The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in July removed references to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit display. A person familiar with the exhibit plans, who was not authorized to discuss them publicly, said the change came about as part of a content review that the Smithsonian agreed to undertake following pressure from the White House to remove an art museum director.

A temporary label including content about Trump’s impeachments had been on display since September 2021 at the Washington museum, a Smithsonian spokesperson told The Washington Post, adding that it was intended to be a short-term addition to address current events. Now, the exhibit notes that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal.”

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    oh my fucking god. this is ridiculous. SERIOUSLY? is there going to be a SINGLE institution in this country willing to stand up against fascism???

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    Jesus fucking Christ, what is going on lately with people just buckling under the slightest amount of pressure from Trump? Fight back you goddamn pussies.

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      Seriously it’s so pathetic. People will just bend over and take it.

      The world needs more asshole leftists who don’t take shit from anyone. Far too many dickheads are on the wrong side of the political spectrum.

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    Disgraceful.

    You are a museum, a place to see history as it actually was. Caving to a dick-tator… Just wow…

    Fuck if I’ll ever go to the Smithsonian after this. The Pedo is just going to pull your funding anyways so wtf???

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    Might as well stop the whole operation then. A museum’s most precious good is its credibility. If visitors can’t trust that the information you present is factual, why should they visit?

    Even if part of your funding is at risk, is this worth it? Cut costs, do a fundraiser, forego pay of leadership personnel, if you need to, but without credibility, you’re no longer running a museum but a theme park.

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    Who controls the past now, controls the future.

    Who controls the present now, controls the past.

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      Not too long in the future:

      The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

      Also from 1984 by George Orwell

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          As of early-2000s, both novels were required reading in my high school central Texas curriculum.

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      Banana republic

      A banana republic is a country with an economy of state capitalism, where the country is operated as a private commercial enterprise for the exclusive profit of the ruling class. Typically, a banana republic has a society of extremely stratified social classes, usually a large impoverished working class and a ruling class plutocracy, composed of the business, political, and military elites.The ruling class controls the primary sector of the economy by exploiting labor.

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    Sure would be funny if Smithsonian Patrons kept changing it back.

    "Congress has only Impeached a President four times, 1/2 of them against the same President.’

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    Never thought I’d see the day when the Smithsonian would lose all its credibility. Bootlickers and cowards.

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    Thereby literally rewriting history for the Cheeto

    Man Americans are knee benders and ting kissers

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    They should have just rewrote it in a bigly way. “The greatest president. So good he was impeached twice. He won the impeachments and became emperor. What a swell guy.”