The Democracy Clock Event Log: Volume I, January 2025-July 2025

The primary record behind the analysis.

The Democracy Clock: Event Log, Volume I documents governance actions affecting democracy in the United States from January 2025 through July 2025, covering the first half of the first year of Donald Trump’s second term. Organized chronologically, it preserves the contemporaneous record of executive actions, legislative developments, judicial rulings, administrative decisions, and related events as they occurred.

This volume is not an interpretation. It is the evidentiary foundation of The Democracy Clock project.

Each entry records:

• the date of the action

• a concise description of what occurred

• the institutional or governmental domain involved

• why the event mattered for democratic norms, accountability, or the rule of law

What this volume contains

• A chronological log of democracy-relevant governance actions

• Events drawn from across the executive, legislative, and judicial branches

• Administrative and institutional actions often overlooked in news cycles

• Clear, non-speculative explanations of democratic relevance

What this volume is for

This book is designed for readers who want the record itself:

• Journalists and researchers who need primary documentation

• Educators and students examining contemporary democratic change

• Citizens seeking a factual reference rather than commentary

• Readers who want to verify claims made in the narrative volume

How this volume fits into the series

This Event Log volume is the archival companion to The Democracy Clock narrative volume, which analyzes and synthesizes the accumulated impact of these events. The two are designed to work together:

• Event Logs preserve what happened

• The Narrative explains what it means

What this book is—and is not

This book is:

• A contemporaneous public record

• An archival reference work

• A source-based chronology of democratic change

This book is not:

• A news summary

• A political argument

• An interpretive narrative

Available formats: Paperback and hardback

(Content is identical across formats.)