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ProPublica @ProPublica@newsie.social
· 1mo ago
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For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-smithsonian-museum-american-history-became-target-trump-culture-war?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Museum #Smithsonian #DC #History #Trump #Politics
How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War
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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War

The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and other groups.

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Global Museum @globalmuseum@mastodon.online
· 3mo ago
One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It. Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is. https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/smithsonian-trump-trust/688165/ #globalmuseum #museums #Smithsonian #Trump
One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It.
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One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It.

Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai
· 3mo ago
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#Trump Friday ordered “warning” signs & exhibits installed outside the #Smithsonian’s National Museum of #AmericanHistory to alert the public that the #museum does not, *in his view*, accurately reflect #UShistory. The “unusual” [batshit cray] directive, made through an [illegal] #ExecutiveOrder [of course], was a considerable escalation of Trump’s dispute with the #Smithsonian & its #history #museum, which was the subject of a recent [ #FarRight #WhiteSupremacist ] 162-page report. #law
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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai
· 3mo ago
Goddamnit this muther f⁕⚠︎er 🤬🤬🤬 #Trump ordered new signs outside a #Smithsonian #museum that warn its depiction of #UShistory is "inaccurate." Trump claimed the signage at the National Museum of #AmericanHistory would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.” NO! Your initially #insane brain that has clearly succumbed to #dementia is HELLA wrong you #billionaire #racist #misogynist! F⁕⚠︎ you! #law #museums #UShistory
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six_grandfathers_mountain @six_grandfathers_mountain@mastodon.social
· 3mo ago
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social Re spending power "Trump has directed...cuts #Congress rejected" "...cutting funds for the #Smithsonian ... Congress rejected that cut...Vought’s office then ⭕unlawfully forbade the Smithsonian from spending any money Congress appropriated beyond the president’s budget request" Seems #Vought played dirty, emboldened by the Impoundment Control Act’s lack of penalties for unlawful withholding of funds Maybe #VC25B he breaks norms to fit his needs
Boeing VC-25B Bridge - Wikipedia
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Boeing VC-25B Bridge - Wikipedia

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