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When the president talks about power, we keep the receipts.

Executive Overreach listens to presidential speeches on C-SPAN and flags the moments the language turns toward expanding executive power: attacking the courts, going around Congress, threatening opponents. Every quote is published word for word and linked to the moment it was said.

What we watch for
C-SPANA speech airsRemarks, press events and rallies QuoteEvery word is keptExactly as it was said, never paraphrased PatternIt’s matched to a patternOne of eight defined categories of concern PublicIt goes on the recordLinked to the moment it was said
  1. C-SPANA speech airsRemarks, press events and rallies
  2. QuoteEvery word is keptExactly as it was said, never paraphrased
  3. PatternIt’s matched to a patternOne of eight defined categories of concern
  4. PublicIt goes on the recordLinked to the moment it was said

Eight patterns, one standard. Attacks on the courts, end-runs around Congress, threats to the press and to opponents, emergency powers, loyalty demands, and more. See how we define them →

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