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A non-partisan archive documenting the erosion of American democracy — authoritarianism, abuse of power, and corruption, tracked across every party. Every entry sourced, verified, and permanent. No breach too small to record. → StandingRecord.com

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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 6h
The Standing Record just published: 12 events from earlier dates — 417 this month, 2294 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senior editor Cereese Qusba spent months reporting on the case before breaking the news of the lawsuit on September 18.”
thecut.com
How Student Journalists Broke the ‘Cornell Seven’ Case
“Our coverage was absolutely completely raw from the lawsuit and nothing was concealed. At a minimum, that’s what we can do as the student newspaper.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incredible. The 11th Circuit, in a 3-0 opinion (two Obama appointees and one Trump 1.0 appointee), agrees that Trump and his lawyers have failed to rebut the judge's finding that the entire IRS settlement was collusive, highlighting that no other explanation for their conduct was even offered.
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The appellants mount two main attacks on the district
court’s speech-related sanction. First, they argue that the court
lacked a sufficient basis to find that the lawsuit and the settlement
were collusive and that Messrs. Brito and Epstein acted in bad faith.
Second, they contend that the sanction is a broad and impermissible gag order which constitutes a prior restraint and violates the
First Amendment. We conclude that the appellants have not made
a strong showing that they will succeed on either of these grounds.The appellants did not submit or offer any evidence to explain their litigation conduct or demonstrate that the lawsuit and the settlement were not collusive. Given the record before us, the
appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court
committed clear error in its collusion and bad faith findings
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 29/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 3 events from earlier dates — 402 this month, 2279 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 28/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 2 events from earlier dates — 390 this month, 2267 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Late Friday afternoon, Status has learned, the pool received a surprise message from the White House: Did the networks want to replace CNN for Saturday’s pool duty?" @nataliekorach.bsky.social has all the details on the White House's ongoing battle with CNN: www.status.news/p/trump-cnn-...
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The Press Pool Whiplash
Just as major networks thought their standoff with the White House was cooling, CNN was blocked from pool duty again, forcing the group into a day-by-day battle over coverage.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the nation wasn’t led by madmen, this would be a huge story. As it is, Trump’s offer to sell weapons to our most powerful adversary is just another sign of America’s national suicide.
nytimes.com
Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters www.propublica.org/article/nonc...
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Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So fa...
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 26/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 2 events from September 25, 2026 + 14 more from earlier dates — 382 this month, 2259 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 26/09/2026
We are tracking the misuse of license readers at standingrecord.com/episodes/alp...
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Police Using License-Plate Camera Networks to Stalk
Officers across multiple states have used automated license-plate-reader networks — most often Flock Safety's — to track ex-partners, relatives, and…
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 26/09/2026
Law enforcement clearly can’t be trusted to monitor themselves. #flock abcnews.com/US/5-indiana...
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5 Indianapolis police officers charged with misusing license plate readers
Five Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were charged with misusing the agency's license plate reader technology, according to court records.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 25/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 7 events from earlier dates — 351 this month, 2228 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/09/2026
Breaking News: A sheriff in California was ordered by the state Supreme Court to return about 650,000 ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation into voter fraud that state officials said had no basis in fact. nyti.ms/4hejTBu
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco walking between SUVs parked in the street. A headline reads: "Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules." Photo by Noah Berger/Associated Press
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 24/09/2026
Now back to your regularly scheduled churnalism.
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CNN @cnn.com · 24/09/2026
CNN journalists allowed back into the White House after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate access. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4ySE51v
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tommy Tuberville Alerts Nation To Shocking Threat Of Furries In Cockpits www.wonkette.com/p/tommy-tube... By Doktor Zoom @doktorzoom.bsky.social
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Tommy Tuberville Alerts Nation To Shocking Threat Of Furries In Cockpits
This is your captain yiffing.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 24/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 1 event from September 23, 2026 + 14 more from earlier dates — 348 this month, 2225 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
courtlistener.com
Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 24/09/2026
Most federal officials can't trade stocks their decisions can move. The president is exempt. For 60 years, presidents used blind trusts, index funds or Treasuries anyway. In July, Trump made 1,140+ trades worth up to $270M. standingrecord.com/entries/2026...
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Trump disclosed more than 1,100 July stock trades worth up to $270 million, including SpaceX shares in companies his administration regulates
A financial-disclosure filing released September 22, 2026 showed President Trump made more than 1,140 stock transactions in July 2026 — roughly 440…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
HAPPENING NOW: CNN/MSNOW/Politico TRO hearing before Judge Kelly in the DC District Court. The judge has allotted 15 to 20 minutes max for each side with a brief rebuttal. 1/
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 23/09/2026
Ford's Theatre is is just one of several possibilities in an apparent move to line up new naming honors for Trump after he ran into a legal buzzsaw in his attempt to add his name to the Kennedy Center, a memorial for another slain president.
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Will Ford’s Theatre of All Places Really Be Trump’s Next Renaming Project?
Scenes From a Personalist Regime The man who famously slapped his name...
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
wild scenes out of Springfield, Missouri. Two people were arrested for trying to voice concerns about Flock cameras. Video of it is in the story
404media.co
Woman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on Flock Cameras
Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council...
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 23/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 9 events from earlier dates — 335 this month, 2212 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 22/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 1 event from September 21, 2026 + 15 more from earlier dates — 326 this month, 2204 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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KERA News @keranews.org · 22/09/2026
A former Lewisville officer is on trial this week for allegedly stalking a woman he met while on duty in 2024.
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Trial underway for ex-Lewisville officer charged with stalking woman on duty
A former Lewisville officer is on trial this week for allegedly stalking a woman he met while on duty in 2024.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 21/09/2026
The American Government has a long history of ignoring the UN and international law so don't expect this to go anywhere. truthout.org/articles/uss...
truthout.org
UN Report Finds US Boat Strikes Violate International Law, Are “Plausibly” Crimes Against Humanity
The report says that the US must prosecute those responsible, suggesting murder charges.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 21/09/2026
A UN report has concluded that the U.S.’s boat strike campaign in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean has violated international law and “plausibly” amounts to crimes against humanity, a label reserved for the worst human rights violations in global conflicts.
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UN Report Finds US Boat Strikes Violate International Law, Are “Plausibly” Crimes Against Humanity
The report says that the US must prosecute those responsible, suggesting murder charges.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 21/09/2026
Law requires that anyone punished by the state first be charged, tried, and convicted, and that the use of military force rest on congressional authorization. We are recording each of these unconstitutional attacks. standingrecord.com/episodes/sou...
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Trump Administration SouthCom Pacific Drug-Boat Strike Campaign
U.S. Southern Command has carried out a sustained campaign of lethal strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific, killing people…
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 21/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 3 events from September 20, 2026 + 17 more from earlier dates — 312 this month, 2190 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The video shows the agents literally just leaving the guy in the street and driving off.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
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ICE agent shoots and wounds person in North Austin, officials say
An ICE agent shot and wounded a person Sunday in North Austin, according to three state and local officials.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 20/09/2026
This is what living in an early-stage police state looks like. www.azfamily.com/2026/09/15/i...
azfamily.com
ICE agents posed as electricians when detaining man in west Phoenix, family says
A family is disputing the federal government’s account of how immigration agents detained a man outside his west Phoenix home last week.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I keep saying: @nickturse.bsky.social and the intercept way ahead of the curve on this
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
US military killed four more people today in a boat in the Caribbean, SOUTHCOM said this past hour. Military said intelligence confirmed they were involved in narcotics trafficking, did not share any of that intelligence/evidence. 1st strike since Sept. 9. x.com/Southcom/sta...
US Southern command post on X that says: On September 19, under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It just never ends.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We don’t need our journalistic watchdogs to have “access” to Trump Everyone in the press room should walk out in protest … and source up.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 19/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 4 events from September 18, 2026 + 17 more from earlier dates — 284 this month, 2168 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 18/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 1 event from September 17, 2026 + 14 more from earlier dates — 270 this month, 2154 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New from 404 Media: Georgia State has rescinded a job offer given to Samuel Tunick, the activist who allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before DHS could search it. Tunick says the case is "textbook political repression". Now can't study or work at the university www.404media.co/university-r...
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University Rescinds Job Offer to Activist Who Allegedly Wiped Phone Before DHS Could Search It
Samuel Tunick allegedly wiped his GrapheneOS phone before CBP officials could search it, in what has become a high profile civil liberties case. Now Georgia State University has rescinded a job offer ...
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy Constitution Day theonion.com/area-man-pas...
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Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be
ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think ar...
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 17/09/2026
DHS Inspector General found ICE officers misused pepper spray and an unauthorized chokehold at overcrowded Krome detention center - September 16, 2026 - standingrecord.com/entries/2026...
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DHS Inspector General found ICE officers misused pepper spray and an unauthorized chokehold at overcrowded Krome detention center
A Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report, disclosed around September 16, 2026, found that U.S. Immigration and Customs…
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 17/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 1 event from September 16, 2026 + 10 more from earlier dates — 252 this month, 2137 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Since I joined ProPublica in January, I have been tracking the massive surge in petitions by immigrants to contest their detention. When I looked closer at the data, I found HUGE disparities in the time it takes certain judges to resolve these cases. THREAD ⬇️ www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 16/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 35 events from earlier dates — 238 this month, 2124 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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The Standing Record @standingrecord.com · 15/09/2026
The Standing Record just published: 1 event from September 14, 2026 + 3 more from earlier dates — 231 this month, 2117 total. → standingrecord.substack.com → standingrecord.com/subscribe/ If you know of any events we are missing in our archive reply below with a link.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why would reporters agree not to record? This wasn't a private scene. He was trotted out to the Senate specifically as proof-of-life for the press. Agreeing is disgraceful. The Secret Service detained me for refusing to erase video of them near the UN. So what? Be a professional. Take your lumps!
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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: When elected officials and advocates in Danbury, Connecticut, said ICE arrested a parent at a school bus stop Aug. 26, federal officials denied their accounts. I got video that appears to show such an arrest. My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
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Video appears to show ICE arrest near CT school bus stop, despite federal denials
ICE has denied it made an arrest at a school bus stop, but confirmed it made 118 arrests in Connecticut that week.
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