How the Index Works

The Data Is Real

Every order, date, citation, and document link comes from the Federal Register's public API, the government's own record. Nothing is paraphrased into the data layer; every page links to the primary source. The dataset currently runs 285 orders and refreshes against the Federal Register. This snapshot: September 30, 2026.

The Theater Detector

A pattern detector reads every title and disposition note for known symptoms of theater: renaming things, restoring greatness, celebrating celebrations, extending extensions, legislating beauty. It produces the Theater Score and shows its reasons on every page. The detector suggests; it never has the final word.

The Reversal Tiers

Tiers reflect actual administrative law. Tier 1 orders are revocable with one signature. Tier 2 orders steer agency guidance or money: freezable on day one, months to formally rewrite. Tier 3 orders reached the Code of Federal Regulations, and undoing one means the full notice-and-comment process. The editorial judgments, including the tier calls and the two field notes on every order, are ours; the underlying facts are checkable against the linked record.

The Designation

Some orders additionally carry the AMERICA! F@CK YA! designation. The criteria are believed to be self-evident.