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Nonilex<p>At several other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalParks</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has ordered the removal of signs &amp; other materials that state that the land once belonged to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> tribes….</p><p>Tribes were forcibly removed from lands across the American West that later became national parks [ICYMI🙄]. For instance, the US military forced the Shoshone, Bannock &amp; other tribes from what is now Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Idaho &amp; Montana.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Stephanie McCurry, a professor of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> at Columbia University who studies the Civil War &amp; the Reconstruction era, said it was impossible to separate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> from the history of these sites.</p><p>“There is no history of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> without slavery in it,” Dr. McCurry wrote in an email. “It is impossible to edit it out or bury its horrors. The evidence is everywhere &amp; can’t be destroyed, certainly not in one presidential administration.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> administration, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NS</span></a> asked descendants of enslaved people at Arlington House, as well as descendants of Mr. Lee, to help tell a more complete story to visitors of all ages.</p><p>“We think that this space could be used as a place for conversation, healing &amp; repair,” Mr. Hammond said. “So to have this booklet targeted is really a disappointment for us.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> officials determined that 2 sentences in the booklet, which has been given to children participating in the Park Service’s Junior Ranger program, ran afoul of the president’s executive order, Mr. Hammond said.</p><p>“In 1829, Robert E. Lee promised to serve the Army &amp; protect the United States,” the sentences say. “In 1861, he broke his promise &amp; fought for slavery.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>And at Arlington House in Virginia, the former home of Robert E. Lee, who led the Army of Northern Virginia on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Confederate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confederate</span></a> side, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> officials have instructed park staff to stop using a booklet that was designed to teach children about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>, said Stephen Hammond, a descendant of people who were enslaved at the house.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, officials plan to substantially alter an exhibit that memorializes 9 people enslaved by George Washington. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s EO in March specifically flagged exhibits at Independence National Historical Park for review, claiming the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin had advanced “corrosive ideology” there that taught visitors that “America is purportedly racist.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ofcls have instructed park employees to take down a sign that criticizes the post-Civil War “Lost Cause” ideology, which romanticized the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Confederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confederacy</span></a> &amp; denied <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>’s central role in the conflict.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Elizabeth Peace, a spokeswoman for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interior</span></a> Dept, the parent agency of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPS</span></a>, said in an email that “all interpretive signage in national parks is under review.” She accused media outlets of spreading “false claims” &amp; “misinformation” about the review, although she did not specify what information was incorrect.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At Fort Pulaski National Monument in Georgia, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> officials have directed Park Service staff to remove a reproduction of “The Scourged Back,” the famous photo that depicts the formerly enslaved man, who was known as both Peter &amp; Gordon, exposing severe scars on his back from whippings, according to the emails &amp; one of the people briefed on the matter.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The directives stemmed from Trump’s EO in March that instructed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPS</span></a> to remove or cover up materials that “inappropriately disparage [white] Americans,” part of a broader effort by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to promote a more positive view of the nation’s history.</p><p>Critics say the effort could lead to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erasure</span></a> of the contributions of people of color, gay &amp; transgender people, women &amp; other marginalized groups.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has ordered several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalParkService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalParkService</span></a> sites to take down materials related to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a>, including an 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man with scars on his back that became one of the most powerful images of the Civil War era.</p><p>The moves by the admin were outlined in internal emails reviewed by NYT &amp; 2 people briefed on the matter….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/climate/trump-park-service-slavery-photo-tribes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/09/16/climate</span><span class="invisible">/trump-park-service-slavery-photo-tribes.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a></p><p>From <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPark</span></a> employees flagged material deemed 'disparaging' to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is reviewing material about slavery, the destruction of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmerican</span></a> culture, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> &amp; more at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/parks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parks</span></a> after employees flagged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> that could be “disparaging” to Americans, according to screenshots shared with The Associated Press. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-park-service-disparaging-d861b3c902ef68b0184c2bd776f707e4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-natio</span><span class="invisible">nal-park-service-disparaging-d861b3c902ef68b0184c2bd776f707e4</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The title of this proclamation or whatever it is - is offensive all by itself.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/08/president-trump-is-right-about-the-smithsonian/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">8/president-trump-is-right-about-the-smithsonian/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>White House Lists <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> Exhibits It Finds Objectionable</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration highlighted material dealing with topics like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexuality</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/arts/design/smithsonian-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/21/arts/de</span><span class="invisible">sign/smithsonian-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>He instructed *his* attorneys “to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made.”</p><p>After all, the “Country” cannot be “WOKE” and talk about “how bad Slavery was” —</p><p>Because that doesn’t make money 💰</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WhitewashingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhitewashingHistory</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@josie_osborne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>josie_osborne</span></a></span> Canada needs to stop supporting fossil fuel ecocide when we're facing climate crisis. It's beyond madness. It's corporate greed &amp; it's killing people/wildlife/ecosystems.</p><p>We are done with the BS <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitewashing</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenwashing</span></a> government PR.</p><p><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BCwildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCwildfires</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcocide</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/StopCorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopCorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/AbolishRCMPCIRG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishRCMPCIRG</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/FailureToProtect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailureToProtect</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/DoYourJob" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoYourJob</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin to lead *review* of some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a></p><p>The White House said on Tuesday it will lead an internal review of some Smithsonian museums &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exhibitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exhibitions</span></a> ahead of the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, after Trump earlier this year accused the institution of spreading "anti-American ideology" &amp; raised alarm among <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> advocates [&amp; historians].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-lead-review-some-smithsonian-museums-2025-08-12/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/white-hou</span><span class="invisible">se-lead-review-some-smithsonian-museums-2025-08-12/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin said on Tuesday that it would begin a wide-ranging review of current &amp; planned exhibitions at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> Institution, scouring wall text, websites &amp; social media “to assess tone, historical framing &amp; alignment with American ideals.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteWashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/revisionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revisionism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belief</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Values</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Classic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Classic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impeachment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UShistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UShistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Before it was removed last month, the placard had been on display since September 2021, according to a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a> spokesperson. It read, “Case under redesign (history happens),” &amp; mentioned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s two <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impeachments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impeachments</span></a>, as well as details about the other 3 presidents.</p><p>…National <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> spokeswoman Valeska Hilbig told The Post that removing the placard was the only change it made as a result of its content review.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitewashing</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>Headline writers at <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HuffPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HuffPost</span></a> think that a disease affecting 40% of football players under 30 years old, and is detected in autopsies of 90% of former <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NFL</span></a> players, is “a rare disease”. <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cte-illness-nyc-shooting_l_6888d304e4b0d2f593269ad0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/cte-illness</span><span class="invisible">-nyc-shooting_l_6888d304e4b0d2f593269ad0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BrainInjuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainInjuries</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CollegeFootball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollegeFootball</span></a></p>