Dr Jessica Parr

Irish slaveholders, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania 1670-1865 - Google My Maps Database (incomplete) created by Martine Brennan, Ireland. Star icon: names of enslaved people attached. Green tags: known or reputed county of birth in Ireland. Blue tags: unknown place of birth in ...

#Slavery was a family business. Uncovering a network of familial relationships between #Irishslaveholders in South Carolina. tinyurl.com/4t76e8ep #speirgorm

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

ICE is doing a hell of a lot of harm in the Chicago area *right now.* I don’t mean to trivialize the national guard stuff, it absolutely is an irresponsible escalation, but the guard-centric convo around this really does understate what’s going on without any guardsmen.

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

It's not an *honor* to have your book banned.

what precise opinions does Weiss have that are contrary to prevailing center-right thought?

House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

“least three members of her family, . . .have been hospitalized with serious injuries.”

time.com/7323442/sout...

Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”

You work hard as a journalist. You lead with empathy, and you sweat details. You operate in good faith. You believe in honesty and truth. You get yelled at by the president of the United States. You worry that you'll get laid off. Again and again.

And then you see this. www.wsj.com/business/med...

It's no surprise but still annoying that this site is no better than the rest who surrendered foolishly to the fallout when that racist got his neck out.

YouTube video by Old Broadcast 1938 Radio: First CBS World News Roundup Broadcast, Mar 13, 1938

I'm marking the likely demise of my former employer CBS News under David Ellison and Bari Weiss.

Here's a thread of some historical highlights (and a couple of lowlights).

What would become CBS began in 1927.

Robert Trout's was one of the early CBS voices:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MPj...

"Declined document" notification from Bloomsbury.

Beginning my week by declining to have my work used for generative AI. Happy Monday!

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

ICYMI I posted a historical view of the Praxis Program's funding structure that was described elsewhere as "extremely wonky but in a very good way."

The US is on a collision course for a constitutional crisis, as Trump attempts to federalize members of red states and send them to invade blue states against the will of the governors in blue states such as Illinois and California.👇

Assuming this is about Diana?

Crikey. I suppose “The Second Most Controversial Mitford Sister” would have been a tough sell, but there are a few other issues here too

When you are an “unrepentant” fascist and got married to a fascist at the home of Joseph Goebbels with Adolf Hitler as guest of honour you get a nice whimsical font

Bless JB Pritzker For Saying Trump Is Crazy And Must Be Removed Can I get an Amen?

Bless this guy!

The Speaker of the House is a low-information voter.

since December, I have been saying that one move is for blue states to place federal tax withholdings from state employees into escrow. (Note: I am a state employee. It would be messy). The state, as I understand such things, already has these funds.

Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension.

would love to hear more congressional democrats say "should we win power next year we are going to treat every one of these as bribes and act accordingly" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

A banned word list, you say, and book bans. And deciding what is and is not “acceptable” speech.

Tell me again how this is the party that sought to eliminate cancel culture, support free speech, and is the party of freedom.

This is the kind of Catholic social teaching I was raised on. More of this please.

History will show that just about everything involved with the Russia investigation was accurate and only scratched the surface of how deep and involved the corruption and treason went.

It will be documented as one of the most successful and long lived intelligence operations in history.

bragging about how much gold you’re putting in the oval office while all the economic lights on the dashboard are starting to flash red and the government is about to shut down is some shit that would make the marie antoinette caricature wince

NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.

I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.

Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”

If President Biden had ever posted such garbage, Jake Tapper would have exploded into a million pieces.

The racist President is posting racist AI videos so it looks like all is well...