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Michael P. Breen

@mpbreen21.bsky.social

Historian of early modern French law & society at Reed College. Prattles on about history, dogs, politics, soccer, & hoops. H-France Editor-in-Chief (www.h-france.net)

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But the @nytimes.com told me that she’s thinking about the kids in the concentration camps, Ken…

12.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
FSU study abroad site in Florence

FSU study abroad site in Florence

In a great location, too

12.02.2026 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

American politics is a seesaw driven by the biggest dipshits you’ve ever met

it’s just this comic over and over and over again, forever

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A phenomenon hardly limited to immigration enforcement policies

12.02.2026 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change β€” The Associated Press The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked a key scientific finding that supported U.S. regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

The legacy of Dr. Jill Stein & the US Green Party

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12.02.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The misogyny has always been the point

12.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The image on the right is the Elian Gonzalez raid from 2000

12.02.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sure that all the Very Serious guardians of free speech who spent months hyperventilating about campus protests over cafeteria menus will show the same urgency & ferocity in denouncing this

12.02.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fascist doth protest too much, methinks

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Submission Guidelines | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press Submission Guidelines | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press Submission Guidelines  CALL FOR PAPERS Special issue of French Historical Studies on European-Indigenous ...

Delighted to share the Call for Papers for a special issue of French Historical Studies on the theme "European-Indigenous Relations in the French Americas" (to be co-edited by Scott Berthelette and myself)

CFP and submission guidelines can be found here:
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My review for @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social of Sylvain Pattieu, Emmanuelle Sibeud, and Tyler Stovall, eds. The Black Populations of France: Histories from Metropole to Colony:

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H-France is pleased to announce the newest issue of H-France Forum, edited by David Harrison, Grinnell College, on Dan Edelstein, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin. Princeton UP, 2025. $35.00 (cl) ISBN: 978-0-691-2318-3. $24.50 (eb) ISBN 978-0-691-2318-46.

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French Historical Studies | Duke University Press

Last FHS issue of 2025!
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What’s Old is New Again? The French Extreme Right from Dreyfus to Vichy and the Contemporary Authoritarian Impulse | French Historical Studies | Duke University Press We live in dangerous times. This is a sentence that I hoped never to have to write. It is neither a clichΓ© nor a reference to history. The danger is immedi

Check out our new curated issue on "What’s Old is New Again? The French Extreme Right from Dreyfus to Vichy and the Contemporary Authoritarian Impulse."
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06.12.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
H-France Forum: Volume 21 (2026) – H-France

H-France Forum announces its latest issue (21:1), edited by Gillian Weiss, Case Western Reserve Univ., on Miranda Spieler, Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives & Fugitive Histories. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2025. 256 pp. ISBN 9-78-0674986541 (hb) 9-78-0674300781 (eb).

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11.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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a man in a suit and tie says " i don t believe you " Alt: Ron Burgundy says " i don t believe you "
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Good thing this comes from a reputable news organization and not an outlet that has gutted its credibility by spiking stories critical of the regime and openly currying favor with one of the principal suspects in this case

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12.02.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Admin Officials in the Epstein Files:

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But Justice Kennedy assured us in no uncertain terms that this would be just fine and in no way corrupt our political process

12.02.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Really can’t for the life of me figure out where the Gestapo comparisons are coming from

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But whatever you do, don’t compare them to the Gestapo.

That would be mean.

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AOC: We all saw the performance Bondi had. She was screaming and crashing, and I think it’s because she knows she is implicated in a massive cover-up to protect a ring of pedophiles through:

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Washington Post endorsement of Pam Bondi for Attorney General: "Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious."

Washington Post endorsement of Pam Bondi for Attorney General: "Florida's former attorney general is qualified; lawyers who have worked with her report that she is serious."

simply one of the greatest calls of all time

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Pete Hegseth’s β€œwarrior ethos”

11.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The MAGA Crowd May Venerate 1776 But They Idolize a Would-Be Monarch The Patriots of the American Revolution believed no man was above the law. Donald Trump’s followers are sure he is.

"The real-life American revolutionaries were avowed enemies of monarchy, while today’s wannabe revolutionaries have as their leader and hero Donald Trump, the most arrogant, monarchical president in U.S. history."

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Ceci n’est pas un Γ©tat police

11.02.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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