historybeth.bsky.social
@historybeth.bsky.social
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If followed, this order would require shutting down the Museum of African-American History and Culture and the Museum of the American Indian, plus - and I kid you not - RE-ERECTING CONFEDERATE STATUES.

It's just white supremacy without apology.

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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February 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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During President Andrew Jackson's second term, this political cartoon, entitled "King Andrew the First," depicted Jackson as a king trampling on a shredded U.S. Constitution.
February 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Sugarcane made final cut and is now nominated for an Oscar!
If you get the chance, highly recommend new documentary Sugarcane about brutality and intergenerational trauma of Indian Residential Schools in Canada. Was just long listed for Oscars.
"The findings provide the most complete public accounting to date of how many Native American children died at the boarding schools, but many historians said they believe the death toll is far greater."

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January 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM