Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich

Again, if you think the creation of the Department of Defense in 1947 had anything to do with “woke” politics you should not be allowed to operate a car much less the entire American military.

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

Judge Karin Immergut is a first-term Trump appointee and career prosecutor.

From Ken Burns' “The 2025 Battle of Portland”

🎶Sweet Betsy From Pike🎶

“Dearest Prunella: As I write to you, a silent war rages in Portland. ANTIFA is the sneakiest foe of any war. Being invisible, they are difficult to find. Please pray for me as I enjoy my delicious coffee. Your Loving Husband”

Why engage in reckless adventurism around the globe when you can engage in reckless adventurism right here at home!

The collapse of local news is one of the features of our media landscape. I know there are people swimming upstream against it, but it's a big problem. Social media can't make up for it.

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

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This one is for you, @btarrington.bsky.social

Who has historian starter packs for Dr. Arrington?

Welcome and thank you for your service.

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

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Yeah, that’s me.

Under this scenario there will be no history teachers in 50 years.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Actual reporting on these cases would doubtless challenge the ICE propaganda that they are deporting dangerous criminals and not hardworking, decent people.

Nearly 1,400 of those arrests were counted as administrative arrests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, the federal agency spearheading Mr. Trump's mass deportation campaign. Those arrests involve immigrants ICE seeks to deport because of alleged civil violations of federal immigration law, like entering the U.S. illegally or overstaying a visa. It's unclear how many of those arrested by ICE had criminal histories in addition to their alleged civil immigration violations.

There have been roughly 1400 immigration-related arrests in DC since early August, according to CBS News. Who was arrested? What happened to them? Who and what did they leave behind?
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The @washingtonpost.com should be doing daily stories about the regular people in DC who are getting detained and deported. The impact on their families. The tears in the fabric of the local community.

You must not be a gardener.

The Invention of Rum – Penn Press A complex history of rum, from its production to its consumption, and from its origins in the Caribbean to its impact on the Atlantic world It was strong. It...

🗃 Here's a link to the book:
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The Invention of Rum by Jordan Smith

Jordan got his PhD in my department and it's delightful to see his book in the wild (i.e. on sale at an actual bookstore)!

This is funny until you realize that once they arrest him, they will never release him.

Unfortunately, now they will never release him.

Me reading Watership Down

I kid.

One Battle After Another: The Department Chair's Story

I can't handle paradoxes of such magnitude.

I'm just trying to stay positive.

Is there a Good Bunny?