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Manisha Sinha

@profmsinha.bsky.social

Past President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, author most recently of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, Draper Chair at UConn

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Hey @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social champion was a Borussia Dortmund fan like us ! He wrote Heja BVB in his final clue answer!

04.03.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seen in the bad place: Marco Rubio:
β€œThat entire regime (Iran) led by radical clerics who don’t make geopolitical decisions. They make decisions on the basis of theology; their view of theology, which is an apocalyptic one.”

03.03.2026 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

The grift that keeps on grifting.

03.03.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2188    πŸ” 622    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 14
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Pentagon Official Says Iran Attack Outside Burden-Sharing Plans The Pentagon’s top strategy official acknowledged that the US operations against Iran are outside the scope of the Trump administration’s plans to have allies and partners pick up more burden-sharing ...

Talk about a U-turn:

(Bloomberg) - The Pentagon’s top strategy official acknowledged that the US operations against Iran are outside the scope of the Trump administration’s plans to have allies and partners pick up more burden-sharing of collective security.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 469    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 21

I see outlets already getting stuff wrong, so: if you’re media trying to write about Bryan Betancur, I have way more information about his background than anyone else who can go on the record. DMs are open.

03.03.2026 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Jasmine Crockett’s Cryptocurrency History Is Under Scrutiny. Here’s What Her Record Tells Us. The congresswoman's 2022 victory was bolstered by the financial support of crypto super PACs.

If you're voting in Texas today, I urge you to vote for @jamestalarico.bsky.social in the Senate primary. He would make an incredible Senator.

Jasmine Crockett is a great spokesperson, but she's in the pocket of the crypto industry. We don't need more Senators who are bought by crypto bros.

03.03.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 775    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 29

Trump's trying to find the guy who did this.

03.03.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1936    πŸ” 697    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 12

They literally spent the past 4-plus years blasting Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan and how "rushed" it was.

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wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"

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I wish Trump would just go back to applying tariffs to penguin island and leave real countries alone.

03.03.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BLUMENTHAL: Is the agent who shot Ms Martinez sill on the job?

NOEM: Our officers conduct operations every day-

B: Is he still on the job carrying a gun?

N: I dunno

B: Would you agree he shouldn't be?

N: I'll get back to you

B: I think Americans would find it absolutely terrifying if he is

03.03.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11153    πŸ” 3454    πŸ’¬ 481    πŸ“Œ 178

Also: β€œStill trying to wrap my head around Kash firing a unit that specializes in Iranian counter-intel LAST WEEK -- when they knew war was coming -- because the agents were involved in the Trump classified docs case.” Tim Miller

03.03.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Military leaders pushing 'Armageddon views' on troops as Iran war begins: complaint A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers Monday that the Iran war was part of God's plan to usher in the End Times and bring about Jesus Christ's second coming, according to a complaint ...

This is insane. Trying to convince these young people to embrace becoming cannon fodder.
www.rawstory.com/military-267...

03.03.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1238    πŸ” 423    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 91
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CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

03.03.2026 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8321    πŸ” 3266    πŸ’¬ 314    πŸ“Œ 243

We literally signed a peace deal in 2015

03.03.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1933    πŸ” 335    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 13

@dfl.org introduce an amendment to replace with statues of Renee Good and Alex Pretti!

03.03.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pete Hegseth’s Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening It’s not enough for Democrats to say Trump’s war rationales haven’t been fully explained. The problem is that they are patently false.

Pete Hegseth's crazed rants at reporters reveal that Trump's rationales for attacking Iran are incoherent, confused, and based on lies. Dems don't have to take refuge in criticizing Trump's war on purely procedural grounds. They can go much harder. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2072...

03.03.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2784    πŸ” 861    πŸ’¬ 111    πŸ“Œ 70
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What the National Park Service Has Flagged Thus Far. It's Much Worse Than I Thought. Note: This is a long post.

I spent hours looking through hundreds of files of materials that have been flagged for review by National Park Service sites around the country. Here is just a small sample of what I found. #NationalParks πŸ—ƒοΈ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

03.03.2026 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 12
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David Ellison Unveils Sweeping Vision for Warner Bros: β€œThis Is About Reinventing the Business” HBO Max and Paramount+ will be merged when the deal closes, the mogul told Wall Street early Monday morning.

yes, nothing says "innovation reinvention" like a nepobaby trust fund brat with no meaningful experience being gifted a massive hollywood empire by his technofascist dad, who leveraged his corrupt influence over the country's pudding-headed autocrats to box out competitors (?)

02.03.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2970    πŸ” 721    πŸ’¬ 187    πŸ“Œ 115

great thread on how we got here

i'll add that a lot of this was primed by the rise and mainstreaming of pentecostalism in the interwar periodβ€”they were jonesing for another world war in the 1930s, and were awfully disappointed when WWII failed to deliver armageddon and the second coming

03.03.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I do think Talarico has a better chance of winning the generals though.

03.03.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No envy for Texas voters that have to choose between Crockett and Talarico today.

Okay, a little envy.

Fine, I'm jealous as hell that y'all got TWO candidates I'd go to the mat for.

03.03.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4

If you know Mark Warner, you know this is a pretty serious statement. He is EXTREMELY level-headed and doesn’t make hyperbolic statements. He is from a state with a bunch of military contractors too. If he is mad about this, then imagine how mad everyone else is.

03.03.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1052    πŸ” 278    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6
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Minnesota launches investigation that could bring charges against US immigration officers US county attorney is β€˜confident’ her office will be able to pursue charges in cases which led to criticisms of use-of-force policies

Hennepin county attorney Mary Moriarty reports that her office is looking into 17 cases that might result in charges against ICE officers, including Bovino

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

03.03.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1834    πŸ” 353    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 25

Affirmative action for stupid sycophants!

03.03.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Law School Tells Students, 'You MUST Be Aligned Politically With President Trump,' For Summer Job - Above the Law 'GPA is not a strong factor.' No kidding.

The meritocracy!

abovethelaw.com/2026/03/law-...

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