Tracking real-world events against historically confirmed steps toward fascism.
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"Trump demanded the rule changes as part of a broader plan to combat what he alleges - without evidence - is widespread voter fraud."
Many of the board members who voted are Trump allies who were appointed by the president.
The decision says that political parties can now coordinate directly with campaigns and raise unlimited funds.
Trump has long targeted mail voting, which he falsely blames for his 2020 election loss
"Far-left terrorism poses a profound threat to the United States and the broader West,"
"Justice Department attorneys argued that if Trump's name does not appear somewhere on the Kennedy Center..."
Trump has created massive hurdles for clean energy, particularly offshore wind.
"expressly forbade" him from talking about anthropogenic climate change
Trump threatened another round of 50 percent tariffs
Trump abruptly cut short a joint military exercise
declined to rule out additional and unprecedented steps to force his will on the November election, including through emergency declarations and military deployments
"DOJ officials reportedly considered whether transgender people could be barred from possessing guns"
"cars and drivers inspire awe and respect in all who watch"
"Federal law-enforcement officers have been involved in a series of fatal shootings..."
"banned certain people from receiving immigrant visas 'based solely on their nationality'"
Trump has now issued an executive order that closely mirrors the Circero Institute's policies.
Trump reached back to a long-dormant Great Depression-era law: Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
CFTC has stepped in to defend its jurisdiction, issuing a directive on Aug. 11 ordering Kalshi to ignore a temporary restraining order sought by New York.
Prosecutors alleged the photo was a reference to killing Trump
"Our interest is in protecting American workers..."
"Mr. Trump has made tariffs the centerpiece of his second-term economic agenda."
"Tariffs have formed the core of Trump's economic strategy..."
"Prosecutors...argued...Comey sent coded messages...suggesting they kill an enemy"
Tariffs - a tax placed on imports from other countries - have been a key component of Trump's trade policy
The Trump administration announced a federal fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis...passed and signed legislation creating a new congressional map giving the state more Republican-leaning seats.
contracts have been changed to declare that the centers are simply not subject to certain local or state laws.
Trump directed his DOJ to go after all the prosecutors who went after Trump
"Work wanted by the White House was taking precedence"
"American forces have redirected 68 commercial vessels"
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...held him in contempt
DOJ said the change would preserve the board while putting final responsibility for its decisions with Rubio.
Martin fired and demoted many of those prosecutors.
"Trump ordered the East Wing of the White House torn down in October"
San Diego police officers last year conducted more than 244,000 investigative searches of the data
Trump administration is planning to build a new detention facility capable of holding 3,000 unaccompanied migrant children.
unlawfully installed an ally of President Donald Trump as a top prosecutor
Trump initially appointed Martin to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for D.C.
"Harp repeatedly declined to seek security clearance..."
The administration has argued that the president has total authority to renovate the White House and other federal buildings as he sees fit and that the ballroom project must be completed due to national security concerns.
Trump administration's repeated attempts across the country to make an end-run around federal law to keep their choice of prosecutors in office without Senate confirmation.
"The Trump administration's means of funding the project...was unlawful."
Trump ordered its demolition.
2025 executive order that aimed to boost coal to power data centers
"Eligibility requirements are tightening..."
Expanded SNAP work requirement has now kicked in for most of the country.
The annual joint military exercises with U.S. and South Korea are ending early
The Trump-aligned board at the Kennedy Center voted...
"Operation Economic Fury, a two-pronged US economic campaign..."
"You are either with us or against us," he said.