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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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Medicine 20%
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1h
Everything with Trump is projection.
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."

Reposted by Colin Woodard

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 9h
Demented, depraved

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 11h
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 12h
In 1900, in the midst of the "Great Immigration Wave," the Deep South and Tidewater were 1% foreign born, Greater Appalachia 3%. All the other large regions? 12% to 31%. This disparity affects U.S. political life today, as I share @politico.com

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Immigrants Once Avoided Some Regions of America. That’s a Big Reason We’re So Divided.
Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.
www.politico.com

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
If your research question is: "are Americans more dangerous drivers than their counterparts in other countries," then you have to account for per capita miles driven. If you ask: "who has more traffic deaths," then sure. But that's not how this was framed.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
Shit, for Obamcare, you’re talking the better part of a generation at this point.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
For this to be meaningful, you’d have to account for road mlles driven, which I expect is much, much higher in the US, where we stupidly built all our infrastructure around cars.
cooperlund.online Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 2d
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
True. But I live in Maine.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
And Susan Collins thought: "perfect person to oversee the nation's health."

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
What's next, America, a disinformation campaign promoting a return to open sewers?
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.

It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d
Where does Christian Nationalism gain traction? In the parts of the country the 1880-1924 Great Wave immigrants didn’t go. My latest for @politico.com

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Immigrants Once Avoided Some Regions of America. That’s a Big Reason We’re So Divided.
Today’s debates over immigration and assimilation have their roots in patterns of settlement that go back centuries.
www.politico.com

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Colin Woodard, Anne Hilborn

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.

It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
RISE IN U.S. MEASLES CASES 1,912 13 AS OF TUESDAY 2020 14,608% INCREASE CDC /NEWS 5:39 MT

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d
i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles

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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 2d
It’s important to contextualize just how much less safe American drivers are than everywhere else in the world, and it’s getting worse!

Reposted by Edward Witten, Kim L. Scheppele, Steve Peers , and 10 more

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Alison Killing @alisonkilling.bsky.social · 2d
In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites.

He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him.

www.wsj.com/world/china/...
ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps
Heng Guan is awaiting an immigration hearing on Monday that could lead to his removal from the U.S. and ultimately land him back in China, according to his lawyer and a New York-based activist group.
www.wsj.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d
A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2d
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.

Reposted by David Darmofal

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 2d
The geographic roots of our immigration divide: rival regional cultures with different ideas about identity, belonging, and assimilation, each attracting or repelling immigrants throughout our history. My latest for @politico.com.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The Geographic Roots of Our Immigration Divide
How ideas like “heritage Americans” and “nation of immigrants” wound up in conflict.
www.politico.com

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
You know who has Maine’s lower Midcoast covered when it comes to signed copies of my books? Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick, that’s who.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
So pleased that the @nextbigidea.bsky.social team has selected Nations Apart as a monthly must-read! They asked me to record a short audio intro to the book and five big ideas within: nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/ame...
There Are More Americas Than You Think. Which One Do You Live In?
Author Colin Woodard shares 5 key insights from his new book, Nations Apart: How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America.
nextbigideaclub.com

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
Gotta say, this new mission statement from Maine’s @bangordailynews.bsky.social is pretty good. Suggest big guys like @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com and @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy should read and take notes. www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/12/b...
Editor’s note: What BDN journalism stands for
Today the very purpose and practice of reporting is questioned and threatened. We feel that now is the time to address what exactly it is that we’re trying to do here.
www.bangordailynews.com

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
Or do business here. It’s saying “we’re against democracies now.”

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
Given the large rebuke deficit, quite some time.

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
Authoritarian police state stuff.
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 3d
I’ve been avoiding DCA, as much as I can, since that military helicopter collided w the airliner. The House passed bill strips away the safety provisions implemented after that disaster.
matthewcort.land Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 3d
The only people who deserve to die in a fiery explosion in the sky at DCA are the elected representatives who chose, of their own fucking free will, to vote for the NDAA.

And maybe some of them will die in the next crash. But it'll mostly be us.

northernvirginiamag.com/news/2025/12...
NTSB Says Defense Bill Threatens Reagan National Airport Safety
The U.S. House passed a defense bill that would allow military helicopters to once again fly in the airspace at Reagan National Airport.
northernvirginiamag.com

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John Bisognano @johnbisognano.com · 3d
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.

I don’t know how else to say it…

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 3d
The only people who deserve to die in a fiery explosion in the sky at DCA are the elected representatives who chose, of their own fucking free will, to vote for the NDAA.

And maybe some of them will die in the next crash. But it'll mostly be us.

northernvirginiamag.com/news/2025/12...
NTSB Says Defense Bill Threatens Reagan National Airport Safety
The U.S. House passed a defense bill that would allow military helicopters to once again fly in the airspace at Reagan National Airport.
northernvirginiamag.com

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 4d
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.

They are openly saying this.

Who would want to live in a country that works like that?