Joanne Freeman
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Historian of early US politics & culture; howl re: democracy—a lot. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird & Rosie the Resistance Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
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America at 250: A History - YouTube
This one-time-only course examines U.S. history from 1776 to the present, in advance of the nation's semiquincentennial (or 250th birthday) in 2026. Taught j...
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Hey folks--
I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go.
The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go.
The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I watched all seven seasons of Nurse Jackie.
No spoilers.
But…I’m happy for my martini.
No spoilers.
But…I’m happy for my martini.
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I watched all seven seasons of Nurse Jackie.
No spoilers.
But…I’m happy for my martini.
No spoilers.
But…I’m happy for my martini.
I have been through a lot this semester. More to come down the road.
I have one week left of class.
And I am enjoying an almost-done-with-the-semester martini.
In that spirit: Happy Thanksgiving to all! ❤️🦃🦜
I have one week left of class.
And I am enjoying an almost-done-with-the-semester martini.
In that spirit: Happy Thanksgiving to all! ❤️🦃🦜
November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I have been through a lot this semester. More to come down the road.
I have one week left of class.
And I am enjoying an almost-done-with-the-semester martini.
In that spirit: Happy Thanksgiving to all! ❤️🦃🦜
I have one week left of class.
And I am enjoying an almost-done-with-the-semester martini.
In that spirit: Happy Thanksgiving to all! ❤️🦃🦜
It. Is. Murder.
I worked these issues with Todd.
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
He knows what he’s talking about.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It. Is. Murder.
Reposted by Joanne Freeman
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
Oops.
Should have said: at 10AM ET!
Should have said: at 10AM ET!
Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”
There ARE Things To Give Thanks For!
Join us!
We’ll be using the link below!
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
There ARE Things To Give Thanks For!
Join us!
We’ll be using the link below!
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Dr. Joanne Freeman
Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Oops.
Should have said: at 10AM ET!
Should have said: at 10AM ET!
Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”
There ARE Things To Give Thanks For!
Join us!
We’ll be using the link below!
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
There ARE Things To Give Thanks For!
Join us!
We’ll be using the link below!
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Dr. Joanne Freeman
Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...
m.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Tomorrow on my live webcast “History Matters:”
There ARE Things To Give Thanks For!
Join us!
We’ll be using the link below!
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
There ARE Things To Give Thanks For!
Join us!
We’ll be using the link below!
m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
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Publishing in February from @sunypress.bsky.social , a co-edited volume with the wonderful Lisa DiBartolomeo. It contains 25 chapters from an outstanding group of authors, and each one is a certified banger. 🙂✊
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
The Campus Crisis Toolkit
sunypress.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Publishing in February from @sunypress.bsky.social , a co-edited volume with the wonderful Lisa DiBartolomeo. It contains 25 chapters from an outstanding group of authors, and each one is a certified banger. 🙂✊
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
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WOW!
Now they don’t want us to find out where we can get vaccinated: CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Now they don’t want us to find out where we can get vaccinated: CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
“I have heard that they are planning to ‘update it’ and shudder to think what that will mean,” Demetre Daskalakis, a former member of CDC leadership, told NOTUS.
www.notus.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
WOW!
Now they don’t want us to find out where we can get vaccinated: CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Now they don’t want us to find out where we can get vaccinated: CDC Quietly Turned Off Its Vaccine Search Tool. It’s Not Clear When It’s Coming Back.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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Folks, two things can true at the same time.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
National Guard members should never have been deployed in Washington, DC.
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Folks, two things can true at the same time.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
These 2 National Guard members should not have been shot, and it's a disgusting act of violence. And, Trump + Miller have deliberately deployed them to incite division { violence. That's part of Miller's plan. They have no reason to be in our cities.
I hate a few characters on “Nurse Jackie.”
Just saying.
Just saying.
November 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I hate a few characters on “Nurse Jackie.”
Just saying.
Just saying.
Rosie the Peep gave me gifts.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Rosie the Peep gave me gifts.
Spending the day meeting with undergrads in 20 minute Zoom intervals to discuss the rough drafts of their 20-page research papers, which I line-edited.
They’ll be better writers and historians when they leave my class. I’m proud of them.
I’m also pooped.
They’ll be better writers and historians when they leave my class. I’m proud of them.
I’m also pooped.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Spending the day meeting with undergrads in 20 minute Zoom intervals to discuss the rough drafts of their 20-page research papers, which I line-edited.
They’ll be better writers and historians when they leave my class. I’m proud of them.
I’m also pooped.
They’ll be better writers and historians when they leave my class. I’m proud of them.
I’m also pooped.
Reposted by Joanne Freeman
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Here’s a link to the syllabus and the lectures/podcast that David Blight, Beverly Gage, and I are teaching this semester: America at 250: A History.
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Here’s a link to the syllabus and the lectures/podcast that David Blight, Beverly Gage, and I are teaching this semester: America at 250: A History.
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
president.yale.edu/committees-p...
This.
No due process, so your claims don’t matter.
No due process, so your claims don’t matter.
ICE agents tell citizens they don't care their citizens because citizenship doesn't mean anything in a world with racial and demographic profiling and no warrants or other 4th amendment protections. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This.
No due process, so your claims don’t matter.
No due process, so your claims don’t matter.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Good odds!
Good odds!
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Good odds!
Good odds!
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I look forward to this list every year. If you’re a non-tenure-track historian who has published work this year, this is a great opportunity to promote it.
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I look forward to this list every year. If you’re a non-tenure-track historian who has published work this year, this is a great opportunity to promote it.
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Is that good?
NY FED: The rejection rate for all types of credit (auto loan, credit card, credit card limit increase, mortgage, mortgage refinance) over past 12 months rose to a series high of 24.8% in October.
(via Liz Ann Sonders)
(via Liz Ann Sonders)
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Is that good?
Reposted by Joanne Freeman
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Does the BBC think it's improper for a speaker to state their opinion that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history?
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Because I think almost all historians would readily agree that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
Reposted by Joanne Freeman
When they can’t bury the truth at the Capitol, they try to drown it in the river.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
When they can’t bury the truth at the Capitol, they try to drown it in the river.
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES