Try again in 20 years or so

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May 30, 2026

Sigh.

The House rejected a bill on Thursday that would have advanced plans to construct an American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall, after a once-bipartisan coalition that had supported it fractured.

The legislation would have designated a location for the new Smithsonian museum, an effort that had collected supporters from both parties and has been backed by President Trump.

But Democrats rejected Republican-led changes to the bill that they said gave Mr. Trump and his allies too much influence over the development of the museum.

Well, that would be a bad outcome. We know that from long unpleasant experience.

Many Democrats also balked at language that specified the museum would be dedicated to presenting the experiences and achievements of “biological women” in the United States. Some said that such a provision could block transgender women and girls from recognition in the museum’s exhibits.

Ah. That’s another story. Listen up: men and boys who pretend to be female should be blocked from recognition in a museum of women’s history. Things for/about women should be for/about women, not women and a handful of men.

The effort to establish an American women’s history museum at the Smithsonian goes back more than 20 years. Progress has been slow, in part because other additions to the National Mall became priorities.

Right. Of course half the population is not important.

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iknklast

May 30, 2026 9:53 AM

Ah. That’s another story. Listen up: men and boys who pretend to be female should be blocked from recognition in a museum of women’s history. Things for/about women should be for/about women, not women and a handful of men.

True in one sense, but in the eventuality it someday happens, I think there should be a section dedicated to the current attempt to roll back women’s rights in a “progressive” manner, and the destruction it has done to the cause of women’s rights, just as I think there should be a section devoted to the damage done by the “pro-life” movement.
Omar

May 30, 2026 10:21 AM

What has me puzzled is this: the life of a politician is about behaving and speaking such as to gather the biggest possible number of votes from supporters. The majority of male and of female voters would not be interested in the noise generated by the transwhatever lobby in its campaign for influence, and that lobby itself maybe has around 1% of the vote in its own right; on a good day.

I would guess that the transwhatevers are adopting the old IWW tactic of ‘boring from within’ one or both of the Dems and Reps. But that is more likely to turn off more political support for the party concerned that it could possibly generate.

It’s a tough one.

Try again in 20 years or so

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