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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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when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says β€˜No’

09.12.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2308    πŸ” 590    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 24

Or the EPA building after Exxon Mobile.

04.12.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The lethal kinetic strikes were directed at the carbon-based organisms resulting in heartbeat cessation.

01.12.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.

If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

28.11.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11025    πŸ” 3839    πŸ’¬ 311    πŸ“Œ 200
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Trump sets lowest refugee cap in U.S. history, allocating 7,500 spots, mostly for Afrikaners The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would set the lowest refugee admissions cap in U.S. history at 7,500 spots.

Threatening to ban all migration from "Third world countries" while admitting white Afrikaners, and only white Afrikaners, as refugees, shows you how racist the Trump administration really is.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-r...

28.11.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.

Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.

This is great news. πŸ“š

22.11.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2528    πŸ” 932    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 34
Michael S. Schmidt
@nytmike
X.com
NEW: For the first time, the story of the 17 year old girl who testified that she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money.
She was living in and out of a homeless shelter.
She was working at McDonald's. She had just finished her junior year in high school. And she wanted extra money to try to save up to pay for braces to fix her teeth.

Michael S. Schmidt @nytmike X.com NEW: For the first time, the story of the 17 year old girl who testified that she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money. She was living in and out of a homeless shelter. She was working at McDonald's. She had just finished her junior year in high school. And she wanted extra money to try to save up to pay for braces to fix her teeth.

Remember: Trump tried to make this guy Attorney General

13.11.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 745    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 16

the only thing democrats should be saying today is β€œthe entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”

12.11.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 8470    πŸ” 2326    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 114

He has now erased fully 10% of the term to which Grijalva was elected.

07.11.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2613    πŸ” 923    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 27

There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

07.11.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5755    πŸ” 1236    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 114

lol Trump literally ran on fixing everything on day one and has spent the last few weeks telling us he ended 8 wars.

06.11.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2236    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 12

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

03.11.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 44363    πŸ” 12429    πŸ’¬ 1397    πŸ“Œ 733
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?

01.11.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3958    πŸ” 892    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 42

On this day 225 years ago, John Adams moved into the still-not-quite-complete White House, becoming the first president to occupy it. His blessing was carved into the State Dining Room mantel in 1945: "May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof.”

01.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7312    πŸ” 1871    πŸ’¬ 547    πŸ“Œ 230
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I’ve voted twice to make independent redistricting the law of the land nationwide, and I would gladly do so again.

But I also live in the real world.

I’m voting YES on Prop 50.

Here’s why:

#VoteYESonProp50

24.10.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4972    πŸ” 1366    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 34

Why does everyone keep calling it β€œThe Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating β€œThe Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called β€œThe Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called β€œThe Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

22.10.2025 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 22604    πŸ” 10005    πŸ’¬ 780    πŸ“Œ 711

Thread: Having written a book about the 1963 March on Washington, and been to a lot of protests, I think its important to acknowledge the success of security measures at the No Kings protests. Given the vitriol directed at them in the week before, it was wise to predict violence from opponents

19.10.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Wow, judging by the size of these No Kings gatherings, Antifa must be the biggest organization in the nation!

18.10.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Explaining why he pardoned Santos, Trump openly admits crime is ok if you’re a loyal Republican

17.10.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3154    πŸ” 1244    πŸ’¬ 269    πŸ“Œ 122
Two headlines on front page of NYT.

First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference."

Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

Two headlines on front page of NYT. First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference." Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."

Where we stand, in long arc of history:

-Story on left, adding race as a factor when that favors white people.

-Story on right, banning race as a factor when that favors non-whites.

I often complain about NYT headlines and story-play. But these are strong. Including "If Court Guts 1965 Law."

16.10.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2352    πŸ” 939    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 27

Forcing them to watch the boss's speech and telling them they'll get in trouble for making fun of him.

That's just a sign of a respected and capable leader, folks.

15.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 819    πŸ” 161    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 6

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

06.10.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5227    πŸ” 1027    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 59

Trump has to pull it from the stone like every other king.

02.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

wait times are long because this guy's boss let a pandemic run riot and thousands of medical professionals left the field

this piece of shit wants you to think that every problem in your life is due to immigrants when in fact your life is much easier because immigrants choose to come here

01.10.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 888    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 11

Coincidentally, today in my classes we’re discussing how dispatching regular army troops to an American city would lead to revolution.

30.09.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"We are asking the Department of War to deploy to our cities" should be a statement that ends any Governor's political career.

30.09.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10820    πŸ” 2426    πŸ’¬ 351    πŸ“Œ 75
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This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like

27.09.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5621    πŸ” 1944    πŸ’¬ 203    πŸ“Œ 359

Troops. In an American city. Using full force.

Your now-regular reminder that Republican members of Congress are letting this happen.

27.09.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2601    πŸ” 871    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 30

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