Trump Tyranny Tracker: 101
April 30, 2025
📆 Trump Tyranny Tracker: April 30
Welcome to today’s Trump Tyranny Tracker, where I’m breaking down the key news from the day alongside ongoing developments as Trump and his regime move swiftly to consolidate power, undermine democracy, and dismantle civil rights and freedoms.
🔥 In Corruption News
Trump Company Strikes Qatari Golf Resort Deal in Sign It’s Not Holding Back from Foreign Business
What Happened: The Trump Organization has signed a new deal to build a luxury golf resort in Qatar in partnership with Saudi and Qatari firms, despite Trump’s ongoing presidency.
Why It Matters: Trump is cashing in on foreign policy, ignoring conflict-of-interest rules while cutting deals that benefit Saudi royals and his businesses—more blatant pay-to-play corruption at the highest level.
Source: Associated Press🛡️ In Power Consolidation News
Trump’s Maximalist Assertion of Presidential Power Tests the Rule of Law
What Happened: In just 100 days, Trump has bulldozed legal norms to seize unprecedented executive power—gutting checks and balances, bypassing Congress, defying courts, and pushing the far-right unitary executive theory. Trump has taken control over the Justice Department, centralized legal power inside the White House, and weaponized emergency powers to rule by fiat.
Why It Matters: This isn’t governance—it’s a full-blown authoritarian power grab. Trump is tearing down the very checks and balances that define American democracy, rewriting the Constitution to place himself above the law, and using executive power like a dictator, consolidating control.
Source: New York TimesTrump claims he 'could' have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S.
What Happened: Trump told ABC News he could bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador “with one call,” directly contradicting his officials’ repeated claims in court that the U.S. has no power to do so. Despite court orders at every level to return Garcia, the DOJ has insisted El Salvador alone controls his custody.
Why It Matters: Trump’s admission torpedoes his legal argument and confirms the U.S. maintains de facto control over deportees held in El Salvador—reiterating his use of unchecked executive power, open defiance of the Supreme Court, and systematic abuse fueling his mass deportation agenda.
Source: NBC News
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Source: X⚖️ In Weaponization of Institutions News
F.B.I. Reassigns Agents Who Knelt During 2020 Racial Justice Protests
What Happened: The F.B.I. has reassigned several female supervisory agents who knelt during the 2020 racial justice protests in Washington, D.C.—a clear act of political retaliation by Kash Patel. Their actions had already been deemed lawful and compliant with F.B.I. policy.
Why It Matters: This is political retribution. Trump’s FBI is punishing agents for peaceful acts of conscience to appease his base—transforming federal law enforcement into a tool of fear, loyalty enforcement, and MAGA ideological purity.
Source: New York TimesDOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations
What Happened: A 21-year-old unvetted Musk operative, Christopher Sweet, has been appointed to use AI to rewrite federal housing regulations at HUD—despite having no government experience. Sweet is reportedly leading a sweeping deregulation effort across agencies, including rules governing public and tribal housing.
Why It Matters: Trump and Musk’s regime is handing critical rulemaking power to a college student and an AI model, gathering data, and bypassing legal safeguards and oversight to gut protections for vulnerable communities and fast-track control over federal policy.
Source: WIREDTrump Officials Increasingly Recruit Local Police for Immigration Enforcement Despite ‘Red Flags’
What Happened: Trump has signed over 370 new agreements, tripling the number of local law enforcement agencies deputized to enforce federal immigration laws—despite known civil rights violations, abuse scandals, and past rejections. Among them is North Carolina’s Columbus County sheriff’s office, previously denied for its troubling record but now enlisted in Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Why It Matters: Trump is unleashing a nationwide dragnet with no oversight, reviving the most abusive enforcement tactics, and empowering racist, corrupt local departments to target immigrants. They are building the infrastructure to suppress dissent and control everyone.
Source: The GuardianChris Krebs Kicked Off CBP’s Global Entry Program
What Happened: Former CISA director Chris Krebs, who affirmed the security of the 2020 election, was abruptly removed from the Global Entry program. The move comes weeks after Trump stripped him of any remaining security clearances and ordered a DOJ investigation, despite no evidence of wrongdoing.
Why It Matters: More of Trump’s retribution. Trump is using federal powers to go after public servants like Chris Krebs—people who simply did their jobs. The message is clear— tell the truth, and the government will be weaponized against you.
Source: CNN📢 In Media Suppression and Authoritarian Tactics News
Lovefest or Cabinet Meeting? For Donald Trump, It’s Both
What Happened: In a two-hour Cabinet meeting marking Trump’s first 100 days back in office, top officials—including JD Vance and Marco Rubio—showered Trump with over-the-top praise, crediting him with “saving 258 million lives” and flaunting “Gulf of America” hats. The spectacle compares to the cult-like loyalty displays seen in Russia.
Why It Matters: The sycophantic Cabinet spectacle exemplifies the authoritarian-style loyalty defining Trump’s second term—where truth, accountability, and policy take a back seat to blind flattery.
Source: Associated PressEducation Department Opens Probe Into Chicago Public Schools
What Happened: The Education Department has launched a Title VI investigation into Chicago Public Schools over its “Black Students Success Plan,” alleging the initiative illegally prioritized resources based on race. The probe follows a complaint from the conservative group Defending Education.
Why It Matters: This is a direct attack on civil rights. Trump is targeting race- and gender-based support programs in schools, slashing civil rights enforcement, and reversing decades of protections for marginalized students—while weaponizing federal agencies to enforce an extremist white nationalist agenda.
Source: The HillNew York Times Fires Back After Trump Threat
What Happened: The New York Times issued a defiant statement defending press freedom after Trump threatened legal action over its reporting on his lawsuit against Paramount Global. Trump accused the Times of "tortious interference" in elections following an article detailing settlement talks related to a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris.
Why It Matters: Trump is using legal threats to bully journalists into silence. It’s a classic authoritarian move—punish the press, discredit the truth, and control the narrative.
Source: The HillTrump Pressures Journalist to Accept Doctored Photo as Real: ‘Why Don’t You Just Say Yes?’
What Happened: In a combative interview, Trump berated ABC’s Terry Moran, pressuring him to validate a clearly doctored photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia with a gang tattoo. When Moran refused, Trump snapped: “Why don’t you just say yes,” accusing him of spreading “fake news.” Trump also downplayed migrants’ due process rights.
Why It Matters: The interview laid bare Trump’s contempt for facts, the rule of law, and press freedom, showing an authoritarian leader who bullies the press, rewrites reality, and treats truth as an obstacle to power.
Source: The Guardian🛑 In Human and Civil Rights Abuses News
Memorial Wall to Fallen USAID Staffers Removed from Agency’s Former Building
What Happened: Trump removed a memorial wall honoring 99 USAID staffers killed in the line of duty, as part of the rapid dismantling of the agency led by Musk. The fate of the wall remains unclear, though some officials say it may be relocated to the State Department.
Why It Matters: This erasure of a solemn tribute to public servants reflects the broader purge of U.S. institutions, where honoring sacrifice is replaced with indifference, and dismantling humanitarian efforts is celebrated as “efficiency.”
Source: Associated PressTrump Cuts $1 Billion in School Mental Health Grants, Citing Conflict of Priorities
What Happened: Trump is canceling $1 billion in mental health grants for schools—funding originally passed under President Biden to help hire counselors and psychologists—claiming the programs violated civil rights law and advanced “left-wing racialism.” The Education Department confirmed the move and said it would “re-envision” the funds.
Why It Matters: Trump is gutting school mental health support under the guise of "diversity"—leaving all our children in danger
Source: Associated Press‘He’s Just a Kid’: Maryland Teen Swept Into Trump Immigration Dragnet
What Happened: Javier Salazar, a 19-year-old Venezuelan immigrant with no criminal record, was nearly disappeared to El Salvador and imprisoned under Trump’s “wartime deportation authority.” ICE agents arrested him in Maryland, labeled him a gang member based on a photo showing what appears to be a toy water gun, and attempted to deport him without a hearing—until the Supreme Court issued a last-minute order halting the removal.
Why It Matters: This is another case that exposes the cruelty and lawlessness of Trump’s mass deportation agenda—where toy guns become gang evidence, and due process is discarded.
Source: The GuardianImmigrants Who Came to the Texas Panhandle to Work Legally Have Been Told They Must Leave
What Happened: Trump is revoking legal status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, many from Haiti, Cuba, and Venezuela, who entered the U.S. legally under now-terminated humanitarian programs. Individuals received DHS emails ordering them to leave.
Why It Matters: This mass revocation will uproot families, gut essential industries, and turn legally settled workers into targets for disappearance—another step in Trump’s campaign to erase humanitarian protections.
Source: Associated Press'Not Just El Salvador': Marco Rubio Says U.S. Looking for More Countries to Send Migrants
What Happened: Marco Rubio confirmed the U.S. is negotiating with up to 30 countries to accept migrants, particularly those Trump officials label “despicable”—including individuals being sent to nations they aren’t even from. He stated the goal is to send them “as far away as possible” to prevent their return.
Why It Matters: This is exile disguised as deportation. Trump and Rubio are building an international system to disappear migrants—targeting people for permanent removal without regard to human rights, due process, or national origin, and will expand to U.S. citizens.
Source: USA TODAYTrump Weighs Deporting Migrants to Libya and Rwanda
What Happened: Trump is in talks with Libya and Rwanda to disappear migrants with criminal records and possibly asylum seekers to Libya and Rwanda, despite serious human rights abuses.
Why It Matters: Libya is infamous for torture, rape, and slavery of migrants—yet Trump wants to dump people there with no way back. This isn’t immigration policy, it’s state-sponsored disappearance. By calling migrants “despicable,” Trump and Rubio continue normalizing dehumanization as official doctrine—and laying the groundwork to expand these tactics against anyone they label “despicable.”
Source: CNN📉 Government Services Disruption and Collapse Watch
RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
What Happened: Trump has shut down all research at NIAID’s Integrated Research Facility, a top U.S. lab studying Ebola, Lassa fever, and other lethal pathogens. The order, issued by RFK Jr., has halted critical work at the Fort Detrick-based biosafety-level-4 lab and placed the facility's director on administrative leave.
Why It Matters: This is a dangerous blow to national biosecurity that will endanger us all. Trump and RFK Jr. are dismantling America’s capacity to study lethal pathogens like Ebola—gutting pandemic preparedness and crippling global health defenses to serve political vendettas and anti-science extremism.
Source: WIREDRFK Jr. Will Require Shift in How New Vaccines Are Tested, HHS Says
What Happened: RFK Jr. plans to mandate placebo-controlled trials for all new vaccines before approval—a dramatic policy shift that departs from long-standing immunization practices and has sparked alarm among public health experts.
Why It Matters: This is a dangerous move. RFK Jr.’s policy will delay life-saving vaccines, confuse the public, and reinforce anti-vaccine propaganda—all while a measles outbreak spreads and trust in public health already teeters.
Source: The Washington PostThe U.S. Has Nearly 900 Measles Cases, and 10 States Have Active Outbreaks
What Happened: Measles cases in the U.S. have surged to 884, with Texas accounting for the majority in a 3-month-long outbreak. At least three people have died, including two unvaccinated children in West Texas and one adult in New Mexico. Active outbreaks have now spread to 10 states.
Why It Matters: This outbreak is a public health failure driven by vaccine hesitancy and disinformation, amplified by RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine rhetoric is sabotaging containment efforts and letting a preventable disease make a deadly comeback.
Source: Associated PressVA Phases Out Mortgage Rescue Program, Sparking Foreclosure Fears for Veterans
What Happened: The Department of Veterans Affairs is shutting down the Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase Program on May 1, 2025—cutting off a vital lifeline that has helped thousands of struggling veterans avoid foreclosure by modifying their home loans. The move comes amid a mass purge at the VA, and no replacement program in place.
Why It Matters: Tens of thousands of veterans will face a heightened risk of foreclosure, with over 80,000 already in mortgage default. Housing advocates and Democrats call the phase-out of VASP “cruel,” warning it will lead to a surge in preventable home losses.
Source: CNNFEC to Lose Quorum After Another Commissioner Resigns
What Happened: The Federal Election Commission has lost its quorum after Republican Allen Dickerson resigned, joining earlier departures by Sean Cooksey and Trump’s controversial firing of Democrat Ellen Weintraub. With just three members left, the FEC is now unable to enforce campaign finance laws or issue official rulings.
Why It Matters: This deliberate gutting of the FEC kneecaps the nation’s election watchdog just as the 2026 campaign season begins, opening the door to unchecked dark money, coordination violations, and abuse—another step in Trump’s dismantling of democratic safeguards.
Source: The HillUtah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
What Happened: A federal program offering free mental health therapy to Utah farmers, who face suicide rates 3.5 times higher than the general population, ran out of funding in just four months. Despite overwhelming demand, state lawmakers have refused to allocate additional funds, effectively ending the life-saving initiative.
Why It Matters: This is a devastating failure of public responsibility. As Trump’s policies deepen financial stress and mass program cuts take hold, ending mental health support will push already-struggling rural communities toward crisis and collapse.
Source: ProPublica🌐 Imperial and Geopolitical Watch
Hegseth Threatens Iran Over Houthis Support: ‘You Will Pay the Consequence’
What Happened: Pete Hegseth issued a warning to Iran, on X, over its continued support for Yemen’s Houthi militants, vowing that Tehran “will pay the consequence” at a time of the U.S.'s choosing.
Why It Matters: The fact that Trump’s defense secretary is threatening war with Iran on social media is both reckless and insane. It raises serious questions—like whether he is again planning U.S. military operations on Signal in chats with family and friends.
Source: The Hill🌍 Far-Right & Russian Influence Watch
Lindsey Graham Pushes Russia Crackdown
What Happened: Lindsey Graham is spearheading a bipartisan bill to slam Russia with sweeping new sanctions and impose 500% tariffs on countries that buy its oil. The effort, aimed at pressuring Putin over his genocidal war in Ukraine, has over 60 Senate co-sponsors—enough to beat a filibuster—and could soon have the votes to override a Trump veto.
Why It Matters: Graham’s move signals a rare break from Trump’s fealty to Moscow, but given his long track record of caving to Trump, it’s unclear whether this stand will last when Trump opposes the bill.
Source: Wall Street JournalTrump’s Top DC Prosecutor Nominee Facing GOP Resistance
Why It Matters: Trump’s pick to oversee prosecutions in DC has smeared Capitol Police, defended January 6 insurrectionists, appeared over 150 times on Russian state media pushing Kremlin disinformation, and cozied up to extremist far-right outlets and Nazi sympathizers—yet Trump is pushing him through.
Why It Matters: Martin’s nomination is part of Trump’s broader plan to seize control of the justice system by installing loyalists. His confirmation would politicize DC’s top prosecutor’s office, endanger prosecutions, and turn the rule of law into a partisan weapon.
Source: CNN💵 In Trump Economic Downturn News
Companies Sharply Slow Hiring in April: ADP
What Happened: U.S. companies added just 62,000 jobs in April—down from 147,000 in March—amid economic uncertainty and market disruption triggered by Trump’s tariffs. Hiring stalled across key sectors, especially in education, healthcare, and business services.
Why It Matters: Trump’s erratic trade policies are beginning to rattle the job market. The slowdown signals rising economic instability as employers brace for further volatility.
Source: The HillU.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter as Imports Surged Ahead of Tariffs
What Happened: U.S. GDP fell by 0.3% in Q1 2025, the first economic contraction in three years, driven largely by a historic surge in imports as businesses rushed to stock up ahead of Trump’s escalating tariffs. The drag from net exports was the largest on record since 1947, while consumer spending slowed and federal spending declined due to purges and contract cuts by Musk and Trump.
Why It Matters: Trump’s tariff war is tanking the economy—spooking markets, driving a surge in imports, and triggering a contraction in growth. Despite his blame game, the numbers don’t lie, and his chaotic trade policies are dragging the U.S. into economic turmoil and a possible recession.
Source: Wall Street JournalTesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk
What Happened: With profits plunging 71% and Tesla’s stock in decline, the company’s board began a formal search for Elon Musk’s successor, citing his prolonged absence and focus on Trump’s regime. Last week, Musk stated he would return his attention to Tesla after investor pressure mounted.
Why It Matters: Musk’s extremist views and actions while serving as Tesla CEO are backfiring, wrecking the brand, repelling consumers, and helping drive a collapse in profits. The board’s search for a successor signals even Tesla is ready to move on from the chaos—though it may be too late to undo the damage.
Source: Wall Street Journal👊🏼 In Resistance News
5/1- Next National Day of Action
Source: 50501
Trump's Guantanamo Deportations Slowed by Judge's Order
What Happened: A federal judge ordered Trump to provide due process to migrants held at Guantanamo Bay before deporting them to third countries like El Salvador, after rights advocates argued that Trump officials violated a court order by flying four Venezuelans to El Salvador via the Defense Department.
Source: USA TodayUS Judge Bars Border Patrol from Some Warrantless Arrests of Suspected Undocumented Residents
What Happened: A federal judge in California ruled that Border Patrol agents cannot arrest suspected undocumented residents without a warrant unless there’s a risk they may flee, nor can they coerce “voluntary” departures without informing individuals of their rights and obtaining consent—responding to abuses during Trump’s “Operation Return to Sender.”
Source: Associated PressPalestinian Student at Columbia Freed After Arrest at Citizenship Interview
What Happened: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student and protest leader at Columbia University, was released by a federal judge after being arrested by ICE during his U.S. citizenship interview. The judge ruled that Mahdawi raised a substantial claim that his arrest was politically motivated to suppress free speech.
Source: Associated PressMay Day Protesters to Rally Nationwide Against the 'War on Working People'
What Happened: Tens of thousands are expected to protest across over 1,000 U.S. cities on May 1, demonstrating against Trump’s mass purge, immigration raids, union crackdowns, and Musk’s role in dismantling public services. The coordinated May Day Strong movement declares Trump's actions “a war on working people.”
Source: NPR📊 By the Numbers
5/1 — Next nationwide National Day of Action
62,000 — Jobs added in April, down from 147,000 in March
0.3% — U.S. GDP contraction in Q1 2025, first since 2022
71% — Tesla’s profit drop in the first quarter
370+ — New 287(g) immigration enforcement agreements signed since January
884 — Measles cases reported so far in 2025 across 10 states
80,000+ — Veterans in mortgage default as VA ends foreclosure prevention program
3 — Number of FEC commissioners remaining—no longer a quorum
258 million — Lives Trump was credited with “saving” by Cabinet officials in an obscene propaganda loyalty fest.
30 — Countries the U.S. is negotiating to accept migrants
21 — Age of an unvetted Musk college student leading federal deregulation via AI
17,000+ — Veteran home loans saved by VASP before it was shut down
4 — Venezuelans secretly deported to El Salvador before court order stopped removals
$1 billion — Amount in school mental health grants canceled by Trump, originally intended to fund counselors and psychologists under a Biden-era initiative.
🔎 What to Watch Next
Trump is laying the groundwork to go after Social Security and Medicare — How soon before seniors and disabled Americans feel the full impact?
Trump’s ICE is disappearing American citizens — How far will the regime be allowed to go in bypassing due process and constitutional protections?
Trump is gutting civil rights enforcement in schools — Will race- and gender-based support programs be completely dismantled nationwide?
Trump’s mass disappearance machine is expanding globally — How long until U.S. citizens are caught in third-country exile schemes?
Trump’s DOJ purge is nearing total control — Will Congress stop the confirmation of partisan loyalists like Ed Martin before the rule of law collapses?
RFK Jr. is halting deadly pathogen research — Could the next pandemic strike while America’s top biolabs are offline?
The FEC is paralyzed by design — Will campaign finance violations go unchecked in the lead-up to 2026?
💡 Key Takeaways
Trump’s Economic Warfare — His erratic tariff policies are pushing the U.S. into a recession or worse and destabilizing global markets. Prices are already spiking, and manufacturers warn of supply chain disruptions. This is not economic nationalism—it’s economic destruction.
GOP Medicaid Axe — The GOP is preparing deep cuts to Medicaid and food aid to fund tax breaks for the wealthy, even as some Republicans warn it will spark backlash.
Authoritarian Power Grab — Trump’s consolidation of executive power, defiance of the courts, and centralization of legal authority signal an aggressive move to dismantle democratic norms and rule by decree.
Weaponized Disappearance Tactics — Trump’s use of third-country exile, including potentially Libya and Rwanda, reveals a brutal strategy to erase asylum protections, criminalize migrants, and bypass legal oversight.
Civil Rights Rollback — The regime’s attack on Chicago’s Black student initiative and cancellation of school mental health grants reflect a broader dismantling of equity programs under the guise of "diversity."
Punishing Dissent — From ousting Chris Krebs to reassigning kneeling FBI agents, Trump is using the federal government to retaliate against truth-tellers and enforce ideological conformity.
Public Health in Peril — RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy overhaul and shutdown of deadly pathogen research mark a catastrophic retreat from science just as measles outbreaks spread and trust in health institutions erodes.
Foreign Business as Payoff — Trump’s new golf deal in Qatar, backed by Saudi-linked firms, highlights the regime’s embrace of foreign profiteering and conflicts of interest—classic pay-to-play corruption.
Loyalty Over Competence — From Musk appointing an unvetted college student to lead AI regulation of housing policy to Trump fawning Cabinet meetings, Trump’s government runs on sycophancy, not expertise.
🚨 Call to Action
Document Everything: Document purges, corruption, and power grabs. Share credible information with journalists, watchdogs, and legal experts. Silence enables authoritarianism—see something, say something.
Defend Press Freedom: Support independent journalism by subscribing to and sharing reporting that challenges Trump’s power grab.
Contact Lawmakers: Demand accountability for Trump and Musk’s unchecked power and Trump’s war on oversight.
Protest: Join local and national demonstrations against Trump’s authoritarian overreach, purges, and attacks on civil rights.
Attend Town Halls: Confront lawmakers and demand answers about government purges, deregulation, and threats to constitutional rights.
Stay Vigilant: Watch for court rulings, executive overreach, and attempts to rewrite the Constitution. Document everything.
Mobilize for Action: Organize or join legal efforts and resistance movements to protect democracy and human and civil rights.
Support Whistleblowers: Encourage legal defense funds for government workers facing retaliation for exposing corruption.
Thanks for reading the Trump Tyranny Tracker. Stay tuned for more updates.
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I wonder if there’s any truth to the Antichrist story and does the Antichrist come with groupies?