Dr. William Horne
@wihorne.bsky.social
Writer. Radical. Historian at UMD. PhD in History from GW. In Case of Emergency: https://tinyurl.com/mvmrcuvk. (he/him)
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Dr. William Horne
@wihorne.bsky.social
· Dec 15
White Americans Fail to Address Their Family Histories
There is a conversation about race that white families are just not having. This is mine.
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As a scholar of white supremacy & Black liberation movements, it's important to me to recall my own family's history supporting slavery & Jim Crow as I do this work. I wrote this piece a few years ago to help me think through how this past both facilitates & informs my research today.
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This piece by @carriealee.bsky.social is one of the most essential things I've read all year. 100% assigning it to my grad students next term. Read it.
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The Soldier in the Illiberal State is a Professional Dead End
The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously
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December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This piece by @carriealee.bsky.social is one of the most essential things I've read all year. 100% assigning it to my grad students next term. Read it.
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
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Oh you mean the culture of white supremacy?
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Oh you mean the culture of white supremacy?
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It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
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I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
Jeffries claims the charges against Cueller were "very thin" and says Trump's pardon was "exactly the right outcome"
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m kind of new to the Democrats, but I thought we were FOR respecting the legal process, and also that we were AGAINST political corruption. And that it was especially important to hold to these principles at this time.
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
But I guess there’s some insider memo I didn’t get that would set me straight?
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Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
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Screaming, yowling, tearing holes in the drywall
THISSSSS
THISSSSS
It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Screaming, yowling, tearing holes in the drywall
THISSSSS
THISSSSS
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Really ramped up in the 1980s, after the "Nation at Risk" report came out.
It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Really ramped up in the 1980s, after the "Nation at Risk" report came out.
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This began at least as far back as the early 1990s. Some of its roots are in the property tax revolts, like Proposition 2-1/2 in Massachusetts. There is a deep-seated current among a portion of the populace that is anti-teacher, anti-public schools. I sure hope we are not in its end game.
It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This began at least as far back as the early 1990s. Some of its roots are in the property tax revolts, like Proposition 2-1/2 in Massachusetts. There is a deep-seated current among a portion of the populace that is anti-teacher, anti-public schools. I sure hope we are not in its end game.
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"If the murder of the colored troops at Fort Pillow is not followed by prompt action on the part of our government," Hodgkins warned, "it may as well disband all its colored troops for no soldiers whom the goverment will not protect can be depended upon."
Black New Yorker to the Secretary of War, April 18, 1864
www.freedmen.umd.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"If the murder of the colored troops at Fort Pillow is not followed by prompt action on the part of our government," Hodgkins warned, "it may as well disband all its colored troops for no soldiers whom the goverment will not protect can be depended upon."
It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's really worth pausing for a moment to reflect on just how badly education has been fucked under capitalism, in which students are increasingly no longer being assigned books or meaningful reading & analysis of any kind. In which gamifying "outcomes" overshadows, well, education.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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While the condemnation of Confederate war crimes was important, it is crucial to note that the U.S. not only did not retaliate (as threatened) against Confederate officers, but refused even to prosecute those guilty of these crimes in the aftermath of the war.
After learning that captured Black soldiers "have been cruelly murdered by your authorities, & others sold into slavery," U.S. Major General David Hunter wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis to condemn "every outrage of this kind against the laws of war and humanity."
Commander of the Department of the South to the Confederate President, April 23, 1863
www.freedmen.umd.edu
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
While the condemnation of Confederate war crimes was important, it is crucial to note that the U.S. not only did not retaliate (as threatened) against Confederate officers, but refused even to prosecute those guilty of these crimes in the aftermath of the war.
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"You say you are fighting for liberty," he concluded, "liberty to keep four millions of your fellow-beings in ignorance & degradation–liberty to separate parents & children, husband & wife, brother & sister–liberty to steal the products of their labor, exacted with many a cruel lash & bitter tear."
Commander of the Department of the South to the Confederate President, April 23, 1863
www.freedmen.umd.edu
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"You say you are fighting for liberty," he concluded, "liberty to keep four millions of your fellow-beings in ignorance & degradation–liberty to separate parents & children, husband & wife, brother & sister–liberty to steal the products of their labor, exacted with many a cruel lash & bitter tear."
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Not only all this👇🏽, but they are celebrating those same confederates today.
While the condemnation of Confederate war crimes was important, it is crucial to note that the U.S. not only did not retaliate (as threatened) against Confederate officers, but refused even to prosecute those guilty of these crimes in the aftermath of the war.
After learning that captured Black soldiers "have been cruelly murdered by your authorities, & others sold into slavery," U.S. Major General David Hunter wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis to condemn "every outrage of this kind against the laws of war and humanity."
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Not only all this👇🏽, but they are celebrating those same confederates today.
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I agree. My kids evals made me a better parent
And my own recent evaluation - as part of post-chemo/cancer care was extremely helpful in understanding how age, menopause and 3 years of chemo have changed my cognition and helped me see what was reliable and trustworthy in my strengths
And my own recent evaluation - as part of post-chemo/cancer care was extremely helpful in understanding how age, menopause and 3 years of chemo have changed my cognition and helped me see what was reliable and trustworthy in my strengths
Honestly, I would love for it to be standard for kids to get tested as part of their primary care. Knowing how our minds work is empowering. It is something that would benefit everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I agree. My kids evals made me a better parent
And my own recent evaluation - as part of post-chemo/cancer care was extremely helpful in understanding how age, menopause and 3 years of chemo have changed my cognition and helped me see what was reliable and trustworthy in my strengths
And my own recent evaluation - as part of post-chemo/cancer care was extremely helpful in understanding how age, menopause and 3 years of chemo have changed my cognition and helped me see what was reliable and trustworthy in my strengths
I don't ever report my disability bc I'm so tired of shit like this, but as someone who has navigated this issue for myself, as a parent, & as an instructor, the actual story here is how expensive & difficult it is to afford to get a diagnosis, even if it isn't for medication or accommodation.
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I don't ever report my disability bc I'm so tired of shit like this, but as someone who has navigated this issue for myself, as a parent, & as an instructor, the actual story here is how expensive & difficult it is to afford to get a diagnosis, even if it isn't for medication or accommodation.
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Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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“The alleged shooter of two National Guard members, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was struggling with mental illness, his ability to support his family, and, according to an Afghan veteran who fought with him, his pleas for help to the CIA went unanswered.”
Paywall free link:
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December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“The alleged shooter of two National Guard members, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was struggling with mental illness, his ability to support his family, and, according to an Afghan veteran who fought with him, his pleas for help to the CIA went unanswered.”
Paywall free link:
archive.is/202512011554...
Paywall free link:
archive.is/202512011554...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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This chronic unwillingness to apply the rule of law in protection of racialized subjects (esp. Black Americans) remains central to the elite white impunity & lawlessness that led to this point. Simply put, there can be no justice, no democracy, not even basic stability w/o severe accountability.
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This chronic unwillingness to apply the rule of law in protection of racialized subjects (esp. Black Americans) remains central to the elite white impunity & lawlessness that led to this point. Simply put, there can be no justice, no democracy, not even basic stability w/o severe accountability.
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Wartime behavior by CSA in defense of slavery is sadly relevant, too
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"This is the kind of liberty," Hunter warned the Confederate President, "the liberty to do wrong–which Satan, Chief of the fallen Angels, was contending for when he was cast into Hell."
Commander of the Department of the South to the Confederate President, April 23, 1863
www.freedmen.umd.edu
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Wartime behavior by CSA in defense of slavery is sadly relevant, too
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Great quote from an abolitionist general during the civil war. Gentle reminder that as we prepare to confront the 'peculiar institution' of our own time that we are also fighting against exploitation, hatred, and coercion.
"You say you are fighting for liberty," he concluded, "liberty to keep four millions of your fellow-beings in ignorance & degradation–liberty to separate parents & children, husband & wife, brother & sister–liberty to steal the products of their labor, exacted with many a cruel lash & bitter tear."
Commander of the Department of the South to the Confederate President, April 23, 1863
www.freedmen.umd.edu
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Great quote from an abolitionist general during the civil war. Gentle reminder that as we prepare to confront the 'peculiar institution' of our own time that we are also fighting against exploitation, hatred, and coercion.
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We consistently fail to create consequences for traitorous crimes in this country. We never atoned for native genocide or chattel slavery, we never punished confederate traitors or J6 leaders. That’s why we’re in this mess. It has to be different this time.
It is really telling that the closest thing that the U.S. has to a "truth & reconciliation" public space similar to remembrances of Nazi atrocities comes not from the violence of slavery or Indigenous removal, but from white Northern captivity in Andersonville. www.nps.gov/ande/learn/h...
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We consistently fail to create consequences for traitorous crimes in this country. We never atoned for native genocide or chattel slavery, we never punished confederate traitors or J6 leaders. That’s why we’re in this mess. It has to be different this time.