Mike Koncewicz
@mikekoncewicz.bsky.social
Political Historian of the 1960s and 1970s, Associate Director of NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge (@ipk.bsky.social), Author of They Said No to Nixon and Tom Hayden Biography (forthcoming).
A reminder that my book qualifies as Dad History, meaning it's the perfect Xmas gift for a parent who is obsessed with Richard Nixon: www.ucpress.edu/books/they-s...
They Said No to Nixon by Michael Koncewicz - Paper
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December 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A reminder that my book qualifies as Dad History, meaning it's the perfect Xmas gift for a parent who is obsessed with Richard Nixon: www.ucpress.edu/books/they-s...
We shouldn’t be arguing about the second strike. It’s largely a distraction from the illegality of the whole operation.
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We shouldn’t be arguing about the second strike. It’s largely a distraction from the illegality of the whole operation.
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Tonight at IPK: Conscious Lee and @chenjerai.bsky.social discuss Conscious Lee’s approach to storytelling and how his work promotes understandings of justice through accessible public political education. Co-sponsored by NYU Journalism and IPK's Race and Public Space Working Group.
December 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Tonight at IPK: Conscious Lee and @chenjerai.bsky.social discuss Conscious Lee’s approach to storytelling and how his work promotes understandings of justice through accessible public political education. Co-sponsored by NYU Journalism and IPK's Race and Public Space Working Group.
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I'm featured in this piece as one of the historians who are monitoring the latest wave of Nixon revisionism. You can add Michael Knowles to the growing list of conservatives who are defending Tricky Dick's honor. nbcnews.com/politics/pol... @nbcnews.com
The campaign to make Richard Nixon great again
The late president, who resigned in disgrace in 1974, actually wasn’t a crook, pundits on the right argue.
nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I'm featured in this piece as one of the historians who are monitoring the latest wave of Nixon revisionism. You can add Michael Knowles to the growing list of conservatives who are defending Tricky Dick's honor. nbcnews.com/politics/pol... @nbcnews.com
Reposted by Mike Koncewicz
I'm featured in this piece as one of the historians who are monitoring the latest wave of Nixon revisionism. You can add Michael Knowles to the growing list of conservatives who are defending Tricky Dick's honor. nbcnews.com/politics/pol... @nbcnews.com
The campaign to make Richard Nixon great again
The late president, who resigned in disgrace in 1974, actually wasn’t a crook, pundits on the right argue.
nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I'm featured in this piece as one of the historians who are monitoring the latest wave of Nixon revisionism. You can add Michael Knowles to the growing list of conservatives who are defending Tricky Dick's honor. nbcnews.com/politics/pol... @nbcnews.com
In a 2007 interview with Jean Stein, Tom Hayden captured how many in the white New Left felt about the Black Panthers.
"The Panthers were glorified in a good way for being heroic, like martyrs, like Saint Sebastian, Saint Michael, and the Catholics who stood up to the Romans."
"The Panthers were glorified in a good way for being heroic, like martyrs, like Saint Sebastian, Saint Michael, and the Catholics who stood up to the Romans."
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In a 2007 interview with Jean Stein, Tom Hayden captured how many in the white New Left felt about the Black Panthers.
"The Panthers were glorified in a good way for being heroic, like martyrs, like Saint Sebastian, Saint Michael, and the Catholics who stood up to the Romans."
"The Panthers were glorified in a good way for being heroic, like martyrs, like Saint Sebastian, Saint Michael, and the Catholics who stood up to the Romans."
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Join IPK on November 17 for a book talk with @chelseaebin.bsky.social. She will discuss her new book The Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building with @joelowndes.bsky.social.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Join IPK on November 17 for a book talk with @chelseaebin.bsky.social. She will discuss her new book The Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building with @joelowndes.bsky.social.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Too many Democrats struggle when confronted by protestors. The party should develop some sort of a training session that will cut down on the condescension.
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Too many Democrats struggle when confronted by protestors. The party should develop some sort of a training session that will cut down on the condescension.
So how are people going to talk about the Epstein emails in their classes? I'm teaching a class on the American presidency...
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
So how are people going to talk about the Epstein emails in their classes? I'm teaching a class on the American presidency...
The Epstein-Trump emails make it even clearer that too many mainstream journalists failed to make Epstein an issue in 2015/2016.
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Epstein-Trump emails make it even clearer that too many mainstream journalists failed to make Epstein an issue in 2015/2016.
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Join IPK on November 12 for an event with @dlondonwortel.bsky.social. He will discuss his book The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981 with Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Kim Phillips-Fein.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Join IPK on November 12 for an event with @dlondonwortel.bsky.social. He will discuss his book The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981 with Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Kim Phillips-Fein.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Moderates have been lecturing progressives and the left to celebrate Obamacare for the last 15 years....And then eight moderate Democratic senators signed off on gutting it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Moderates have been lecturing progressives and the left to celebrate Obamacare for the last 15 years....And then eight moderate Democratic senators signed off on gutting it.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
The best argument against a shutdown was that the Democrats didn’t have the kind of leadership that could actually handle one without caving
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The best argument against a shutdown was that the Democrats didn’t have the kind of leadership that could actually handle one without caving
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OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”
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Join IPK on November 10 for a discussion on what’s happened to youth sports in America with Vassar College professor William Hoynes, Executive Director of the Downtown United Soccer Club Kevin McCarthy, and head coach of NYU men’s soccer team Kim Wyant.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Join IPK on November 10 for a discussion on what’s happened to youth sports in America with Vassar College professor William Hoynes, Executive Director of the Downtown United Soccer Club Kevin McCarthy, and head coach of NYU men’s soccer team Kim Wyant.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
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What can NYC's history tell us about the roots of Zohran's win, what challenges he'll face, and how he can best meet them?
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my book "The Menace of Prosperity"
See you there!
shorturl.at/hPJ3x
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my book "The Menace of Prosperity"
See you there!
shorturl.at/hPJ3x
Book Talk | Daniel Wortel-London | The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981 – Institute for Public Knowledge
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November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What can NYC's history tell us about the roots of Zohran's win, what challenges he'll face, and how he can best meet them?
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my book "The Menace of Prosperity"
See you there!
shorturl.at/hPJ3x
Join Kim Phillips-Fein, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and myself next Wednesday as we discuss these topics and my book "The Menace of Prosperity"
See you there!
shorturl.at/hPJ3x
You can say a lot of things about DSA, but their story is significantly different than SDS’s.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You can say a lot of things about DSA, but their story is significantly different than SDS’s.
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For all the talk of gentrifiers, the only neighborhoods that Cuomo is winning are mostly white or Asian. Zohran cleaned up in heavily Black and Latino areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New York City Mayoral Election Live Results 2025: Mamdani Wins
Get live results and maps from the 2025 New York City mayoral election.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
For all the talk of gentrifiers, the only neighborhoods that Cuomo is winning are mostly white or Asian. Zohran cleaned up in heavily Black and Latino areas. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A big night for people who remember recent history
a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone at a podium that says governor andrew m. cuomo
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is speaking into a microphone at a podium that says governor andrew m. cuomo
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November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A big night for people who remember recent history
You don't get Donald Trump without Dick Cheney's wars, violations of civil liberties, and push to recreate the imperial presidency.
November 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
You don't get Donald Trump without Dick Cheney's wars, violations of civil liberties, and push to recreate the imperial presidency.
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Join IPK on November 5 for a book talk with Michael A. McCarthy. He will discuss his book The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It) with Shahin Vallée.
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Join IPK on November 5 for a book talk with Michael A. McCarthy. He will discuss his book The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It) with Shahin Vallée.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM