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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 2d

There is now an official historical marker for the Port Huron Statement!

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 2d

There is now an official historical marker for the Port Huron Statement!

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 3d

It’s obviously early, and everything can still fall apart, but our side should ask why Biden wasn’t able to negotiate a similar deal in 2024.

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 8d

The State of Michigan will unveil a new historical marker for the Port Huron Statement at the site of the Port Huron Convention, Lakeport State Park, on October 9th (1 PM).

Please spread the word!

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 6d

John Oliver's segment on presidential libraries is a must watch for anyone interested in public history. I don't entirely agree with his conclusion, but this an excellent introduction to the weird world of presidential foundations and NARA.

Presidential Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · 8d

Yesterday’s radicals become today’s heroes: a historical marker is about to go up for the 1960s New Left Students for a Democratic Society. Of course, co-signer Tom Hayden went mainstream as a California state rep and husband of Jane Fonda. www.oah.org/process/gear...

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 8d

The State of Michigan will unveil a new historical marker for the Port Huron Statement at the site of the Port Huron Convention, Lakeport State Park, on October 9th (1 PM).

Please spread the word!

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 10d

Jim Byron started working for the Richard Nixon Foundation as a teenager and eventually became its President. He's now helping Donald Trump fire library directors who refuse to break federal laws.

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles

The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

lastcampaign.substack.com

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 10d

Jim Byron started working for the Richard Nixon Foundation as a teenager and eventually became its President. He's now helping Donald Trump fire library directors who refuse to break federal laws.

Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles

The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

lastcampaign.substack.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 11d

From the 2013 shutdown… One of the reasons why I left NARA in 2013

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you to @alexiscoe.bsky.social for discussing George Washington, JFK, and the current state of presidential history with my students at NYU!

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote about a book about the Republicans who stood up to Nixon. It came out in 2018, and I would often disappoint people who showed up to my book talks when I warned them that history wouldn't repeat itself.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 14d

Asked what he would do to stop the deployment of federal troops to Portland, Chuck Schumer replies: "I'd hope some of them [Republicans] would join us in legislation to prevent it from happening."

"I know they're loyal to Trump and does whatever he wants but this is so far stepping over the line"

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Institute for Public Knowledge @ipk.bsky.social · 18d

Join IPK on September 29th for a discussion with @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social. She will discuss When the Wolves Came, a new documentary podcast spotlighting evangelical leaders resisting political extremism in their church & country, with Delia Baldassarri & @bartbonikowski.bsky.social.

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Hanna E. Morris, Ph.D. @hannamorris.bsky.social · 16d

Such an honor to have had the opportunity to present my book today @ipk.bsky.social! Thanks to those who came out to my talk during this very busy #NYClimateWeek. And also thanks so much again to @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social and @jerolmack.bsky.social

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 18d

Remember when people thought there would be another Saturday Night Massacre...

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 18d

"Trump’s handpicked U.S. Attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury in the coming days to indict former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress, DESPITE prosecutors and investigators determining there was insufficient evidence to charge him."

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Newly appointed US attorney will attempt to charge James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause: Sources

The new U.S. Attorney in Virginia is planning to ask a grand jury to indict former FBI Director James Comey for allegedly lying to Congress, sources said.

abcnews.go.com

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Institute for Public Knowledge @ipk.bsky.social · 23d

For Climate Week, join IPK on September 25 for a book talk with @hannamorris.bsky.social. She will discuss her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power with @aronczyk.bsky.social and @jerolmack.bsky.social.

ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...

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Institute for Public Knowledge @ipk.bsky.social · 24d

For Climate Week, join IPK on September 24 for a discussion on Expertise in the Age of Trump with Gil Eyal, Sonali McDermid, and Michael Oppenheimer, moderated by @ericklinenberg.bsky.social.

ipk.nyu.edu/events/discu...

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 21d

I can't compete with AI

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 24d

I'm being generous and including a few of the more conservative polls.

Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 24d

The guy has a 45 percent approval rating and he’s getting everything he wants

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 27d

I always ask my students to pick their favorite president during the first and last week of my class. Here are the results for this year's group.

Obama- 14
Lincoln- 9
FDR-4
Washington-4
LBJ- 4
TR-4
JFK-3
Clinton-3
Carter- 2
Trump-2
Biden- 1
Grant-1
Nixon- 1
Wilson- 1
None- 1

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Mike Koncewicz @mikekoncewicz.bsky.social · 29d

So many institutions have folded this year without any proof that a majority of the public wants this

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Sep 12

UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe

UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...

www.sfchronicle.com

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