The White House recently commissioned a new history exhibit created by the far-right “education” group Prageru in Washington, DC. The exhibition features 82 paintings and 40 AI videos, offering rather distorted views of the American establishment.
The video generated by AI also includes fake quotes from founding fathers, including his father who appears to be a joke. But the people at Prageru take their mission seriously, even if they own Lib.
What quote are you talking about? A video of John Adams generated in AI, available online on the Prager U website, shows the second president who says, “The facts don't care about our feelings.” It is a phrase that was popularized in 2010 by far-right influencers like Ben Shapiro and Charlie Kirk.
Historically, the White House exhibits have not included such obvious attempts at trolling.
It is important to note that closed captions read “your emotions” rather than “our emotions.” But that's exactly the kind of attention to detail you'll expect from Pragel.
The new exhibition, called the Founders Museum, was created for the 2026 Semi-Centennial Celebration (250th Anniversary). Pragel created an exhibition at the White House Task Force 250, which oversees semi-calendulent activities, according to NPR.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said he was trying to get himself out of work by shutting down the Department of Education, but argues that “patriotic education in the new exhibition does not mean advertising,” featured in a promotional video on Pragel's website. In his recent talk of engagement, McMahon calls AI the infamous (like steak sauce).
The Progeru video is also full of the kinds of AI-generated distortions and anomalies that we have come to expect. Some videos include people with too many or too few fingers. Generic AI tools still struggle with human hands and create alien-like figures who appear to haunt Pragel's work, as shown below in a screenshot of the John Adams video.
Pragel is well known for creating inaccurate learning materials that disinfect history. One video that has gone viral in recent years shows that Christopher Columbus old children by judging him about slavery. “Being considered a slave is better than being killed, no? I'm not watching the problem,” says the animated Columbus.
It's no surprise that Pragel produces ridiculous nonsense. The shocking part is that their version of history has been legalized by the US government. The new video also injects many mentions about God. This is certainly a choice. Dennis Prager, founder of Prager, often talks about spreading “the values of Jewish Christianity.”
Aside from large-scale productions like John Adams, who cites Ben Shapiro, there are countless small issues with how history is presented in the new exhibits. Samuel Adams, for example, says he was called a “troublemaker.” It is said that this term did not exist until 40 years after his death, and did not actually become popular until the 20th century. Of course, that's a small problem, but it's probably kind of thing that wasn't allowed by the museum curators who actually know history.
Prager is an uncertified “university” that does not hold classes or issue diplomas. But the material still finds their way in the hands of impressive children. Pragel's materials are approved for use in public schools in at least 10 states, including Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. That increased from five states in early 2024.
Donald Trump has a major problem with the way history is taught in the 21st century. The president criticizes the Smithsonian leader and calls the facility “out of control” during his usual rants. Trump even complained in one post about the true society that Smithsonian is debating “how bad slavery is.” To be clear, regardless of what Trump and Pragel animated Christopher Columbus likes, slavery is bad. And learning about slavery is necessary to understand American history.
Pragel has been normalized as a reliable source of information, whether in the American classroom or in the White House. And the country is certainly stupid and will become more fascist as a result. But I don't think there's much to do about it at this point.
Trump is chasing away American institutions one by one, destroying understanding of American history and bulldozing opposition. It's all happening, but American “opposition” leaders like Chuck Schumer and Hakem Jeffries have argued that counterattacks are not wise.
What would a man like John Adams think of a bow to a tyrant like Trump?
