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Colin Woodard

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Director, Nationhood Lab, @PellCenter.bsky.social - Salve Regina University. Author, American Nations, American Character, Union, Republic of Pirates, and others. www.colinwoodard.com and www.nationhoodlab.org

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Colin Strohn Woodard is an American journalist and writer known for his books American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (2011), The Republic of Pirates (2007), and The Lobster Coast (2004), a cultural and environmental history of coastal Maine. He is known for his writing that examines how the historically distinct regional cultures of America shape its current politics, society and health status. .. more

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 9h

I love that it's no "tyrants" day on account of King Charles.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12h

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 13h

Threatening Canada and Greenland with annexation too.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15h

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 19h

Susan Collins voted to confirm this madman.

NPR @npr.org · 20h

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Reposted by Leigh Sparks, Mark Priestley, Colin Woodard , and 1 more Leigh Sparks, Mark Priestley, Colin Woodard, David Darmofal

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 19h

Trump cites a murderous war criminal to attack the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision. Truly absurd and disturbing. And narcissism of a pathological degree.

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NPR @npr.org · 20h

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 20h

How do you come up with this frame for a guy who's ordering the murder of people at sea, threatens to invade Greenland and annex Canada, and who has bullied his way into ruining alliances with our closest allies? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home

www.nytimes.com

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 1d

New: Judge Perry's ruling against Texas troops in Chicago is a banger.

1. Invokes Hamilton
2. Rips into ICE for lying
3. Says "law enforcement officers who go into an event expecting 'a shitshow' are much more likely to experience one than those who go into the event prepared to de-escalate it.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

1. Right-wing Maine propaganda outlet run by Russia-linked guy convicted of failing to register as foreign agent posts b.s. story about Dem lawmaker; 2. @pressherald.com & other mainstream outlets run story at face value; 3. There being no evidence, DA drops case. www.pressherald.com/2025/10/09/e...

Maine lawmaker pleads not guilty in election interference case

Rep. Nina Milliken, a Democrat from the Hancock County town of Blue Hill, entered her plea in writing in advance of an arraignment that had been scheduled for Tuesday.

www.pressherald.com

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Reposted by Naomi Klein, American Library Association, Melissa R. Michelson , and 2 more Naomi Klein, American Library Association, Melissa R. Michelson, Henry Jones, Colin Woodard

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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LeeDay22 @leeday22.bsky.social · 1d

"It’s between an unpopular authoritarian project and a popular democratic one. The sooner everyone realizes this, the better the prospects that the American Experiment won’t perish from the earth". @colinwoodard.bsky.social @bangordailynews.bsky.social

Opinion: America is sliding toward authoritarianism. That’s not popular.

Discover how regional cultures have shattered America and the rise of an authoritarian regime. Author Colin Woodard explores the clash of ideologies.

www.bangordailynews.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Reposted by Alan Richardson, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Colin Woodard

Willamette Week @wweek.com · 2d

Jack Dickinson, 26, says “we’re winning this.”

An Interview With the Portland Chicken

Rachel Saslow

www.wweek.com

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 2d

The Senate has defeated a plan from Democrats to block President Trump's use of National Guard troops in various cities - if local officials oppose their deployment from other states.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 2d

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller, Michael J. Hicks , and 2 more Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller, Michael J. Hicks, Greg Linden, Colin Woodard

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Reposted by Gerald Friedman, Aviel Roshwald, Colin Woodard

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command.

The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

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Reposted by Meredith Farkas, Dan Immergluck, Colin Woodard

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

Whether it’s Donald Trump saying J.B. Pritzker should be in jail or Donald Trump being convicted of 36 felonies but not going to jail because the American people re-elected him as president, both sides have been linked to jail time.

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Reposted by Ian Campbell, Michael D. McDonald, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Ian Campbell, Michael D. McDonald, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Colin Woodard

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3d

The Speaker of the House has firm views that Bad Bunny is a terrible pick for singing at the Super Bowl, but hasn't had time to watch the President's speech to our military leadership or form an opinion whether furloughed federal workers should be paid or Illinois' governor should be thrown in jail.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine being this much of a coward and having this little respect for the Constitution you pledged an oath to.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d

This is aiming for a higher degree of resolution than the "dominant regional cultures of North America" in #AmericanNations and, broadly speaking, ain't bad. I think it captures some things very well, but misses a few really important, domain-level distinctions and continuities.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, David R. Miller, Colin Woodard

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 3d

The Constitutional crisis you've been waiting for is here.

The right moment to speak up—that moment of clarity you've been waiting for—that's here too.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 3d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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