the record🗞️ — friday, august 1
hosted by marlena | reporting without permissionepisode length: ~6:45
🎧 intro“Good morning. It’s Friday, August 1. This is The Record🗞️. Today:→ New tariffs and the cost of living→ Erasing Trump’s impeachments→ A rogue CIA agent and election theft claimsSome things buried still breathe. Others won’t stay buried much longer.”
🌍 headline 1 (1:00): trump’s tariffs, everyone’s crisiswhat’s happening:→ Trump announced sweeping new tariffs—up to 41%—on foreign goods. They’re aimed at China but impact dozens of U.S. allies.→ Global markets dipped. Supply chains jittered.→ Economists warn: this could deepen the cost-of-living crisis.
what to know:→ Tariffs are corporate taxes in disguise. Companies pass the cost to you—on everything from tech to food to clothes.→ The ripple effect could be massive: interest rates, job markets, even the price of eggs.
my take:→ The timing isn’t accidental. This is election-year posturing dressed as economic protection.→ But the people paying for it aren’t in boardrooms—they’re in checkout lines.
🏛️ headline 2 (2:10): the impeachments that disappearedwhat’s happening:→ The Smithsonian quietly removed Trump’s two impeachments from a major exhibit on U.S. presidents.→ Internal reports point to pressure from the White House.
what to know:→ Trump is the only president impeached twice. Both were previously displayed as part of presidential history. Now? Scrubbed.
my take:→ This is historical censorship. Not just about Trump—about the integrity of archives and who controls memory.→ Museums aren’t neutral. Erasing reality is its own kind of propaganda.
🕵️ headline 3 (3:35): election theft, a backdoor, and the cia (read more here)what’s happening:→ Former CIA officer Adam Zarnowski alleges U.S. voting systems were compromised in 2024 using backdoor software called ECO 1188.→ He claims the true winners were Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.→ He’s released affidavits and audit requests. No formal response from DOJ. No comment from Harris—yet.
* https://substack.com/home/post/p-169607570 (link w more details)
what to know:→ The NSA reportedly audited this exact software in early 2025.→ Election security experts are split. Some say the claims are fabricated. Others say the silence is strategic.
my take:→ Whether he’s wrong, right, or somewhere in between—the thing to clock here is who’s choosing silence.→ When a story this big breaks without oxygen, it’s not because it doesn’t matter. It’s because someone decided you shouldn’t think it does.
🧠gut check (5:10): things buried, things breathing→ We started August with erasure, deflection, and a few dangerous silences.→ When the price of politics hits your plate, or your history textbook, or your right to vote—you have a right to ask who made that call.→ You are not a conspiracy theorist for asking better questions.
“If no one told you today:your memory is not too sharp.your attention is not a threat.and your discomfort is data. Hold onto it.”
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