5 minute updates on the latest Trump actions by Prof Christina Pagel

Behind last week's headlines are some stories you might have missed... including a ridiculous amount of corruption, a hollowing of the state and the ongoing saga of Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the US Constitution. Subtitles available and all actions on https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/ Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the s...

This week I cover how Trump is trying to subvert the midterms, from holding unrelated bills hostage over his voting bill, to a constant false claims of election fraud. And the I talk about the environment and health policy following being undermined by politicisation, and three types of corruption. Subtitles available and all actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info Thanks for reading Making s...

I decided to focus on just two main stories this week that I think have been under-reported: * How Republicans are trying to secure the midterms despite deep unpopularity - gerrymandering, mail ballot restrictions, manufactured fraud claims, and an FBI raid on a voter registration group. * A series of corruption stories: a conflict of interest over a herbal supplement, a White House crypto payout,...

This week’s video covers four areas: * attacks on civil rights and institutions, where the pattern of firing professionals and installing loyalists continues; * immigration and detention, where conditions and oversight are both getting worse; * science and the environment; * press freedom, which is under attack from outside and from within. I end on something a little different — what Trump chose...

It's been two weeks since my last video as I’ve been travelling a lot, and so this one covers a lot of ground. Even then, so much has happened behind the headlines that I had to do lots of editing! In this video I cover: * Science: attacks on vaccines, drinking water, and research funding. * Immigration: the human cost of mass deportation, who gets in and who doesn't, and conditions inside detenti...

Beyond the big news moments, here are some things you should be aware of: * Republican gerrymandering * So many attacks on opponents * Aggression in Latin America * Corruption (again!) * Undermining science & health Subtitles available and all actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info . Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receiv...

Beyond the big news moments, here are some things you should be aware of: continued foreign aggression; white nationalism at home; undermining rule of law & elections; attacking independent science. Subtitles available and all actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info . Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and s...

A roundup of the key US stories that received less attention over the last week, from attacking enemies to spreading lies to corruption. Subtitles available & all actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info . Also, you might want to check out my recent in depth discussion on the US midterms with Alex Andreou on his Quiet Riot podcast ! Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the...

A roundup of what the Trump administration has been doing over the past 2 weeks: attacks on freedom of the press, more corruption and using the State to target enemies, and leaning into the white nationalist agenda. Subtitles available Full tracker: https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/ Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receive ne...

While the war in Iran understandably dominates the headlines, consequential actions that reshape American democracy at home have flown under the radar. This week's roundup looks at two parallel tracks: a series of moves that could undermine free and fair elections ahead of the midterms - from voter roll purges to ICE agents at polling stations - and an escalating pattern of using the machinery of...

A roundup of what the Trump administration has been doing over the past week: deportations, anti-Muslim rhetoric, surveillance, corruption, personality cult politics, and growing attacks on universities. All actions on trumpactiontracker.info & subtitles available. Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support m...

A roundup of the key US stories that received less attention last week, from pressure on the press to abortion policy, health research cuts, environmental rollbacks and civil rights concerns. Subtitles available and all actions are on the newly refreshed trumpactiontracker.info Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receive new posts...

With all the attention (understandably) on the war in Iran last week, you might have missed these important stories on how the Trump administration is further undermining the rule of law & democracy more generally. Subtitles available and all actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info . Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receive...

This week, while headline attention has been (rightly) focused on Iran, some troubling developments in the US have received much less coverage. In this video, I go through:- new developments on voting and democracy- renewed attacks on universities- efforts to control information- the targeting of perceived political enemiesI also explain why these developments matter, and how they fit into the wid...

This week’s headline news has been all about Epstein and then the Supreme Court decision on tariffs. But so much else has happened! This week's America "Behind the Headlines" update covers patronage and “Trump as king,” nationalism at home and aggression abroad, new legal and financial pressure on universities, shifts inside US health and science agencies, FEMA disruption amid funding chaos, major...

Watch out for the midterms. The Trump administration has chipped away at free and fair elections over the last year - here are some of the things they've done over the last month... All actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info Subtitles available! Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This i...

Lots happened last week and ICE was all over the headlines. But various concerning ICE-related actions came out that weren’t on the front page and here I go through some of them. I also cover how Trump turned his attention back to Canada, and how the administration is continuing to dismantle health and environmental protections. All actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info & subtitles are avai...

The news cycle is relentless. It's only been 3 weeks since the US invaded Venezuela, captured its president and appropriated its oil. And yet it's barely been in the news for last week or two cos of all the other new s**t. In this recording, I run through some of the most important developments that haven’t stayed on the front pages, across five themes: attacks on enemies, the environment, health,...

It’s been a crazy week in the US - even by the standards of the last year. This means that a lot of stuff has been underreported as the US (and the world) grapples with the fallout from Venezuela and the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. In this video, I go through things you might have missed from war to propaganda to health and the environment. Captions are available. All the...

Obviously the news is currently dominated by the military operation in Venezuela and the capture and trial of Maduro and his wife. But this video is not about that - it’s about highlighting some of the actions that took place over the Christmas period that many will have missed. I’ve concentrated on his attacks on a variety of pereceived enemies from judges to the media and attacks on civil rights...

A round up of some of the events that didn’t make the front pages last week. All actions available on TrumpActionTracker.info We passed 2000 actions last week :-( Thanks for reading Making sense... of evidence, data, and the stories they tell! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...

A lot happened this week, so here’s part 2 of the video. Here I cover the latest on vaccines policy, what Americans need to know about changes to the rules on fuel economy (it really matters) and how the administration is undermining civil rights. I end with pointing out three ways Trump is behaving like a king. Constructive feedback welcome! And enormous thanks to the volunteers helping me plan t...

So much happened last week that we’ve split this week’s update into two parts. This part is about actions that advanced the regime’s nationalist agenda in various ways that might have been missed because the attention last week was on the investigation into the “double strike” during the first attack on Venezuela’s boats. I cover further restrictions on immigration and visas, the targeting of the...

I’ve been talking a lot to my friend and volunteer Ell about how to improve these videos. Together we’ve decided that maybe the most useful thing is to cover stories that matter but are not front-page news. This makes the most of the TrumpActionTracker by being able to bring to the fore these perhaps smaller actions that nonetheless fall squarely within the authoritarian playbook. I also want to t...

A longer form Q&A diving into three topics - what’s happening with Trump and Venezuela, what’s up with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the latest attacks on science in the US. All the actions discussed in this video can be found (with news links) on https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/ Trying out a different format - if it stays like this, then will likely move to a once a week format… we’ll see! Cons...