Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website! -- Christine Pagel
https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/introducing-the-trump-action-tracker
Today Im launching TrumpActionTracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trumps second term (over 740 actions so far).
Ive been doing my best to track actions of the Trump administration that are authoritarian-like since the start of his second term in January 2025. In February 2025, I introduced five broad domains of authoritarianism the covered recorded actions:
Undermining Democratic Institutions & Rule of Law; Dismantling federal government
Dismantling Social Protections & Rights; Enrichment & Corruption
Suppressing Dissent & Controlling Information
Attacking Science, Environment, Health, Arts & Education
Aggressive Foreign Policy & Global Destabilization; Nationalism
I then mapped the actions onto a Venn Diagram. Since then, I have continued writing about further actions, and groups of actions since, such as attacks on science, universities, democracy, and suppressing dissent. However, as the number of authoritarian-like actions has continued to grow (now at more than 740), I wanted to create a web resource that lets anyone explore the actions I am logging. With the help of two amazing volunteers Sandy Laping (who helps me find actions to log) and Pete Duncanson (who built the website), this is now live at
trumpactiontracker.info!
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