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Welcome back to Unbiased Politics. Today is Thursday, August 14th. Let's talk about some news.

Starting with this internal review at the Smithsonian, this is something that many of you wrote into me about.

You wanted some clarification. So let's do it. According to an

official letter sent to the secretary of the Smithsonian Museum by the Trump administration,

certain administration officials will lead what they're calling a comprehensive internal review

of selected Smithsonian museums and exhibitions.

According to the letter, the initiative aims to, quote,

ensure alignment with the president's directive to celebrate American exceptionalism,

remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.

End quote. Notably, this review follows a March executive order, which in part had accused the Smithsonian of embracing a race-centered ideology that portrays American and Western values

as harmful.

So that executive order reads in part, quote, for example, the that portrays American and Western values as harmful.

So that executive order reads in part, quote,

for example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features the shape of power,

stories of race and American sculpture,

an exhibit representing that societies including the United States have used race to establish and maintain

systems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement. The exhibit further claims that sculpture

has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism and promotes the view that race is not a

biological reality, but a social construct, stating, quote,

race is a human invention, end quote.

The order goes on to say that the National Museum of African American History and Culture

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