Mark Rice

@markricehistory.bsky.social

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Associate professor of history at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Author of Making Machu Picchu/Destino Machu Picchu. Fulbright scholar. Department chair.

https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/markrice1/

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Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · 12h

This week in competitive authoritarianism:

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

The six Democrats in Congress who recorded a video informing troops that they could refuse illegal orders said they were being investigated by the FBI. The inquiry is part of a campaign by the Trump administration to seek retribution against the president’s perceived political enemies.

Democrats Say F.B.I. Is Investigating Them Over Illegal Orders Video

The move came one day after the Pentagon said it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly for his participation in the video.

nyti.ms

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

Democrats Say F.B.I. Is Investigating Them Over Illegal Orders Video

The move came one day after the Pentagon said it was investigating Senator Mark Kelly for his participation in the video.

nyti.ms

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 13h

Bonkers but totally in line with the ongoing insanity

Guy who called Covid vaccines “dangerous” has been named the second in command at the CDC

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command

www.nytimes.com

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 13h

I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 17h

The movement to destroy liberal democracy is international, and so must be its defense

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h

NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."

BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner

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

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.

Isaac Chotiner: "You would have to be brain-dead to read this piece and not immediately wonder who is funding Semafor Gulf."

Quote post of Ben Smith saying: "Fascinating @msergie piece on covering a monarchy" about a Semafor article on Saudi Arabia's crown prince

Smith responds to Chotiner: "That's a hell of an allegation/implication, Isaac.

To figure out the literal answer to your question, you'd either have to look and see who the sponsors are in the email (I haven't checked today!) or read our publicly disclosed list of investors. I believe you're trying to imply that it's the Saudi government? Have you read more of our coverage, or just this tweet?

My impression — correct me if I'm wrong — is that you're working on zero information and smearing us in general, and an experienced journalist
@msergie
whose work I suspect you're totally unfamiliar with in particular."

Chotiner responds:"I’m not making any allegation. I’m making a simple point about how an average reader—myself included—might respond after reading this ridiculous piece"

Ben Smith: "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge."

Noah Kulwin: "The point is not about who funds your reporting/if your colleague is a “stooge”. Isaac’s comment is that the reporting is so bad so as to make a reader wonder who is funding it"

Smith: A reader, sure. A journalist who can do very basic homework, kind of lame.

Chotiner: "You are right, I’ll do some homework now by perusing Jay Solomon Semafor pieces, and reading Jason Greenblatt Semafor columns. In the meantime, I will formally say that I am making no accusation and was just astonished at how inane the piece was"

Chotiner quote-posts with "I see Semafor loves running column after column by this guy (https://semafor.com/author/faisal-j-abbas), who also publishes pro-Saudi conspiracies about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi https://arabnews.com/node/1386291"

Ben Smith's post says "I hope I'm not overreacting, but it makes me crazy when people I think of as reporters do this "just asking questions" stuff. Feel free to report it out by googling/asking me/reading our various scoops and reports about the region — these two just now" and links to two Semafor articles

Chotiner quote posts Ben Smith: "You might have heard that the UAE is helping destroy Sudan, but at the next Semafor event, all is well."

Screenshot says "Held at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Semafor will spotlight insights from the Global Findex 2025 report and the Global Digital Connectivity Tracker, translating global research into actionable, locally relevant conversations.

As the third stop on The Next 3 Billion Tour, this edition explores how the Gulf's growing investments in Africa can accelerate digital connectivity and financial inclusion. With Abu Dhabi's focus on sustainable finance, digital transformation, and cross-border collaboration, it offers a strong platform to examine how technology and capital can work together to expand access and opportunity."

Ben Smith's post says "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge."

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 1d

we need to run 10 more op eds about how dems are out of touch with regular people while republicans are publicly beefing with prominent astronauts

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 1d

“Experimental data from largest online survey of Irish Americans reveal learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry reduces prejudice among white Irish Americans who identify with Irish American identity, and effects are mostly driven by Republicans…” www.jasmineenglish.net/uploads/1/4/...

Title page)
Title page with centered serif text reading “Close Race: Harnessing Multiracialism to Reduce Racial Prejudice*”. Below is the author name “Jasmine English†” and below that the date “October 31, 2025”, all centered with white background.

Screenshot of the paper’s abstract in serif font. The text explains that multiracial populations are the fastest growing in the U.S., and the paper examines how learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry influences racial attitudes among white Irish Americans. It reports experimental findings showing that such information reduces racial prejudice, especially among Republicans and those with higher baseline prejudice, and suggests multiracialism may reduce perceived racial distance.

Figure 1: Racial Resentment)
Coefficient plot titled “Treatment Effects: Racial Resentment.” The x-axis is Coefficient Estimate with a dashed vertical zero line. Four rows correspond to Treat, TreatLinked, TreatClose, and Treat*Important. The interaction terms show larger negative estimates (around −0.05 to −0.18) than in Figure 2, indicating stronger reductions in racial resentment. Model estimates are color-coded and labeled in a legend at bottom left.

Table 7: Reduced Racial Essentialism
“I was actually very surprised, it’s a much larger percentage than I realized. I
guess I’ve been raised that white people are much more likely to be Irish.”
“I was really surprised. I honestly had no idea and just thought, like me, Irish
is basically white.”
“I am surprised, as I think of typical Irish Americans to be very white.”
“I was surprised - I had no idea. Usually when I think “Irish” I think of very
fair skin, red hair, and blue eyes (like my mom)”
“I was surprised! The term African American makes me think their lineage
would be purely African, but I suppose no one really has ancestry tied to one
place and one place only.”
“I was surprised as I believed that Irish people were overwhelmingly White. It
makes me more course to know about how such a high percentage of African
Americans came to have Irish ancestry.”
“That is surprising to me. I always picture people with more fair skin being
Irish.”
“I was surprised, but once I thought about it made sense. Eventually all of us
will have a little bit of all ancestries in us.”
Notes: Open-ended responses that illustrate a shift away from racial essentialism among treated respondents.

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 1d

A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.

He told ChatGPT he was suicidal. It helped with his plan, family says.

A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.

bit.ly

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Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social · 1d

Democrats must step in where Republicans have proven they won't: addressing families’ daily needs so they can believe in the American Dream again. Affording groceries, becoming a homeowner or taking a vacation feels out of reach. It's time we fix that.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | This slap in the face to rural America is a chance to turn it blue

Democrats should be the party of aspiration — and talk like normal human beings.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Another new publication from our @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @baruch.cuny.edu faculty!

New Faculty publication. Prof. Anna Boozer. Ostraka from Trimithis. Prof. Boozer is a co-author and contributor to this new volume from ISAW/NYU press.

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.

That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan

How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature

www.theatlantic.com

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Michael Macher @michael-macher.bsky.social · 1d

To paraphrase what an ICE field director said at a Texas hiring event earlier this year: what makes ICE different from other law enforcement officers is that we catch criminals "before" a crime is committed.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.

Chart showing detention population, among those arrested in the interior, by criminal record, May 2019 through present.

There are three lines shown. (1) Prior conviction (which rises from around 9,000 in January 2025 to just over 16,000 in November 2025), (2) Pending criminal charges (which rises from around 5,000 to 15,000), and (3) No criminal record (which rises from around 1,000 to 21,000).

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.

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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 1d

New International Student Enrollment Craters

New International Student Enrollment Craters - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Killing American higher education. International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. New international student enrollment in U.S. institutions declined by 17% in fall 2025, the largest nonpandemic decline in the last 11 […]

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

They’re doing eugenics right out in the open now, largely because Trump, RFK Jr, Dr Oz and the rest of the fascists have been pushing a eugenicist agenda since they seized control.

It’s white Christian nationalism and it’s dangerous.

Disabled people are not “imperfect”.

We are also not expendable

Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · 2d

Anytime anyone tries to rehabilitate Franco or Salazar, just show them this graph of GDP per capita from 1986. These fascists did so much damage, their countries were the only ones whose living standards were still similar to the sclerotic economies of eastern Europe. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Graph showing GDP per capita of various countries. Only Spain and Portugal have capitalist economies that have GDP per capita equal to or lower than Easte Germany and Czechoslovakia

Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · 2d

Post a movie where you are from

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Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social · 2d

Argentina 1973-1976 vibes intensify.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/p...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by....(1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment" which are "uncorrelated or negatively correlated with post-college outcomes" unlike SAT/ACT scores

The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 2d

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*

Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca

doi.org

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BGinCHI @bginchi.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to get us to advertise as: "No AI, small classes, people-first." Or something similar.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d

Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 2d

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

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C Hanna @chcowgirl.bsky.social · 2d

Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress in 2021 worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later worth around $25,000,000. 😳 Congress is just a giant insider-trading scheme.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2d

the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.

Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 2d

Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d

One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.

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Alan Allport @alanallport.bsky.social · 2d

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

TAPPER: Right before the election, Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from New York City if Mamdani were elected. Was that just bluster? He doesn't mean it?

HASSETT: Well, it feels like he doesn't mean it now