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William Lindsey :toad:

As Adam Gabbatt and Marina Dunbar, Trump has a new institution in his sights: sounding for all the world like a recrudescent Stalin, he's produced an executive order claiming that the Smithsonian suffers from "improper ideology."


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A big goal of this and other similar executive orders is probably, of course, to distract us from the damage being done to the federal government to pave the way for lowering taxes on the super-rich.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’By Adam Gabbatt
William Lindsey :toad:

"Donald Trump opened yet another squirmish yesterday in his fascist Culture Wars on American institutions, issuing an executive order that purports to '[Restore] Truth and Sanity to American History' by ordering the Smithsonian Institution to teach only the good stuff about America…."

~ Doktor Zoom


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wonkette.com/p/donald-trump-or

Wonkette · Donald Trump Orders Smithsonian To Re-Revise All The HistoryBy Doktor Zoom
Mar 28, 2025, 10:16 PM·Public·Web
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@wdlindsy You cant change the past, but you can run from it, or learn from it.

Seems Trump is taking the cowards way.

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