The Trump administration is targeting The Smithsonian to ensure that it aligns with MAGA ideology and talking points. We have seen this before in the way Nazis treated history and culture, erasing it and rewriting it to suit their whim.

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Book Rec: Ministry of Truth by Steve Benen https://bookshop.org/a/83711/9780063393677

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Certain Supreme Court Justices have been keen to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the case granting marriage equality to same-sex couples, since the moment it was decided. Kim Davis is back in the news again for yet another appeal up to the Supreme Court over her denial of marriage licenses in Kentucky back when Obergefell v. Hodges was decided in 2015. This case is a softball to the now conservative supermajority, giving them the opportunity they've been waiting for to gut marriage equality.

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Further Reading: On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays by John Stuart Mill https://bookshop.org/a/83711/9780199670802

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Trump flip flopped on allowing Nvidia and AMD to export their AI GPU chips to China. Now he's going to charge them 15% on the exports, which is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. Experts are warning this could have dire impacts on our national security.

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Further Reading: Empire of AI by Karen Hao: https://bookshop.org/a/83711/9780593657508

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