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Mary Beth Donnelly

@historyrhyme.bsky.social

History educator; deep thinker; inquisitive soul; jaded optimist; word lover; Constitution defender. Where music and history meet, that’s where you’ll find me ❤️. With baseball and spicy food, please. These are the times that try optimists’ souls.

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Who remembers this? All you need to know.

Usurpations, so many usurpations!!!

01.10.2025 21:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every day.

20.09.2025 14:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission

You don’t say…

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

14.09.2025 16:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Teachers, keep on teachin’!

13.09.2025 02:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sadly this White House prefers karats over peas…

05.09.2025 01:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Astounding that one of the most petty, vengeful, grudge-holding humans of all time tries to deny others the right to remember..

24.08.2025 12:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

-Broken is the mind that cannot comprehend the ability of a nation to face its most egregious faults and, in so doing, be the stronger for it.

… To be continued…

24.08.2025 02:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

-Broken is the soul who believes so little in the human spirit that he cannot fathom the strength and enduring inspiration that arose from such adverse, inhumane circumstances.

24.08.2025 02:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

To those who say “woke is broke”:

-Broken is the heart that refuses to have compassion for those who suffered in bondage against their will, torn asunder from their homelands and their families.

24.08.2025 02:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
OAH | Statement on the White House Review of the SmithsonianOAH | Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian

www.oah.org/2025/08/14/s...

14.08.2025 21:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

For many of us, it will have the opposite effect. It is much easier to see the cracks in our past for what they are and to understand that this administration is wielding the historical narrative as an instrument of mind control.

12.08.2025 22:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We study history because it shines a light on the struggles and lived experience of those in our past. It is beyond obvious this administration wishes for us to remain ignorant and blindly loyal.

12.08.2025 22:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

Oh, sweet irony.

White House is is “replacing divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.” And yet, who can think of a moment of more politically-induced divisiveness & ideologically driven history?!

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...

12.08.2025 21:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Graham Nash - Military Madness
YouTube video by Good999Music Graham Nash - Military Madness

Going through my head today on a loop.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=czUx...

11.08.2025 16:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Analysis | The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning. Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.

“All I want is the truth. Just gimme some truth.” -John Lennon

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

31.07.2025 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Undoubtedly one of the biggest influences of my Gen X life. Taught real skills as well as empathy and understanding. Cannot overstate its importance to so many of us. Those furry creatures and their human neighbors are like family to me, still.

31.07.2025 16:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s no joke.

24.07.2025 18:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And in a similar spirit, I feel obligated to repost!

24.07.2025 18:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gutting.

15.07.2025 03:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department

I would say it’s hard to be a teacher on this era, but that’s too specific. Rather, it’s just damn hard to be a concerned human in this era.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/u...

15.07.2025 00:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah, but in the end, the nerds are the winners! (At least I used to think so.)

07.07.2025 17:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy 4th. Lest we forget why we celebrate it…

04.07.2025 21:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If we ever make it through this era, which seems ever more doubtful by the day, I look forward to reading the psychological, political, and ethical studies that emerge about the people who have sold their souls—& those of their children!—to find a cozy spot in this administration.

25.06.2025 21:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wow. Beautiful.

22.06.2025 00:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How many laps does it take to swim away one’s world weariness?! Asking for a friend…

22.06.2025 00:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump trumps Trump.

Well, that certainly is saying something.

21.06.2025 13:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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True patriotism isn’t red-tie deep.

14.06.2025 22:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Seems history teachers are not not renowned for their ability to make pithy posters, but we do know something about the dangers of tyranny. #NoKingsDay

14.06.2025 20:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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