Amy Scott

History of Tariffs – AHA This handout was created for the AHA's Congressional Briefing on the history of deportation.

Check out the handout from the AHA’s Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on tariffs. Panelists @douglasirwin.bsky.social, @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social, & @rauchway.bsky.social discussed how the government has implemented tariffs in the past, & how they have impacted the economy.🗃️

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. 1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub. For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

An Oklahoma rose decorates our front stoop in Peoria. It is exceptionally productive and fragrant this year.

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

Just remember that proper representation of “warfighters” requires makeup. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

Hands off our history.

I love that Illinois has adopted Permanent Vote By Mail. The Peoria County Election Commission even sends voters who use this system a digital “I voted” sticker. Voting should be this accessible for all citizens.

Definition of GLEICHSCHALTUNG the act, process, or policy of achieving rigid and total coordination and uniformity (as in politics, culture, communication) by forcibly repressing or eliminating independence and freedom of thought,...

Word of the day:
Gleichschaltung —
courtesy of historian @thomaszimmer.bsky.social (co-host of the “Is This Democracy?” Podcast) and Merriam-Webster.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/G...

1/7. In case you haven’t been following, here is a short summary of the misnamed Russian-American "peace process" regarding Ukraine.

Confederate monuments were *quite literally* an effort to “perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history” by promoting the Lost Cause work of white supremacists who wanted to rewrite the history of the Civil War and, yes, Reconstruction.

“The Land of Lincoln” is serious about equality.

An unswerving assessment by Senator Duckworth of the Trump “national security” team’s glaring incompetence, and, I might add, the culpability of lawmakers who voted to confirm them.
Once again, this Illinoisan is proud to be represented by an ACTUAL American warrior.

What can we do in defense of democracy?
Join Indivisible’s Mass Mobilization.
Saturday, April 5.
Use this link to find a rally near you.

American Historical Association Condemns Indiscriminate Cuts to the Federal Government The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including hist...

The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including historical offices.” 🗃️

Letter to Armstrong: We recognize in the recent actions of the Trump administration a desire to assert political control To President Katrina Armstrong,

"We call on scholars, students, administrators, and staff here at Columbia to reject such efforts to dominate universities."

Letter from History faculty at Columbia to President Armstrong (with complete list of signatories)

www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

We ❤️ Sue!
#FieldMuseum

Three generations of Scott women at Nobody’s Darling. wordsfortheyear.com/2016/08/25/b...

Dorothy Thompson: The journalist who warned us about Hitler Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.

Remembering antifascist hero Dorothy Thompson.

Dorothy Thompson: First American to interview Adolf Hitler
www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...

Destroying government documents violates the National Archives Act. It is a conscious effort to erase and distort history.

Experiments in thought control start with attempts to control language.

6 inches of rain in Peoria today, but it’s warm and dry in our kitty-approved basement grow zone.
#growfood

The Red Wave

A cross stitch pattern of the Oregon trail with the caption you listened to RFK. Credit to @institchesbysara

Brutal.

It’s nice how they’ve replicated the middle school dynamic of the insecure bully and his sniveling sidekick picking on someone surrounded by a circle of scared little boys who also try to talk shit so the bully doesn’t come after them.

Or as the right calls it, “masculinity.”

Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.

Hey, when random guys with no badges and no authority try to grab a protester and drag her away, that's when you put down the phone, get out of your seat, and fucking help her.

How many Tesla’s should we throw in the Boston Harbor?

Sign of the day…

Opinion | ‘​The World Is There for the Carving’: Two Columnists on the Trump-Putin Alliance We’ve never seen anything like this: a president who appears aligned with a Russian dictator in targeting the weak and the vulnerable.

A useful conversation with M Gessen on the Trump-Putin alliance. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

This.