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Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p>Wall Street Journal gets the headline right: </p><p>White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision </p><p>Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary. </p><p>By Meridith McGraw and Jasmine Li <br>Updated Aug. 12, 2025 <br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WSJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WSJ</span></a> <br> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-to-vet-smithsonian-museums-to-fit-trumps-historical-vision-78875c8a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/politics/policy/white-</span><span class="invisible">house-to-vet-smithsonian-museums-to-fit-trumps-historical-vision-78875c8a</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"This is not just about changing the facts. Knowledge is made of facts whereas knowing is a process. You can erase or change knowledge all you want but if there is still a way to reality-test against the real world there is always a way to know the truth, to assert your epistemological freedom.</p><p>That’s why what the regime is doing is not just about changing exhibits, or facts. It’s about epistemic control—control of how you know anything at all."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>He writes,</p><p>"I would never have learned the basic facts about the world that grounded me in objective reality for my entire life had it not been for the Smithsonian, and all the other museums around the Mall.</p><p>So "it’s fitting that the man who would be king is rewriting history in the Smithsonian to suit his alternate reality."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a><br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Jim Stewartson frames what Trump and the Republicans want to do with the Smithsonian (and with history itself) as "epistemological totalitarianism, or the seizure of the means of knowledge by the state."</p><p>He notes that he grew up outside DC, the son of a single mother. He was a poor student, but learned voraciously, often by visiting the Smithsonian.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.mind-war.com/p/the-war-on-knowing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mind-war.com/p/the-war-on-know</span><span class="invisible">ing</span></a></p>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@xankarn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xankarn</span></a></span> I saw several headlines about the administration's attack on the Smithsonian last evening and promptly changed my plans for today (ah! the joys of retirement!) to instead visit the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC while it still exists and has any historical accuracy in its exhibits. </p><p>As ever, it was a wonderful experience. Admission is free, so I left behind a little money in their gift shop. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NMAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> </p><p>WTAF. Is the Wall Street Journal now the only major US newsprint to tell it like it is??</p><p> NYT: “White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions”</p><p> WaPo: “White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums”</p><p> WSJ: “White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision.”</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
AmandaLibris :mastodon:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ard.social/@tagesschau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tagesschau</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/250thanniversary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>250thanniversary</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br>Das wäre doch auch mal einen Bericht wert:<br><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/6uOEai8NERQ?si=6Lv8Y-HQW9jp5JT-" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/6uOEai8NERQ</span><span class="invisible">?si=6Lv8Y-HQW9jp5JT-</span></a></p>
Curious Magpie<p>"... Their demands on the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> and its member museums are extensive, timed to exert maximum control over exhibits and curatorial decisions around the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next July.</p><p>“This initiative aims to ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions,” the letter says.</p><p>The egregiousness of the politicization is two-fold ..."<br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/trump-forces-his-brand-of-americanism-on-the-smithsonian" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-</span><span class="invisible">memo/trump-forces-his-brand-of-americanism-on-the-smithsonian</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"First, recognize gaslighting.</p><p>Second, understand his true targets.</p><p>Third, watch for 'alternative facts.' </p><p>Fourth, listen for dogwhistles."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br>/26</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"He falsely claimed crime is out of control in D.C. to justify federal commandeering of the city. And he demanded the Smithsonian review all its museum programs to ensure they align with his worldview. …</p><p>I want to talk about four strategies to diminish the effect of Trump’s manipulations and lies. These aren’t exhaustive, but they can be helpful to keep us all from being washed away in the flood."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a><br>/25</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The past week has seen a dizzying bombardment of fake reports, propaganda and even pressure upon institutions to revise our history.</p><p>In the past few days alone, Trump replaced the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner with an unqualified Heritage Foundation hack. He brought in an 'expert' to lie about household incomes."</p><p>~ Jay Kuo</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/24</p><p><a href="https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/rejecting-alternative-realities" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">statuskuo.substack.com/p/rejec</span><span class="invisible">ting-alternative-realities</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The real goal, highlighted in bold toward the end of the letter, is to force the Smithsonian to embrace a MAGA-brand of 'Americanism' that defines which people, which values, and which events are truly American and discards the rest."</p><p>~ David Kurtz</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/23</p>
Alexander Karn<p>A confident, mature nation faces its history squarely. </p><p>We can and should celebrate achievements, but we must also shine a light on our shortcomings and on our betrayals. </p><p>Anything else is moral failure and, to be frank, a sign of weakness. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smithsonian</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"He does it on behalf of those who are sponsoring his Christo-fascist or ethno-nationalist movement and thereby building a powerbase that can serve the real big bosses, the oligarchs at the top of the food chain who are cynically tapping into white grievances to gain an ever bigger piece of the pie and to further entrench themselves so their interests cannot be challenged by something as flighty and unpredictable as the will of the people."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <br>/16</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Trump doesn’t just seek to control the Smithsonian or the Kennedy Center because he is a malignant narcissist wannabe king….although that’s part of it."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/15</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Elites seek cultural hegemony because they know that ideas and the arts and intellectual discourse are what form the bonds within nations, ensure the stability and endurance of key institutions and persuade people that their identities are actually linked to ideas that benefit those in power."</p><p>~ David Rothkopf</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/14</p><p><a href="https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/how-do-you-defeat-the-oligarchy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/h</span><span class="invisible">ow-do-you-defeat-the-oligarchy</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Eugenic and nationalist imaginaries are retelling the same old stories of a favored 'race' with God-given superiority and the church’s blessing to steal land predestined to be colonized. It’s a 'Master Narrative' set, the Doctrine of Discovery, Manifest Destiny, and Survival of the Fittest repackaged."</p><p>~ Starlette Thomas</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/13</p><p><a href="https://goodfaithmedia.org/the-writer-is-a-witness/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodfaithmedia.org/the-writer-</span><span class="invisible">is-a-witness/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Once history is rewritten to match the preferences of those in power, the past stops being a shared record and becomes a weapon."</p><p>~ Aaron Parnas</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/12</p><p><a href="https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/an-urgent-psa-this-evening" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aaronparnas.substack.com/p/an-</span><span class="invisible">urgent-psa-this-evening</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Joyce Vance notes that when Trump purchased a golf course in Virginia, he placed a plaque with made-up history at the site claiming that "great" soliders of both North and South died there:</p><p>"'Write your story the way you want to write it,' Trump told reporters who pressed him for any evidence to support the supposed history he attributed to the site.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/11</p><p><a href="https://joycevance.substack.com/p/living-in-1984" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">joycevance.substack.com/p/livi</span><span class="invisible">ng-in-1984</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"White Christian nationalism requires a virtuous past to sell its story of U.S. history."</p><p>~ Jemar Tisby</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RevisionistHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevisionistHistory</span></a><br>/10</p><p><a href="https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/how-the-white-houses-review-of-smithsonian" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jemartisby.substack.com/p/how-</span><span class="invisible">the-white-houses-review-of-smithsonian</span></a></p>