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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 9h

What explains why Haitians don’t need protective status and wealthy Afrikaner white South Africans do? Ethnonationalism. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave

The decision could affect more than a half million Haitians living in the U.S.

www.miamiherald.com

Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 10h

Hey, Ithaca, NY: get your newly signed Colin Woodard books at your hometown @barnesandnoble.com:

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 18h

Further on the Midlands and Iowa in this piece I did for @politico.com back in 2016, when dinosaurs walked the Earth. www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

Yes, Iowa Still Matters

It's the perfect thermometer for a deep current in American political culture.

www.politico.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 18h

Spoke to @iowapublicradio.org's River to River about Nations Apart, how we got here as a country, and what we can do about it. Also the importance of Iowa and the Midlands generally to understanding the direction of American politics via #AmericanNations: www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/rive...

Are America's divisions really about red versus blue?

Historian and bestselling author Colin Woodard argues America's divide isn’t red vs. blue at all — it’s a clash of distinct cultural nations.

www.iowapublicradio.org

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 19h

Wow. (Though, I admit, I don't fully understand UK liability laws, which operate in the absence of US-style constitutional press protections.)

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.

Elite capitulation continues.

Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.

First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?

newrepublic.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 19h

These seems, to me, painfully obvious, and should be the starting point hypothesis for any journalist working the trade policy beat.

paulbuse.bsky.social @paulbuse.bsky.social · 23h

You have to look at what Trump is doing in terms of tariffs, not in economic terms, but as a mobster would. He is using the tariffs to grift. He does not care who it hurts or if it makes economic sense. He is a career criminal - a convicted felon - and he will keep grifting until he is stopped.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 19h

In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.

Elite capitulation continues.

Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.

First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?

newrepublic.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 19h

It's really hard to maintain a cricket pitch there, however.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 20h

The effects on Iceland would be massive. But watch out Ireland and the UK. Without the Gulf Stream you'd have, like, Labrador's climate.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.

Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

paulbuse.bsky.social @paulbuse.bsky.social · 23h

You have to look at what Trump is doing in terms of tariffs, not in economic terms, but as a mobster would. He is using the tariffs to grift. He does not care who it hurts or if it makes economic sense. He is a career criminal - a convicted felon - and he will keep grifting until he is stopped.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

Total lawlessness (on the FBI’s part.)

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Iowa friends: I'm your guest today on @iowapublicradio.org's River to River. Noon central I believe. Talking about Nations Apart and how we hold this country together around the best version of itself.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 1d

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security concern and an existential threat.

Yet still fossil fuel usage continues to grow, and they barely agreed to *name* the problem at #COP30.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

That’s not a Moon!

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

+1

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Gordon Wood: "There has been talk we aren’t and shouldn’t be a creedal nation—that beliefs in a creed are too weak a basis for citizenship, and citizens with ancestors have a stronger stake than recent immigrants.

I reject this position as passionately as I can."

www.thebulwark.com/p/amateur-ho...

Amateur Hour At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The White House is in free fall. How long will it last?

www.thebulwark.com

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

Gordon Wood: "There has been talk we aren’t and shouldn’t be a creedal nation—that beliefs in a creed are too weak a basis for citizenship, and citizens with ancestors have a stronger stake than recent immigrants.

I reject this position as passionately as I can."

www.thebulwark.com/p/amateur-ho...

Amateur Hour At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The White House is in free fall. How long will it last?

www.thebulwark.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Now you know what he really does and doesn’t stand for, seeing as he’s stepping down and has zero chance of ever being elected to statewide office.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Total lawlessness.

Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 5d

"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."

ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol

Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.

www.charlotteobserver.com

Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 2d

In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students

Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.

www.bangordailynews.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

How'd the Virginia gubernatorial election stack up, in regional and urban/rural terms, to the 2021 and 2017 contests? The answers to your pressing questions here, via @pellcenter.bsky.social's Nationhood Lab and #AmericanNations: www.nationhoodlab.org/the-2025-vir...

The 2025 Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections and the American Nations

This month’s votes followed the usual regional lines, but with shifts toward Democrats even in rural Appalachia

www.nationhoodlab.org

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Jared Golden on the list, #MEPolitics.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 7d

These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.

Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.

They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.

Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Jimmy Panetta (CA-19)
Don Davis (NC-01) Chris Pappas (NH-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Jared Golden (ME-02) Josh Riley (NY-19)
Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) Pat Ryan (NY-18)
Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) Kim Schrier (WA-08)
Adam Gray (CA-13) Eric Sorensen (IL-17)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Tom Suozzi (NY-03)
Susie Lee (NV-03) Gene Vindman (VA-07)
David Min (CA-47) George Whitesides (CA-27)

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to @think.kera.org in Dallas for having me on Think to talk about Nations Apart & the work we're doing at Nationhood Lab. The full interview is now downloadable at @kera.org and, for R.I. friends, broadcasts today at 2p on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social stations. think.kera.org/2025/11/21/t...

The U.S. has never had a common identity - Think

Historian Colin Woodard joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the civics lessons we’re taught about our country are sometimes overridden by regional cultures and how a new national story might bring us ...

think.kera.org

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy!

tultican @tultican.bsky.social · 4d

Jan Resseger takes a look at the work of Colin Woodard and what it has to say about the place of the public school system in our society. networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content... #EducationMatters

Jan Resseger: As an Institution, Public Education Is the Very Definition of Our Society’s Civic Vision - Network For Public Education

Jan Resseger takes a look at the work of Colin Woodard and what it has to say about the place of the public school system in our society. Reposted with permission. Colin Woodard is the director of the...

networkforpubliceducation.org

KERA Think @think.kera.org · 5d

Historian Colin Woodard joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the civics lessons we’re taught about our country are sometimes overridden by regional cultures and how a new national story might bring us together.

The U.S. has never had a common identity - Think

Historian Colin Woodard joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the civics lessons we’re taught about our country are sometimes overridden by regional cultures and how a new national story might bring us...

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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 5d

"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."

ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol

Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.

www.charlotteobserver.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, they didn’t seem to grind DJT very small, not when he was a real estate developer, not when he encouraged an armed coup against the United States. It grinds some people small and lets others pass on through.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 5d

Well known and very clearly defined in political science.

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