Annika Brockschmidt
@ardenthistorian.bsky.social
Author @Rowohlt, freelance journalist, senior correspondent Religion Dispatches, writes about Christian Nationalism & Right-Wing Extremism in the US & globally 1/2 of @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social
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„Mit großer Sachkenntnis zeigt Annika Brockschmidt wie die Republikanische Partei im 21. Jahrhundert von jenem extremistischen Tiger gefressen wurde, den zu reiten sie 50 Jahre lang versucht hatte» - @adriandaub.bsky.social über #DieBrandstifter
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Alle Podcasts bekommen eine unbedingte Hörempfehlung, insbesondere @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social mit @rebekkaendler.bsky.social und @ardenthistorian.bsky.social sowie der Bätchcast mit @anjaruetzel.bsky.social und @ardenthistorian.bsky.social.
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Alle Podcasts bekommen eine unbedingte Hörempfehlung, insbesondere @femshelfcontrol.bsky.social mit @rebekkaendler.bsky.social und @ardenthistorian.bsky.social sowie der Bätchcast mit @anjaruetzel.bsky.social und @ardenthistorian.bsky.social.
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Der Bätchcast gehört aktuell so fest zu meinem Alltag dass @anjaruetzel.bsky.social genau in dem Moment als mein Vibrationsalarm losging fragte "Hörst du was brummen, Annika?" (@ardenthistorian.bsky.social)
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Der Bätchcast gehört aktuell so fest zu meinem Alltag dass @anjaruetzel.bsky.social genau in dem Moment als mein Vibrationsalarm losging fragte "Hörst du was brummen, Annika?" (@ardenthistorian.bsky.social)
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The OR GOP influencer posting this was indicted for felonies he committed on January 6. Those charges were then dropped after Trump was elected. Irony is dead.
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The OR GOP influencer posting this was indicted for felonies he committed on January 6. Those charges were then dropped after Trump was elected. Irony is dead.
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He's not unconscious, he's quiet quitting!
by Ross Douthat
by Ross Douthat
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
He's not unconscious, he's quiet quitting!
by Ross Douthat
by Ross Douthat
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Die Entwicklung der USA zum totalitärem Trumpismus wurde hervorragend von Annika Brockschmidt in ihrem Buch „Die Brandstifter“ beschrieben.
Mehrfachlektüre wird dringend empfohlen.
#buchsky @ardenthistorian.bsky.social
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Mehrfachlektüre wird dringend empfohlen.
#buchsky @ardenthistorian.bsky.social
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Die Brandstifter - Annika Brockschmidt | Rowohlt Verlag
«Die Brandstifter» zeichnet die Geschichte der Republikanischen Partei nach und stellt ihre wichtigsten Akteure vor. Dabei wird deutlich, wie porös die...
www.rowohlt.de
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Die Entwicklung der USA zum totalitärem Trumpismus wurde hervorragend von Annika Brockschmidt in ihrem Buch „Die Brandstifter“ beschrieben.
Mehrfachlektüre wird dringend empfohlen.
#buchsky @ardenthistorian.bsky.social
www.rowohlt.de/buch/annika-...
Mehrfachlektüre wird dringend empfohlen.
#buchsky @ardenthistorian.bsky.social
www.rowohlt.de/buch/annika-...
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It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
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December 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If you can, support @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social on Patreon. They’re delivering smart, insightful, deeply-sourced analysis on the gender and sex politics of the Right - and they’re very funny, which makes the topics bearable.
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having a hobby outside of politics has made my brain better tbqh. like. it doesnt make me care less. it makes me able to care instead of being numb.
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
having a hobby outside of politics has made my brain better tbqh. like. it doesnt make me care less. it makes me able to care instead of being numb.
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“In bowling they call it a spare” hell isn’t hot enough
Fox’s Greg Gutfeld on double tap boat strike: “It's just better for us to kill them in the ocean, make them shark feed, be done with it”
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
“In bowling they call it a spare” hell isn’t hot enough
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Doubling down, Hegseth does not just deny that he is accountable in any way, but even said that these attacks have "only just begun.”
I just can’t imagine this is gonna play out the way he thinks it is. A federal report on “signalgate” is also about to be released.
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
I just can’t imagine this is gonna play out the way he thinks it is. A federal report on “signalgate” is also about to be released.
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Hegseth says he missed survivors in boat strike as scrutiny mounts - UPI.com
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cited "the fog of war" in justifying a military strike that killed two survivors of an alleged drug boat.
www.upi.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Doubling down, Hegseth does not just deny that he is accountable in any way, but even said that these attacks have "only just begun.”
I just can’t imagine this is gonna play out the way he thinks it is. A federal report on “signalgate” is also about to be released.
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
I just can’t imagine this is gonna play out the way he thinks it is. A federal report on “signalgate” is also about to be released.
www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
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Feucht out this giving Tuesday with the official launch of the “Roots of Revival Tour” . New year-same old Sean. This time hitting up some historical sites of previous revivals. In the full video he dabbles in the black robe regiment myth- one of his favorites.
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Feucht out this giving Tuesday with the official launch of the “Roots of Revival Tour” . New year-same old Sean. This time hitting up some historical sites of previous revivals. In the full video he dabbles in the black robe regiment myth- one of his favorites.
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Ultimately there are just a lot of people who are looking for a politics that allows them to engage in this kind of sadism, but we shouldn’t allow them to turn around and pretend that they have actual morals without pointing out the obvious, that they just want blood bsky.app/profile/acco...
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ultimately there are just a lot of people who are looking for a politics that allows them to engage in this kind of sadism, but we shouldn’t allow them to turn around and pretend that they have actual morals without pointing out the obvious, that they just want blood bsky.app/profile/acco...
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That Hegseth is an eager proponent of war crimes and those who commit them is not news, but damnit its still wild that we will do things like confirm a Sec of Defense that writes about encouraging his men to violate the laws of war and JAG legal instructions
Hegseth told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement. The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he sharply disparaged the Geneva and Hague Conventions.
Pete Hegseth told US soldiers in Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement
Defense secretary shares anecdote in The War on Warriors and rails against ‘rules and regulations’ governing war
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
That Hegseth is an eager proponent of war crimes and those who commit them is not news, but damnit its still wild that we will do things like confirm a Sec of Defense that writes about encouraging his men to violate the laws of war and JAG legal instructions
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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I am going to remind u now of my 2019 scoop: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-frie...
Fox News Host Pete Hegseth Privately Lobbied Trump to Pardon Accused War Criminals
The president isn’t just watching the network, he’s taking policy advice from its morning hosts.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I am going to remind u now of my 2019 scoop: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-frie...
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Andererseits, vielleicht kann die Autorin ihre Thesen das nächste mal in der Süddeutschen unterbringen, die haben am selben Tag diesen Artikel gebracht und brauchen ja dann nächste Woche noch einmal dieselbe Soße
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Andererseits, vielleicht kann die Autorin ihre Thesen das nächste mal in der Süddeutschen unterbringen, die haben am selben Tag diesen Artikel gebracht und brauchen ja dann nächste Woche noch einmal dieselbe Soße
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Es ist wirklich so doll. In den imaginiertem Traumata der Anti-Woke-Krieger rufen sie buchstäblich die immer gleichen Anekdoten auf. Und die Zeitungen drucken es immer wieder als cklickbaitender, therapeutischer Anti-Journalismus.
Und dann auch noch neues Datenmaterial: von dem Fall hatte ich vorher in den Medien noch gar nichts gehört!
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Es ist wirklich so doll. In den imaginiertem Traumata der Anti-Woke-Krieger rufen sie buchstäblich die immer gleichen Anekdoten auf. Und die Zeitungen drucken es immer wieder als cklickbaitender, therapeutischer Anti-Journalismus.
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Find das ganz im Ernst eine sehr gute und klare Definition: Wokeness ist, wenn jemand Ansprüche auf Mindeststandards im respektvollen Umgang mit ihm stellt, den ich als dessen nicht würdig ansehe.
Weil Ihr immer mault, dass Leute, die sich über „Wokeness“ beklagen, den Terminus nie richtig definieren: hier liefert ein „Interview über Wokeness“ endlich mal eine Anekdote, die ganz clare et distincte erklärt, was gemeint ist
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Find das ganz im Ernst eine sehr gute und klare Definition: Wokeness ist, wenn jemand Ansprüche auf Mindeststandards im respektvollen Umgang mit ihm stellt, den ich als dessen nicht würdig ansehe.
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This plug-and-play discourse seems not just intended to keep a certain emotional response (or perhaps better moral panic) going well past its sell-by date. It also seems intended to reactivate its basic underlying world view without having to go through the trouble of actually articulating it. (4/4)
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This plug-and-play discourse seems not just intended to keep a certain emotional response (or perhaps better moral panic) going well past its sell-by date. It also seems intended to reactivate its basic underlying world view without having to go through the trouble of actually articulating it. (4/4)
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Everything looks like betrayal of a storied tradition if you have the memory of a fucking gerbil.
December 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Everything looks like betrayal of a storied tradition if you have the memory of a fucking gerbil.
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I’d say this was a fun conversation but it was not. Listen to this podcast to learn more about how the Christian Right in the US uses the crusades and medieval nostalgia #medievalsky
New ep.: @profgabriele.com explains the Crusade's role in the imaginary of the Right and how bad history has shaped modern views of the Crusades. We discuss how they serve as a projection screen for current political aims, and how Islamophobia features. (Intro in German, interview in English!)
USAUpdate 251: Die Kreuzzüge und die amerikanische Rechte - mit Matthew Gabriele
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December 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’d say this was a fun conversation but it was not. Listen to this podcast to learn more about how the Christian Right in the US uses the crusades and medieval nostalgia #medievalsky
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so I'm glad that this is getting more attention - the far right's obsession with the crusades is way more than just Hegseth's white supremacist tattoos
in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
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in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
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🧵 Every year since Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix began, there has been an afterparty hosted by the Republicans for National Renewal fascists which brings together more of the extreme right that hangs around AmFest and multiple local elected officials. This year is no different…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
so I'm glad that this is getting more attention - the far right's obsession with the crusades is way more than just Hegseth's white supremacist tattoos
in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
1/
in this THREAD I'll collect some of my own recent work on how the American right has used the crusades
1/
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Long Thread
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Long Thread
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
Ich will mal was erzählen, was mit dem Sprechen über Rechts zu tun hat. Beschäftigt mich viel.
Ich hab neulich einen Workshop zu Digitalfaschismus gegeben.
Vor mir war ein Redner der über völkische Siedlerbewegungen informiert.
Unfortunately, the conversation @profgabriele.com and I recently had about the crusades and their role in the worldview and political project of the current US Right remains relevant. bsky.app/profile/arde...
Wrote about it:
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Unfortunately, the conversation @profgabriele.com and I recently had about the crusades and their role in the worldview and political project of the current US Right remains relevant. bsky.app/profile/arde...
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Neue Ep. des #USAUpdate (kostenfrei): @profgabriele.com erklärt, welche Rolle die Kreuzzüge & schlechte Geschichtsschreibung in der polit. Weltsicht der US-Rechten (& darüber hinaus) spielen, wie sie als Projektionsfläche dienen, wie Islamfeindlichkeit hier als kultureller Rahmen aufgemacht wird
USAUpdate 251: Die Kreuzzüge und die amerikanische Rechte - mit Matthew Gabriele
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Neue Ep. des #USAUpdate (kostenfrei): @profgabriele.com erklärt, welche Rolle die Kreuzzüge & schlechte Geschichtsschreibung in der polit. Weltsicht der US-Rechten (& darüber hinaus) spielen, wie sie als Projektionsfläche dienen, wie Islamfeindlichkeit hier als kultureller Rahmen aufgemacht wird