Democratic backsliding
National decline in democracy
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| April 2025 |
Democratic backsliding in the United States
The SAVE Act was reintroduced and passed the House of Representatives along party lines, though its passage in the Senate is uncertain due to the filibuster rule.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 recommends denying gender-affirming care to transgender people by federal healthcare providers.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes reversing Biden administration policies on stem cell research, returning to the Trump era finding that using stem cells derived from abortions is unethical.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 plans to alter the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by making it easier to terminate employees and remove Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.
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| April 9 2025 | Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to investigate Chris Krebs and revoke his security clearance. |
| April 3 2025 | The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Mike Pence as the recipient of the JFK Profile in Courage Award for ensuring the constitutional transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021. |
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Project 2025
Project 2025 plans to implement a comprehensive conservative transformation of the federal government, with a focus on Christian nationalist principles and dismantling the administrative state.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes closing the Department of Education and transferring its educational responsibilities to states and other federal departments, fundamentally restructuring federal involvement in education.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 begins implementation of its policy agenda through executive actions aligned with Trump's administration, focusing on changes to gender policies, federal hiring practices, and foreign aid distribution.
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Project 2025
Project 2025's policy recommendations begin to be implemented through executive actions, with a focus on reshaping federal agencies, gender policies, hiring practices, and foreign aid strategies.
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Project 2025
An executive order was signed diverting funding from public schools to private school vouchers, in line with Project 2025's education system reshaping goals.
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Project 2025
Signed the 'Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety' executive order, directing the Attorney General to seek death penalty for murders of police officers and capital crimes by illegal aliens.
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| March 2025 |
Democratic backsliding in the United States
The administration revoked the student visa of Ranjani Srinivasan, a Columbia University student, as part of a broader targeting of students by immigration officials.
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Project 2025
The project proposes potential misuse of the Department of Justice to target election officials whose actions do not align with the President's ideological stance, as identified by the Brennan Center for Justice.
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| March 2025 |
Democratic backsliding in the United States
V-Dem director warns that the United States is on track to lose its democracy status within six months, signaling a critical point in the country's democratic trajectory.
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| March 17 2025 |
Georgia election racketeering prosecution
Judge Rachel Krause rules that Willis' office improperly withheld documents, ordering document turnover and imposing over $54,000 in attorney fees to Ashleigh Merchant.
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| March 2025 |
Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election
Congresswoman Maxine Waters announced her intention to investigate Elon Musk regarding his role in the 2024 election.
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| March 13 2025 | Potential future events related to pardons or commutations for participants in the January 6 Capitol attack remain speculative as of the current date. |
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, targeting NPR and PBS funding as part of a political strategy to reduce what they consider 'leftist opinion'.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 seeks to prevent the Federal Elections Commission from countering misinformation or disinformation about election integrity.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 recommends revoking noncommercial status of NPR stations, potentially forcing them to relocate on the FM dial and making room for religious programming.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes legislation to prevent social media companies from removing mainstream political positions from their platforms.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 aims to change FCC rules to allow more media consolidation, enabling local news programs to be converted into national news programs.
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Project 2025
Project 2025, a comprehensive policy initiative by conservative groups, is planned for potential implementation following the 2024 presidential election, aiming to fundamentally reshape the federal government's bureaucracy and policy approach through extensive executive actions.
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| March 2025 |
Democratic backsliding in the United States
ICE detained Mahmoud Khalil without charging him with a crime, which Donna Lieberman of the New York Civil Liberties Union condemned as a targeted and retaliatory attack on First Amendment rights.
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Project 2025
Four days into Trump's second term, a Time analysis revealed that nearly two-thirds of his executive actions aligned with or mirrored Project 2025 proposals.
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Project 2025
Project 2025, a conservative policy initiative, is planned for implementation following a potential Republican presidential election victory, aiming to significantly reshape the federal government's structure and operational approach.
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| March 6 2025 |
Georgia election racketeering prosecution
The Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 244, allowing defendants in dismissed cases with disqualified prosecutors to seek reimbursement of attorney fees from the county.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes comprehensive plans to restructure the US government bureaucracy, targeting what supporters view as liberal-leaning institutional bias.
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| March 2025 |
Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election
Musk was interviewed on Ted Cruz's podcast, discussing his views on government computer systems and election processes.
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| February 21 2025 |
Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election
Ashley St. Clair filed court petitions against Musk regarding paternity and custody, including a text message about election-related threat levels.
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| February 21 2025 |
Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election
In a meeting with state governors, Trump quoted Musk criticizing computer-based voting systems.
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| 2025 | U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia initiated an internal review of January 6 prosecutions under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
| February 2025 | The Washington Post reported that candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement positions were being screened with questions about January 6 being 'an inside job' and the 2020 election being 'stolen'. |
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes abolishing Department of Defense Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and reinstating service members discharged for COVID-19 vaccine refusal.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 recommends banning TikTok in the United States, citing concerns over potential espionage and Chinese influence.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes banning Confucius Institutes in American higher education, accusing them of corrupting academic environments.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 aims to prepare a potential second Trump administration, with contributors expected to take key positions and utilize a database of recruited and trained federal employee candidates.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 recommends restricting American pension funds from investing in Chinese assets and limiting U.S. companies' investments in sensitive sectors in China.
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Project 2025
Project 2025 proposes comprehensive policy changes targeting healthcare institutions, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare, Medicaid, Department of Veterans Affairs, and National Institutes of Health.
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| February 19 2025 |
Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
Trump publicly commented on the prosecution, stating that if he had lost the 2024 election, his life would have been 'very nasty' due to legal pursuits against him.
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| February 2025 |
Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election
Former Federal Election Commission chair Ellen Weintraub reported that out of 63 complaints against Donald Trump or his political committees, 31 were recommended by FEC staff for further investigation, but none received sufficient commissioner votes to proceed.
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| February 7 2025 |
Project 2025
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces a reduction of the maximum indirect cost rate for university research grants from 50% to 15%, as recommended by Project 2025.
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| January 2025 |
Democratic backsliding in the United States
Steven Levitsky characterized the first two months of the second Trump administration as the most aggressively and openly authoritarian case of democratic backsliding, with particular concern about attacks on the courts.
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| January 2025 |
Republican Party efforts to disrupt the 2024 United States presidential election
The United States Electoral College vote count proceeded without any objections from lawmakers, completing a peaceful transfer of power.
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