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Starting a list (with sources) of the Trump admin's tyrannical actions this term so far. 18 Jun 2025 — Restores Confederate base names: DoD directive signed by Trump renames six Army posts (Fort Liberty → Fort Bragg, Fort Gregg-Adams → Fort Lee, etc.), overriding a bipartisan 2021 law. Veterans groups and civil-rights historians call the move an overt appeal to Lost-Cause nostalgia. independent.co.uk 18 Jun 2025 — Claims “unreviewable” power to federalize California’s National Guard: In a Ninth-Circuit hearing the Justice Department defended Trump’s order seizing 4,000 Guard troops for Los Angeles immigration protests despite the governor’s objection—an action a district judge had already ruled illegal. politico.com apnews.com 18 Jun 2025 — DOJ says Kilmar Abrego lawsuit is “moot” after weeks of delay returning the wrongly deported Salvadoran: Critics argue the government slow-walked compliance with a Supreme Court mandate to evade accountability. wtop.com 17 Jun 2025 — Masked, unidentified ICE teams sweep courthouses and neighborhoods nationwide: Washington Post investigation documents balaclava-wearing agents detaining people without clear warrants, a tactic rights groups say chills due-process rights and evades oversight. washingtonpost.com 17 Jun 2025 — ICE arrests NYC Comptroller Brad Lander inside federal immigration court: First known detention of a sitting elected official by immigration agents; bipartisan lawmakers call it “political intimidation.” cbsnews.com 16 Jun 2025 — Memo directs ICE to “concentrate resources” on Democratic-run cities: Axios obtains presidential order targeting sanctuary jurisdictions—framed by opponents as naked partisan retribution. axios.com 16 Jun 2025 — Qatar gifts $400 million jet to Trump; White House accepts: Ethics experts say the plane violates the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause and illustrates rampant pay-to-play. theguardian.com 16 Jun 2025 — DOE fast-tracks rollback of sex-discrimination rules: Direct final rule rescinds Title IX protections for transgender students and athletes without normal notice-and-comment, sparking lawsuits. politico.com 06 May 2025 — Supreme Court green-lights Trump’s renewed transgender-military ban: Allows immediate discharges and new enlistment bans while challenges proceed. reuters.com 23 Apr 2025 — EO “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy” guts Title VI disparate-impact enforcement: Orders all agencies to halt or repeal regulations that address policies with racially disparate effects, undercutting a half-century of civil-rights precedent. hklaw.com 25 Mar 2025 — EO “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections”: Imposes proof-of-citizenship to register, curtails late mail ballots, and bars most voter-roll maintenance challenges. Federal courts have since blocked key sections as beyond presidential authority. whitehouse.gov politico.com 20 Mar 2025 — Justice Department fires prosecutors who handled Trump cases and creates “Weaponization Working Group”: New AG Pam Bondi purges more than a dozen DOJ staff and launches reviews aimed at reversing Jan 6 and Mar-a-Lago prosecutions. apnews.com apnews.com 04 Jun 2025 — DOJ opens probe into Biden’s final pardons: Pardon-Attorney Ed Martin, a Trump appointee, announces investigation of Biden family clemencies—seen by legal scholars as partisan score-settling. thedailybeast.com 10 Feb 2025 — Trump revokes security clearances of senior critics (Blinken, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, etc.): Move strips political adversaries of classified-information access; historians liken it to Nixon-era enemies-list tactics. theguardian.com 20 Jan 2025 — EO “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth”: Directs every agency to recognize only “male” and “female,” bans gender-identity data collection, and threatens federal funding for schools that affirm trans students. whitehouse.gov 20 Jan 2025 — EO “Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions” (Schedule F revival): Reclassifies thousands of career civil-service roles so they can be fired and replaced with loyalists. reuters.com