Okay a couple weeks ago I started this post trying to keep track of all the stuff going on in order to help remind us of everything that’s happened when the next election comes around. Well, because there’s just so much going on, I’ve realized trying to cram it all into one post isn’t going to work. So I’m going to do a new post every month and include links to the previous ones.
Donald Trump has enforced his tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. [x]
Donald Trump has put Mexico tariffs on hold for one month. [x]
Donald Trump allowed Elon Musk to begin dismantling USAID. [x]
Congress is voluntarily giving up its power and allowing Trump to make unilateral decisions. [x]
Darren Beattie has been made Under Secretary of State. [x]
Everything that Donald Trump has done so far lines up with Project 2025 [x]
The White House is drafting an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education [x]
Elon Musk, who nobody voted for or elected, has, essentially, hacked the government. [x]
El Salvador has agreed to take US deportees of any nationality. [x]
US Representative Andy Biggs is proposing a bill to abolish OSHA. [x]
Pam Bondi has been confirmed as Attorney General [x]
Donald Trump doesn’t think Palestinians should return to Gaza. [x]
Donald Trump says he’ll use US troops to “take over” the Gaza Strip. [x]
A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. [x]
Donald Trump has banned trans women from women’s sports [x]
Donald Trump sanctions the International Criminsl Court. [x]
A judge has paused the federal “buyouts” [x]
DOGE: Member of DOGE resigns [x]
DOGE has been given access to the Department of Energy. [x]
Miscellaneous news about Elon Musk [x]
DOGE is using AI to infiltrate the Department of Education [x]
Russell Vought, author of Project 2025, has been confirmed as Director of OMB [x]
Democrats in Congress have introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act [x]
Donald Trump has flagged the words “women” “diverse” and “historically” from studies done by the National Science Foundation. [x]
New Mexico Representative Melanie Stansbury has introduced the Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act [x]
Democratic Congressional leaders have introduced the Stop the Steal Act [x]
Donald Trump has called for a review of funding for the United Nations [x]
Federal agencies are barred from celebrating Black History Month [x]
Donald Trump has frozen aid to South Africa and accused the South African government of racism against white South Africans [x]
Donald Trump wants to use Leavenworth Prison as a migrant detention facility and have it run by a for-profit company known for its numerous human rights violations. [x] [x]
Trump has told the Treasury to stop making pennies. [x]
Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) proposes the E.L.O.N. M.U.S.K. Act (which stands for Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy) [x]
Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were told to stop all work and are now being told to stay home. [x]
Trump will impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum. [x]
Trump says Palestinians won’t be allowed back in Gaza if the US takes it over [x]
Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed as director of national intelligence. [x]
Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA) has proposed a bill to change the name of Greenland to Red, White & Blue Land [x]
The DOJ has dropped the corruption charges against New York City mayor Eric Adams. [x]
An AP News reporter has been banned from the White House for using Gulf of Mexico instead of Gulf of America in its reporting. [x][x]
Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Angus King (I-ME) are pushing for a tax credit that would encourage businesses to offer paid family leave. [x]
Representative Sara Jacobs (D-CA) has introduced the Protect US National Security Act [x]
The State Department (taxpayers) is paying Elon Musk $400 million for cybertrucks. [x]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been confirmed as HHS Secretary. [x]
Trump is conducting a mass firing of the federal workforce. [x]
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is creating a list of all the ‘woke’ science he wants to get rid of. [x]
References to transgender have been removed from the Stonewall National Monument. [x]
A 71 year old refugee living in Thailand has died because of the USAID freeze. [x][x]
Trump’s proposed tax cuts will add trillions to US debt. [x]
Trump is defying the court order to reopen USAID. [x]
Trump has stopped the CDC’s flu vaccine campaign. [x]
Trump is suing Brazil’s Supreme Court because of Brazil’s battles with Elon Musk over Twitter/X. [x]
Kash Patel has been confirmed as FBI director. [x]
Trump orders FEMA to stop their work with making homes better at withstanding natural disasters. [x]
Here’s a link to the Project 2025 Policy Agenda that Donald Trump claimed he didn’t know anything about.*
*He only claimed he didn’t know anything about it after it proved to be deeply unpopular with the general public.
I’m also including directories for both the House of Representatives and the Senate. That way, if you’re so inclined, you can also track the individual actions of every Senator and Representative.
Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) repeatedly uses a transphobic slur on the Congressional floor. [x]
Clarence Thomas is…being Clarence Thomas *sigh* [x]
Donald Trump fired the Chair of the Kennedy Center and named himself as the new Chair [x]
Trump said that no group of people in the history of America has been treated worse than the way the January 6th insurrectionists have been treated. [x]
Some people are impersonating ICE agents and harassing & assaulting people of color [x][x]
Trump’s mass deportation is hitting a wall [x]
The Trump administration’s incompetence is coming back to bite them. [x]
Target has been facing backlash for rolling back its DEI initiatives. [x]
Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf [x]
The Kennedy Center cancelled a performance of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC [x]
Once again, please feel free to let me know about anything I’ve missed. With this era of constant news we live in, it can be easy to forget so let’s give our future selves a little help!
