This is not normal.
No, none of this is. However, at first glance, it seems like the sort of edit that would be made in protest by a webmaster.
Constitution of the United States Website has removed sections
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#42I would have to imagine this is an accident or rogue vandalism -- I don't think USGOV is trying to stealth-edit the constitution by truncating the last 18 paragraphs of Article I.
this constant skepticism, where does it come from? Does Donald Trump have to come knock on your door personally and say "Hey I'm a fascist dictator!" for you to believe your eyes what the presidency is so obviously doing day in and day out? Did you not notice when they illegally swept up 200 men who had tattoos, claimed they were gang members, and sent them off to a foreign prison in direct violation of court orders? That was like "ah woke judges, tattoos are clearly incriminating..." When they tackled and handcuffed a US SENATOR for interrupting a department head that HE IS IN CHARGE FOR OVERSIGHT OF?
This is the part I'm trying to understand. What is the threshold for the skeptics?
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#43The Reddit thread is reasonably inflamed, but the theory about changing reality downstream by changing the sources that chatbots ingest is a chilling one.
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#44You know, everyone is jumping to conclusions here about the evils of whomever their political rival is. However, this is a website, based on code. And based on my most recent experiences with AI, I think it's more plausible that someone: A.) Copied a file into an AI prompt (or use an AI agent). B.) Asked the AI to do something to the file (like adjust the layout of the page, alter CSS, optimize something, or whatever…
and it happened to remove specific politically sensitive portions?
why would you be editing the page that displays the constitution to begin with anyway
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
well you see, the congress and supreme court have decided that no, actually, this is what they want to happen.
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Bait post. Make a point.
edit for clarity: My point is that faux-witty slights at communities to suggest nothing is wrong with a government is intellectually shallow and appeals to authority without making any point itself.
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#46When do specific actions taken by the current US administration cross the legal line into treason or other legal lines where defense against domestic enemies is warranted?
This is a Congressional website, this is not a Presidential website.
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#47When do specific actions taken by the current US administration cross the legal line into treason or other legal lines where defense against domestic enemies is warranted?
We are waaayyy passed that line. We are, for just about every definition, living in an authoritarian state. Trump has immunity, from the Supreme Court, support in the house and senate, support of the media, and enough support from the military. Freaadom isnt free. I think americans forget that. They are waiting for someone else to come save them, which will NEVER happen.
You've just rephrased 'The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants' (just an observation, not taking stance here, esp. as an outsider)
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why not? Congress is meant to be a check on the other branches of government (though the filibuster rule / partisan omnibus bill system has degraded its collective will, which is why they won't do anything), so pre-emptively removing the powers of congress from the list sounds like a power grab. It's not like it's something completely irrelevant. Same for the limitations of government listed there. Besides, the thing…
Because this is a government website and not the actual constitution. It's absurd. This is just not how any of this works.
this is like when groups say they "hacked the CIA"
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#49Presuming this is just incompetence instead of malice, when the missing paragraphs are replaced, will "Constitution of the United States Website has replaced missing sections" hit the front page of HN?
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#50This is not normal.
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