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Ike Makos

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Toiling away in the history mines. Public history professional. Board & tabletop gaming enthusiast. MA in Public History 2020. BA in History 2016. Pronouns are he/him/his.

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Maximilian Robespierre’s internal monologue throughout the deliberations of the National Convention, 1792-1794:

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As a George Washington scholar somehow the most offensive part of this whole thing is the implication that George Washington would be caught dead out of the house and in public wearing just a t-shirt

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Obi-Wan Kenobi from Episode II Attack of the Clones looking mad but also sort of resigned to it

Obi-Wan Kenobi from Episode II Attack of the Clones looking mad but also sort of resigned to it

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they are starting at tet offensive unpopularity with only six known casualties.

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ICE Agent Injured After Repeatedly Trying To Detain People In Neighborhood Mural MINNEAPOLISβ€”Bleeding profusely as he radioed for backup against the uncooperative crowd, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Ken Fischer was reportedly injured Tuesday after making repeated atte...

β€œI’ve got a couple dozen hostile and extremely large individuals impeding an officerβ€”I need as many agents as you can send me, now!” said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Ken Fischer

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Steve Harvey - KILL
YouTube video by Harris Heinsbergen Steve Harvey - KILL
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hats off to Bluesky moderation because that is really funny

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futurama- look at my butt
YouTube video by Damian Fontaine futurama- look at my butt

gotchu bro

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Paradox games are allowed to stay but now you can only do communist paths

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Wikipedia:Disambiguation needed for "Montana Republicans attacking people"

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Of course egging on a ground incursion coordinated by US SOF and various local actors would be an insanely risky and stupid thing to do, but when have those considerations ever stopped Trump's vibes-based strategy?

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the more blue we get the more the remaining zones of barbarism start looking like the Saddam in his hidey hole silhouette

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it’s going to be even more unbelievable when whichever Republicans survive the electoral bloodbaths of 26 & 28 suddenly become staunch defenders of every tiny Congressional, and particularly minority party, prerogative they can find and invent, and the DC press rushes to take them seriously

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If the republicans support the war, they could at least pretend to fulfill their constitutional role by passing an AUMF. At least have the fucking dignity

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this will have greater impacts than just on farmers, but it never stops being kind of satisfying that farmers, who voted overwhelmingly for trump, have been on the horns of basically every single terrible decision this admin has made

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10% of American troops

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I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.

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ok

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I mean except for that one tank crewman, and the city of Paris I guess, it all seemed to work out fine!

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If you want to take down American planes, you need American planes

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That Kuwaiti F/A-18 pilot probably felt so cool for about five minutes

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that Qatari Air Force One replacement better watch tf out

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A Kuwaiti F-18 could do the funniest thing right now

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Did you shoot *another* Eagle down?

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GO NAVY BEAT AIR FORCE

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this post was chiang kai-sheked by real kuomintang patriots

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