#Smithsonian submits files to White House after #funding #threat
The #Trump White House had threatened to withhold the Smithsonian’s funding if it did not send more documentation on its exhibits & operations.
#extortion #law #art #museums #Constitution #FirstAmendment #democracy #SevenMountainMandate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2026/01/13/smithsonian-submits-documents-white-house-funding/
The #Trump admin, in a December letter, set Tuesday as the deadline for the institution to submit a trove of materials for the admin’s sweeping content review, which aims to rid the #Smithsonian of what the White House has called “improper ideology.”
Bunch said in the email that the information covered materials “in several galleries” & that the Smithsonian would “continue to provide responsive information on a rolling basis” to the WH.
…After months of relative quiet on the issue, the #Trump admin threatened in a Dec 18 letter addressed to Bunch to withhold federal funds for the #Smithsonian if it did not comply with a request to submit extensive documentation of its current & upcoming exhibits, wall labels, programming plans for America’s 250th birthday, & other aspects of its operations.
#extortion #law #art #history #museums #Constitution #FirstAmendment #democracy #censorship #dictatorship #SevenMountainMandate
“The American people will have no patience” for any museum that is “uncomfortable conveying a *positive view of American history*,” wrote Domestic Policy Council director Vince Haley & White House budget director [#Project2025 architect] #RussVought.
#Trump #extortion #law #art #history #Smithsonian #museums #Constitution #FirstAmendment #democracy #censorship #Revisionism #whitewashing #dictatorship #SevenMountainMandate
US history will be a little bit more positive once the Trump/Epstein files are released, and that orange skidmark is locked up.
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