Power Grab: Week 2

As the new administration moves into its third week, we continue tracking actions that could weaken democratic institutions and oversight mechanisms.

What defines abuse of power? When legitimate executive authority is deliberately misused to weaken democratic institutions, target specific groups of Americans, reward political allies while punishing enemies, and concentrate power by bypassing normal checks and balances. Think of it as taking tools meant to maintain democracy and instead using them to dismantle it.

Here's the week 2 tracker: