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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People are surprised to find out that this is the reality under capitalism. When everything is tied to pandering to the upper class, you working class suckers always get the short end of the stick. Even when it comes to “liberal institutions”. If their profits are gone, they are gone. Their existence is intrinsically tied to pandering to the upper class. This is why capitalism is intrinsically fascistic.
They should have just rewrote it in a bigly way. “The greatest president. So good he was impeached twice. He won the impeachments and became emperor. What a swell guy.”
Who controls the past now, controls the future.
Who controls the present now, controls the past.
Not too long in the future:
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.
Also from 1984 by George Orwell
That book, along with Animal Farm, should be a mandatory book to read in school.
Never thought I’d see the day when the Smithsonian would lose all its credibility. Bootlickers and cowards.
Yep, totally normal thing to do, nothing to see here folks. There are no Epstein files…
Might as well stop the whole operation then. A museum’s most precious good is its credibility. If visitors can’t trust that the information you present is factual, why should they visit?
Disgraceful.
You are a museum, a place to see history as it actually was. Caving to a dick-tator… Just wow…
Fuck if I’ll ever go to the Smithsonian after this. The Pedo is just going to pull your funding anyways so wtf???
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???
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. “Land of the Brave” huh.
Home of the depraved.
Land of the fee and home of the slave.
Roughly 62% of its annual budget comes from federal. Realistically, they must cave to the dear leader or at least pick battles very carefully.
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.
“On Tyranny”'s first chapter is “Do not obey in advance”. I think more people need to listen to that 2 hour audiobook.
Ok.
When the fascist leader is trying to censor history at the national history museum, that’s the battle to fight.
damn i did not know that. welp, one more institution to avoid, i guess.
Every person and institution saying that is what enables fascism.
“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.
“Just let ME retire before the shit hits the fan”
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.
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.
What we learned so far is that they will lose the funding anyway unless there is a way to weaponize it somehow.
Good point. If they’re delaying the inevitable, might as well stand for something.
I was about to say Harvard… Googled just to make sure. Apparently I missed it a couple of days ago when they bent over
columbia actually
Nope.
I stayed home today and The View seems to be on it.
I feel this so much.
How delicate do you have to be to deny reality so routinely?
Trump-level delicate
Turning the Smithsonian into the Time Masheen from idiocracy
The fucking fragility. Pathetic.
Who were the snowflakes again?
I get it… put it back as soon as he’s gone. Hopefully it’ll be 3 or more by then, with a final successful one
Fascism is there stay in America for decades to come.
Yeah… it sucks, and makes me want to scream
Bro. He’s a child rapist. They’re not gonna impeach him. They’re not gonna remove him. He’s a child rapist and they’d all gladly lick his asshole live on the House floor.
the people funding trump, is also funding the gop, and DINOS.
Put it back as soon as he’s gone?
My dude. America has yet to put a single fucking thing back after a Republican takes it.
Abortions rights. Voting rights. Workers rights. Right to Healthcare. Right to education. Right to transparent government funding (Citizens United) Right to privacy (Patriot Act) Right to fair information. Right to have our taxes go towards social benefits rather than Reaganomics.
If you’re waiting for anything to change back, no matter how small, it’s not.
You get what?
Sure would be funny if Smithsonian Patrons kept changing it back.
"Congress has only Impeached a President four times, 1/2 of them against the same President.’
Time to get that Streisand effect rolling!
Should have just closed the exhibit “due to funding”
OUR APOLOGIES, THE EXHIBIT ON IMPEACHMENT HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO SOMEONE BEING A WHINY-ASS LITTLE BITCH
