Weekly civic intelligence report · v2.2
Trump posted racist content on social media, prompting criticism from former President Obama and media commentary. Multiple articles covered the post and reactions to it.
Track what governance actions happened this same week that received less coverage than this post—particularly the EPA endangerment finding revocation and DOJ voter data attempts, which have concrete institutional consequences.
This is a textbook distraction event: racist social media post with maximum outrage-bait (5/5) during a week of significant governance actions (EPA endangerment finding, DOJ voter data attempts, birthright citizenship litigation). The civil rights harm is real but temporary (social media post, no institutional mechanism), scoring A=9. The distraction value is extreme (B=71) with clear intentionality markers: timing overlap with multiple List A events, established pattern, and media volume vastly exceeding governance substance. The 62-point gap (D=-62) firmly places this on List B.