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2025 February

2025-02-06 A federal judge blocked Trump’s unconstitutional birthright citizenship order.

https://www.azag.gov/press-release/judge-blocks-trumps-unconstitutional-birthright-citizenship-order-case-brought

2025 March

2025-03-06 Multiple attorneys general banded together to fight against the Trump administration to block it from freezing Congressionally approved funds.

https://www.azag.gov/press-release/attorney-general-mayes-and-multistate-coalition-secure-court-order-blocking-trump

2025-03-07 AOC introduced 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Rate Cap which would cap credit-card annual interest rates at 10 percent.

https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-cortez-luna-introduce-bill-cap-credit-card-interest-rates-10

2025 April

2025-04-01 Democrat attorneys general sued the administration for terminating $11BN in public health funding, forcing the administration to justify grant cancellations.

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-sues-trump-administration-slashing-vital-health-funding

2025-04-13 Senator Warren introduced SEER Act to impose stronger ethics and disclosure requirements on special government employees.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-stansbury-democratic-leaders-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-musk-special-government-employees-sges

2025 May

2025-05-06 Senator Slotkin introduced End Crypto Corruption Act which would prohibit presidents, members of Congress and certain senior officials and their families from issuing or financially benefiting from cryptocurrency products such as meme coins and stablecoins while in office.

https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/05/07/slotkin-introduces-anti-corruption-bill-to-stop-presidents-and-their-families-from-personally-issuing-digital-assets

2025 June

2025-06-09 Senator Warren introduced Fit to Serve Act which would prohibit discrimination against transgender military personnel and legislatively reverse the Trump administration’s renewed ban on transgender service members.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-democrats-fight-back-with-bill-to-reverse-trump-hegseth-ban-on-transgender-service-members-in-the-military

2025-06-12 Multiple Democrat led states joined together to block unlawful provisions by Trump’s executive order to interfere in elections.

https://ag.nv.gov/News/PR/2025/Attorney_General_Ford_Joins_Secures_Decision_Blocking_Trump%E2%80%99s_Unlawful_Elections_Order

2025 July

2025-07-14 States sued the administration for freezing billions of dollars in after-school, summer, and preparation programs in education. This would force money to be released, delay cuts, and prevent programs from closing.

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-freezing-billions-education

2025-07-16 AOC introduced Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2025 which would reauthorize and strengthen the federal Healthy Start program, which funds maternal and infant health services in communities with high infant-mortality rates.

https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-cortez-advocates-bipartisan-legislation-improve-support-new-parents-and

2025-07-30 Senator Slotkin introduced Ban Corporate PACs Act which would prohibit for-profit corporations from operating political action committees and require existing corporate PACs to wind down.

https://www.slotkin.senate.gov/2025/07/30/slotkin-introduces-ban-corporate-pacs-act/

2025 September

2025-09-09 Senator Warren introduced Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act which would restrict special government employees and other individuals with substantial financial conflicts from obtaining access to sensitive Social Security systems and personal information.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-warren-social-security-war-room-leaders-introduce-bill-to-save-social-security-from-trump-cuts

2025-09-14 New Mexico Democrats stepped up and introduced a plan to establish universal childcare statewide.

https://www.governor.state.nm.us/2025/09/08/new-mexico-is-first-state-in-nation-to-offer-universal-child-care/

2025 November

2025-11-05 Kansas ultimately dropped their effort to redistrict because they couldn’t gather enough Republican votes.

https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2025-11-05/kansas-republicans-fail-to-get-support-for-redistricting-but-their-plan-isnt-dead-yet

2025-11-11 A Utah judge rejected a Republican-passed redistricting plan.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/utah-judge-denies-gop-passed-congressional-map-00646183

2025-11-13 Private equity firms gutted American businesses and pensions (i.e. Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital). See Elizabeth Warren’s bill “Corporate Crimes Against Healthcare Act”.

https://www.ueunion.org/political-action/2012/mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-greed-debt-and-hypocrisy-

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-183291/

2025-11-17 Senator Warren introduced Stop Ballroom Bribery Act which would impose restrictions and disclosure requirements surrounding private donations for presidential construction projects.

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-garcia-introduce-new-bill-to-stop-apparent-bribery-involving-trump-ballroom-donations/

2025-11-28 AOC introduced No GOUGE Act, which would target companies that use Trump’s tariffs as a pretext to impose price increases beyond their actual added costs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6318

2025 December

2025-12-01 Indiana rebuked Trump’s pressure campaign to redistrict.

https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-trump-gerrymandering-79892dffce5c4f91abcbafd6fbea7bde

2026 January

2026-01-14 Minnesota fought against the USDA attacks on SNAP and recertified 100,000 households for SNAP eligibility.

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-supports-minnesotas-fight-against-usdas-attacks-snap

2026 February

2026-02-11 Senator Warren introduced ICE Accountability Act which would create an independent federal watchdog with authority to investigate and enforce reforms involving ICE and Customs and Border Protection

https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-coons-introduce-ice-accountability-act-establishing-strongest-federal-watchdog-to-enforce-reforms-and-stop-ice-violence

2026-02-20 Trump’s sweeping emergency tariffs were struck down.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-rejects-trumps-global-tariffs-2026-02-20

2026 March

2026-03-05 Democrats introduced the No Getting Rich in Congress Act to ban the President, Vice President, members of Congress, candidates for federal office, and their dependents from buying and selling individual stock.

https://thehill.com/homenews/5768262-house-democrats-introduce-stock-ban/

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/30/headlines/trump_bought_stock_in_taser_company_before_ice_announced_220_million_contract

2026-03-16 US District Judge Brian Murphy blocked RFK’s attempts to slash recommended vaccines for infants – including his attempt to eliminate childhood vaccines for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, RSV, Dengue fever, and two types of bacterial meningitis. He wrote in his ruling, “There is a method to how these decisions historically have been made – a method scientific in nature and codified into law through procedural requirements. Unfortunately, the Government has disregarded those methods and thereby undermined the integrity of its actions”. The judge also found that RFK violated the law when he fired all 17 board members of the CDC.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2026/03/16/kennedy-vaccines-lawsuit/89186841007/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-jr-s-efforts-to-overhaul-u-s-childhood-vaccines-temporarily-blocked/

https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/03/16/federal-judge-blocks-enforcement-of-kennedys-vaccine-policies/

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vaccines/federal-judge-blocks-kennedy-s-changes-childhood-vaccine-policy

2026 April

2026-04-06 Mayor Mamdani made huge strides in Staten island road repairs.

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-fills-100-000th-pothole-in-first-100-days

2026-04-10 Mayor Mamdani cleaned up illegal dumping in Soundview.

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/municipal-madness–mayor-mamdani-performs-winning-city-fix–clea

2026-04-12 Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul announced a historic $1.2BN investment in universal childcare.

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-unveils-website-tracking-first-100-days-achievemen

2026-04-12 Democrats in New York secured more than $9M in restitution for workers and small businesses, delivering $34M in repairs, settlements and judgments.

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/04/mayor-mamdani-unveils-website-tracking-first-100-days-achievemen

2026-04-20 The Onion finalized acquisition of InfoWars studios (which started back in November 2024) and announced they would use proceeds to pay the parents of Sandy Hook victims, something Alex Jones tried to avoid.

2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4nrL2C3qIQ&t=3s

2026 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-onions-new-parody-of-alex-jones-infowars-starts-with-100000-to-sandy-hook-families

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/the-onion-launches-parody-alex-jones-infowars-sandy-hook-victims/

2026 May

2026-05-26 South Carolina rejected Trump’s pressure campaign to redistrict.

https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-voting-rights-trump-6d2daecd387cc0ad1dd56e94f621eda5

2026 June

2026-06-18 Senator Alyssa Slotkin introduced the Protect our Polls Act.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdTAlcArXiQ&list=WL&index=4&t=1s

2026-06-22 Congress passed a major bipartisan housing law.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-house-overwhelmingly-backs-affordable-housing-bill-2026-06-23

2026-06-22 Los Angeles preserved its immigration policy.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-court-dismisses-trump-administration-lawsuit-over-los-angeles-immigration-2026-06-23

2026-06-25 States blocked Trump’s nationwide mail-ballot restrictions.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-blocks-trumps-mail-in-voting-executive-order-2026-06-25

2025-06-25 Some Republicans resisted Trump’s voting legislation.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/house-speaker-johnson-meet-trump-hopes-defusing-political-crisis-over-voter-id-2026-06-25/

2026-06-29 SCOTUS protected Federal Reserve independence.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/live-supreme-court-declines-let-trump-fire-feds-lisa-cook-2026-06-29

2026-06-30 SCOTUS preserved birthright citizenship.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/live-us-supreme-court-decide-birthright-citizenship-final-day-landmark-rulings-2026-06-30/

2026-06-30 Democrat-let states successfully challenged a Trump administration rule that would have allowed the Education Department to exclude workers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-blocks-trumps-limits-student-loan-forgiveness-2026-06-30

2026 July

2026-07-02 Democrats delivered a rent freeze through the Rent Guidelines Board on regulated apartments.

https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/what-has-mamdani-done-so-far/

2026-07-02 Crime in New York dropped within the first 6 months of Mamdani’s term.

https://www.vitalcitynyc.org/what-has-mamdani-done-so-far/

2026-07-13 Democrats recovered billions of dollars in childcare and social services the Trump administration froze up.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-government-rescinds-10-billion-freeze-5-states-governed-by-democrats-2026-07-14/

2026-07-14 Researchers studying misinformation won First Amendment protection.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-blocks-trump-administrations-visa-limits-social-media-researchers-2026-07-14

2026-07-14 Senate Democrats temporarily blocked an enormous defense bill.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-democrats-block-115-trillion-defense-bill-over-iran-war-objections-2026-07-14/

2026-07-17 A federal judge rules that Trump could not revoke already-awarded federal grants simply because the programs conflicted with Trump priorities.

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-administration-cannot-cancel-grants-disfavored-causes-us-judge-rules-2026-07-17

2026-07-18 Connecticut defeated Trump’s demand for unredacted voter data.

https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/article/trump-connecticut-voter-list-lawsuit-dismissed-22349668.php

2026-07-23 Charlie Kirk signs were removed from Vietnam Veterans Boulevard after pushback from veterans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWEHxiA4AMo

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/charlie-kirk-memorial-highway-signs.html

https://www.wideopencountry.com/charlie-kirk-memorial-highway-signs-relocated-after-outcry-from-vietman-vets/

PAY WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/us/charlie-kirk-memorial-highway-signs.html

2026-07-23 The man who killed Melissa and Mark Hortman was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. The suspect left behind 3 assault rifles, a handgun, and a hit list containing the names of dozens of people including prominent Democrats and abortion providers and advocates.

https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2026/07/23/vance-boelter-sentenced-life-hortman-assasinations

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vance-boelter-sentencing-man-killed-minnesota-democratic-lawmaker-face-rcna588852

2026-07-24 The Trump administration withdrew subpoenas for New York Times journalists’ phone records. This came after a stern reprimand from a judge.

https://apnews.com/article/usmediatimesair-force-one-42429e4d4da8accc42b6c3ddf3f4fed5

SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/business/media/new-york-times-subpoenas-withdraw.html

2026-07-25 An appeals court ruled that Trump cannot enforce mail-in voting restrictions on 23 states.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/us-appeals-court-rules-trump-cannot-implement-mail-in-voting-order.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-appeals-court-rules-trump-cannot-implement-mail-in-voting-order-2026-07-25/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ZjNAukwtU&list=WL&index=2