J. Michael Butler

Why Do Fascists Dream Of Alligators? | Defector In June, Florida’s attorney general James Uthmeier extolled the benefits of the concentration camp they were rushing to build in the wetlands of the Big Cypress Nature Reserve, west of Miami and just ...

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It was an HONOR to give the 1st lecture for the Doerr Center for Civic Engagement last week at HastingsCollege! It was titled “The Long Lost Cause: St. Augustine’s Confederate Monument and the Consequences of Historical Dishonesty,” & the response was tremendous!

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

The ACRE grant has been transformative for me. My work with teachers will impact more than any journal article I write. It is intended to be a multi year project and now I just don’t know.

And so incredibly humbling!!!!

National Council for History Education (@historyed.bsky.social) We elevate the importance of history teaching and learning through professional learning, community building, and advocacy.

I LOVE working with teachers & NCHE offers invaluable programs (like Advancing Civil Rights Education). Federal grants support 80% of their work, & the freeze has caused absolute uncertainty/panic regarding their future. SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS - call your congressperson!!!

Thank you!!!

SO EXCITED to announce that my article “‘Eliminating the Double Standard of Justice: Race, Rape, & the Death Penalty in Florida” is published in the latest vol. of the Journal of African American History!!! Thanks to everyone who supported me & this project!!!

Exit interviews reveal the “brutal” truth behind why teachers are leaving Florida classrooms Newly obtained teacher exit interviews revealed what’s driving Florida teachers out of the classroom, and Investigative reporter Katie LaGrone found it’s not just money.

Almost 10% of teachers left their jobs. Admin “alarmed” by numbers who left the industry. And it was a LOWER percentage than last year.

Ron DeSantis & Manny Diaz continue to have an impact on public education in the #FreeStateofFlorida!

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the carceral system generally does not deliver justice

but it does, on occasion, deliver comedy

Up early this morning on the last day before classes start because my administrative assistant has reminded me that these syllabi haven’t written themselves…..

America did a lot of terrible stuff to Dr. King, like jailing and abusing him and trying to get him to kill himself and killing him, but probably nothing so obscene as reinventing him in popular memory as some milquetoast whose primary concern was not hurting white people’s feelings.

I knew Iowa was going to be a bloodbath when I learned DeSantis had more campaign appearances than Haley and TFG combined. Turns out you have to be somewhat personable to do well in politics & the more you see of that uncharismatic dolt, the less likable he is.

Some lessons need to be taught again and again. MLK Jr. was a radical, not a moderate, a sellout, a milquetoast, or a critic of affirmative action. jacobin.com/2017/01/rest...

In Florida, you'll read what the GOP wants you to read, and nothing else - Florida Phoenix In their latest assault on the rights of Floridians, Attorney General Ashley Moody and the Commissioner of Education have declared that public school libraries should promote “government speech.” ...

The FL Attorney General & Commissioner of Education have declared that public school libraries should only promote “government speech.” Here, books are tolerable only when they tell a story that Dear Governor & his sycophants approve.

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The world is a better place tonight.

Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies Henry Kissinger has died at age 100, his consulting firm said in a statement on Wednesday.

Honored to write the Rolling Stone obituary for the worst American of the post-World War II era. Rot in piss

Luas, bus and garda car set ablaze amid violence on Dublin streets after school knife attack; Looter... Violent scenes have erupted in Dublin city centre after three children and a woman were attacked near a school earlier in the day.

It’s been an absolute shock to watch how the police and emergency services who were doing their job had been attacked tonight in Dublin. There is so much more we need to understand about the dangers of extremist far right ideology disrupting rule of law and democracy in Europe

Right-Wing 'Moms for Liberty' Organizer Is a Convicted Sex Offender Phillip Fisher Jr., who does faith-based outreach for the group in Philadelphia, abused a 14-year-old in 2011, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Monday

They publicly claim teachers are “groomers,” but the call is coming from inside of the house. Just like the totalitarians Moms4Liberty support, every allegation is, in fact, a confession.
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Tell me you know nothing about Dr. King in one meme.

Correct on all counts. Especially number 3, which is the proposal’s entire point.

So true

I won't continually scream re: DJT's fascist threats.

If we all do, it will become background noise.
That would be devastating & deadly.

BUT I'll analyze it, highlight it, give historical context, & more.

Honestly, folks.
We're in a struggle to preserve democracy.
Please join me in pushing back.

Is that a quote from the floor of the Florida House? One can never tell these days.

The legislators down here don’t let the Constitution stand in the way of their racist policies.

Yep. That date was not random, was it?

Facts.