Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
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Killing the arts and intellectual sites /
also kills the soul of our nation. Let’s bring the arts and history outside of the White House. I believe the current history of our nation is an important one to be taught and explained.
Fear, misunderstanding, and discomfort have fueled the backlash. But what if, instead of arguing, we listened? What if we asked, "How can we move forward together?"
The point is to stifle inquiry, knowledge, and critical thinking. The point, this is an authoritarian regime, is to force institutions and the arts to bow to him ... Meanwhile, Trump has spent - as of two weeks ago - more than $26 million of taxpayer's $ on his golf trips.
Authoritarian regimes don’t like art nor history (only to falsify) nor culture, nor science. Their world is a desert! They love people to stay uneducated, that’s convenient for themselves! Great examples in history: fascist Italy, nazi Germany and the USSR plus nowadays the Russian Federation!
The @GOP has a limitless capacity for cruelty and hate. Young, old, BABIES, the unborn (what the hell do they think Planned Parenthood does?! Theu provide prenatal care too. Assholes.)
So what is happening with all of this funding that is being withheld? Is it all being embezzled behind our back? I wouldn't put it past all these criminals in charge...
I just don’t understand why Canadians are so hesitant about becoming a State. They could give up burdensome cultural stuff and get to buy health insurance from United Health.
Following the Nazi playbook of only allowing 'Aryan' art... except in this case it will likely be adulation of Confederate artworks, removal of all non-white, non-Christian or non-binary art to maintain the 'purity' of the U.S. people.
Heil Trump!
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that state arts councils are affected by the cessation of funds. It is humanities councils that are affected.
I want my tax dollars to fund the arts and not golf trips. Elon has learned that he can’t buy elections so maybe he can be a sugar daddy and fund all the unnecessary crap like golf, trips on Airforce One and Marine One.
Dump Truck Chump wants to dumb down the entire country to his 20 point I.Q. level.
Culture, intelligence and knowledge intimidates him.
I don't even think he ever read a book in his whole life.
Let’s cut everything that helps out communities and humanity, but not all the funding that goes into Musk’s companies or the orange felons golf trips.
Those two don’t a cultured bone in their bodies. Leave the humanities alone.
The ones who are full of prejudice and hate are every bit as real as the ones who are more humane. They both use the same book and the bigoted ones have just as much violent theology to pull from to justify their hate.
People who voted for an administration committing a genocide perhaps shoulldn't throw stones. maybe especially when they're claiming to be upset about the arts.
Both Republicans and Democrats support Israel because Israel is a military base for the West in the middle east. But you were supposed to decide between genocide and the genocide plus Muslim ban. The choice was between genocide or genocide plasm band, plus reenslaving women, plus plus plus
Is this paid hasbara or you just parrot the stuff on your own? There is no lesser of two genocides and don't make me laugh you care about Muslims or any other human being really. If you want my vote, break with Israel.
WHICH genocide? Or are you one of them single genocide voters who don't care actually about how much worse it is for Palestinians, Sudanese, children in the mines of the DRC? How many decades have you done BDS against Israel? Or are you slowing the cart down by jumping on board because Tik Tok?
so you think peope not having good jobs is a genocide too? how about the people blown apart by military hardware? Would fireing the people who make that hardware be another genocide?
Is this the Frank Sinatra goodbye tour? How many times do you come back to keep threatening to mute? It make no difference if you block me. I've no interest in following you. You're dishonest.
genocide is men and women with military cluster bombs and white passphrase torching innocent children to death and not some existential threat of economic communism.
Which genocide? And you are going to pretend to care about Palestinians. They've been exploited enough by Americans willing to give Israelis weapons and not standing up at every turn against it. Harris could have made a difference. She failed.
I saw someone on FB try to argue that the problem is that libraries get federal tax money, state tax money, and private donations… she literally thinks they get paid THREE TIMES.
I asked if she had ever split a lunch tab with friends— they don’t triple the price b/c three of you are paying.
First he closed the National Parks, then he attacked the schools, now he is after the Museums and other places people go to forget this sad world. I still don't understand the people who believe his horseshit.
Everything you listed is an alternative space to be-away from patriarchal or authoritarian control. They want you at: home, work, or church. Nowhere else. Easier to control the population and narratives.
Yes, because tRump has absolutely no humanity.
Dumpty is sending JD to get the "wokeness" out of the Smithsonian Zoo.
What is he going to do, paint the zebras & pandas all white?
Idiots 😒
Incompetent in foreign relations and the economy is one thing. But these cuts are about being a bad human. Donald is cementing his legacy as the worst President in history and one of the more disliked individuals.
Kind of aligns with Trump taking over the Kennedy Center and attacking the Smithsonian as supporting woke ideology. He feels that he knows more about the arts then other people and thinks he needs to control what the public is exposed to.
Can our individual states pick up the slack during the 7th DT bankruptcy? Maybe states should hold what we need to keep libraries open and not pay the Feds anything. They’re making it clear they’re useless. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
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also kills the soul of our nation. Let’s bring the arts and history outside of the White House. I believe the current history of our nation is an important one to be taught and explained.
Fear, misunderstanding, and discomfort have fueled the backlash. But what if, instead of arguing, we listened? What if we asked, "How can we move forward together?"
https://open.substack.com/pub/amymoore50/p/bridging-the-divide-understanding?r=3upaa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://theplotagainstamerica.com/
Why did we twice elect a real life James Bond villain?
https://flip.it/ScZWXb
Heil Trump!
Culture, intelligence and knowledge intimidates him.
I don't even think he ever read a book in his whole life.
Those two don’t a cultured bone in their bodies. Leave the humanities alone.
Israel is a military base owned by America, all of your bully ie freeeeeduuuums are based on Israel existing in the Middle East...
Did you require Trump break with steak and baseball?
Israel is one of your 50+ states, bro
I honestly have no idea why you people are obsessed with 2024. If the party doesn't break with Israel, it will lose again. It's that simple.
For MY good.
But not blocked - for YOUR good 😆
Calling the problems in the DRC "bad jobs" is just like calling the Palestinian genocide "the Antisemites won't share"
The genocide started in 1948 and was being planned, with maps and on paper, in documents dated 1830 and earlier.
The Sudanese and Congolese genocides also involve millions of people and decades of suffering...
Success! You kept Genocide Harris out!
Let's see Trump's plan:
I have based my whole life around not supporting the corporations and entities that profit off human suffering in Palestine, Sudan, China, etc
YOU are someone who slows down the bandwagon
MAGA!
Jeeez. that reads as silly as it looks.
I asked if she had ever split a lunch tab with friends— they don’t triple the price b/c three of you are paying.
Dumpty is sending JD to get the "wokeness" out of the Smithsonian Zoo.
What is he going to do, paint the zebras & pandas all white?
Idiots 😒
Having their tax money support services they themselves don’t want/need is irksome.