Brewminate (Matthew A. McIntosh)

Restricting Free Speech: Alien and Sedition Acts 1798 The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 gave the U.S. government power to silence dissent — a defining clash between security, speech, and democracy.

In 1798, America made free speech a crime. ⚖️☕

#History #FreeSpeech #Brewminate

TODAY IN HISTORY: October 6, 1934 – The Catalan State Was Proclaimed 🇪🇸

Companys declared Catalan independence — Madrid answered with martial law.

By dawn, it was over.

#History #Spain #Catalonia #Brewminate

Roman Proscriptions: Sulla to the Julio-Claudians How proscriptions shaped Roman politics, from Sulla’s deadly lists to the Julio-Claudian treason trials that redefined “enemies of the state.”

Rome called them “enemies of the state.”

What it really meant was “enemies of power.” 🏛️☕

#History #Politics #Brewminate

Trump Pushes “War From Within” in Military Speech At Quantico, Trump urged using U.S. cities as “training grounds” and warned of a “war from within,” raising alarms over authoritarian overreach.

Trump calls for war from within — soldiers in the streets of America. ⚔️☕

#Politics #Authoritarianism #Brewminate

Unqualified Leaders and Military Disasters in History From Varus at Teutoburg to Mussolini, history shows how unqualified rulers led armies to ruin and reshaped nations.

History’s greatest disasters were commanded by the least qualified. ⚔️☕

#History #Leadership #Brewminate

Trump, Hegseth, and the Dangers of Military Misrule History warns against unqualified leaders directing armies. Trump and Hegseth risk repeating disasters from Hitler’s hubris to Rome’s Teutoburg defeat.

Hegseth isn’t qualified.

Trump thinks HE is and doesn't need advice.

That’s the real danger. ⚔️☕

#Politics #Leadership #Brewminate

Cohen Plan 1937: Forgery behind Vargas’s Dictatorship How the forged 1937 Cohen Plan fueled fear of communism, dissolved Congress, and gave Getúlio Vargas the power to establish Brazil’s Estado Novo.

A fake “Communist plot.”

A nation deceived.

A dictator born. ☕

#History #Authoritarianism #Brewminate

Trump Embraces Project 2025 Amid Shutdown Crisis Trump once denied Project 2025 — now he embraces it. With a shutdown and a Religious Liberty Commission, his alignment signals a major democratic shift.

Trump’s no longer hiding it — Project 2025 isn’t a whisper, it’s a warning. 📜🔥

#Fascism #Democracy #Brewminate

Fascist Paramilitaries: Blackshirts and Brownshirts How fascist Blackshirts and Brownshirts used performance, intimidation, and spectacle to bind movements and fuel violence.

Fascism didn’t whisper — it marched.

The Blackshirts and Brownshirts fought for control of the streets, turning violence into propaganda. ⚔️

#History #Fascism #Brewminate

The Gestapo in Nazi Germany The Gestapo was the organisation that Hermann Göring (1893-1946) formed to replace the Prussian political police in 1933.

The Gestapo: fear as policy, obedience as survival.

A chilling reminder of how authoritarianism thrives when citizens surrender liberty for “security.” 💀

#History #WWII #Brewminate

Gilded Age Scandal and Corruption Uncover the scandals, graft, and political corruption that defined America’s Gilded Age and exposed the cost of unrestrained wealth.

The Gilded Age’s political and corporate scandals revealed the dangers of unchecked power and wealth.

Corruption wasn’t a flaw of the system — it was the system.

History’s lessons remain strikingly relevant today.

#History #America #Brewminate

Greed and the Gilded Age in 19th-Century America Explore America’s Gilded Age—an era of dazzling wealth, deep inequality, and the ruthless pursuit of power that shaped modern capitalism.

The Gilded Age glimmered with gold — and rotted beneath it. 💰

Greed, corruption, and inequality shaped America’s first age of excess. ⚙️

#History #GildedAge #Brewminate

Hitler’s Judiciary and the Fall of Legal Autonomy Explore how Hitler’s regime dismantled Germany’s judiciary, destroying legal autonomy and bending courts to the will of the Third Reich.

Nazi Germany didn’t abolish its courts — it converted them. ⚖️

When justice kneels to ideology, the law no longer protects the people. 💀

#History #Justice #Brewminate

Augustus and the End of the Roman Republic Explore how Octavian transformed a dying republic into an empire—using power, propaganda, and politics to become Rome’s first emperor.

Rome didn’t lose its freedom—it voted it away.

Octavian’s rise to Augustus shows how republics rot from within long before they fall. 🏛️

#History #Rome #Brewminate

Five Philosophers of the Enlightenment Explore the ideas of five Enlightenment philosophers whose bold thinking transformed politics, science, and society in the modern age.

💡✨ Five Enlightenment minds — Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Kant — reshaped the modern world with ideas still echoing today.

#Philosophy #History #Brewminate

The Rise of Medieval Universities and Aristotle’s Return Discover how medieval universities flourished and how the rediscovery of Aristotle transformed learning, philosophy, and education in Europe.

📚🏰 Medieval universities rose as centers of learning, fueled by Aristotle’s rediscovery.

Knowledge was reborn, shaping Europe’s future.

#MedievalHistory #Education #Brewminate

Thucydides and the Necessity of Historical Revision Thucydides stripped myth from history, rejecting divine tales for evidence and reason—redefining history as a rational correction of the past.

🏛️📜 Thucydides knew: myths can inspire, but only truth endures.

Sometimes revision isn’t rewriting — it’s refining history.

#Thucydides #History #Brewminate

David Barton and Texas Textbook Revisionism Texas tapped David Barton, a pseudo-historian pushing Christian nationalism, to advise social studies standards—critics warn of state-sanctioned revisionism.

📚✝️⚠️ David Barton’s pseudo-history could end up in Texas classrooms.

When ideology dictates education, democracy pays the price.

#Education #Politics #Brewminate

Christian Fundamentalism in the Nineteenth Century Explore the rise of Christian fundamentalism in 19th-century Britain and the U.S., tracing its roots, cultural battles, and enduring influence.

📜✝️🌍 Christian fundamentalism’s roots run deep — back to 19th-century Britain and America.

Yesterday’s divides still echo in today’s politics.

#History #Religion #Brewminate

The Problem of Religious Fundamentalism in the U.S. Religious fundamentalism shapes U.S. politics and culture, fueling division and threatening democratic values in modern America.

🔥✝️🇺🇸 Religious fundamentalism isn’t just faith — it’s shaping U.S. politics and policy.

America has a problem we can’t keep ignoring.

#Fundamentalism #Politics #Brewminate

Evangelicals and the GOP: The Reagan-Era Takeover Discover how evangelicals reshaped the GOP during the Great Reversal, from the Moral Majority to Reagan’s coalition and beyond.

✝️🐘 Evangelicals didn’t just join the GOP — they transformed it.

The 20th century saw the party remade from pews to power.

#Evangelicals #Politics #Brewminate

Christianity’s Grip on U.S. Law and Politics Christianity dominates U.S. law and politics, with the GOP enforcing faith through courts, policies, and culture — eroding true pluralism.

Christian nationalism isn’t just a fringe idea — it’s steering U.S. politics.

Is democracy being reshaped into theocracy? 👀✝️

#ChristianNationalism #Politics #Brewminate

The Rise and Evolution of the Middle Class Explore the origins and transformation of the middle class from the late medieval bourgeoisie to the globalized middle class of today.

Medieval burghers ➡️ modern bureaucrats. 🏰➡️🏢

The middle class shaped politics, power, & culture across centuries. But they're mattering less.

#History #MiddleClass #Brewminate

Social Class in Ancient Rome Discover how social class shaped Ancient Rome, from patricians and plebeians to slaves and citizens, defining power, privilege, and daily life.

Patricians, plebeians, slaves—Rome was built on class lines that shaped power & daily life. 🏛️

Discover how hierarchy forged an empire.

#History #AncientRome #Brewminate

Quoting History 📜

“They plunder, they butcher, they ravish… They make a desert and call it ‘peace.’” – Calgacus (Tacitus)

The conquered speaking truth to empire’s arrogance.

#History #QuotingHistory #Brewminate

TODAY IN HISTORY: October 2, 1766 - Crazy for Cheese 🧀

The Nottingham Cheese Riot broke out over high prices & shortages — ending with troops restoring order.

Even cheese can spark rebellion!

#History #Brewminate

Nero’s Reign: Waste, Vanity, and Rome’s Burden Explore how Nero drained Rome’s wealth and labor on spectacles and the Domus Aurea, turning public resources into private luxury.

👑🍇 Nero’s table overflowed while Rome went hungry.

Extravagance became empire’s burden.

#History #Rome #Brewminate

Trump’s $20B Bailout for Milei Sparks Backlash Trump’s $20B bailout to Argentina’s Milei angers Republicans and Democrats alike, raising questions about his “America First” pledge.

💵Trump’s $20B bailout to Milei wasn’t America First — it was America Forsaken.

Ideology over citizens, indulgence over policy.

#Politics #Economy #Brewminate

Richard II: Power, Pageantry, and Downfall Explore how Richard II’s grandeur, favoritism, and failed policies led to his deposition and reshaped English monarchy.

👑🍷 Richard II ruled with gluttony and luxury — and lost it all.

Authority stretched too far always cracks.

#History #Medieval #Brewminate

Trump’s $6M El Salvador Deportee Deal Trump sent millions to El Salvador to jail deportees, sparking legal, ethical, and corruption concerns over human rights and U.S. accountability.

💵✈️ Trump gave El Salvador $6 million to take deportees — a “favor” paid in human lives.

Immigration policy as payoff, not principle.

#Politics #Immigration #Brewminate