#WarRavagedPortland

Reddit asks: “What’s the girl equivalent of getting distracted by a woman’s boobs?” The answer is simple: Getting distracted by a woman’s boobs.

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”

Cities:

The Lamentation, Anonymous (Georgian), 1470, 📸 by Alex Kim

NOW we can talk about gender and the U.S. Border Patrol But as a former U.S. Army officer (combat arms branch), I have some thoughts

Militarized masculinity or the masculinized military?

DC resident here. Is there going to be a federal takeover of yard waste collection in DC as well? This was supposed to be picked up July 22. Can we send in the National Guard before my Home Depot bags get all soggy?

Everyone talking about getting back at the crypto-bros who are throwing dildos at WNBA players mid-game: love the energy, but as someone raised inside Manland, I can tell you throwing dildos at THEM won’t shame or anger them.

TAMPONS. Dudes like this can’t handle tampons. That’s the shame ticket.

The Immigration Act of 1924 and the end of Cherry Blossom Diplomacy Lodge, Hanihara, and the Very Grave Consequences

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Henry Cabot Lodge, the Republican Restrictionists, and the Immigration Act of 1924 This guy was a piece of work.

This week I learned about a disturbing incident I'd never heard of: the lynching of 11 Sicilians in New Orleans in 1891.

The Massachusetts Yankees and the myth of Anglo-Saxon racial supremacy It's all about the Irish (yay, I get to obsess over "Sinners" again!)

Getting into the history of the Boston Irish this week.

The Democrats, Prohibition, and the Immigration Act of 1924 Or, why Ryan Coogler is a genius (the guy sure knows his history!)

Still plowing my way through the 1920s. You know who really knows this era of history well? Ryan Coogler. #Sinners

I love these maniacs

Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.

In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan, according to Kyleanne Hunter, CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

#OnYourSide
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The Democratic Party's circular firing squad...of 1924 Because I'm definitely not doing a current events blog

You think the Democratic Party is in rough shape today? Doesn't know what it stands for today?

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The Internationalists and the Immigration Act of 1924 Ambassador Hanihara Masanao and Secretary Charles Evans Hughes

This week I have a story about a career diplomat. I worked with career diplomats for about 18 years. This one was from Japan. No one in the Japanese Foreign Ministry (Gaimusho) knew the Americans better than him.

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California and the Immigration Act of 1924 If you think I've forgotten the Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920, wait till the end

Decided to focus my research this week on California's history of influencing immigration policy.

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Personal identification, racism and colonialism Part 1 of at least 3: The 19th and early 20th centuries

I get into quite a bit of the history of immigration and personal identification in my Substack. You're right, it's all of fairly recent origin.

This is Whiskey. She knows people pay good money for mud baths. Found this one for free! 13/10 very resourceful my friend (TT: ivycaponi)

Fiorello La Guardia, or how you get an airport named after you He had some thoughts on the Immigration Act of 1924

You want to learn a bit about immigration law and who that airport's named after?

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You have to watch these Youtube videos about Filipino sakadas That's your homework assignment for this week

This week I'm getting smart on the Filipino sakadas, and you should too!

The Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 Part 3: The Aftermath As I mentioned two weeks ago before taking a slight detour to talk about Afrikaners:

For those still following, here's how I'm *starting* to tie the Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 to the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

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The Afrikaners' contribution to military intelligence A random side note that is in no way a commentary on current events because I'm not doing a current events blog

Afrikaners popped into my head this week for no apparent reason. Click if you want to hear Charlize Theron speaking Afrikaans, plus some Monty Python stuff.

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

The Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 Part 2 Here's where we go full-on Japanese-Jimmy-Hoffa

The latest installment in the ongoing drama of the Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920. This is the episode where they blow a guy's house up.

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Another quick side note on the First Bracero Program of 1917 I swear I'm going to get back to the Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 and tie it all together.

Just some idle musings on the future of the human race.

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Yale and the Chinese Abolitionists My latest rabbit hole; this time it's President Grant's fault.

Who here went to Yale? I have a great Yale story for you.

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And you paid the vet how much for this valuable insight??

The Great Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920 Part 1 How an event you've most likely never heard of connects to absolutely everything else

Because there's never a bad time to learn about the friction between immigration and labor rights, I give you...

A green background w black, white and red lettering that says: I like my government like I like my coffee, not in my vagina

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