lawyers for Good Government
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2025-02-15Trump Administration Systematically Removes DOJ Prosecutors 3 src
James McHenry · Jack Smith · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · +1
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2025-02-13Seven SDNY Prosecutors Resign in 36 Hours Rather Than Drop Adams Corruption Charges: 'Thursday Afternoon Massacre' 6 src
Danielle Sassoon · Emil Bove · Eric Adams · Pam Bondi · +1
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2025-02-13Trump Fires Top Ethics and Whistleblower Protection Officials 3 src
Donald Trump · Hampton Dellinger · Doug Collins
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2025-02-12DOJ Moves to Undermine Independence of Regulatory Agencies 4 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration
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2025-02-10Stephen Miller Emerges as "Prime Minister" with Unprecedented Power Across All Policy 3 src
Stephen Miller · Donald Trump · Susie Wiles
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2025-02-01Schedule F Implementation Targets 50,000 Federal Workers 4 src
Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Heritage Foundation
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2025-01-31Federal Prosecutors Withdraw from Andy Ogles Criminal Investigation 4 src
Department of Justice
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2025-01-30Coalition of 22 State Attorneys General Secures Court Order Blocking Trump Federal Funding Freeze 3 src
Letitia James · John McConnell · 22 State Attorneys General
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2025-01-27OMB Issues Memo M-25-13 Freezing All Federal Financial Assistance, Triggering Constitutional Crisis Over Congressional Spending Power 4 src
Office of Management and Budget · Donald Trump · John McConnell · Letitia James · +2
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2025-01-22DOJ Orders Complete Freeze on All Civil Rights Division Cases and Enforcement 3 src
Department of Justice · Chad Mizelle · Donald Trump · Harmeet Dhillon
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2025-01-20Emergence of Coordinated Legal Resistance Networks 3 src
American Civil Liberties Union · New Civil Liberties Alliance
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2025-01-20ICE Launches Aggressive Raids in Puerto Rico's Dominican Community 4 src
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Jenniffer González-Colón · U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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2025-01-20J.D. Vance Inaugurated as 50th Vice President 3 src
J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Peter Thiel · Republican Party
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2025-01-20JD Vance Sworn In as 50th Vice President, Positioned for Potential Constitutional Crisis Management 3 src
J.D. Vance · Brett Kavanaugh · Donald Trump · U.S. Supreme Court · +1
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2025-01-20Project 2025: Trump Administration Launches Massive Federal Civil Service Restructuring 3 src
Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Kevin Roberts · Paul Dans
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2025-01-20Systematic Coordination Emerges in Federal Worker Purge and Civil Service Dismantling 4 src
Trump Administration · Heritage Foundation · Office of Personnel Management · Paul Dans · +1
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2025-01-20Trump Declares Nine National Emergencies in First 100 Days, More Than Any Modern President 3 src
Donald Trump · Brennan Center for Justice
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2025-01-20Trump eliminates ethics requirements and lobbying restrictions 3 src
Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Office of Government Ethics · Public Citizen · +2
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2025-01-20Young Black Lawyers Organizing Coalition (YBLOC) Legal Resistance Summit 3 src confirmed
2025-01-14Pete Hegseth Dismisses Sexual Assault and Alcohol Abuse Allegations as "Smear Campaign" at Confirmation Hearing 6 src
Pete Hegseth · Senate Armed Services Committee
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