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Trump’s War on the Arts: A Step-by-Step Takeover of Culture
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Trump’s War on the Arts: A Step-by-Step Takeover of Culture

How the Kennedy Center, NEA, and Hollywood are being reshaped to serve a political agenda.

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Mar 15, 2025
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When authoritarian leaders seize power, they don’t just go after government institutions; they go after culture.

From Mussolini’s control of Italian cinema to Nazi Germany’s censorship of "degenerate art,” history shows that controlling a nation’s arts means controlling its identity, its history, and its future.

Now, under Trump’s second term, we are seei…

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