Christopher Brick

Clip of proposed legislation submitted by House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee slashes an additional $4million from NARA's already meager budget

Today the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee slashed an additional $4million from the National Archives's already meager budget for FY26.

I do the same thing Mr. Assemblyman, so you’re in good company there—ultimately.

Yep. I am.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt said this on November 1, 1928, in Yonkers, New York (see attached excerpt), five days before the election in which he won the governorship of that great state, and the man who, four years later he would trounce, won the presidency.

FDR was proud to be called a Socialist.

Not your fault. The messaging from NARA on this has been a mess.

A portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Lunch at the Woman’s National Democratic Club.

Eleanor Roosevelt portraiture abounds 😍

Too often, LGBTQ+ lives are left out of the stories about the American Revolutionary Era.

We change that in Ep. 414 with John McCurdy. Join us.

👉 www.benfranklinsworld.com/414

#PrideMonth #EarlyAmericanHistory #Skystorians

"Secretary Order 3431 . . . poses a threat to the interpretation of American history at NPS sites. The directive demands that the NPS revise educational materials, exhibits, and programs to avoid what it calls “ideological bias.” 🏳️‍🌈 🗃️ 🍎 🗺️

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If they haven't seen it, my academic frends will enjoy...

Joan Jett in Toronto 🔥🤘

that's right

ICE officer names and faces should be public knowledge.

The non-weapons/carceral federal govt should be 10x bigger. 100x bigger.

For breakfast.

It was such a frustrating listen.

Oh this looks awesome. Congrats, Molly.

Don’t mess with Abe Lincoln in #LordLaser’s town #USDA. This is not fucking North Korea.

But where are Johnson and Ford? Missing because of the Veep succession issue I guess?

How Healthy Are Mangoes?

Even if they were unhealthy, it wouldn't matter. They are glorious.

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a young boy wearing a purple northwestern basketball jersey is crying . ALT: a young boy wearing a purple northwestern basketball jersey is crying .

so much grading

LAND OF LINCOLN

RFK’s ideas about “wellness farms” for young people are eugenic and unconstitutional Before he became Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted an idea about sending young people with substance abuse and other mental health issues to “we…

Proud to have this new article out as part of the @nursingclio.bsky.social response to RFKs policies. This is the first piece from a much larger project I’m just starting but more importantly, wellness camps are bad.

nursingclio.org/2025/05/08/r...

Yeah Gtown cute.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

It's not relevant whether Abrego Garcia has committed thousands of crimes. Disappearing him off to an El Salvadorean maximum security prison *without due process* is wholly illegal totalitarian bullshit. Everyone who has been sent there by this administration should be brought back, not just him.

URGENT: Save the NEH

I did this. Takes maybe one minute. Via American Historical Association.
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Universities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court [Updated] The Trump administration has been detaining and trying to deport immigrant and foreign students for their First-Amendment protected speech. That

@ucsandiego.bsky.social should follow the Tufts Fletcher faculty recommendation that universities join forces to file a class action suit against this administration.

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Nobodye good doth evir attack the fundinge of libraryes

Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq

I cannot overstate how important both IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) are for studying and sharing our vast cultural heritage. Just furious and devastated. See you all at the protests. And much love to my IMLS and NEH friends!