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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Notre Dame: Open-access database offers insights into U.S. congressional candidates. “The database contains the biographies of more than 5,000 major-party candidates who ran for the U.S. House of Representatives between 2018 and 2022. Representing nearly 87 percent of all ballot-eligible contenders across both primary and general elections, CampaignView offers an unprecedented […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/university-of-notre-dame-open-access-database-offers-insights-into-u-s-congressional-candidates/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/06/university-of-notre-dame-open-access-database-offers-insights-into-u-s-congressional-candidates/</a></p>
Third spruce tree on the left<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GuyNamedBrian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GuyNamedBrian</span></a></span> </p><p>I happened to take a snap of Library of Congress's Annotated Constitution in January (for some other reason).<br><a href="https://static.awadwatt.com/U.S.%20Constitution%20%EF%BD%9C%20Constitution%20Annotated%20%EF%BD%9C%20Congress.gov%20%EF%BD%9C%20Library%20of%20Congress%20(1_21_2025%203%EF%BC%9A23%EF%BC%9A07%20PM).html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static.awadwatt.com/U.S.%20Con</span><span class="invisible">stitution%20%EF%BD%9C%20Constitution%20Annotated%20%EF%BD%9C%20Congress.gov%20%EF%BD%9C%20Library%20of%20Congress%20(1_21_2025%203%EF%BC%9A23%EF%BC%9A07%20PM).html</span></a></p><p>and here it is today:<br><a href="https://static.awadwatt.com/U.S.%20Constitution%20%EF%BD%9C%20Constitution%20Annotated%20%EF%BD%9C%20Congress.gov%20%EF%BD%9C%20Library%20of%20Congress%20(8_6_2025%2010%EF%BC%9A48%EF%BC%9A58%20AM).html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static.awadwatt.com/U.S.%20Con</span><span class="invisible">stitution%20%EF%BD%9C%20Constitution%20Annotated%20%EF%BD%9C%20Congress.gov%20%EF%BD%9C%20Library%20of%20Congress%20(8_6_2025%2010%EF%BC%9A48%EF%BC%9A58%20AM).html</span></a></p><p>here is the DIFF:<br><a href="https://static.awadwatt.com/Holy%20fucking%20shit%20-%20Congress%20just%20REDACTED%20the%20Constitution.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">static.awadwatt.com/Holy%20fuc</span><span class="invisible">king%20shit%20-%20Congress%20just%20REDACTED%20the%20Constitution.html</span></a></p><p>If I were <a href="https://mas.to/tags/american" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>american</span></a> I'd be <a href="https://mas.to/tags/phoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phoning</span></a> my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/congressperson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congressperson</span></a> and/or <a href="https://mas.to/tags/senator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senator</span></a> right _now_.</p>
Mark<p>Hey does anyone know why <a href="https://mas.to/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a>.gov removed Article 1 Sections 9 &amp; 10 of the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> from their site?</p><p>Before: <a href="https://archive.is/bQhT5#I_S9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/bQhT5#I_S9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>After: <a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/#I_S9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">constitution.congress.gov/brow</span><span class="invisible">se/article-1/#I_S9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/everythingisfine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>everythingisfine</span></a></p>

The US #government has just removed #deleted sections 9 & 10 of Article I of the US #Constitution from Congress.Gov run by #LibraryofCongress & #Copyright Office - both Sections 9 & 10 deal with:
- Writ of #HabeasCorpus
- #Congresses ability to control #tariffs.
constitution.congress.gov/cons
#congress #democracy #trump #maga #fascism #corruption #law #legal #deportation #immigrants #courts #censorship This is a fast moving demolition of democracy in real time. Heaps of distraction #GhislaineMaxwell

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The #FEMA stated in a #grant notice posted on Friday that #NYC would receive $64M less this year from its urban area #security fund. The amount was listed in a single line of an 80-pg FEMA notice….

#Congress created the program to help cities prevent #terrorist attacks.

“It makes absolutely no sense, & no justification has been given to cut NY’s allocation given the rise in the threat environment,” a spox for the NY Division of #DHS & #Emergency Services said….

"In any event, differences between the House and Senate approaches to transportation and housing programs will have to be reconciled. For the moment at least, it seems that both chambers are rejecting some of the largest changes and cuts proposed by the administration, but with overall lower funding levels, fiscal headwinds for the THUD program remain very much in the forecast."

#Politics #USPolitics #FederalBudget #UrbanPlanning #Housing #Transportation #Congress

planning.org/blog/9314946/sena

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#GhislaineMaxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in helping #JeffreyEpstein sexually #abuse underage women. She met last month with Deputy AG [& former #Trump personal attorney] #ToddBlanche in a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, & has been subpoenaed to testify before #Congress about #Epstein & is demanding #immunity in exchange. She was subsequently moved to a minimum-security facility in Texas.