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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 17h
The Dept of Justice (DoJ) accused the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) of having illegally considered race in admissions and discriminating against white and Asian American students by favoring Black and Hispanic applicants in its 2023... TAT: [Attacking education | Suppressing dissent]
theguardian.com
UCLA law school accused by justice department of illegally using race in admissions
University denies allegations, saying it is committed to making admissions decisions in compliance with all laws
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 17h
The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a law suit against the state of Maryland over its new law barring federal law enforcement officers including, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themsel... TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
thehill.com
Justice Department sues Maryland over federal agent mask ban
The Justice Department sued Maryland on Thursday over a new law barring federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks and requiring them to identify themselves while working in the Old Line S…
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 17h
The National Science Foundation, one of the biggest sources of federal research funding, withheld $1.4 billion that Congress had intended for research over the course of the past year, according to internal data reviewed by The New York Times. TAT: [Attacking science | Undermining democracy]
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 17h
A partially unsealed court filing alleges that the US Department of Homeland Security built up dossiers on ICE observers—including their photos, license plate numbers, and other information—and stored them in a system called the... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 18h
Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), moved to slash the inspector general’s office that scrutinizes his actions. The inspector generall's office had remained leaderless since November'25 when Joe Allen, the F.H.F.A... [link] TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Hollowing state]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Florida's attorney general filed a lawsuit against Pfizer and its CEO, accusing the drugmaker of misleading consumers about the safety and effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine [link] TAT: [Attacking science]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump said that Iran will cease to exist if its leaders do not sign a peace deal with the U.S. He told reporters that “Now I have to make a decision. They’ll either sign a very fair deal, or they won’t exist any longer,” [link] TAT: [Foreign policy]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump slammed Time’s staff during a lengthy interview after being pressed on pardoning Cabinet members if Democrats retake Congress and whether McConnell should resign. He defended the pardon idea by pointing to Biden's pardons, including Fauci's. He said “But y... [link] TAT: [Suppressing dissent]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump administration stripped tens of millions of dollars in U.S. military assistance from European and Middle Eastern countries. The funds will instead go to right-wing governments in Latin America including Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia. ... TAT: [Foreign policy | Undermining democracy]
washingtonpost.com
Trump defies Democrats, diverts aid for Europe to Latin America instead
The diverted funds include tens of millions of dollars that Congress approved for countries affected by the war in Ukraine.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump administration has not invited key European allies, including the UK, France and the Baltic countries to a NATO meeting in Poland that is spearheaded by Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby and plans to explore the future of NATO. Excluding traditional alli... [link] TAT: [Foreign policy]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Trump adminstration has taken $20 million from funds Congress appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security to pay for pro-Trump television ads that recently began airing ahead of the midterms, according to the Wall Street J... [link] TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration has disbanded or weakened federal bodies responsible for investigating threats to election officials and foreign interference, including the DOJ election-threats taskforce and election-security functions at CISA and ODNI. At... TAT: [Hollowing state | Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
Trump officials abandon effort to investigate election threats, experts warn
Credible threats appear to have been overlooked as administration focuses on unverified claims of voter fraud
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The administration has paid for a television advertisement portraying Trump's war in Iran and his leadership in highly favourable terms, including footage of Trump declaring the war and calling for regime change. The advertisement is part of... TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
White House airs new taxpayer-funded ad praising Trump’s war on Iran
New ad features audio from Trump’s declaration of war and Pete Hegseth saying ‘if you kill Americans … we will kill you’
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a second time in a week, the White House has unilaterally removed CNN from its assignment as the primary television pool representative covering Donald Trump. CNN was excluded on Saturday from pool duty onboard Air Force One, despite a d... TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
White House removes CNN from press pool for second time in a week
Network was listed as primary TV pool covering Thursday’s presidential activities but then was abruptly removed
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Donald Trump deflected responsibility for misleading Americans about the length of the Iran war, dismissed low poll ratings as “fake numbers” and refused to rule out the possibility of declaring a state of emergency before the midterms, in a... TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
Trump doesn’t rule out declaring state of emergency before midterm elections
President also dismissed low poll ratings as ‘fake numbers’ and deflected responsibility for Iran war in Time interview
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
President Trump said in an interview that he has not ruled out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections in November. “I’m not committing to anything,” Trump said in an interview with Time when asked about the limits... TAT: [Undermining democracy]
thehill.com
Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms
President Trump said in an interview published Thursday that he has not ruled out invoking the Insurrection Act or declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections in November. “I&…
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
President Trump revealed in an interview that he regrets nominating conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. “They voted against me too often,” the president continued. “I gave them the po... TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
thehill.com
Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett
President Trump revealed in an interview published Thursday that he regrets nominating conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.  “Yeah. …
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Asked whether he would commit not to demolish the Kennedy Center without congressional approval, Trump said, “I’m not committing to anything,” saying he would wait to see how the case proceeds in court. He has also linked the future of the Center's renov... TAT: [Corruption | Undermining democracy]
thehill.com
Trump refuses to rule out demolishing Kennedy Center
President Trump is refusing to commit to not demolishing the Kennedy Center amid the legal battle over the performing arts center’s name and renovation. Trump, in a new interview with Time ma…
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The administration is sending $500 payments to around 950,000 ACA enrollees, with 71% of the $339m programme going to 13 states containing many of the most competitive Senate and gubernatorial races. Trump personally told recipients that he was “returning” mon... [link] TAT: [Undermining democracy]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Justice Department (DOJ) filed a judicial misconduct ‌complaint against judges in Minnesota who gave interviews to the New York Times about the immigration surge there, ​alleging it was unethical and partisan. In ​September, judges in Minnesota told the ⁠Tim... [link] TAT: [Suppressing dissent]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a huge $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advanci... TAT: [Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad
Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At a State of the Force address held at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, VA, Defense secretary Hegseth confirmed plans to cut 20% of generals and admirals. He also stated "We are no longer the woke department or the we... TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Attacking education | Controlling information]
theguardian.com
Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’
Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ rates
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has appointed Elon Musk, Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to lead a Pentagon study of future warfare, including AI, robotics and other emerging technologies. Musk and Luckey have substantial commercial interests in ... TAT: [Corruption]
theguardian.com
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare
A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration’s good graces
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Trump administration indicted 10 lawful permanent residents in Minnesota for allegedly voting as noncitizens or falsely claiming US citizenship, bringing the number charged in similar cases since September to at least 24 across 10 states. Senior officials used th... TAT: [Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
Trump DoJ indicts 10 individuals on noncitizen voting related charges in Minnesota
The charges are senior officials’ latest attempt to heighten voter fraud concerns amid midterm election campaigning
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An immigration judge has ruled that the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque can be deported under a controversial, cold-war era law (Immigration and Nationality Act), the Trump administration has sought to wield against foreign nationals who have been outspoken about Pales... TAT: [Nationalism]
theguardian.com
US immigration judge allows cold war-era law to deport Wisconsin mosque’s president
When one track failed, Trump administration rushed immigration case of Palestine rights advocate Salah Sarsour
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump attacked Federal Reserve chair Powell after it was found that there were no grounds for criminal referral or evidence of administrative misconduct tied to cost overruns in a US central bank renovation ​project. Trump wrote on Truth Social: "At a minimum, '... [link] TAT: [Suppressing dissent]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Jr. told a MAHA summit that AI could provide a medical “second opinion” better informed than any doctor and could “free us from medical tyranny.” He encouraged Americans to use AI to challenge public-heal... TAT: [Attacking science | Controlling information]
futurism.com
RFK Jr Announcing That AI Is Now Better Than Human Doctors Shows That He Is a Buffoon Who Is Ruining Trust in American Health Institutions
RFK Jr. said that AI models are now better informed than any doctor, proclaiming the tech will "free us from medical tyranny."
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has agreed to reconsider Texas's ozone nonattainment classifications and the Biden-era rejection of the state's Clean Air Act compliance approach, following Gov. Greg Abbott's request amid high diesel prices. If the reconsiderati... TAT: [Attacking science]
thehill.com
EPA to ‘reconsider’ air quality rules as Texas faces diesel price ‘disaster’
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday it would “reconsider” air-quality regulations amid Texas’s diesel price “disaster.” The letter sent by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to Te…
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out an expansive vision for collecting, sharing and analyzing US health information at a Maha event hosted by a close ally and outspoken anti-vaccine activist. He suggested that medical and lifestyle data... TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Attacking science]
theguardian.com
RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event
Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump administration ban on $1B in Canadian imports came into effect today. Products include dairy products, motor vehicles and many alcoholic beverages. Trump, in signing the executive orders to ban the goods, cited Canadian “discrimination” against the American equivalents. TAT: [Foreign policy]
thehill.com
Trump administration ban on $1B in Canadian imports goes into effect
President Trump’s ban on nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian goods went into effect Tuesday, marking the latest salvo in a trade war between the U.S. and its longtime ally to the north. The restric…
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
According to a CNN report, toddlers as young as 2 years are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. A federal law, the Trafficking Victims ... TAT: [Nationalism | Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
edition.cnn.com
Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog as it forges ahead with plans to disengage from international and multilateral organizations that it accuses of exceeding their mandates, being inefficient or not adapting ... TAT: [Foreign policy]
apnews.com
US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump on Truth Social posted a 30-second video in which he said: “This is the final battle. With you at my side, we will demolish the deep state. We will expel the warmongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists, we will cas... TAT: [Controlling information | Undermining democracy]
edition.cnn.com
Analysis: Trump stirs new storm by posing as strongman in taxpayer-funded video | CNN Politics
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Dept of Justice (DOJ) asked the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to let it enforce a policy restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates ​in federal prisons . It filed an ‌emergency request asking SCOTUS to lift the order of a federal judge, which b... [link] TAT: [Weakening civil rights]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Dept of Education has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX rules, that provided nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The rule change will not have a big impact on schools as the Trump administr... TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Attacking education]
washingtonpost.com
Education Department officially scraps Biden-era Title IX rules
The new regulations mark a return to rules from the first Trump administration.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refused a request from the NFL and former Philadelphia Eagles player Brian Dawkins to take down a video it posted using the Hall of Fame player to promote President Trump’s immigration agenda. The video on a D... TAT: [Nationalism | Controlling information]
thehill.com
NFL to DHS: Take down video featuring Eagles star Brian Dawkins
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing a request from the NFL and former Philadelphia Eagles player Brian Dawkins to take down a video it posted using the Hall of Fame safety to prom…
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Trump administration announced it was slashing clean car rules that had been aimed at reducing planet-heating emissions and boosting electric vehicles. The move, which was criticized by environmentalists, relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from g... TAT: [Attacking science]
theguardian.com
Trump administration to slash clean car rules aimed at cutting climate emissions
Environmentalists decry move that relaxes requirements on automakers to control pollution from gas-powered cars
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The deportation of thousands of migrants from the US to third countries has set off a “cascade of human rights violations” that could have “deadly” consequences, two dozen UN human rights experts have warned. Those being banished to countries where they... TAT: [Nationalism | Undermining democracy]
theguardian.com
Trump’s deportations to third countries violate human rights, UN experts warn
Sending migrants to countries they do not come from can have deadly consequences and must be halted, says report
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration halted a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigation into Louis Dreyfus just as career lawyers were preparing to recommend civil charges over alleged manipulation of cotton export reporting. The move ca... [link] TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Hollowing state]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US attorney general Todd Blanche, in an interview with ABC, defended Trump's media ban of CNN, MS Now and Politico, arguing that the administration was permitted to ban the news outlets from the White House because “it is a privilege and not a... TAT: [Controlling information | Suppressing dissent]
theguardian.com
Blanche defends Trump’s White House media ban: ‘It is a privilege, not a right’
US attorney general argues that president was ‘sick and tired’ of inaccurate reporting by CNN, MS Now and Politico
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump attacked the Supreme Court for ruling against Missouri's congressional map favouring Republicans. On Truth Social he wrote: “The Supreme Court of the United States will just not let Missouri have an Election Victory. They continuously, thr... TAT: [Suppressing dissent | Undermining democracy]
thehill.com
Trump slams Supreme Court for blocking Missouri’s GOP-favored map for third time
President Trump went after the Supreme Court on Sunday for blocking a Missouri congressional map favoring Republicans. “The Supreme Court of the United States will just not let Missouri have an Ele…
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration is defending its dismissal of federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who was fired without a stated reason after Trump allies called for her removal because of her relationship to his longtime political target, James Comey. The administration argues... TAT: [Suppressing dissent]
theguardian.com
How the Trump administration is trying to defend its firing of Maurene Comey
Star federal prosecutor is fighting her no-cause firing, as DoJ dances around Trump’s loathing of her father, James Comey
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The administration has repeatedly claimed it has uncovered or prevented hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud, but a New York Times analysis found that many figures are unverifiable, rely on unsubstantiated allegations or temporary funding pauses, double-count a... TAT: [Controlling information]
nytimes.com
White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers
The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump in response to a question from a MS Now correspondent, told her to "be quiet" and continued to attack CNN and MS Now. The exchange followed after White House correspondent Akayla Gardner asked “Do you only want outlets that support you to be a part of the press p... TAT: [Suppressing dissent]
theguardian.com
Trump tells female MS Now reporter to be ‘quiet’ amid questions on press pool ban
US president doubles down on criticism of CNN and MS Now as Akayla Gardner questions attempted White House ban
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has promoted Greek energy company Aktor in meetings with European governments while Aktor's paid lobbyist, Christos Marafatsos, accompanied her, despite not being a government official and reportedly not disclosing his connectio... [link] TAT: [Corruption]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Trump administration has formalised new fuel efficiency rules for new vehicles and light trucks, which will gut one of the government’s most significant efforts to reduce gasoline consumption and support the country’s shift to electric vehicles. TAT: [Attacking science]
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules
New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump amplified negative social media comments about Republican Representative María Elvira Salazar of Florida, who had directly rebuked his immigration agenda earlier this month. He reposted on screenshots of more than a dozen comments from other accounts that ... [link] TAT: [Suppressing dissent]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
US ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle allegedly told a private dinner in Athens that the US could remove governments “in any country we want” and “here” in Greece, during a discussion about the impending fall of Romania's government. Gree... [link] TAT: [Foreign policy | Undermining democracy]
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS), revived an expanded immigration database that the Trump administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters. The justices ​granted the Justice Depart... TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Undermining democracy]
reuters.com
Supreme Court restores Trump's mass voter verification system
The US Supreme Court revived on Friday an expanded immigration database that President Donald Trump's administration said aims to combat voting by noncitizens but critics contend could disenfranchise eligible voters.
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Trump Action Tracker @trumpactiontracker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Based on publicly available information published by the American Statistical Association, most of the data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on the state of education in America, appears to be ... TAT: [Attacking education | Controlling information | Hollowing state]
theguardian.com
Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet
National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contracts
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