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Your tax dollars being wasted on DEI and Tranny indoctrination.
This is some real sick stuff so make sure you aren't having breakfast
when you read it unless you have a strong stomach.
Fortunately Trump is undoing the carnage.
"The Bolshevik takeover of the Smithsonian"
"Trump administration exposes institution's progressive bias"
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/9/bolshevik-takeover-smithsonian/>
"The nation・s largest group of scholars says a taxpayer-funded family
museum must include an exhibit that features a sadomasochistic crotch
harness, pages from a 6-year-old girl・s diary that depict her yearning
to grow a penis, video clips of drag queens and a magazine promoting
female masturbation.
The Organization of American Historians also supports exhibits that
describe ：Mickey Mouse as a vestige of long-standing traditions of
blackface minstrelsy,； the ukulele as ：a product of U.S. imperialism；
and Wild West shows as turning the ：subjugation of Indigenous people
into theater.；
Those are just a few of the displays at the Smithsonian・s National
Museum of American History in Washington, and they are depicted in the
White House・s report ：Saving America・s Story,； released on July
Fourth. Naturally, a group of elitist liberal historians is rejecting
the White House・s assessment.
The Organization of American Historians blasted the Trump
administration for presenting a partisan ideological attack on the
Smithsonian. In a statement, it accused the White House of ignoring
decades of scholarship and trying to ：erase the conflict, struggle and diversity X the complexity X that have always defined the American experience.；
Yet that was not the goal of the 162-page report, which was produced
by the White House Domestic Policy Council. It argues that the
Smithsonian is largely critical of American history and ：no longer
treats the American story as a shared national inheritance to be
taught or celebrated.；
The Smithsonian・s National Museum of American History has reframed
America・s founding as evil and depicted the worst parts of our
nation・s Founders. Christopher Columbus was described as a ：murderer,； ：slaver； and ：thief.； In the Benjamin Franklin exhibit, 20% of the
space was devoted to ：Enslaved People； and questioned whether Franklin conducted electric shock experiments on slaves, with zero evidence.
According to the Smithsonian, Christian pilgrims were ：Colonizers,；
and Thanksgiving should really be treated as a ：National Day of
Mourning.；
Who is worthy of promotion and praise at the American History Museum?
Angela Davis, who was accused of aggravated kidnapping and
first-degree murder in connection with an armed courthouse
hostage-taking attempt in Marin County that left four people X
including the judge X dead.
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Ms. Davis was charged with aggravated kidnapping, first-degree murder
and conspiracy and went into hiding, placing her on the FBI・s Ten Most
Wanted Fugitives list in 1970. She is a self-avowed Marxist who ran as
vice president on the Communist Party ticket in 1980 and 1984. She
called for abolishing police and jails, setting the stage for today・s Democratic Socialists of America, the home of the likes of New York
City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Illegal aliens are also portrayed as heroes within the Smithsonian.
The report details how the museum・s Center for Restorative History
partnered with and interviewed deported illegal aliens and ：designed
official materials that included signs advocating for the abolition of
the ・287g・ program, which allows local law enforcement to partner with federal law enforcement to identify and deport criminal illegal
aliens.；
The Smithsonian・s featured exhibits largely reflect the viewpoints of
its woke leadership.
Its current director, Anthea Hartig, has explained that her job is to ：dismantle； the ：narrative lockdown that many of us have inherited,；
and has defined ：History as a practice K is for me a prime tool of
social justice.；
Within a week of George Floyd・s death in 2020, the National Museum of
American History posted on its website: ：The nation was founded on the
great paradox of a dynamic form of republican democracy based on the
supremacy of white, landed men and the institution of chattel
slavery.；
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Hardly unifying. Or inspiring. Or central to its mission: to
commemorate our heritage of freedom and tell the story of American
national progress.
It is hardly surprising that the Organization of American Historians
is siding with Ms. Hartig・s version of history. She is one of their progressive peers who believe that America is inherently a flawed
country founded by White colonizers. They are offended that the Trump administration has noticed their hostile takeover of the history
museum and that it has documented all its progressive propaganda.
The Trump administration is right to point it out and demand more
unifying exhibits that highlight American greatness X not ones that
are solely from one end of the ideological spectrum. The federal
government funds 62% of the Smithsonian・s budget, and the Smithsonian
Board of Regents includes members of Congress, the vice president of
the United States, the chief justice of the Supreme Court and nine
citizens.
：The bottom line is that there・s no national story at the National
Museum of American History,； White House Domestic Policy Council
Director Vince Haley told Fox News. ：That・s what has happened under
the ideology that reigned supreme over there."
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