Just A Coding Error
Library Of Congress Restores Missing Sections Of US Constitution
Also on today’s menu at the News Café:
Study Sheds Light On Indian Massacre In Massachusetts
DOJ Advisor Had Called For Killing Of Police On Jan. 6
Officials at the Library of Congress have restored the missing sections of the online United States Constitution, which reporters had noticed were missing, attributing the the removal of key portions Article I — the part of the Constitution that lays out the rights and duties of Congress — to “a coding error”.
Missing were parts of Section 8 and all of Sections 9 and 10, listing Congress’ control over the District of Columbia, its power to make 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.
What a coincidence! Those are just the duties that President Donald Trump has assumed in violation of the US Constitution. Perhaps coding errors also account for the removal at Arlington National Cemetery of the names of blacks and women service members who had received the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military recognition, as part of Trump’s efforts to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in the military and throughout the federal government. The president seems to feel that only white men deserve such recognition.
Perhaps through a coding error the US Department of Justice has come to believe that the law is anything that Trump says it is, and that those who adhere to written laws are “weaponized” against the president, treating him “very, very unfairly”.
And the fact that states are not required to take on the enforcement of federal policies? The Justice Department has published a list of states, cities, and counties whose policies, laws, or regulations “impede enforcement” of federal immigration laws. “Sanctuary policies impede law enforcement and put American citizens at risk by design,” Attorney-General Pamela Bondi said. “The Department of Justice will continue bringing litigation against sanctuary jurisdictions and work closely with the Department of Homeland Security to eradicate these harmful policies around the country.”
New Hampshire is safe, however. Under Governor Kelly Ayotte, the state police are helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement with its $8.4 million-a-day effort to meet its 3,000-a-day quota for arrests, and many counties, cities, and towns are using their taxpayers’ money to offer assistance as well, while lying about promises of federal reimbursement that do not exist.
Study Sheds Light On Indian Massacre In Massachusetts
David Brule, president of the nonprofit Nolumbeka Project for Native American heritage, grew up near the site of a massacre that took place in 1676, during King Phillip’s War. “All we knew was that Captain [William] Turner attacked some Indians and killed about 250 of them a long time ago,” he told New England Public Media. “Nothing was mentioned about the fact that this had been an Indian, Native American homeland for 12,000 years.”
Brule is the coordinator of the National Park Service Battlefield Protection Program whose goal is “to identify the likely locations of the King Phillip’s War (1675-76) Peskeompskut [Turners Falls] Battlefield and associated sites, including the Native American community Peskeompskut-Wissatinnewag. This is in partnership with an archaeologist, town historic commissions, and members of several New England tribes,” states the Nolumbeka Project website.
In 2012, the town of Montague secured a $200,000 grant from the National Park Service to study what happened during and after the massacre at a camp on the Deerfield River, just across from the current unincorporated village of Turners Falls MA. The project was completed before the Trump Administration changed federal research priorities away from studies that might fall under the label of DEI. Now participants in the study, including the archaeologists who worked on it, are presenting their findings to the public and posting historical signs written by members of the Nipmuc and Abenaki tribes. Brule presented some of those findings at the Pocumtuck Homelands Festival in Turners Falls on August 3, in a tent just across from the site of the battle.
Discussion: As the federal government purges historical information that contradicts the narrative of this being a perfect nation, rather an imperfect one striving to do better, it is important for groups to take up the task of countering the lies.
DOJ Advisor Had Called For Killing Of Police On Jan. 6
A transcript of Jared Wise’s testimony during his trial as a defendant after the January 6, 2021, riots revels that he acknowledged repeatedly yelling “kill ‘em”, referring to the police officers at the US Capitol. Today, after President Donald Trump ordered an end to all Capitol riot prosecutions, Wise is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.
The halt in prosecutions means that Wise was never convicted, but police bodycam footage obtained by NPR shows Wise berating officers and calling them “Nazi” and “Gestapo”. The Department of Justice had introduced the videos as an exhibit during Wise’s trial.
Wise had worked on international counterterrorism before becoming a supervisory special agent at the FBI, where he worked from 2004 to 2017. He was working as a consultant in Bend OR before traveling to Washington DC to support Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Discussion: The Department of Justice issued a statement saying, “Jared Wise is a valued member of the Justice Department and we appreciate his contributions to our team.” It follows the administration’s current pattern of praising criminals and prosecuting those who adhere to the law.