The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for September 23, 2026. Nothing new from September 22, 2026, but we added 9 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 335 so far this month, 2212 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 22, 2026 yet, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in history.

• September 22, 2025 — USDA cancelled 30-year Household Food Security Report; placed ERS researchers on leave for disclosing decision
• September 22, 2025 — Trump designates Antifa a domestic terrorist organization by executive order, directing all federal agencies to investigate and disrupt the movement
• September 22, 2025 — Texas enacted SB 8 requiring birth-sex use of restrooms in government buildings, schools, and prisons

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.

• May 21, 2025 — ICE agents tackled a US citizen construction worker in Alabama and rejected his valid state ID as fake
• June 12, 2025 — ICE officers entered an Alabama job site without a warrant and detained the same US citizen a second time
• September 15, 2025 — Duval County Public Schools pulled teacher Hope McMath from her classroom over personal Facebook posts
• October 8, 2025 — Florida's education commissioner sought to revoke a teacher's certificate over her personal social media posts
• December 1, 2025 — Pentagon eliminated self-select gender-marker option for military retirees, family members and contractors
• December 1, 2025 — House Natural Resources Committee demanded records from three environmental groups over their opposition to Twin Metals mining
• December 2, 2025 — State Department directed consular officers to deny H-1B visas over applicants' fact-checking, content-moderation work history
• September 15, 2026 — ICE removed thousands of detainees with final removal orders from its public online locator system
• September 21, 2026 — Whistleblower report described ICE holding hundreds in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions at Florida's Miramar and Orlando facilities

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