Motus Mentis

A while back the New York Times mounted a direct assault on American patriotism called “The 1619 Project”, which sought to promote the idea that the founding of the American nation was nothing more than an act of organized evil, with its only basis and purpose the subjugation of other races by white, male, Europeans. Despite its blatantly hateful and corrosive intent, and its countless historical inaccuracies, the Project has been adopted by school-boards across the nation for the indoctrination of millions of our children.

To counter this vile attack on civic pride and national cohesion, President Trump assembled a panel of scholars and patriots to produce a response. The panel was called, understandably, “The 1776 Project”, and one of its primary aims was to explain in simple language the founding philosophy of the United States: a philosophy grounded in the idea that the essential purpose of American self-government is to secure a free people’s natural rights and liberties.

Joe Biden made the 1776 Project’s annihilation one of his top priorities upon seizing the Presidency, and extinguished it by executive order on his first day.

During its brief lifespan the now-defunct panel produced a single report, which has since been taken down from U.S. Government websites. I have, however, preserved a copy. Read it here.