The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for September 16, 2026. Nothing new from September 15, 2026, but we added 35 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 238 so far this month, 2124 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 September 15, 2026 yet, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in history.

• September 15, 2025 — JTF Southern Spear killed 3 aboard suspected narcotics vessel in Caribbean; 2nd strike, ~[N] campaign deaths
• September 15, 2025 — Trump signed memo deploying National Guard and federal agents to Memphis over mayor's objection
• September 15, 2025 — Sen. Schiff report reveals USDA, Labor, and HHS departments spent over $55,000 in taxpayer funds on Trump tribute banners
• September 15, 2025 — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission fired three employees over Charlie Kirk-related social media posts

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've archived over the past day. If you know of something from months or years back that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

• September 15, 2025 — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission fired three employees over Charlie Kirk-related social media posts
• October 8, 2025 — Los Angeles Fire Department released Palisades fire after-action report edited to downplay leadership failures
• October 9, 2025 — ICE deported Oceanside father of a U.S. Marine without notice or a hearing, despite his deferred-action protection
• November 13, 2025 — HUD conditioned $3.9B in homelessness grants on DEI, transgender-rights, and immigration-enforcement compliance
• December 11, 2025 — ICE agents fired pepper balls at neighbors who confronted a North Portland immigration arrest
• December 15, 2025 — ICE agent dragged, kneeled on woman reported to be pregnant during Minneapolis arrest attempt; police chief calls conduct "egregious"
• December 18, 2025 — DOJ sued Illinois election board to compel release of 8.3 million voters' driver's license and Social Security data
• December 18, 2025 — DOJ sued D.C.'s Board of Elections to compel release of voters' unredacted driver's license and Social Security data
• December 18, 2025 — DOJ sued Wisconsin to compel voter data after bipartisan elections commission refused as unlawful
• December 19, 2025 — DOJ fired Virginia immigration judge weeks after he granted asylum in majority of November cases
• May 1, 2026 — Missouri Secretary of State fired election-integrity director after he reported an evidence-fabrication scheme, lawsuit alleges
• May 13, 2026 — San José Spotlight investigation reveals DHS and ICE secretly built Gilroy-area ICE detention facility without required environmental review
• June 24, 2026 — New Castle County Recorder Kozikowski offered $76,295 county job to potential primary challenger Tackett to keep him from filing
• July 6, 2026 — Former Albany, Georgia officer Jade Jackson charged with 2 counts of Flock license-plate data misuse
• July 6, 2026 — Former Albany, Georgia officer Brittney Smith charged with Flock license-plate data misuse
• July 6, 2026 — Former Albany, Georgia officer Tytianna Davis charged with 5 counts of Flock license-plate data misuse
• July 6, 2026 — Former Albany, Georgia officer Issac Whitus charged with 2 counts of Flock license-plate data misuse
• July 6, 2026 — Former Albany, Georgia officer Nicholas Richardson charged with 11 counts of Flock license-plate data misuse
• July 20, 2026 — Richmond County sheriff's deputy misused Flock database for 100+ personal searches; fired, charged
• July 20, 2026 — Richmond County sheriff's investigator misused Flock database for 100+ personal searches; fired, charged
• July 20, 2026 — Richmond County sheriff's lieutenant misused Flock database for 100+ personal searches; fired, charged
• August 7, 2026 — Two of six Savannah Police Department employees who misused Flock cameras remain unnamed after four were charged
• August 21, 2026 — Former Savannah, Georgia police officer Donald Phillips charged in Flock camera misuse case
• August 21, 2026 — Former Savannah, Georgia police officer Marquis Dillard charged in Flock camera misuse case
• August 21, 2026 — Former Savannah, Georgia civilian police employee Calandic Thomas charged in Flock camera misuse case
• August 21, 2026 — Former Savannah, Georgia police officer Matthew Rich charged in Flock camera misuse case
• August 28, 2026 — Douglas County, CO commissioners rewrote citizens' ballot petition and added a competing question
• September 9, 2026 — DHS posted AI-generated image mocking Sikh truck drivers as 'Mr. Singh,' then deleted it after bipartisan backlash
• September 10, 2026 — DOJ sued Hawaii, Arkansas, Utah, and DC to block in-state tuition for undocumented students, bringing its litigation campaign to 25 jurisdictions
• September 11, 2026 — ICE held UW Medicine worker Robert Sidhe in Tacoma detention through a stroke-risk medical emergency it could not safely treat
• September 11, 2026 — Trump demanded Smithsonian replace 1967 modernist sculpture with 30-foot George Washington statue, scrap 'Restorative History' center
• September 11, 2026 — DHS inspector general found Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' held detainees in outdoor cages mislabeled 'calming areas'
• September 11, 2026 — San Jose police officer fired for sharing Flock camera data with cousin, a domestic-violence suspect
• September 11, 2026 — Guilford County, NC detention officer forged magistrates' signatures on 20 ICE detainer forms, unlawfully holding inmates
• September 14, 2026 — DHS whistleblower revealed USCIS ordered officers to impersonate voters, mine faulty data for citizen voter-fraud files

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