The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in July removed references to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit display. A person familiar with the exhibit plans, who was not authorized to discuss them publicly, said the change came about as part of a content review that the Smithsonian agreed to undertake following pressure from the White House to remove an art museum director.

A temporary label including content about Trump’s impeachments had been on display since September 2021 at the Washington museum, a Smithsonian spokesperson told The Washington Post, adding that it was intended to be a short-term addition to address current events. Now, the exhibit notes that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal.”

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    oh my fucking god. this is ridiculous. SERIOUSLY? is there going to be a SINGLE institution in this country willing to stand up against fascism???

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      People wonder how Germany was taken over by the Nazis. This is how.

      This is the Fascist States of America and will be until someone stands up. “Home of the Brave” huh.

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      Roughly 62% of its annual budget comes from federal. Realistically, they must cave to the dear leader or at least pick battles very carefully.

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          “As specified in the Smithsonian’s charter, the Chief Justice of the United States and the Vice President of the United States are ex officio members of the Board, meaning that they serve as a duty of their office. The Chief Justice also serves as the Chancellor of the Smithsonian.”

          In other words, you’re wondering why Chief Justice Roberts and J.D. Vance let this fly.

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        Ok.

        When the fascist leader is trying to censor history at the national history museum, that’s the battle to fight.

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          Either way there’s going to be a new exhibit. The question is, do we want it to be one we are proud of, or ashamed of?

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        What we learned so far is that they will lose the funding anyway unless there is a way to weaponize it somehow.

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        “On Tyranny”'s first chapter is “Do not obey in advance”. I think more people need to listen to that 2 hour audiobook.

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        I’m getting really tired of Congress abdicating their power of the purse to the Executive. They talked about that shit like it was the holy grail for decades and then one shit for brains comes along and they decide they don’t care about anything anymore.

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          republican, and dino congressmen wants in on the grift of what TRUMP is offering, of course they arnt going to bite the hands thats feeds them. they know its probably thier last chance in offince anyways.

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        Yeaaaah. I kinda get this one, it isn’t exactly the biggest exhibit there and as we can clearly see, not much fucking came of it. If we still have a Smithsonian in a few years, we can tag on this whole shitshow as it’s own exhibit.

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      I was about to say Harvard… Googled just to make sure. Apparently I missed it a couple of days ago when they bent over