Re: August 6, 2025 (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 07:46:57 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > this is the rep. interviewed on Morning Edition

Yeah.

 >  > From: Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American  <
 >  > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 06:15:03 +0000
 >  > 
 >  > View this post on the web at 
 >  > https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-6-2025
 >  > 
 >  > ��How much does it cost for fascism?

Even though she references the Nazi Party below, I still wish she would
use the term "autocracy" instead of "fascism".

 >  > At the same time, the administration’s immigration policies are deeply 
 >  > unpopular and unlikely to improve as Americans learn more about them.

I was looking at polling and its popularity is completely split: Trump
supporters overwhelming support the immigration policies and Democrats and
independents overwhelming reject the policies.  I doubt it will change as
long as the Republicans manage to stay in charge.

 >  > Today, reporters noticed that the online United States Constitution, 
 >  > maintained by the Library of Congress, was missing parts of Article I, the 
 >  > part of the Constitution that lays out the rights and duties of Congress. 
 >  > Parts of Section 8 and all of Sections 9 and 10 were gone.
 >  > Those include Congress’s control over the District of Columbia, Congress’
 >  > s power to make the laws, the promise that habeas corpus would not be 
 >  > suspended, the stipulation that no money can be used by the government 
 >  > unless Congress has appropriated it, the requirement that no president can 
 >  > accept gifts from foreign countries, and the specification that only 
 >  > Congress can levy tariffs.
 >  > Officials said the deletions were “due to a coding error,” and by the 
 >  > end of today the missing sections were restored.

Almost Orwellian.