The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for August 3, 2026. Nothing new from August 2, 2026, but we added 16 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 74 so far this month, 1472 in total. If you saw something happen — yesterday, or any other day — that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

This day in history

We haven't recorded anything for August 2, 2026 yet, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in history.

As it turns out, the archive holds nothing from any prior August 2 either — a quiet date all around.

Filling out the archive

We're steadily backfilling the archive — working backward through the record so the timeline is complete, not just current. These are older events we archived yesterday. If you know of something from months or years back that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

• June 11, 2025 — ICE task force officers logged Spokane protesters' license plates and personal data into an evidence database
• September 24, 2025 — Tempe Police Department obtained 10 search warrants to unmask anonymous Facebook critics, arrested one over protected GIF comment
• November 18, 2025 — U.S. Customs and Border Protection wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Fernando Vazquez during a Cary, North Carolina immigration sweep
• December 1, 2025 — University of Alabama suspended two student magazines serving Black and female students, citing DOJ anti-DEI memo
• February 27, 2026 — Isle of Wight County, Va., school board members pressured superintendent to suppress anti-ICE student walkout
• March 13, 2026 — CBP officer's personal vehicle struck LA protester outside federal detention center; no police report filed
• March 14, 2026 — ProPublica investigation revealed DHS election-security official pushed to ban voting machines, questioned Democratic wins
• June 16, 2026 — Rubio signed memo citing Colombian activist's criticism of Trump-backed candidate as deportation grounds; ICE arrested him same day
• July 11, 2026 — ICE arrested Philadelphia woman mid-status-adjustment at airport checkpoint, part of a wider airport-arrest pattern
• July 21, 2026 — CPSC demanded identifiable ER records from 100+ hospitals through contractor Konza Health without required public notice
• July 22, 2026 — ICE extended Amentum's no-bid $776M contract to keep Camp East Montana open through 2027
• July 28, 2026 — ICE arrested Johns Hopkins researcher at BWI, blocked counsel access, transferred her 1,000 miles to Louisiana
• July 30, 2026 — DOJ fired two more Chicago immigration judges who had the bench's lowest removal-order rates
• July 30, 2026 — U.S. Department of Education demanded Washington and California revise transgender-student privacy policies, citing FERPA funding threat
• July 30, 2026 — Sen. Pete Ricketts invoked Capitol Police on a false pretext to block a reporter's McConnell-health questions
• August 1, 2026 — New York Times reveals DOJ subpoenaed freelance journalist over North Korea SEAL Team 6 reporting

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