@adamrothman.bsky.social
Ex-Interim Chair. No kings! Free puns. Historian. Books: Slave Country, Beyond Freedom's Reach. More: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXHCAA4/adam-rothman
As of February 7, 2026, ICE is detaining 68,289 people. 73.6% of them (over 50,000 individuals) have no criminal conviction. Many of those who do were convicted only of minor offenses, including traffic violations.
Adding to how stupid this was, a project focused on the restoration of the Van Ostrande-
Radliff House was flagged as related to DEI because of its goal of
“preserving and celebrating the historic architecture and
culture of Dutch colonial period in Albany.”
Just to be clear: My point is not that they cut the wrong things. My point is they are idiots.
Just to show how stupid this was, a project on Harriet Beecher Stowe's religious writing got flagged as DEI.
The Ascension of Christ, by Adriaen van der Werff, 1710, 📸 by Issac Baldizon
This antifederalist also predicted that Congress would be filled with "sycophants and flatterers" of the president. Imagine that!
Proud of my Cato Institute colleague David Bier who stood his ground at a hearing today and talked back to bloviating Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana). David responds to the clip and furnishes receipts. @cato.org
KENNEDY: You said, 'Republicans think can troll their way to ethnic cleansing.' Did I read that correctly?
BIER: DHS tweeted for 100m deportations. That would be ethnic cleansing!
K: You don't think it's hyperbolic?
B: I think advocating 100m deportations is ethnic cleansing. Yes. Your time is up
What?!!
This is why you should follow him
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I had to reperuse your poft.
This is a delightful letter.
"Notwithstanding the Love of Dress, Dancing, Equipage, Finery and Folly, Notwithstanding the Fondness for Fasshion, predominates So strongly in the Female Mind, I hope Never to see an American Monarchy"
- Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams, 10 March 1776
Come on, this will never happen.
Man, the antifederalists were so paranoid.
antifederalists.org/papers/phila...
Maybe we can take it up with the antisemitism czar.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it's bad for the government to demand lists of Jews.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...
Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available
As AI Lay Dying
- by Claude
Calling this line from McCarthy a "clunky" "mistake" based on "aversion to punctuation" ayfk, did an AI write this (probably)
THIS IS INSANE
Airport Libraries Take Off:
In these spaces, travelers pick up books before they board
#booksky #libraries #outreach #books #travel #GoodIdea 📚 #Airport
Napoleon is master of Europe...
Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.
WW3 could be starting and I'd be like, USE THE ACTIVE VOICE!
rain not reign smh
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
Took my Archives class to Georgetown's Special Collections today. This volume is one of several amazing things we saw. A highlight of my semester so far!
