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Ethan Kytle

@ekytle.bsky.social

Historian, Fresno State; co-author "Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery & Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy"; next book on 1960 fight to desegregate New Orleans public schools; Tar Heels sports

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wow too much for tim scott is saying something

06.02.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6194    πŸ” 710    πŸ’¬ 231    πŸ“Œ 25

Unsurprisingly, AI detection sites suggest that portions of this statement may have been written with the assistance of AI.

05.02.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This statement makes James Polk's call for war look measured.

05.02.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Correction: All people who ICE agents could possibly think are non-citizens must wear the badges.

31.01.2026 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE will respond by requiring all non-citizens to wear special badges, perhaps in a unique shape and color so everyone can recognize who's who in the streets.

31.01.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1928    πŸ” 515    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 27

In MAGAland, bald-faced lying is just the default mode--one that Trump has so normalized that the media and the general public rarely even bothers to call Trumpsters on it.

29.01.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that a Democrat has never been head of the FBI in its entire history rivals the fact that liberals have not had a SCOTUS majority in 56 years as the most bonkers statistic in πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ politics

27.01.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1240    πŸ” 284    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 8

Ross Barnett would be proud of Ole Tate!

26.01.2026 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know.

This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

25.01.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 26036    πŸ” 7330    πŸ’¬ 512    πŸ“Œ 221

There's no better way to observe MLK Day than to go on the news and insist that the civil rights protesters objecting to police brutality are actually "paid agitators"

19.01.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3811    πŸ” 919    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 64
Three women on a raft move across a body of water in front of green, yellow, and brown mountains; white text announces the title of the book: THE WESTERNERS: MYTHMAKING AND BELONGING ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER; a narrow strip at left bears four images: Jim Beckwourth, Sacajawea, Ovando Hollister, and Polly Bemis.

Three women on a raft move across a body of water in front of green, yellow, and brown mountains; white text announces the title of the book: THE WESTERNERS: MYTHMAKING AND BELONGING ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER; a narrow strip at left bears four images: Jim Beckwourth, Sacajawea, Ovando Hollister, and Polly Bemis.

Blueskis, studies have shown that when folks see or hear about a book more than five times, they are likely to check it out, and buy it.

So in the spirit of creating buzz, here is the gorgeous cover of THE WESTERNERS, which will be published on March 31!

18.01.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 777    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 32
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrantsβ€”it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️

15.01.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 21722    πŸ” 8472    πŸ’¬ 555    πŸ“Œ 711

Looks great, Kevin. Excited to read it!

14.01.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A sitting U.S. Senator just suggested that dropping a baseless criminal investigation could be exchanged for the resignation of the Fed Chair. The independence of the Federal Reserve exists precisely to prevent political intimidation like this. #holdfast

14.01.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 585    πŸ” 183    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 9

ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens

07.01.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 13851    πŸ” 1810    πŸ’¬ 492    πŸ“Œ 276
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Ahead of 5-year anniversary of Jan. 6, report examines aftermath following Trump's return to office Ahead of the five-year anniversary of Jan. 6, House Democrats are examining the aftermath of the Capitol attack during the first year of President Trump's second term.

According to a new report, 33 of the January 6 rioters Trump pardoned on his first day in office have since been charged, arrested, or convicted of new crimes.

Trump is happy to put criminals back on our streets so long as they are loyal to him.

06.01.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1021    πŸ” 424    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 13

A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

05.01.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12262    πŸ” 3407    πŸ’¬ 264    πŸ“Œ 144
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

06.01.2026 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7159    πŸ” 3454    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 135
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

05.01.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 38264    πŸ” 11707    πŸ’¬ 1886    πŸ“Œ 922

They also don't kill 80+ people in the process.

04.01.2026 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's darkly humorous to listen to Trump and his cronies reference the fact that Maduro was indicted in SDNY as evidence he's a dictator and overall bad guy

03.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8522    πŸ” 1675    πŸ’¬ 245    πŸ“Œ 85

fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US

03.01.2026 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5482    πŸ” 1935    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 51

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

03.01.2026 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 22420    πŸ” 4728    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 171

Modern conservatives' failure of imagination is both profound and profoundly damaging to the world.

31.12.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Along with the racist fake grievance of "apologizing for being white," there's also the fact that a bunch of white folks seem to believe (and/or are willing to suggest) that even acknowledging systemic advantages they get for being white is the equivalent of being "forced to apologize."

29.12.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2257    πŸ” 431    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 10
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Stay classy, DOJ

29.12.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1918    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 22

I just need to remind everyone that this evil dipshit is an alumnus of Duke University.

#GoHeels

24.12.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 531    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 2

I dream of a president who makes literary references. But I'd settle for a Democrat who knows what capital letters are for.

22.12.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Refusing to take sides in a 'fight over bigotry' is tantamount to taking sides.

22.12.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

KKK leader David Duke used to drive around in Oldsmobile with a Confederate flag bumper sticker and another that read "Never apologize for being white." If he's still got his KKKmobile, I'm sure Duke would let JD take it out for a spin. Just don't tell Usha.

21.12.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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