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National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted federal facility

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299 points LastTrain | 1 comments | 24 Jun 25 21:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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jekwoooooe ◴[24 Jun 25 21:58 UTC] No.44371503[source]▶
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treetalker ◴[24 Jun 25 22:07 UTC] No.44371569[source]▶
Abandon all hope, ye who seek reflective reasoning from this government.

But my guess is that less public access to national information helps, and does not hinder, a speed-run to autocracy.

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AnimalMuppet ◴[24 Jun 25 22:26 UTC] No.44371702[source]▶
I dunno. I'm very much not a Trump fan, but I don't see how restricting access to "national information" would help him. And if it would, how does restricting access to one of them help him?

I could more see this as being just random action without any real purpose, or aimed at petty revenge on someone, or something.

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1. treetalker ◴[24 Jun 25 22:36 UTC] No.44371774[source]▶
Taking your points in reverse order:

> I could more see this as being just random action without any real purpose, or aimed at petty revenge on someone, or something.

This was essentially my first point, and I think we are in agreement.

> I dunno. I'm very much not a Trump fan, but I don't see how restricting access to "national information" would help him. And if it would, how does restricting access to one of them help him?

I did not intend to claim that the closure necessarily helps Trump himself. My point was that reducing access to public information (either wholesale, or by placing additional hurdles) hurts democracy and favors autocracy.