Alan Elrod
@aselrod.bsky.social
Arkie. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Contributing Editor and columnist, @LiberalCurrents.com
Other words: MSNBC, Foreign Policy, The Bulwark, Salon, UnPopulist
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Other words: MSNBC, Foreign Policy, The Bulwark, Salon, UnPopulist
He/Him
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It’s really good.
Also puts me in the mood to rewatch Lincoln
Also puts me in the mood to rewatch Lincoln
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It’s really good.
Also puts me in the mood to rewatch Lincoln
Also puts me in the mood to rewatch Lincoln
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I get why this might be too complicated or messy to convey, but showing the Half-Breeds as better on black civil rights is... a bit of a fudge. Conkling helped write the 14th Amendment! Some of the most Stalwart on the spoils system were also the more Radical Republicans on race.
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I get why this might be too complicated or messy to convey, but showing the Half-Breeds as better on black civil rights is... a bit of a fudge. Conkling helped write the 14th Amendment! Some of the most Stalwart on the spoils system were also the more Radical Republicans on race.
Agreed. Half-breed would probably land strangely with a contemporary audience lol.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Agreed. Half-breed would probably land strangely with a contemporary audience lol.
So far, the show is empathetic and nuanced in its portrayal of Guiteau, Garfield’s killer.
I have to think that it’s an approach Garfield himself would have taken.
I have to think that it’s an approach Garfield himself would have taken.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So far, the show is empathetic and nuanced in its portrayal of Guiteau, Garfield’s killer.
I have to think that it’s an approach Garfield himself would have taken.
I have to think that it’s an approach Garfield himself would have taken.
Yeah and they could’ve made it cool and stylized in similar fashion
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Yeah and they could’ve made it cool and stylized in similar fashion
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If you made it out of Shiloh alive, the rest of your life is just stoppage time.
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If you made it out of Shiloh alive, the rest of your life is just stoppage time.
You’re telling me he doesn’t recognize the iconic James G. Blaine??
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
You’re telling me he doesn’t recognize the iconic James G. Blaine??
Christian nationalism today threatens to obliterate the republic. But our only preacher president was a great lover of liberal ideals and the American project. digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/heritage_cen...
Political Disciple: The Relationship Between James A. Garfield and the Disciples of Christ
James A. Garfield (1831-1881), the only preacher to ever occupy the White House, was a product of the profound social, intellectual and religious ferment of the early decades of the nineteenth century...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Christian nationalism today threatens to obliterate the republic. But our only preacher president was a great lover of liberal ideals and the American project. digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/heritage_cen...
I think of Garfield’s assassination as a great loss for the country.
And he was America’s first Restoration Movement-affiliated president. The only other we’ve had is LBJ.
And he was America’s first Restoration Movement-affiliated president. The only other we’ve had is LBJ.
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I think of Garfield’s assassination as a great loss for the country.
And he was America’s first Restoration Movement-affiliated president. The only other we’ve had is LBJ.
And he was America’s first Restoration Movement-affiliated president. The only other we’ve had is LBJ.