Kristen Turner

He'll destroy anything, break any law, trample any norm. This is exactly what he's doing to the rest of the government. We can just see this more easily.

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I wrote about the groypers and the Fuentes-Kirk fight years ago, in Hate in the Homeland. Cautioning here that there is still a lot to know about the shooter’s motivation, I’m sharing these two paragraphs here to set the history of this fight in context:

From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)

Receipts:
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As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered. - KFF Health News Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks across the U.S. and Mexico. Together...

As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

I've seen them at used book stores and there are some copies on Amazon right now.

That happened to me for the first time when I was in my mid-40s. I said "yes, thank you." (My hair was completely grey by then and I considered going straight to the hair dresser to get it dyed)

I can’t believe that we couldn’t tell! We need to find a new bonding restaurant.

That's not scary at all.

I don't think that is general knowledge any more.

I was glad that it was a few cars away from mine that day. We sat on the tracks with no power for about an hour, and then they picked up a new cafe car in DC.

My kingdom for an edit button -- HEAR us talk about it...

Book with red background, text in white and blue (Revolutions in American Music) and a stylized piano keyboard

Michael Broyles is one of the giants of American musicology. In this book, he breaks down important inflection points in US music -- jazz, rock & polkas? Here us talk about it on New Books in Music: newbooksnetwork.com/revolutions-...

LOL. The cafe car caught on fire last time I was on the train. Now I bring my own snacks. 😉

Gwynne Kuhner Brown and I had a great conversation about her biography of William L. Dawson (from ‪@illinoispress.bsky.social‬). A composer, conductor, and pedagogue who is one of the best of the mid-twentieth-century US composers. Check it out!
newbooksnetwork.com/william-l-da...

NRPF Grants: 2025 Call for Proposals

Delighted to circulate this call for grant applications in my capacity as the Senior Research Advisor of the National Recording Preservation Foundation, a charter of the 106th US Congress and a partner affiliate of the Library of Congress.

That was the Dillingham Commission's argument.....in 1911.

I wonder how Aaron Sorkin would write The West Wing now?

I just rewatched the episode when everyone was panicked that CJ made a small factual error during a press briefing. It's quaint.

Michael Shannon is James Garfield

Nick Offerman is Chester A. Arthur

Learned last night that we’re getting a Netflix miniseries on the Garfield assassination with Michael Shannon as Garfield and Nick Offerman as Chester A. Arthur, and how are we not all talking about this? www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...

LOL replace in your brains! This is some next-level thought policing.

I'm all in for the Dems -- but, treating voters like we are six and need to have the hard words defined for us is f*cking annoying.

I have a chapter like that. It will never see the light of day.

The folks who work at NEH are committed to the humanities. It must make them sick to be involved with this mess.

Literally any use for NEH money would be better than this.

The AMS is launching a “Coalition of Music Organizations,” a voluntary association of music organizations, publishers, programs, and cultural institutions designed to provide access to small grant funding, outreach support, and opportunities for cooperation. www.amsmusicology.org/coalition-of...

The State Department is "streamlining" its human rights reports.

They are cutting any mentions to:

-political prisoners.

-restrictions on "free and fair elections."

- asylum-seekers being sent to a home country where they may face torture

- gender-based violence.

www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...

This question is what my book is about, too.

This is diabolical

In a functioning democracy, these comments alone would be grounds for impeachment.

I regret to say this is actually true. Between wrecking the world economy and destroying long-standing alliances, Trump took time out to complain about the water pressure in his shower.