Aaron's activity on September 9 was focused squarely on the ongoing collision between the Trump administration's consolidation of power and the various institutions — legal, cultural, and political — being tested by it. He reposted a piece tracking over 1,000 Republican state legislative bills, with the conclusion that the GOP's agenda amounts to repealing the 20th century, and amplified a historian's observation that the Heritage Foundation appeared to be celebrating the ouster of the Smithsonian's first Black director in terms reminiscent of a Citizens' Council newsletter. He also reposted commentary on the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court, and on the Pentagon's suppression of military press independence, via a gift-linked Atlantic piece.

On the legal front, Aaron reposted breaking news that the Eighth Circuit — including two Trump appointees — declined to block a TRO issued by Judge Clark, a small but notable instance of courts holding a line. He also reposted a more philosophical observation about how decades of "don't trust THE MAN" cultural messaging did nothing to inoculate the public against actual authoritarianism — a reflection on the gap between anti-establishment aesthetics and genuine civic resistance.

The sharpest reaction of the day came in response to Senator John Fetterman appearing in a video at a Republican midterm convention, which Aaron amplified with commentary calling it a "reprehensible betrayal" given the administration's ongoing immigration crackdowns and what was characterized as an illegal war. He also reposted a candid observation about the political tension around immigration — that while increased immigration may drive national prosperity, public sentiment has moved sharply against it.