Now TSF is after the Smithsonian museums -- new Exec. Order

[allegorical oracle]

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.

Trump’s order specifically names the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Women’s History Museum, which is in development.

“Museums in our Nation’s 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]

1. I have never despised any human being more than I do this POS.

[choie]

5. a wholeheated ditto

[LoisB]

7. Right there with you on that.

[pat_k]

2. Next on the agenda: Re-education camps for "improper ideology"

[chicoescuela]

3. Opposite Day for sure

[TheBlackAdder]

43. Check the dumpsters for Amelia Earhart's plane that she flew across the Atlantic.

[newdeal2]

4. So no mention of slavery allowed at the NMAAHC

Or what are they on about

[choie]

6. The 1619 project probably.

[newdeal2]

13. Do they have an exhibit about it?

It’s been a few years since I visited but I don’t remember seeing it.

[choie]

22. Here's a link

https://nmaahc.si.edu/events/1619-project-symposium-reframing-history

[Diraven]

31. They'll probably just close it

Because it's DEI

[odins folly]

8. US Constitution:

First Amendment
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 it’s an executive order the 1st amendment doesn’t apply…….

Fuck these people….

[Diamond_Dog]

9. I hate him and all his evil deeds with the heat of a thousand suns!

[allegorical oracle]

10. Appears that this infantile, tasteless, adulterous, lying, slovenly, semi-literate, tax

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]

28. That's exactly what he's doing..his reality or nothing. Full blown authoritarian.

[Dem4life1970]

11. 1984

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. The written screed wants to assert that "race is a biological reality"

Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive. For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture,” an exhibit representing that “[s]ocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain systems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement.” The exhibit further claims that “sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism” and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating “Race is a human invention.”

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]

17. Does have a Miller odor about it. And what was Hillbilly Elegy about, again? nt

[SheltieLover]

14. I wondered when he would do this

[allegorical oracle]

18. Was concerned, too. Incorrectly figured he was more interested in dancing with Musk, so

would leave museums alone -- also doubted he had ever been in one.

[SheltieLover]

20. I doubt he has ever been in one.

[Demovictory9]

15. The order singles out the National Museum of African American History and Culture as problematic, claiming that it infor

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 Women’s History Museum plans to celebrate male athletes participating in women’s sports.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-aiming-eliminate-anti-american-ideology-smithsonian-2025-03-27/

[Irish_Dem]

16. The goal is to destroy American culture and history, like Putin is doing in Ukraine.

[allegorical oracle]

21. Also could be that he regards museums as he does universities and colleges -- bastions

of "elitist" intellectualism. Must bring them down to his 80-word vocabulary level.

[Irish_Dem]

24. Yes fascists always destroy the educated, the intellectuals.

They pose a huge threat to their regimes.

[GenThePerservering]

19. They're just trying to erase history.

Everything else they say is bullshit. Whiny mediocre white males want to be on top again.

[electric_blue68]

23. HANDS OFF The Smithsonian, You EFFER! 😬

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]

25. He's going to try to give the Charlottesville Nazis, the "very fine people"

their wish list. Not their real wish list i.e.the 1850’s, but he did blather on about the statues and “erasing history.”

[Horse with no Name]

26. I don't think he can

There were specific terms that the came with the money for the Smithsonian

[Horse with no Name]

29. Added

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]

32. I hope they can use the courts to tell him to go to hell.

[Cha]

37. TY for that info!

[Deuxcents]

33. I just looked this up..there are 21 museums, educational and research centers at the Smithsonian.

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]

27. Everything he touches turns to shit

[kysrsoze]

30. Fuck. I hate him so much. He ruins EVERYTHING.

[rich7862]

34. This pattern of exterminating democracy is following the Hitler plan of 1939.

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]

35. "Improper ideology." WTF?

Have we turned into North Korea in 2 short months?

[Cha]

39. Yes We Have.. and Russia, . Mump is trying to Destroy America

as was Orders by his Puppeteer.

[Cha]

36. Under Putin's Orders.. Destroy Ameica & her History.

Stop the Flaming Fascist POS Asshole.

[Meowmee]

38. Ugh no surprise there

[Karasu]

40. Already a topic on this, but it could certainly use more attention.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3427661

[spanone]

41. This 'man' is a shit stain on humanity.

[Takket]

42. the irony of this sentence is absolutely incalculable

“Museums in our Nation’s 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.