Weekly civic intelligence report ยท v2.2
The Trump administration issued a directive to remove slavery-related exhibits from the President House museum in Philadelphia. This represents content suppression and historical revisionism at a federal cultural institution.
Event scores 19.04 on A-scale (below 25 threshold) and 32.48 on B-scale (above 25). Delta of -13.44 clearly exceeds -10 threshold for List B classification. Constitutional damage is real but limited: civil_rights (4) for historical erasure and memory suppression, separation (3) for executive overreach into cultural institutions, capture (3) for ideological control of federal museums, rule_of_law (2) for norm violation. Norm_erosion_only mechanism reduces score by 15%. Reversibility high (0.9) as exhibits can be restored. Precedent modifier (1.1) for establishing pattern of historical revisionism. B-score elevated by perfect culture war targeting: slavery exhibits are maximally divisive, Philadelphia location adds historical irony, predictable partisan split. High intentionality (11/15) for deliberate symbolic action with clear narrative purpose. Layer 2 strong on mismatch (substantive action vs symbolic target) and pattern_match (fits broader anti-woke narrative). This is strategic distraction through culture war provocation rather than substantive constitutional threat.
Monitor for: (1) expansion to other federal cultural institutions, (2) legislative codification attempts, (3) state-level copycat actions, (4) litigation challenging executive authority over museum content, (5) whether this becomes template for broader historical revisionism campaign. Track reversibility timeline and whether removal is permanent or temporary pending 'review'.