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Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology​


“President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

Trump said there was a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”

He signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo. …
 
Not sure about the future, but the present appears AOK with it.
For 90% of people, there are only two options to vote for in an election. It seems highly, highly, highly unlikely that people voted for Trump because they are a-ok with that.
 
“President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

Trump said there was a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”

He signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo. …
Fascism/Nazism 101.

Goose-stepping to our demise.
 
“President Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”

Trump said there was a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”

He signed an executive order putting Vice President JD Vance in charge of an effort to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution, including its museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo. …
Oh, hell no. I love the Smithsonian and it's a true national treasure. And we all know exactly what "reshaping" the Smithsonian means - anything at the American History Museum celebrating or promoting diversity of any kind will be expunged or at least greatly limited in scope. I didn't think I could loathe this administration any more than I already did, but it has just been ratcheted up another notch. They really do seem determined to fuck every single thing up before they leave office, and all to own the libs and enrich their sorry asses even more via more massive tax cuts. Thanks, MAGA!
 
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My wife is in a faculty union meeting right now and the conversation is been 100% focussed on how Canadian academics should be working on cancelling all U.S. travel as it is not safe. If you have to go, keep your passports/visas on you at all times and bring burner phones and laptops when you can or backup then wipe your data. It's too easy that they will throw you in an ICE black site otherwise.

This is the equivalent of waht people used to do before going behind the iron curtain.
 
Massive Earthquake in Thailand/ Myanmar


Buildings and public infrastructure have been damaged and collapsed as a result of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, with concerns for state of large scale dams, the Red Cross said on Friday, according to Reuters.

“Public infrastructure has been damaged including roads, bridges and public buildings. We currently have concerns for large scale dams that people are watching to see the conditions of them”, Marie Manrique, programme coordinator for the International Federation of the Red Cross said to reporters in Geneva, via video link from Yangon.

“We anticipate the impact to be quite large”, she added.
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Eight people killed after building collapse in Mandalay, eyewitness tells Guardian​

Eight people have been killed and others are feared trapped after a construction building in Pyi Gyi Tagon township of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest city, collapsed at about 1 pm, an eyewitness told the Guardian.

“The whole of Mandalay city was affected by the earthquake. The rescue teams and hospitals are now overrun. We are managing with the resources we have in the neighbourhood,” an eye witness, who asked not to be named, said.

Two people, a middle aged man and an older woman, had died in the building collapse, he added.

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Amnesty International has called for Myanmar’s military junta to allow “unimpeded access to all humanitarian organisations”.

The military seized power in a coup in 2021, prompting widespread opposition from the public and plunging the country into conflict. It has repeatedly been accused of blocking aid to areas where its opponents are active.

Earlier today, the junta made a rare call for international help as it declared a state of emergency across six regions.

Myanmar researcher Joe Freeman said the scale of the disaster in Myanmar may not become clear for some time, given that many media outlets are banned and internet access restricted. “That there appear to be more images and information coming out of Thailand than the epicentre in Myanmar is a startling reminder of the military’s crushing of press freedom since the 2021 coup,” he said.


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Thai defence minister says 90 missing and three dead at the site of collapsed high-rise​

Thailand’s defence minister says 90 people are missing and three are confirmed dead at the site where a high-rise building under construction collapsed when a powerful earthquake hit the capital.

Defence minister Phumtham Wechayachai offered no more details about the rescue efforts but first responders said that seven people had been rescued so far from outside the collapsed building, reports the Associated Press (AP).
 
Did you forget that he did this and 72 million still voted for him?
For 90+ percent of the country, there are only two voting options for president. I doubt very, very, very much that anyone voted for him or against him because of that.
 
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