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Museum professional working Spokane WA / Dad of 3/ interests - education- arts- travel/

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This Sailor Got Sucked Inside a Fighter Jet Engine
YouTube video by Smithsonian Channel This Sailor Got Sucked Inside a Fighter Jet Engine

On this Veterans Day- reflecting my time on USS Carl Vinson’s flight deck and how our service members are currently being trotted for a political party - that gives tax breaks to billionaires m.youtube.com/watch?v=AF55...

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No kings. Spokane

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A teen girl was murdered in Spokane in 1982. Her family is trying to prevent her killer's release Sept. 26, 1982: It is a day John Strait has to relive again and again.

www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

I went to school with Linda. Feel it is important to share

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The Silent Emergency Facing Museums | Artnet News News editor Margaret Carrigan joins co-host Kate Brown to discuss why museums around the globe are in a crisisβ€”and some possible ways out.

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This museum immerses students in U.S. history: β€˜You can smell it, touch it, see it’ - NPR

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Official quits after dispute over Trump's Eisenhower sword gift to King Charles - BBC News

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Darkened galleries and ominous signs on a walk through embattled Smithsonian museums - The Boston Globe Delayed or incomplete exhibits seem troubling signs in light of Trump's aim to purge "improper ideology."

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/30/a...

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The MAC could house its permanent collection in a joint storage facility with the school district if November funding requests pass After nearly two years of collaborative planning between Spokane Public Schools and Spokane Parks & Recreation, voters will find two initiatives on the November ballot...

The MAC could house its permanent collection in a joint storage facility with the school district if November funding requests pass www.inlander.com/news/the-mac...

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Museums Are Under Fire. Silence Isn’t an Option | Artnet News James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum, says U.S. museums can’t stay silent amid political attacks on arts and culture.

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Trump's next fight: "woke" museum interpretations of history The president's efforts to exert control over museum content is unprecedented.

www.axios.com/2025/08/21/t...

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Fun final summer Curators of Sound concert at Northwest Museum of Art & Culture- many thanks to Live From Somewhere for a great diverse line up

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White House orders a review of exhibits at Smithsonian museums. See a recap of Tuesday. - The Boston Globe The examination will look at all public-facing content, such as social media, exhibition text and educational materials, to β€œassess tone, historical framing, and alignment with American ideals."

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/12/n...

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White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...

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Smithsonian removes references to Trump impeachments at history exhibit

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Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds

Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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Marit Fischer & Rob Worstell of the MAC Podcast Episode Β· A Line Around Your Thoughts Β· 05/29/2025 Β· 1h 6m

On a recent museum pod cast

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Curators of Sound Concert Series

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The History of Mother’s Day: From Global Peace to Greeting Cards Mother’s Day in the United States has a history all its ownβ€”and it’s more complicated than greeting cards might lead you to believe. There were repeated efforts to establish a Mother’s Day holiday and...

womenshistory.si.edu/blog/history...

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Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.

www.npr.org/2025/05/03/n...

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Museums, in Seattle and beyond, tell America's stories. Support them | Op-ED We cannot allow political pressure to dictate which artists are seen, which histories are told or which communities feel welcome. This is not a partisan issue.

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/muse...

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Save the NEH and culture in Washington State - Humanities Washington On April 2, DOGE cancelled or rescinded hundreds of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant contracts nationwide, including those of Humanities Washington’s and other Washington-based cu...

www.humanities.org/story/save-t...

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The True Cost of Trump’s Statue Garden The National Garden of American Heroes represents a dangerous shift in valuesβ€”from inquiry to reverence.

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

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The Danger of MAGA History url:https://progressive.org/latest/the-danger-of-maga-history-karn-20250130/

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Hands off event in Spokane.

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#smithsonian #museums #culturewar #history #rewritinghistory #leadership | Adam Mikos | 264 comments Secretary’s message to Smithsonian staff this morning From Lonnie Bunch Dear colleagues, As an Institution, our commitment to scholarship and research is unwavering and will always serve as the guidi...

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MSN

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Trump Takes Aim at Smithsonian, Wading Into Race and Biology His executive order faulted an exhibit which β€œpromotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct,” a widely held position in the scientific community.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/a...

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