Alexander Karn

For Secretary Noem.

Trump family posing for a photo in their luxury penthouse.

Folks are rationing heat and scrambling to eat with healthcare costs set to explode.

But this man wants $230 million for his pain and suffering.

YouTube video by Hergesson The US turns 250 - What Can We Expect? (Interview with Dr. Alexander "Xan" Karn (Colgate Universi...

I spoke to Laura Herges (U. Heidelberg) for the 1st ep of “Research Rabbit Holes.”

We talked about the upcoming US Semiquincentennial, authoritarian mobilizations of history, and what it means to have a MEMORY TROLL in the Oval Office.

#history #memory #democracy

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One great thing to see at the Cincinnati #NoKings rally was lots of people engaging with local organizations that had tables – there were political organizers, labor unions, charitable organizations, human rights groups. Looking for a next step? Reach out to your local organizations.

“It is not so much that proponents of ‘patriotic education’ want to end any discussion of slavery because they don’t believe it happened, but more that they don’t want people to see how slavery continues to shape social inequality in America today.”

He sees to the heart of the matter.

“The Trump administration’s attempt to reshape what is taught in museums and classrooms is fundamentally an attempt to obscure the relationship between the past and the present.”

What Is Colonial Williamsburg For? Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.

Clint Smith @theatlantic.com is doing more than any popular writer to ensure that the right questions are asked about America’s past and how it is interpreted (and by whom).

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Some new ICE recruits have shown up to training without full vetting The recruits have had criminal backgrounds or failed drug tests or were unable to meet physical or academic standards, raising concerns about the agency’s rush to hire immigration officers, sources to...

NBC News finds that:
-- ICE has shortened its training from 13 weeks to six.
-- Nearly half of recruits couldn’t pass an open-book written exam.
-- Recruits "are supposed to attest" they can pass the physical-fitness test, which requires them to run ... 6 mph.

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If you want to make an authoritarian omelet...

We should at least have airplanes pulling centenary banners.

What the ‘No Kings’ Protests Accomplished Massive displays of resistance build unity and enable moral decontamination.

My take on the #NoKings achievements. It felt good because it was. Moral decontamination.

When you click the progressive media angels sing!

progressive.org/latest/what-...

What the ‘No Kings’ Protests Accomplished Massive displays of resistance build unity and enable moral decontamination.

New piece on the value of #NoKings

1) repudiating the moral ugliness of the regime;

2) revitalizing the rights/duties that democracy aims to instill;

3) locking arms with one another to build the country we want.

Hope you'll read and share.

#uspol #democracy

progressive.org/latest/what-...

What the ‘No Kings’ Protests Accomplished Massive displays of resistance build unity and enable moral decontamination.

I understand and appreciate your perspective.

Here's why I think No Kings is serious. It's a prefatory exercise. The beginning of a necessary moral decontamination.

progressive.org/latest/what-...

What the ‘No Kings’ Protests Accomplished Massive displays of resistance build unity and enable moral decontamination.

New piece on the value of #NoKings

1) repudiating the moral ugliness of the regime;

2) revitalizing the rights/duties that democracy aims to instill;

3) locking arms with one another to build the country we want.

Hope you'll read and share.

#uspol #democracy

progressive.org/latest/what-...

The corruption of MAGA comedy - Salon.com The cruelty and crassness of Donald Trump’s dark sense of humor is quickly spreading

JD Vance defends Young Republicans' group chat as kids joking around online.

Mike Johnson defends Trump's AI shit bombardment video as "satire."

Why aren't we laughing?

#uspol #democracy #MAGA

www.salon.com/2024/11/18/t...

There are assholes out here trying to tell you that today’s demonstrations were useless virtue signaling.

Asserting your values and showing up for each other is never an empty gesture.

We build together. We live in truth. We say NO to moral contamination.

#uspol #democracy #NoKings

#NoKings and Moral Decontamination It's been nine months of MAGA degradation. Time for a detox.

And what’s the antidote?

#NoKings

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Moral Contamination They Want You to Feel Depleted and Demoralized

The thing to remember is that the MAGA fascists want you to feel demoralized. They want you to feel disempowered and complicit. It’s part of their nihilistic plan to dirty everything until you no longer care enough to fight for its preservation.

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#NoKings and Moral Decontamination It's been nine months of MAGA degradation. Time for a detox.

We are on the eve of something consequential. With more than 2,600 events planned for tomorrow, this could be the biggest exercise of civil resistance in the country’s history.

What's it for?

#NoKings #uspol #democracy

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#NoKings and Moral Decontamination We are on the eve of something consequential. With more than 2,600 events planned for tomorrow, this could be the biggest exercise of civil resistance in the country’s history. The federal governme…

We are on the eve of something consequential. With more than 2,600 events planned for tomorrow, this could be the biggest exercise of civil resistance in the country’s history.

What's it for?

#NoKings #uspol #democracy

xankarn.net/2025/10/17/n...

#NoKings and Moral Decontamination We are on the eve of something consequential. With more than 2,600 events planned for tomorrow, this could be the biggest exercise of civil resistance in the country’s history. The federal government is now animated by a mixture of incompetence, criminality, cruelty, and cowardice. All of this produces real harm which impacts countless individuals. It could be you or someone else.

#NoKings and Moral Decontamination

We are on the eve of something consequential. With more than 2,600 events planned for tomorrow, this could be the biggest exercise of civil resistance in the country’s history. The federal government is now animated by a mixture of incompetence, criminality,…

I teach your chapters on "Chain of Being" and "Shafts" in my course on "The Politics of History." Thanks for your work!

Roberts has always felt that the suggestion that white people might discriminate on the basis of race is a profound moral injustice, much greater than black people being denied the right to vote bsky.app/profile/jayw...

Know your rights. #ACLU #NoKings

The US Capitol in Washington, DC, pictured at dusk or dawn.

Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts

Two weeks into the government shutdown with no resolution in sight, higher ed associations and researchers say the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved is causing harm. https://bit.ly/3KNwIVs

Trump Cut Funding to 16 Dem States. Can States Cut His? Within 72 hours of the October 1st government shutdown, the Trump administration weaponized federal funding against Democratic states with surgical precision.

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That means “building parallel systems, withholding cooperation, and creating facts on the ground that render federal authority meaningless within their borders” (Chris Armitage).

Fact-based America and the Constitutional Republic are being simultaneously ABANDONED and ATTACKED by the MAGA clique and its facilitators.

The LOGICAL and MORAL response to this is #softsecession.

US dollar is having a worse year jn decades. I wonder what event from January could be the underlying reason? 🤔

I’m not saying that October 18 will resolve the crisis.

I’m saying that Saturday’s turnout will tell us who is winning and where the momentum is.

I hope you’ll attend if you can.

#NoKings