Calendar View
Agenda Events
Browse verified administrative actions by date. Darker cells indicate more events; dot color reflects highest severity that day.
Democracy Threat Level
High
Composite score from avg severity (7.5/10) and 170 high-severity actions (322 tracked).
322
Actions Tracked
170
High Severity (8+)
14
Linked Blueprint Fixes
7.5
Avg. Severity
Month over Month
Events added per calendar month - 322 total tracked
121
Peak: 07/2026
Tracker Sources & Fallbacks
Cross-reference our data with these independent Project 2025 monitors. We don't own the truth - we aggregate it.
Community-driven tracker mapping 300+ Heritage objectives to real-world implementation with agency breakdowns and progress charts.
Community / RusticGorillaThe source document - the 922-page Mandate for Leadership and policy playbook authored by the Heritage Foundation and allied groups.
Heritage FoundationCenter for Progressive Reform and Governing for Impact monitor regulatory and administrative actions across 20 federal agencies.
Center for Progressive ReformOpen democracy watchdog tracking implementation status of Project 2025 initiatives with community-maintained data.
watch2025.orgLegal analysis of civil liberties threats posed by Project 2025 proposals, with litigation updates and rights guidance.
American Civil Liberties UnionResearch on democratic backsliding, voting restrictions, and institutional capture - tracking state-level threats to free and fair elections.
Brennan Center for JusticeCompare Trackers
How project2025.observer, CPR, and watch2025.org cover the same threat - and where Project Sunrise adds severity scoring and policy alternatives.
| Feature | project2025.observer | CPR Tracker | watch2025.org | Project Sunrise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | 300+ Heritage playbook objectives mapped to implementation status | Executive orders & regulatory rollbacks across 20 federal agencies | Democracy-threat initiatives with community-maintained status flags | Verified actions with severity scoring + progressive policy linksunique |
| Data model | Objective-level progress charts by agency and policy area | Agency-by-agency executive action log with legal citations | Initiative cards with proposed / in-progress / completed states | Timeline events with primary sources, sectors, and blueprint fixesunique |
| Executive orders | Tracks EO implementation against Mandate chapters | Deep coverage - EO text, Federal Register links, litigation notes | High-level EO status with crowd-sourced updates | EOs logged with whitehouse.gov + Federal Register citationsunique |
| Regulatory actions | Rulemaking and agency guidance mapped to objectives | Strong - CPR specializes in regulatory rollback monitoring | Moderate - highlights major rule changes | Cross-referenced to CPR and observer on each eventunique |
| Agency breakdown | Per-agency dashboards and completion percentages | 20-agency filter with dedicated landing pages | Topic tags; less granular agency view | Impacted sectors + external tracker deep links per eventunique |
| Civil liberties / litigation | Limited - implementation focus, not legal analysis | Court challenges noted on select regulatory actions | Democracy-risk framing; some litigation references | Links to ACLU, Brennan Center, and court filings where relevantunique |
| Community input | GitHub-sourced contributions; RusticGorilla community | Professional researchers; less open contribution | Open contribution model with public data | Aggregates all three - we don't compete, we cross-referenceunique |
| Severity / urgency | Progress % only - no harm scoring | Agency impact labels; no unified severity scale | Status flags without numeric severity | 1-10 severity score with aggregate charts and filtersunique |
| Policy alternatives | None - monitoring only | Occasional reform recommendations in reports | None - watchdog only | Every high-severity event links to a progressive blueprint fixunique |
| Best for | Seeing which Heritage objectives are being checked off | Regulatory lawyers, policy staff, and agency watchers | Quick community pulse on democracy threats | One shareable page with filters, sources, and what to build nextunique |
Sector Severity Heatmap
Average severity by impacted sector - color intensity reflects aggregate harm across tracked actions.
Immigration
8.2
19 events
Civil Rights
7.8
75 events
Environment
7.7
45 events
Democracy
7.7
188 events
Healthcare
7.5
41 events
Economy
7.4
154 events
Education
6.8
22 events
Heritage Mandate Chapter Mapping
Our tracked events mapped to the 30 chapters of Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise - the 920-page Project 2025 policy guide published by the Heritage Foundation. 187 events match 23 of 30 chapters.
Ch. 2
Executive Office of the President
53
Ch. 12
Department of Energy
35
Ch. 13
Environmental Protection Agency
35
Ch. 3
Central Personnel Agencies
34
Ch. 16
Department of the Interior
34
Ch. 9
Agency for International Development
21
Ch. 5
Department of Homeland Security
16
Ch. 11
Department of Education
11
Ch. 17
Department of Justice
9
Ch. 14
Health and Human Services
7
Schedule F Deep Dive
Schedule F reclassifies federal employees in 'policy-influencing' roles as at-will political appointees - removable without merit protections. CRS estimates potentially 50,000+ positions across agencies. OPM guidance (Jan 29, 2025) directed agencies to complete position inventories within 120 days.
Severity Distribution
7.5
Avg Severity
07/2026
121 events this month
Darker cells = more events. Dot color = highest severity that day.
Day One rescission of 78 Biden executive orders on climate, equity, and regulation - erasing prior administration policy in a single stroke, a core Project 2025 implementation tactic.
01/20/2025
Impacted Sectors
Sources
Also Tracked At
What's Next
Upcoming and in-progress threats identified by tracker consensus across independent monitors. Status reflects current implementation stage.
Schedule F Expansion to 50,000+ Positions
OPM implementing guidance issued Jan 29, 2025; agency reclassifications ongoing
OPM guidance and agency reclassifications could move tens of thousands of civil servants into at-will 'policy-influencing' roles, enabling mass firings without cause.
Statutory Agency Dismantling via Executive Action
USAID merged into State (Mar 2025); ED wind-down EO signed Mar 20, 2025
Proposals to wind down USAID, ED, and CFPB functions through executive orders and RIFs - testing constitutional limits on congressional appropriations and agency mandates.
Federal Voting Law Preemption
H.R. 22 (SAVE Act) reintroduced Jan 3, 2025 - committee referral pending
DOJ Civil Rights Division policy shifts and proposed SAVE Act-style federal ID requirements could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
EPA Clean Air & Climate Rule Repeals
EPA methane rule stay initiated Feb 25, 2025; vehicle standards review underway
Pending rescissions of greenhouse gas standards, methane rules, and vehicle emissions targets align with Project 2025's energy deregulation chapter.
Birthright Citizenship Executive Order
TRO issued Jan 23, 2025; multi-state challenge proceeding in federal court
EO attempting to end birthright citizenship faces multi-state litigation; outcome could redefine 14th Amendment interpretation by executive fiat.
Federal Workforce Reductions & Buyouts
Deferred resignation deadline Jan 28, 2025; probationary RIFs began Feb 14, 2025
Deferred resignation programs, probationary employee terminations, and DOGE-led agency audits threaten institutional knowledge and regulatory capacity.