🎙️ the record🗞️ — Thursday, August 7 - truth-telling with no corporate sponsor
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🎧 intro (00:00–01:21)good morning. it’s thursday, august 7, and this is the record🗞️.today’s show is about power plays, quiet censorship, and mounting resistance.from the library of congress quietly erasing parts of the constitution,to trump’s new census plan reshaping political maps,to israel’s military publicly warning against a full gaza conquest—this isn’t just noise. this isn’t just chaos.this is the noisy chaos we’ve been taught to normalize as news.and i’m done letting corporate filters shape the story.so here we f*****g go.
📰 headline rundown (01:21–03:30)
🗞️ story 1: library of congress quietly removes parts of the constitution(00:01:21)what’s happening:the library of congress removed sections of the constitution from its website—then restored them only after public pressure. no explanation given.what to know:→ this wasn’t a glitch. it’s a reminder that even our most “trusted” institutions can obscure truth.→ it proves something big: public pressure works.→ marlena published a substack about this—read it for the full breakdown.my take:they hoped we wouldn’t notice. we did. and they backed down.
🗞️ story 2: trump orders census excluding undocumented immigrants(00:02:22)what’s happening:trump issued a directive for a new census that excludes undocumented immigrants.what to know:→ this is a targeted strategy to shift political power for the 2026 midterms.→ it disproportionately erases states with high immigrant populations.→ it’s redistricting through erasure.my take:rigging the census means rigging democracy. full stop.
🗞️ story 3: israel's military chief warns against gaza conquest(00:03:00)what’s happening:israel’s top military official is publicly warning against netanyahu’s full-scale gaza invasion.what to know:→ reasons include the risk to hostages, military overreach, and worsening humanitarian collapse.→ international pressure is building—but so is the violence.my take:the cost keeps rising. so should the urgency for a real solution.
🧠gut check (03:30–03:53)power grabs don’t happen in a vacuum. they test our resilience—and our willingness to speak.using your voice isn’t resistance. it’s survival.→ notice your breath, the light on your coffee, the fact that you’re still here. that’s enough.
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with clarity & no corporate filter,— marlena
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