Enhanced Premium Tax Credits expired. The OBBBA cut $1.02T from Medicaid/CHIP over 10 years. 80-hour work requirements begin January 2027. States face surges from +11% (MA, with a moat) to +69% (AR, no response). A couple in their early 60s in Alaska (income ~$106K) went from ~$500/month to ~$4,132/month — a $43,589 annual increase. Florida couple age 60: $6,970 → ~$19,000/year (+172%). Texas single enrollee age 45: $230 → $580/month (+152%). Arizona couple late 50s: $7,800 → ~$24,000/year (+208%).

The Department of Education faces a 50% workforce reduction. The FY 2026 Skinny Budget proposes a $12B cut. Federal programs consolidated into a single, smaller K–12 Simplified Funding Block Grant. Without staff to administer, restoration becomes structurally impossible — this is institutional liquidation, not reform.

Five rental assistance programs (including Section 8 and Public Housing) consolidated into a State Rental Assistance Block Grant — removing $26.7B from federal books. SNAP cut $187B (20%) over 10 years via OBBBA. State cost-share for nutrition administration shifted from 50% to 75%. The federal government capped its liability. The citizen absorbed the remainder.

Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations zeroed out. Grid Deployment Office cut 75% — $15B clawed back, replaced with $375M. 2,600 GW waiting in the connection queue; wait times now 5–12 years. $5.1B reprogrammed from community resilience toward nuclear supply chains for AI data centers. The UPRISE Initiative streams power to data centers, not residential stability.

Social Security insolvency date moved to 2032 — one year earlier than last year's estimate. Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund projected to deplete by 2033. When the fund hits zero, benefits are automatically cut 23–24% under current law. A dual-earning couple faces an $18,400 annual reduction. Net interest ($1.039T) now competes directly with the safety net for budget priority. No legislation to address this exists.

Between September 2024 and January 2026 the civilian federal workforce fell 12% — from 2.3M to 2.03M employees. 320,000+ separations recorded Jan–Nov 2025 alone. Deferred Resignation Programs removed 150,000+ veteran employees, eliminating institutional memory. Schedule F reclassified 50,000 career roles to at-will. Agency-level impairment: AmeriCorps –85%, USAID –82%, Dept. of Education –50%, IRS –28% (31,600 staff, taxpayer assistance centers closed), Agriculture –22%, EPA –24.5% (science and enforcement at a reported 40-year low). 80+ congressional departures compound the loss.

By February 2026 researchers estimated over 3,000 datasets and thousands of federal webpages had been removed, altered, or restricted. Deleted: EJScreen and CEJST environmental-justice mapping tools, ReproductiveRights.gov, National Law Enforcement Accountability Database, large portions of CDC public-health archives, maternal and infant mortality data collection suspended. Federal portals now suppress search terms including climate change, pollution, equity, and women — limiting discoverability even where residual data exists. The result is not merely missing information, but the structural inability to demonstrate harm. Without the data, citizens, courts, and legislatures cannot evaluate state action. This is the accountability infrastructure of the republic being removed.