Tracking The Attacks on Democracy from Within
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SINCE JANUARY 20, 2025
- 24 major attacks to weaken accountability
- 13 significant conflicts of interest & corruption issues
- 7 key attacks to undermine free & fair elections
Attacks You Should Know About
Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
Apr 1 2025
President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of 2029.
Musk’s PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against “activist judges”
Mar 20 2025
Elon Musk’s political action committee is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition expressing their opposition to “activist judges,” a cause that President Trump is pressing as judges block or delay several parts of his agenda.
Trump signs executive order to begin dismantling Department of Education
Mar 20 2025
Despite the president’s rhetoric, fully eliminating the Department of Education would require an act of Congress. To advance most legislation in the Senate requires 60 votes, meaning seven Democrats would need to vote for it along with all Republicans.
A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution
Mar 18 2025
In his ruling, Chuang wrote that “the evidence presently favors the conclusion that contrary to Defendants’ sweeping claim that Musk has acted only as an advisor, Musk made the decisions to shutdown USAID’s headquarters and website even though he lacked the authority to make that decision.”
Trump Talks Up Tesla In White House Show Of Support For Musk
Mar 11 2025
President Donald Trump sought to boost plummeting Tesla share prices Tuesday by briefly turning the White House into a showroom, announcing he was buying one of the electric cars made by close advisor Elon Musk and threatening anti-Musk protesters with “hell.”
Trump Signs Order That Seeks White House Control Over Independent Agencies
Feb 18 2025
President Trump signed an executive order that seeks to give his political appointees far-reaching control over government agencies that Congress established to operate with some independence of the White House, the latest in a series of challenges the president has levied against longstanding structures of the federal government.
Major Attacks
Exposing the power grabs & corruption threatening our democracy
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⚖️ Attacks on the balance of power and attempts to weaken accountability
- 1/25/25: Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general
- 1/27/25: Trump Paralyzes Independent Rights Watchdog, Firing Members Selected by Democrats
- 2/7/25: Trump and Musk Attack Journalists by Name in Social Media Posts
- 2/8/25: Trump says he’s naming himself chairman of the Kennedy Center, will dictate programming
- 2/10/25: Vice President Vance questions authority of US judges to challenge Trump
- 2/18/25: Trump Signs Order That Seeks White House Control Over Independent Agencies
- 2/22/25: Musk calls for impeachment after Baltimore judge blocks Trump’s DEI executive order
- 2/24/25: How the Pentagon Personnel Firings Threaten Our Apolitical Military
- 2/25/25: White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump
- 3/26/25: Trump signs executive order attacking a law firm used by Democrats
- 3/11/25: Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size
- 3/11/25: Republicans Quietly Cede Power to Cancel Trump’s Tariffs, Avoiding a Tough Vote
- 3/14/25: Trump Expands Attacks on Private Law Firms
- 3/14/25: Trump demands unprecedented control at Columbia University
- 3/17/25: Trump claims Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee ‘void, vacant’
- 3/18/25: Trump calls for the impeachment of a judge, as lawsuits pile up
- 3/18/25: A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution
- 3/18/25: Musk’s Team Evicts Officials at the nonprofit US Institute of Peace
- 3/19/25: Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at FTC
- 3/20/25: Trump signs executive order to begin dismantling Department of Education
- 3/22/25: With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession
- 3/25/25: Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges
- 3/27/25: Musk Targeted FEMA. Storm-Battered Communities Are Paying a Price
- 3/31/25: Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
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💰 Conflicts of interest and outright corruption
- 2/20/25: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
- 2/25/25: Musk has inside track to take over contract to fix air traffic communications system
- 2/27/25: Trump is using the presidency to seek golf deals
- 3/2/25: FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink
- 3/3/25: Treasury ends enforcement database meant to stop shell company formation
- 3/11/25: Trump Talks Up Tesla In White House Show Of Support For Musk
- 3/11/25: Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Directly Into Trump Political Operation
- 3/13/25: Top Trump official’s crypto ties raise red flags as the administration touts digital assets
- 3/20/25: ‘Buy Tesla’ Stock, Commerce Secretary Tells Fox Viewers
- 3/23/25: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event
- 3/27/25: Nineteen Trump-branded real estate projects will be developed in foreign countries during Trump’s presidency
- 3/28/25: Nikola founder Trevor Milton may have cost investors more than half a billion dollars. Trump just pardoned him.
- 3/31/25: White House abruptly fires career Justice Department prosecutors in latest norm-shattering move
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🗽 Attacks to undermine free and fair elections
- 2/7/25: Federal election commissioner says Trump is trying to improperly remove her
- 2/25/25: State Election Officials Seek to Avert Deeper Cuts
- 3/10/25: Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts, including one for elections
- 3/17/25: Top DC prosecutor & promoter of false 2020 voter fraud claims, forms ‘election accountability’ unit
- 3/20/25: Musk’s PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against “activist judges”
- 3/25/25: Critical federal election administration grant funding struggles through Congress
- 3/25/25: Trump Signs Order in Attempt to Vastly Reshape U.S. Elections
How Our System Should Work
Our system is supposed to be a democracy, where the people call the shots—not corrupt politicians and special interests.
- That means free and fair elections, where every vote counts, and the rule of law applies to everyone, no exceptions.
- The government should be transparent and accountable, with real checks and balances to stop corruption in its tracks.
- Freedom of speech, a free press, and the right to protest should never be up for debate.
- And no matter who’s in charge, minority rights must be protected so the system works for all of us—not just the powerful.
Right now, we’re in danger of losing our democracy. But we know from history that if just 3.5% of the population gets involved in sustained activism, we can protect democracy and demand accountable government. We’re building that movement—are you with us?