Heather's Letter: 5/17/2025

Click on the link below for Heather Cox Richardson's take on some monumental Supreme Court decisions improving equality for minorities in the USA:

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-17-2025?utm_source=substack&publication_id=20533&post_id=163836326&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=19e0g&triedRedirect=true

Trump, MAGA, DOGE, And Your Privacy

"Alarm appears to be rising about how the 'Department of Government Efficiency' (DOGE) is consolidating data about Americans. Hannah Natanson, Joseph Menn, Lisa Rein, and Rachel Siegel wrote in the Washington Post today that DOGE is 'racing to build a single centralized database with vast troves of personal information about millions of U.S. citizens and residents.' In the past, that information has been carefully siloed, and there are strict laws about accessing it. But under billionaire Elon Musk, who appears to direct DOGE although the White House has said he does not, operatives who may not have appropriate security clearances are removing protections and linking data."

Click here for the rest of the article by Heather Cox Richardson.

Is This The Reason We Are Losing Civil Rights And A Growing Economy Under Trump/MAGA?

In recent decades, there has been a steady decrease in the number of US residents who are religious, while civil rights and the economy have been expanding during the same time:

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/09/13/how-u-s-religious-composition-has-changed-in-recent-decades/

However, since the advent of the Presidency of Donald Trump and his MAGA, the trend appears to have stopped:

"The number of Americans who identify as Christian has declined steadily for years, but that drop shows signs of slowing, according to a new survey Wednesday from the Pew Research Center.

"The Religious Landscape Study finds 62% of U.S. adults call themselves Christians. While a significant dip from 2007, when 78% of Americans identified as Christian, Pew found the Christian share of the population has remained relatively stable since 2019." (link)

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I BELIEVE THIS IS MORE THAN A CORRELATION.

I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME CAUSATION HERE BECAUSE RELIGION DAMPENS CRITICAL THINKING.