Immigration authorities (at one time made up primarily of ICE agents, but now accompanied by a myriad of federal officers) are quickly morphing into the Trump administration’s secret police force, operating covertly outside of the bounds of law, bypassing due process, and surveilling the population while cultivating fear and

Last month, President Donald Trump issued a little-noticed executive order that directs agencies to eliminate “information silos”— data compartmentalized within one system that only certain qualified individuals can access. “Removing unnecessary barriers to Federal employees accessing Government data and promoting inter‑agency data sharing,” the order claimed, “are important steps

Today is the 78th day of Trump’s second term in office. The government is snatching people off the streets and shipping them to foreign prisons from which, the government claims, they can never be extracted. And the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to bless

A note on executive orders: It is important to remember that an executive order is essentially a memo, an instruction from the president to executive branch agencies and staff, on how to exercise the executive’s existing powers. Executive orders that impinge on constitutional rights, stray into the realm of

Today is the 59th day of the second Trump administration. The government is deporting people for liking pro-Palestine posts on social media and renditioning immigrants to forced labor camps in Central America. If this were taking place in a different country, American media would be decrying the “backsliding of democracy”

This is not a post blaming Democrats for the actions of the Trump administration. That blame lies squarely with the Republican party, who could put an end to the insanity at any moment if they so choose. What this is, is a post begging the Democrats to organize, to strategize,

Patronage America is in crisis. An unelected billionaire is unilaterally hollowing out our government while the president takes revenge on his perceived political enemies. Our closest allies are alienated and left in the dust in favor of dictatorships and strongmen, while at home, the power of the state is wielded

Keep Track’s coverage of the Trump administration will resume next week. Today, we will look at state elections and legislation, which often get overlooked during times of tumultuous national news. State Supreme Courts Voters in Wisconsin are a month away from a pivotal election that will determine ideological control

Amidst the scattershot of unjust firings of federal workers and reckless cancellation of government contracts, Donald Trump is quickly and quietly consolidating control of three key pillars of American government: the military, law enforcement, and election infrastructure. These institutions once safeguarded American democracy, denying Trump tyrannical power during his first

Last week, KeepTrack documented the steps Elon Musk is taking to unilaterally shut down government agencies. Now, we’ll look at the philosophical underpinnings of his entire DOGE operation. Curtis Yarvin Curtis Yarvin is a relatively obscure figure among legacy media. Unless you’ve trawled the depths of the alt-right

The playbook Elon Musk, a private citizen, has infiltrated multiple federal agencies, aided by a cadre of 20-something-year-old engineers and interns (some with racist and possibly criminal pasts) imported from his companies. Unconstrained by oversight or limits, the world’s richest man is conducting what can only be described as

Project 2025 is a plan to reshape the federal government according to the far-right vision of the Heritage Foundation. The 900-page document describes in detail how to undermine key principles of U.S. society, like the rule of law and separation of church and state, in order to transition from

Immigration “Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States”: Declares that a national emergency exists at the southern border to permit the Department of Defense (DOD) to use military funds for border enforcement, including the construction of barriers, expansion of detention capacity, and facilitating transportation (e.

Keep Track will be back to covering the Trump administration next post. Remember, the subversion of democracy is happening at all levels. Stay aware of local politics—it is the most direct way for citizens to either enable or resist national fascism. North Carolina Republicans in North Carolina are attempting

Nearly every facet of our lives is conducted online these days. We order food through delivery apps, buy luxury items on e-commerce sites, listen to podcasts during commutes, check our work email every hour, and fall asleep to mindless video content on autoplay. This relentless integration of technology in modern

Trump-appointed judges across the country are ensuring that many of the Biden administration’s most important policies—at least, the ones they haven’t already blocked—don’t survive into Trump’s second term. Net neutrality Last week, an all-Republican panel of the 6th Circuit struck down the Biden administration’