{"id":1814,"date":"2026-06-18T06:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2026-06-18T06:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:38:08","slug":"trumps-all-out-assault-on-reality-wont-end-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s all-out assault on reality won’t end well"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIt was a bright cold day in April, the clocks were striking thirteen, and the powers in charge of (a State) public university system have declared the State has unfettered authority to muzzle its professors in the name of \u2018freedom\u2019\u2026.\u201d <\/p>\n

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So begins a federal order striking Trump\u2019s Third Reich-inspired \u201cStop WOKE\u201d Act in Florida, variations of which have spread through the US like a nasty airborne disease. <\/p>\n

Invoking George Orwell\u2019s dystopian novel 1984<\/em><\/em>, U.S. District Court Judge Mark Walker slammed Stop WOKE, the authoritarian movement afoot in many US states<\/u> to forcibly impose the tenets of far right, white nationalism on classrooms, universities, and corporate boardrooms. Since then, a total of 14 states have successfully passed 20 anti-DEI laws, part of Trump\u2019s broader nationwide push; have been introduced across the country since 2023. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s this 1<\/strong>st<\/strong> Amendment you speak of?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to book banning, Trump\u2019s anti-WOKE initiatives impose state mandates on speech, dictating how certain topics must be discussed in academic and employment settings as well as in national parks. <\/p>\n

In education, anti-WOKE laws impose state control over classroom instruction about gender and race, including America\u2019s history of slavery, the Jim Crow era and its aftermath, and other systems originating in an assumption of racial inferiority long since passed. In employment, stop WOKE laws prohibit corporations from conducting diversity training, seminars, or discussions to promote equality. <\/p>\n

Stop WOKE laws in the corporate setting do not just denigrate affirmative action, they endorse white male superiority by banning discussion of any counter-narrative. All such initiatives will be struck down, nationwide, wherever they are challenged<\/u>, by long standing First Amendment jurisprudence.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s shameful national park initiative<\/strong><\/p>\n

In national parks, a federal judge just ordered the Trump administration to restore all national park signs<\/u> that were altered or removed under Trump\u2019s directive aimed at purging “woke” historical and scientific content. In a ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, the court gave the Department of the Interior until July 3, 2026, to reinstall the original materials. <\/p>\n

Criticizing the administration’s actions as censorship that shared a “limited history” through “half-truths,\u201d the judge didn\u2019t hold back, writing that:<\/p>\n