Posted on 08/14/2025 10:11:20 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The time for restraint will be after the course correction.
I haven’t really followed the controversies over what’s going on at the Smithsonian or Kennedy Center, so I don’t pretend to be an authority on either. If you know less than I do, here’s a quick update on the Smithsonian…
The Trump administration is cracking down on the Smithsonian Institution ahead of America’s 250th anniversary celebration next year, requiring specific national museums and affiliated exhibits to “reflect the unity, progress, and enduring values that define the American story.”
In a letter penned to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, Trump administration officials laid out a review process that the institution will undergo in order to ensure alignment with President Donald Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order.
“This initiative aims to ensure alignment with the President’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions,” the letter reads.
And at the Kennedy Center, there is this…
President Donald Trump ramped up his campaign to take over the Kennedy Center on Tuesday, Aug. 12, as he previewed the annual Kennedy Center Honors on social media.
“GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS. They will be announced Wednesday,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Tremendous work is being done, and money being spent, on bringing it back to the absolute TOP LEVEL of luxury, glamour, and entertainment.”
“It had fallen on hard times, physically, BUT WILL SOON BE MAKING A MAJOR COMEBACK!!!,” the president continued, seemingly speaking about the Kennedy Center building, which is located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington,...
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
And until then take no prisoners. Show the left the same compassion they have shown to Candidate and President Trump (SWAT raids OK, Assassination attempts not OK).
Meanwhile in Australia, they open up their government meetings with this message and even on their websites
In the spirit of reconciliation, the Royal Australian Mint acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Absolutely dead on.
The time for restraint will be after the course correction.
We have not done the small course correction and are so far off target it is going to take major corrections to get back on target.
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