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Colin Woodard
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Director, Nationhood Lab, @PellCenter.bsky.social - Salve Regina University. Author, American Nations, American Character, Union, Republic of Pirates, and others. www.colinwoodard.com and www.nationhoodlab.org

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Colin Strohn Woodard is an American journalist and writer known for his books American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (2011), The Republic of Pirates (2007), and The Lobster Coast (2004), a cultural and environmental history of coastal Maine. He is known for his writing that examines how the historically distinct regional cultures of America shape its current politics, society and health status. .. more

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 11h
Sen. Jack Reed, top Dem on Armed Services Committee, lashes Hegseth for censoring the Pentagon press corps:

“It speaks volumes that so many respected outlets have refused to sign this misguided order. Mr. Hegseth and his team have missed the mark legally and morally."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Trump: "I had a very wealthy person who called -- a donor, a great gentleman -- and he said, 'if there's any money necessary, shortfall, for the paying of the troops, then I will pay it.' Meaning he will pay it. How about that?"
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 16h
Completely predictable result, but, then, the Post’s owner couldn’t care less if it makes money or has any readers beyond the guys in the White House.
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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 18h
My pleasure - thanks for having me.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 19h
Thank you! You may have seen this, but it did get a Brazilian Portuguese edition too (tell your friends!) www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/Coli...
A República dos Piratas - Série Crossbones (Em Portuguese do Brasil)
Amazon.com: A República dos Piratas - Série Crossbones (Em Portuguese do Brasil): 9788542802771: Colin Woodard: Books
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Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Mark Rice, Colin Woodard , and 1 more

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 21h
This is exactly right: it's real violence, but a performance at the same time
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d
Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
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Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Richard S.J. Tol, Brendan Nyhan , and 14 more

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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d
Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...
The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay
Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.
www.forbes.com
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Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Rebecca Solnit, David R. Miller , and 2 more

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d
Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie
Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle HIS TRIUMPH by ERIC CORTELLESSA THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED by EHUD BARAK HOW GAZA HEALS
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Pete Coe @petecoevo.bsky.social · 1d
Hey @colinwoodard.bsky.social thanks for being on the pod w/ @petedominick.bsky.social & we hope everyone reads all of your books. A Monday news & audio roundup plus this awesome guest await to start your work week off right! Christopher who? Ears engage! standupwithpete.com/1458-colin-w...
1458 Colin Woodard + News & Clips | Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
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Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Efrén O. Pérez, Michael D. McDonald , and 3 more

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 1d
ICE agents blocked an ambulance that was trying to take an injured protester to hospital.

"We are still not being allowed to leave by ICE officers.” an EMT said on radio

When driver tried to get out, an agent yelled, "DON’T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN, I WILL SHOOT YOU"

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Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver
Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
I’m just going to toss out there that the English world (and American colonies) was on a different calendar than Spain and France for quite a while too, throwing all kinds of dates off.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
Do Christmas next!
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
Canadians have discovered spicy foods, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social reports: www.cbc.ca/radio/costof...
Restaurants are bringing the heat as spicy dishes attract trend-chasing customers | CBC Radio
Never mind plain old burgers and fries: Young foodies want flaming hot chicken and el diablo chimichangas. And restaurants desperately trying to hold onto customers are happy to oblige.
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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 2d
He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe
The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d
DOGE laid off the Smoking Man and his whole department.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d
Just here to help ratio you, as requested.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
I love that it's no "tyrants" day on account of King Charles.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d
“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
Threatening Canada and Greenland with annexation too.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 3d
It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
Susan Collins voted to confirm this madman.
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NPR @npr.org · 3d
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d
Trump cites a murderous war criminal to attack the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision. Truly absurd and disturbing. And narcissism of a pathological degree.
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NPR @npr.org · 3d
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary
Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
How do you come up with this frame for a guy who's ordering the murder of people at sea, threatens to invade Greenland and annex Canada, and who has bullied his way into ruining alliances with our closest allies? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
The Trump Split Screen: A Peacemaker Abroad, a Retribution Campaign at Home
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Reposted by Rebecca Tushnet, Colin Woodard

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 4d
New: Judge Perry's ruling against Texas troops in Chicago is a banger.

1. Invokes Hamilton
2. Rips into ICE for lying
3. Says "law enforcement officers who go into an event expecting 'a shitshow' are much more likely to experience one than those who go into the event prepared to de-escalate it.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d
1. Right-wing Maine propaganda outlet run by Russia-linked guy convicted of failing to register as foreign agent posts b.s. story about Dem lawmaker; 2. @pressherald.com & other mainstream outlets run story at face value; 3. There being no evidence, DA drops case. www.pressherald.com/2025/10/09/e...
Maine lawmaker pleads not guilty in election interference case
Rep. Nina Milliken, a Democrat from the Hancock County town of Blue Hill, entered her plea in writing in advance of an arraignment that had been scheduled for Tuesday.
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