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What Happened Today – August 28

✊ The consequences are piling up. Covid shots blocked at pharmacies, $218M of Florida money wasted, economic stability shaken as he tries to seize the Fed. This is what happens when one man’s power grab comes before the country. Show up Monday at your local Workers over Billionaires rally. Find one at Mobilize. Don’t rely … Read more

What Happened Today – August 27

First, they came for the rules. Now, they are coming for the people who enforce them. 🧹 The goal is to leave no one inside the government who still believes in facts. A CDC director is fired and vaccine access is restricted not because of new science, but because the people in charge reject it. … Read more

What Happened Today – August 26

🌐⚡ Trump’s White House is grabbing control everywhere at once. They are seizing Union Station, threatening Republicans in Indiana to redraw maps, pressuring the Supreme Court to hand them Congress’ spending power, and trying to bring back D.C.’s death penalty. Judges cannot hold this line alone. Iowa Democrats just broke a GOP supermajority in their … Read more

What Happened Today – August 25

⚖️ Trump is testing what it means for a presidency to have no limits. He signs orders that undercut judges. He pressures GMU to apologize for hiring practices, extorts settlements from CBS and NBC, and even treats the White House as a personal redecorating project. What disappears in the process is the idea of shared … Read more

What Happened Today – August 24

👑 Trump flaunts power like an emperor. He threatens bridges and military takeovers. He demands sports leagues favor his chosen stars. Critics are enemies, and he buries them. At GovBrief we are expanding our lens. Earlier this month we added propaganda as a new internal category. This week, we added dissent. These categories help show … Read more

What Happened Today – August 23

⚡ There really is an occupation. Hundreds of Guard troops remain in Los Angeles. Thousands are entrenched in D.C. with checkpoints and tribunals. Chicago has been warned twice in two days that the military is going there next. Meanwhile, DHS says it has been erasing officials’ texts for months and has already refused a FOIA … Read more

What Happened Today – August 22

Revolution Wind turbines stand stranded off Rhode Island as the Trump administration orders a nearly completed project stopped, weaponizing national security against clean energy. (Interior Department photo)

💥 The old rules are gone. Trump is turning governance into a raw contest of firepower by arming troops in our cities, purging generals, and demanding loyalty over law. The only counter is bottom-up resistance with neighbors, communities, and states refusing to bow while building power together. Fix your oxygen mask first and then help. … Read more

What Happened Today – August 21

⚔️ Trump is pulling the country into a three front tug of war, jailing critics, erasing culture, and rewriting the law. Each victory comes with backlash, but the rope keeps sliding closer to authoritarian hands. It is on us to pull back. There are national protests a week from Monday on Labor Day. Head to … Read more

What Happened Today – August 20

⛔ Texas Republicans gerrymandered five more GOP seats in Congress as Trump deploys federal forces to cement his D.C. takeover. Now CBP agents are even patrolling National Park Service sites across the city. At the same time, he’s gutting the IRS, CDC, and national intelligence so corruption keeps running wild. Authoritarianism advances by choking the … Read more

What Happened Today – August 19

Harriet Tubman, legendary conductor of the Underground Railroad, shown in a Smithsonian photo Trump now targets as part of his purge of exhibits on slavery and racial injustice. (Photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution)

💀 Democratic politicians are being killed, threatened, and now forced to agree to police surveillance while Trump’s allies rewrite data, fire scientists, and tell prosecutors to ignore laws. This is an authoritarian takeover with social media as a way for extremists to reach regular people day and night. Intimidation is replacing democracy. Be like Rep. … Read more