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Studying 20th century German history. Bibliophile.🐱mom. Just a midwest gal screaming into the void. She/her. Insufferable STL sports fan. 🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🟧✊🏻

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · Feb 4

I think we all need to hear this today, RIP John Lewis 💛

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Morgan Freeman Reads the Last Words of John Lewis

Podcast Episode · Into America · 07/31/2020 · 7m

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 11h

Everyone hates him, he’s our Ted Cruz

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 19h

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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Mike Innocenzi @pantagrapher.bsky.social · 12h

“If Trump can’t be king you don’t get paid” should test great with audiences.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 15h

Republican efforts to wipe out medical research in the U.S., to take a trillion dollars away from hospitals, & to eradicate health insurance access are integral to the eugenic fantasies of their fascist project. All expressions of the same fascist ideology.

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 15h

Anyone else's nervous system constantly at a 20, no matter what you do to calm that sick, twisting pit in your stomach? Or is it just me? 🙃

b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 15h

When you've lost the CATO institute ......

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 15h

"This unfettered authority for immigration and customs enforcement and border patrol to just grab people and detain them and then demand that they prove their right to be here." @davidjbier.bsky.social and @pgeddington.com podcast on the roots of ICE chaos in the streets

Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution

Featuring David J. Bier and Patrick G. Eddington

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 15h

This CBS fluff piece on Netanyahu is truly disgusting. Not even a full two weeks into Weiss's bs promotion and the Zionism is bleeding through. He deserves a trial at the Hague, along with Biden and other Western leaders. Not a softball interview with fucking Tony.

b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 15h

Let us continue on with the yee old tradition of punching a Nazi whenever you see one in the wild.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d

I strongly urge you to read this interview with @alaskawx.bsky.social who has unique insight and perspective on the catastrophic surge event in western Alaska I wrote about with his help.

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 15h

My god lmao

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

No notes

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 16h

Remember how under Biden the press said this was the biggest issue ever but how now under Trump it’s barely mentioned? Yeah.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h

A grocery store clerk in Chicago says shoppers see prices “and say, ‘What the f—? .. It happens all the time.”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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dogemperor (PLAY NEO:TWEWY, ZEPTOGRAMS) @dogemperor.bsky.social · 1d

This is where I will note that people are doing exactly the Right Thing in both coming out in massive popular protest *and* remaining peaceful about it, even to the point of banishment by laughter (the inflatable costumes at anti-ICE protests)

And there's a historical lesson as to why.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 1d

Lolol this is pathetic, he can’t even keep his fake stories straight. Is it antifa or no kings activists that shut down the government? Or is it the party in power? Who’s putting on the protests, is it soros, antifa or no kings?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 1d

Another excellent example of neoliberalism and how it brought us here

Lamentably Undead @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 1d

Elon Musk acquired the majority of his wealth under Biden.

Liberalism not only enabled a fascist becoming the richest person alive, with all the power that brings, it also has no solution to oligarchy beyond blaming the public for not voting hard enough.

b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 1d

@cbsnews.com completely ignored what’s happening in Alaska because the east coast is apparently more important to all the puppets at the network. Despite peoples homes being literally swept away while some families are still inside of them.

MSM is a fucking joke

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 1d

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 1d

So musk is now paying for Robinson and the Tate brothers defenses.

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 1d

It must be so hard to be a member of the censored left behind rebels, only getting constant coverage and the support of the wealthiest people on earth...

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

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Chris Luchini @drbooom.bsky.social · 1d

Let's talk about flashbangs.

FBs are extraordinarily dangerous devices. A Couple of decades ago I worked on a project to try to make them safer. The primary result of that research was to produce pyrotechnics that reduced flame temperature, and increased gas volume.

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 1d

I have zero sympathy for this realization, she knew exactly who the men in that party were when she bought her seat in 2020.

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

Marjorie Taylor Greene, tearing into her own party, says GOP men in Congress are ‘weak’

“There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women,” Greene said
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, tearing into her own party, says GOP men in Congress are ‘weak’

“There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women,” Greene said.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
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Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 2d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 2d

"For someone who once left the mainstream media in rebellion against ideological diktat, this is surely a bittersweet triumph." www.thebulwark.com/p/bari-weiss...

Bari Weiss, CBS News, and the Triumph of Faux Balance

The record of the Free Press shows her journey from independent to MAGA fellow traveler.

www.thebulwark.com

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b 🌻 @historynerd19.bsky.social · 2d

The true American way. Mocking fascists in style.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 2d

Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction

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Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky.
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tion.
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