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Mar 27, 2025 President Trump signed executive orders targeting historical and cultural institutions under anti-DEI and history directives Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The orders used federal authority to reshape public memory, museum content, and official history around ideological goals.
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- Executive Order: Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History — On March 27, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History." The order aims to counter what it describes as a revisionist movement that distorts American
- Executive Order Targets DEI Initiatives — On March 27, 2025, an executive order was issued by former President Trump aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
- Trump issues executive order targeting Smithsonian funding for 'improper ideology' — President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the removal of what his administration deems "improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the Smithsonian Institution.
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Week 10 – 2025-03-22–2025-03-28
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Mar 25, 2025 The Texas Senate advanced bills on school prayer, Ten Commandments displays, book control, anti-LGBTQ teaching limits, and library penalties Corroborated Civil Rights and Dissent
The bills would narrow pluralism in public education and use state power to restrict expression, identity, and access to books.
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- Texas lawmakers advance bill criminalizing assignment of certain literature — Texas lawmakers have advanced SB 412, a bill that would make it a crime for teachers and librarians to assign or provide books containing sexually explicit content, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
- Texas Senate alters book selection process for school libraries — The Texas Senate has passed SB 13, which changes the process for selecting books in school libraries, transferring authority from trained librarians to school boards.
- Texas Senate mandates display of Ten Commandments in classrooms — The Texas Senate has passed SB 10, which requires all classrooms to display a copy of the Ten Commandments.
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Week 10 – 2025-03-22–2025-03-28
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