Horror Tor, friend of Union ghosts
@splitrailfence.bsky.social
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Civil War historian. Wide Awake Progressive. Retired from social studies, financial analysis, and small business. Traveled over 50k US miles for my research. Nature knows best and intends no ill will.
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stephenwest.bsky.social
But you shouldn't be too surprised when they say stuff like this:

"You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today."
I don’t want to take any guidance at all from the secular society around us. And the reason I don’t is they killed 60 million babies. I don’t want to hear any more lectures from these people about slavery. You were better off being a Black person in Charleston, S.C., in 1850, when they had an operating slave market than being conceived as a Black baby in New York City or Baltimore today.
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Wednesday is gonna be a rough day:

The Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in a pair of cases that threaten what little remains of the federal government’s ability to protect voters from racial gerrymandering under the Voting Rights Act

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/louis...
Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act
In Louisiana v Callais, John Roberts will have the chance to finish his decades-long war on. voting rights.
ballsandstrikes.org
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
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laurenfturek.bsky.social
The National Museum of American Diplomacy has several diplomacy simulations with great primary sources and instructions. I tried the Suez Canal crisis simulation today in US Foreign Relations and it went really well! It seems workable for a range of levels, too. diplomacy.state.gov/teacher-reso... 🗃️
Suez Canal Crisis: National Sovereignty versus International Access to Waterways - The National Museum of American Diplomacy
On July 26, 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nassar nationalized the Suez Canal, intending to take control of the canal’s operation and its revenue.
diplomacy.state.gov
splitrailfence.bsky.social
I feel similar about Chaucer. The tales that involve flatulence on hands and in faces, and the reasons for such things, are some of the funniest things to me. The juxta of high stuff with low brow just rubs it right.
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michaeljkramer.bsky.social
Why are there so few (none?) news stories about individual ICE agents themselves? Who they are, what motivates them, any moral dilemmas they face? Why aren’t protesters trying to get some to speak out?
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marisakabas.bsky.social
fwiw @jsweetli.bsky.social and i did this story about a park police officer working alongside ICE. www.thehandbasket.co/p/parks-offi...

i believe we don’t hear more of these stories because ICE agents are the truest believers in this administration. we’re not seeing cracks bc there aren’t many.
Officer repeatedly seen on camera in DC crackdown shows Trump agents' impunity
US Park Police officer Patrick O’Hanlon isn’t unique in his behavior. He just got caught.
www.thehandbasket.co
splitrailfence.bsky.social
He and my other international connections don't need me to tell them. They know more about America than most Americans know about themselves and their own country.
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sarahtaber.bsky.social
If you've been thinking "How are they gonna run their farms after Trump arrests their workers?"

don't worry, they planned ahead for that 💀

youtu.be/zdWrHb8b-c0
ICE Raids Are Only Half The Story
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
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lexingtonalarm.bsky.social
We're excited to announce that
@billmckibben.bsky.social will be joining us at Oct. 18 in #Lexington, MA. Hope you do, too!
#nokings #notyranny #resistance #democracy
splitrailfence.bsky.social
The friend has pointed that out, and indicates it adds to what he perceives as the arrogance of Trump and those like him.
He also has expressed concern, sadness, sorrow over the complexities of his home region, which he knows, of course, Trump cannot comprehend.
splitrailfence.bsky.social
At first I said "that's a weird halloween pumpkin contest entry."
splitrailfence.bsky.social
Get 'em, Marimar Martinez
🕯️Wide Awake
jonseidel.bsky.social
From a motion just filed by Chris Parente, attorney for Marimar Martinez. She's the woman shot by U.S. Border Patrol in Chicago before being charged with assault.

"The credibility of DHS agents … will be the focal point of the defense at trial."

Background: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
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cshaplaw.bsky.social
www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/shad...
"A lot of attention has (appropriately) focused on the Supreme Court’s virtual reversal of Humphrey’s Executor on the shadow docket. ... It is doing the same to Clinton v. City of New York, the 1998 case that struck down the Line Item Veto Act ..." 1/
Shadow overruling: it’s not just for Humphrey’s Executor
Cases and Controversies is a recurring series by Carolyn Shapiro, primarily focusing on the effects of the Supreme Court’s rulings, opinions, and procedures on the law, on other institutions, and on [...
www.scotusblog.com
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splitrailfence.bsky.social
I saw the Whoopee! on Broadway and heard the song "Makin' Whoopee!" and knew what it meant, but only who we younguns called "oldsters" ever said it. This was near the end of the phrase as mainstream.
splitrailfence.bsky.social
Appreciate this fairly fugitive landscape brought to the fore. It led to quotas & Sacco + Vanzetti & were fueled by anti-Catholic + anti-Socialist (anti-immigrant) sentiment. Wan Lee & other Chinese also suffered mob assaults. First daylight Klan march is Milo (Catholic, industry) MAINE, 1920s.
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bfwriter.bsky.social
oh, wow. I was curious if this happened in New Orleans with our Sicilian population, and yep.

never forget that monolithic whiteness is a recent invention, and certain nationalities were initially excluded.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1891_Ne...
splitrailfence.bsky.social
In knowing this person online for four years, I've never heard about the disgust with Russians.
In the last four months, it's a lot of "Trump needs to stay the fuck out of our business" and "not happy with America."

I'm hist and spec fic, so topics inform my narratives, and it sparks him to speak.
splitrailfence.bsky.social
What Bessent is saying, then, is Kings = paychecks.
Huh.
That's not in any of the history I've studied and taught my entire life.
Also, I can't think of one Dem or liberal I've heard/I know who "plays down" this current shutdown.
For a man of few words and no inspiration, he sure lies a lot.
splitrailfence.bsky.social
Someone in my writer's group Zooms from Thailand. He reports that citizens there are very upset with Trump for thinking he has a right to be involved in SE Asia disputes to use as antecedent padding for awards--pretty much the words the writer/friend said. People in his country hate Trump & say so.
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jbf1755.bsky.social
Folks:

There are going to be a LOT of inflatable animal costumes marching on Saturday. 🙃
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shipwreckspod.bsky.social
The Battle of Valcour Island took place on Lake Champlain from 11 Oct - 13 Oct 1776 and was one of the first naval battles of the American War of Independence. (1/4)🧵

#history #OTD #militaryhistory #navalhistory #maritimehistory #skystorians