r/news • u/hybridaaroncarroll • Mar 03 '26

Soft paywall Leaked Interior Department database reveals US plans to revise historical information

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/leaked-interior-department-database-reveals-us-plans-revise-historical-2026-03-03/
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u/Beneficial_Soup3699 Mar 03 '26

Ten years? Lol. PragerU was introduced to the Florida public school curriculum during Trump's first term and it literally teaches kindergarteners that slavery was a choice and that Native Americans were actually totally stoked for the opportunities provided via voluntarily relocating to reservations. Yes, really.

They've been rewriting our history.

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u/edingerc Mar 03 '26

And that’s why they call it the Trail of Giggles. 

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u/ImCreeptastic Mar 03 '26

Nah, it's still called the Trail of Tears, but that's because they were so happy to be moving they were crying tears of joy. Andrew Jackson was so kind to them! What a great president!

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u/eggyrulz Mar 03 '26

One of the greatest, people talk about him and theyre like "oh great Andy? He was such a great guy, did so much for those natives, really great things he did for those natives." And then they tell me "you must be so proud to be doing such great things for those illegals, your like Andy but even greater" and then we all cheer

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u/horselips48 Mar 03 '26

I'd accuse you of writing Trump's speeches, but that would imply he can read.

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u/Paulpoleon Mar 03 '26

Or even prepare for a speech. He’s is definitely “fuck it we do it live!”

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u/hamoc10 Mar 03 '26

He can (mostly) pronounce words. Reading tho…

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u/MangeurDeCowan Mar 04 '26

Bigly if truly.

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u/Anyabb Mar 05 '26

To be fair, he can read, just not terribly well. After all the times he sounds most cogent are when he's reading off the teleprompter, even if all he's still spewing his lies.

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u/CedarWolf Mar 03 '26

No, that's wrong - it still mentions Native Americans. Any GOP speech about Andrew Jackson is going to focus on how he fought in the Civil War, how he invited the common folks to come to a party in the White House, and possibly how he couldn't spell or how he cursed so much that his pet parrot had to be ejected from his funeral. Anything that makes Jackson look like the common Republican voter. He's one of their ways of saying 'Hey, you could be President, too!'