Day 194

August 1, 2025

4 incidents

  1. Major Abuse of Power Federal Dismantlement

    Firing the BLS Commissioner Over a Weak Jobs Report

    On August 1, 2025, hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that employers added only 73,000 jobs in July and revised May and June down by 258,000, President Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. He claimed without evidence that the numbers were 'RIGGED' to 'make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.' It was the first time a president had fired the head of the statistical agency. Economists across the political spectrum rejected the accusation. A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper found that measures of economic policy uncertainty 'rose sharply' after the firing.

  2. Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Complicity in Genocide

    UN: 1,373 killed seeking food; HRW: war crimes

    The UN human rights office records 1,373 Palestinians killed seeking food since 27 May, 859 near GHF sites. HRW concludes the killings are war crimes and that the US is backing a deadly mechanism (UN News; HRW).

    From: Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: US-Funded Aid Scheme Where Hundreds Were Killed Seeking Food (May–November 2025)

  3. Serious Rights Violation Federal Dismantlement

    CDC immunization director resigns in protest

    Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC's national immunization center, resigns in protest of Kennedy's actions, stating that the dismantlement is endangering public health.

    From: HHS Dismantlement Under RFK Jr. During the Worst Measles Outbreak in 30 Years

  4. Serious Rights Violation Deportation & Immigration

    11,000 US citizen children affected

    ProPublica reported that at least 11,000 US citizen children had a parent arrested and detained by ICE in the first seven months of the second term.

    From: Family Separations and Prolonged Child Detention Under Immigration Enforcement