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The Crewe of the Fancy

@thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social

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I am a dad, historian, historical tailor, veteran, author, and a History Youtuber. I cover 17th century history, material culture, law, politics, and economics, with a focus on pirates. Fuck Trump! Fuck ICE! www.youtube.com/@thecreweofthefancy

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · Jan 21

Protect historical documents- digitize them, send them to colleagues outside the US, etc. Create a situation where no amount of deleting or burning will destroy them.

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 2h

I don't trust him and neither do a lot of Pennsylvanians. Our leaders need to do better.

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 2h

I need to clarify that Dauphin County is where Harrisburg is. So whenever I'm calling out nonsense in Dauphin County, keep in mind this is in the Governor's backyard. When he claims to be fighting for the people and promotes AI and has this stuff happening/

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Judge orders eviction for Dauphin County nonprofit fighting PennDOT

The Swatara Township non-profit lost its battle against PennDOT's eminent domain acquisition for the $1 billion I-83 Capital Beltway Project.

www.pennlive.com

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 2h

Your remark has me thinking just how out of touch he truly is.

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 2h

I am hard pressed to find videos of Trump driving even though he claims he can, but uses the secret service excuse. Biden on the other hand apparently does and has used the Secret Service practice track. Also Biden’s cars are working class cool, classics, that normal people can acquire.

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 2h

He strikes me as the sort of person who will get little kids who try to fish the ponds near his golf courses arrested.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 5h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 3h

Found a few of his social media accounts...can't confirm what we all are probably thinking, but given his job choices and one profile bashing a college education, we can make some educated guesses.

This is the sort of quality hired by prisons in PA, btw.

local21news.com/news/local/w...

WATCH | SCI Camp Hill officer suspended after arrest for alleged child sex crimes

A Lewisberry corrections officer has been suspended without pay after a recent video of his arrest went viral on social media.Robert Burkholder, 36,

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 3h

Oh no. Anyway....

www.abc27.com/spotlight-pa...

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 4h

Wang is now my favorite pirate.

The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 4h

A band of pirate cats led by a tailless cat called Wang terrorises a neighbourhood. New York Times, 1916.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 4h

At this point 99% of Americans need the Eagle Team.

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 4h

"There seems to be a direct and formal design on foot, to enslave all America. This, however, must be done by degrees. The first step that is intended, seems to be an entire subversion of the whole system of our fathers, by the introduction of the canon and feudal law into America."
-John Adams 1765

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 4h

"The encroachments upon liberty in the reigns of the first James and the first Charles, by turning the general attention of learned men to government, are said to have produced the greatest number of consummate statesmen which has ever been seen in any age or nation."

-John Adams

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

Pssst historians with a horse in this race....

American Historical Association @historians.org · 13h

The AHA, @socialstudies.org, and @oah.org encourage our members and other supporters of a full account of history to submit comments on the proposed patriotic education funding priority by October 17, 2025. Learn more and take action here 🗃️:

Action Alert: Submit Comments on Proposed Patriotic Education Funding Priority

The American Historical Association (AHA), National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), and Organization of American Historians (OAH) jointly encourage our members and other supporters of a full ac...

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

Or, now here me out, maybe Russia should have stayed IN Russia. Kinds like he should have stayed in Rikers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "It's a war that Russia should've won in the first week."

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

Good point. Captain Kidd was more legal than he is now, so he really has to bend reality somehow.

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

And there we go with low IQ remarks toward women.

He looks like somebody peed down the front of his suit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

The Coasties have helicopters and lethal capabilities for a reason.

They have been pretty dang successful at their job since they were the Revenue Cutters in the 1790s, before officially becoming the Coast Guard in 1915.

I normally pick on Puddle Pirates, but come on!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Why not have the Coast Guard interdict Venezuelan boats?

TRUMP: Because we've been doing that for 30 years and it's been totally ineffective. They have faster boats.

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

The out of touch rich moron seems to think when people are talking about fisherman, he thinks they are talking about Jim Bob heading out with the bass boat to land him a big 'un and not like people who literally feed their families and pay their bills through fishing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "I don't know about the fishing industry. If you want to go fishing, a lot of people aren't deciding to go fishing."

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The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

Can somebody in the media please ask him what he thinks "asylum" as an immigration term means?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Q: Why did you authorize the CIA to go into Venezuela?

TRUMP: They have emptied their prisons into the US. Prisoners from mental institutions, insane asylums ...

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 5h

Nobody calls him the Terminator...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "They call him Terminator but he's actually a very nice person -- Russell Vought. But Russell Vought is really terminating tremendous numbers of Democrat projects."

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 6h

Owning a Canadian-made car, I don't think Dodge/Mopar/Stellantis as a company is worthy of the quality Canada can produce.

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 7h

Ok that reference just cracked me up, I was always bringing my hollow body guitar to that class because I had a regular gig at a Blues Club afterward.

The Crewe of the Fancy @thecreweofthefancy.bsky.social · 7h

Oh good, it's not "that" tall. I was starting to imagine a naturally swaying sky scraper with all that nonsense and got myself feeling queasy enough to Google it.