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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow TSF is after the Smithsonian museums -- new Exec. Order
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with divisive narratives and improper ideology.
Trump said there has been a concerted and widespread effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.
He signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to remove improper ideology from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo.
Trumps order specifically names the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Womens History Museum, which is in development.
Museums in our Nations capital should be places where individuals go to learn not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history, the order said.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d
sinkingfeeling
(57,066 posts)choie
(6,525 posts)LoisB
(12,245 posts)pat_k
(12,663 posts)chicoescuela
(2,590 posts)TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)newdeal2
(4,701 posts)Or what are they on about
choie
(6,525 posts)newdeal2
(4,701 posts)Its been a few years since I visited but I dont remember seeing it.
choie
(6,525 posts)Diraven
(1,795 posts)Because it's DEI
odins folly
(536 posts)Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
But I guess since its an executive order the 1st amendment doesnt apply .
Fuck these people .
Diamond_Dog
(39,646 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,139 posts)evading POS is attempting to remake every element of our fabulous country into the world that HE wants -- to hell with the rest of us. I was a docent at one of those museums. Every person affiliated with those educational marvels strives for accuracy.
Deuxcents
(25,350 posts)Dem4life1970
(1,039 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(105,496 posts)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/
I wonder if this was written by Stephen Miller, or did they have to outsource it to an even-more-racist turd like Nick Fuentes?
allegorical oracle
(6,139 posts)SheltieLover
(76,140 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,139 posts)would leave museums alone -- also doubted he had ever been in one.
SheltieLover
(76,140 posts)Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)The order singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture as problematic, claiming that it informs visitors that hard work, individualism and the nuclear family are aspects of White culture.
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The order also asserts the American Womens History Museum plans to celebrate male athletes participating in womens sports.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-aiming-eliminate-anti-american-ideology-smithsonian-2025-03-27/
Irish_Dem
(79,389 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,139 posts)of "elitist" intellectualism. Must bring them down to his 80-word vocabulary level.
Irish_Dem
(79,389 posts)They pose a huge threat to their regimes.
GenThePerservering
(3,146 posts)Everything else they say is bullshit. Whiny mediocre white males want to be on top again.
electric_blue68
(25,623 posts)Nothing is perfect, but I love The Smithstonian museums etc.
Money issues have prevented me from visiting DC again so far, but The Museum of African-American History is on my list to visit. Last time I was in DC was for President Obama's second Innauguation.
Maru Kitteh
(31,191 posts)their wish list. Not their real wish list i.e.the 1850s, but he did blather on about the statues and erasing history.
Horse with no Name
(34,202 posts)There were specific terms that the came with the money for the Smithsonian
Horse with no Name
(34,202 posts)The Smithsonian Institution is considered unique in the Federal establishment. The Smithsonian is not an executive branch agency and does not exercise regulatory powers, except over its own buildings and grounds. Thus, courts have held that the Smithsonian is not an agency or authority of the Government as those terms are used in certain laws applicable to executive branch agencies such as the Privacy Act, the Administrative Procedure Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. However, the U.S. Attorney General has concluded that the Smithsonian is so "closely connected" to the federal government that it shares the immunity of the United States from state and local regulation. In accordance with this doctrine, local zoning regulations, ABC licensing provisions, sales and use taxes, and real estate taxes are not applicable to the Smithsonian absent a specific federal statute. (There are several instances in which Congress has required federal entities to comply with state and local laws, so questions about the applicability of specific state and local laws to the Smithsonian should be directed to the Office of General Counsel.)
kysrsoze
(6,407 posts)Cha
(316,440 posts)Deuxcents
(25,350 posts)Will he try to get at all of them? Is this just the beginning? I reading about their budget and trust funds and endowments..congressional budgets and federal grants, etc. does TSF even have a clue how complex this Institution is or what a national treasure it is?
orangecrush
(28,084 posts)kysrsoze
(6,407 posts)rich7862
(492 posts)Hitler looted all the museum treasures and then went after the oligarchy treasures, even the gold in their teeth. By this time, the oligarchy was no longer useful to Hitler. Silently and deadly they just started disappearing. Then Hitler/trump hid any thing that was of any value.
3catwoman3
(28,484 posts)Have we turned into North Korea in 2 short months?
Cha
(316,440 posts)as was Orders by his Puppeteer.
Cha
(316,440 posts)Stop the Flaming Fascist POS Asshole.
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)Karasu
(2,003 posts)spanone
(140,917 posts)Takket
(23,433 posts)Museums in our Nations capital should be places where individuals go to learn not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history, the order said.