Events with high constitutional damage but low media attention (Attention Budget < −30).
Trump and Musk Cost-Cutting Campaign Remakes Government Sections
Resource Reallocationfederal · broad
A
82.3
B
37.8
-45 UNDERCOVERED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING
Monitor: (1) Legal challenges to private citizen authority over federal operations, (2) Congressional oversight responses to separation of powers concerns, (3) Long-term agency capacity impacts from rapid restructuring, (4) Precedent establishment for future private-sector government roles, (5) Civil service protections and due process in terminations.
States Sue Trump Administration Over Mass Firings of Probationary Federal Workers
Personnel Capturefederal · moderate
A
47.8
B
14.7
-33 UNDERCOVERED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING
Monitor lawsuit outcomes for precedent on executive authority over civil service; track scope of terminations and rehiring patterns for capture indicators; assess whether legal challenges successfully constrain personnel actions or if mass firings proceed unchecked.