Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
This week saw significant constitutional concerns advance across multiple fronts: a vaccine panel led by RFK Jr. shifted COVID-19 vaccination guidelines outside normal public health processes, a Trump appointee assumed interim control of the Census Bureau ahead of the decennial count, and the FCC chair threatened to revoke a broadcaster's license in apparent retaliation for political speech. Simultaneously, the administration pursued Supreme Court action to strip Venezuelan migrants of legal protections and escalated sanctions threats against Harvard University. These developments represent direct challenges to institutional independence and established legal safeguards. Meanwhile, announcements about military strikes on vessels, large-scale ICE operations, visa fee increases, and unsubstantiated claims about foreign funding of climate lawsuits dominated public attention, though these events, while significant in their own right, operated as secondary narratives to the week's structural constitutional shifts.