The Distraction Index

Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2

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Undercovered High-Damage

Week 11: Mar 9 – Mar 15, 2025 · 🔒 FROZEN

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Events with high constitutional damage but low media attention (Attention Budget < −30).

Two Judges Order Federal Agencies to Rehire Tens of Thousands of DOGE-Fired Workers
Judicial/Legal Actionfederal · moderate
A
47.1
B
14.9
-32 UNDERCOVERED
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING

Monitor: (1) Compliance with judicial orders by executive agencies, (2) Appeals process and higher court rulings, (3) Congressional response to executive-judicial conflict, (4) Scope of due process protections established, (5) Precedential impact on executive personnel authority, (6) Potential constitutional crisis if executive defies judicial orders.