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A spine-chilling new Trump scheme is laid bare by this absurd Smithsonian lie

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It seemed so trivial. Trump ordered the Interior Department to post signs along the walkways leading up to several of the museums that make up the Smithsonian system in Washington, D.C., warning people that they’d find “inaccurate information” therein. It was based on a bizarre “report” written by the White House’s Domestic Policy Council and released without fanfare on the 4th of July. The council itself was packed by Trump with leftovers from right-wing think tanks and activist groups like American Compass, Heritage, the Manhattan Institute, and Stephen Miller’s America First Policy Institute. It claims that the American Museum of American History has displays that cover the fights for women’s and civil rights and to end slavery, along with the positive role immigrants, women, and queer people have played in our country, which it finds deplorable and un-American. It wrote that Smithsonian leadership and museum curators: "Have directed the museum’s mission away from historical educati

First report: Trump targets Biden-era billion-dollar Smithsonian budgets amid anti-'woke' push — foxnews.com, 9d