Over the past month, Donald Trump has significantly escalated anti-democratic rhetoric and threats, launching a multi-front assault on the constitutional order. He has promoted deceptive, and sometimes demonstrably false, claims of widespread fraud, specifically targeting heavily Democratic states by rescinding their federal funding and, in Minnesota, deploying his paramilitary goons

Last week, just three days into the new year, the Trump administration carried out a military operation to kidnap Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, without congressional approval or even notification. At least 80 people were killed, including civilians and Cuban military personnel. Despite the event occurring in January, the Trump administration

PARDON PAY-TO-PLAY Last month, President Trump issued over half a dozen pardons to white collar criminals and political allies, some of whom paid lobbyists hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their case before the president. Those who had their crimes pardoned or sentences commuted include: Former Tennessee House speaker

Shutdown The month of October 2025 began with a government shutdown, caused by Republicans refusing to negotiate with Democrats to extend enhanced health insurance subsidies and exacerbated by the Trump administration’s usurpation of congressional appropriations. Within the first 72 hours of the shutdown, Project 2025 architect Russ Vought cut

Chaos at the CDC July 31: Susan Monarez, a scientist with a Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology who focused on the treatment of infectious disease at Stanford University, was confirmed by the Senate to lead the CDC. She is the first director to not have a medical degree and

Florida’s detention camp Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and the Trump administration opened an immigrant detention center in the middle of the Everglades on July 1. The facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republicans, consists of rows of bunk beds encircled by cages inside a collection of plastic tents. Detainees