@profjeffries.bsky.social
Bklyn Morehouse Duke (not bball, PhD) Hist Prof at Ohio St. Author Bloody Lowndes & Understanding Teaching Civil Rights Mvt. Podcast: Teaching Hard History. Author Audible Series: Great Figures Civil Rights Mvt. Also, we who believe in freedom cannot rest!
This is a moral moment in America. Sitting on the Capitol steps with Leader Hakeem Jeffries this morning to discuss whatβs at stake with Trumpβs budget and affirm the need for collective action to protect Medicaid, food assistance, and other safety net programs. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
27.04.2025 10:13 β π 3311 π 893 π¬ 273 π 180Still, a dumbass.
26.04.2025 18:52 β π 31 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0ππ
26.04.2025 13:35 β π 37981 π 9800 π¬ 578 π 508
Actually, they did. Thatβs why they created the Electoral College.
What they never anticipated was elected officials from one of the two major political parties being this stupid.
I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
24.04.2025 16:00 β π 31973 π 6432 π¬ 507 π 223
Todayβ¦β¦.
9 yo dau: Dad, why are you at the British Museum.
Me: Researching stuff.
Her: Ok.
Me: Why are you texting me at 5am.
Her: To tell you that today is my last day of being 9!
Me: Fair enough. π₯°
A colonizersβ defense. They know no shame, still.
24.04.2025 20:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Then the Brits took everything else.
24.04.2025 15:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The British Museum is wild.
These dudes took everything!
This moment is powerful.
The initial reaction from the Stephanie Horowitz.
She survived Parkland school shooting in 2018
She survived Florida State U shooting yesterday
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Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, an uber conservative stalwart on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals for decades, just made almost verbatim the same point Justice Sotomayor has been making, most recently in her statement in the Abrego-Garcia case.
18.04.2025 04:15 β π 1091 π 271 π¬ 16 π 3Wrong person and wrong take.
18.04.2025 09:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
We are looking for story tellers! The CFP for #txcss2025 is open through Sunday. π txcss.net/conference
Join our keynote @profjeffries.bsky.social in sharing your stories, their stories, & our stories. #historymatters and has always mattered. Share your stories with us. ππΊοΈ #SSChat #historyeducation
Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents donβt match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
Exciting edu news to announce! @profjeffries.bsky.social will be joining us for #txcss2025
History matters- join us in Frisco to share your stories, their stories, and our stories.
The CFP is open txcss.net/conference and we would love to learn from/with edus from Texas and beyond! ππΊοΈ
Moskowitz: When President Zelenskyy came to the White House, we heard a lot about what he was wearing. Oh my God, the precious Oval Officeβhe didnβt wear a suit! I mean, hereβs a picture of Kid Rock in the Oval Officeβhe looks like heβs about to jump over 10 buses on the White House lawn.
08.04.2025 22:11 β π 34378 π 7136 π¬ 880 π 414
"What the U.S. is doing now is not reform. It is rejecting the very system it created." - Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong
(April 8, 2025)
Oh he was so close to being prophetic. So close ππ
08.04.2025 14:05 β π 488 π 79 π¬ 42 π 11And in the end, they even sacrificed their claim to βstateβs rightsβ for which they enslaved, seceded, fought, segregated, assaulted and murdered, and in the name of which they degraded themselves, their families and their region.
09.04.2025 01:36 β π 1304 π 363 π¬ 47 π 11
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
Do clients really want to hire a law firm known for how quickly it rolls over? Yet, now this is Paul Weiss's well deserved reputation.
07.04.2025 14:55 β π 17704 π 4020 π¬ 313 π 77Last time he told you not "not to worry" half a million Americans died of Covid.
07.04.2025 13:42 β π 35094 π 9772 π¬ 2400 π 731This is a travesty. No due process. No cause given. No easy path to contest. Come on! The US is better than this. www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...
08.04.2025 03:51 β π 15 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
I have no respect for ANY athlete that visits this White House.
You are unAmerican if you do so, as is anyone who supports or enables this administration.
Let me repeat that.
You actions are in *direct* opposition to the Declaration of Independence.
when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
07.04.2025 01:55 β π 30716 π 5209 π¬ 851 π 30360 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
07.04.2025 01:29 β π 27922 π 12937 π¬ 1058 π 1821
The real movement is just beginning.
@profjeffries.bsky.social - A keeper of knowledge
Morgan Harper - A fierce voice for freedom
@muniraya.bsky.social - Stands for freedom and the people
Tamie Wilson - A force for women's rights
Me - Some random dude invited
Protestors - The best of us all
Can we get more of this? βThe Japanese American National Museum will βscrub nothing,β Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
βOur community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,β Fujioka said.