Julie Novkov
@jnovkov.bsky.social
Academic (poli sci, law, and US political development), administrator, gymnastics fan, resident of upstate New York. Go Great Danes! Views expressed here are solely my personal opinions. Born at 321 PPM CO2. #polisky #skystorians
I keep thinking about this.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I keep thinking about this.
Because due process is for suckers and losers and no institution ever makes mistakes?
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Because due process is for suckers and losers and no institution ever makes mistakes?
I am just going to keep saying that the framers INTENTIONALLY ordered the articles the way they did and that this should provide some hints and cluefulness until I go into that good night. And don't be surprised if I pop out of my casket to say it one more time before interment.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I am just going to keep saying that the framers INTENTIONALLY ordered the articles the way they did and that this should provide some hints and cluefulness until I go into that good night. And don't be surprised if I pop out of my casket to say it one more time before interment.
I have no insider info and maybe Senator Cleare wouldn't touch this with a 50-foot pole. But maybe there are other interesting folks who have deep political experience and would provide more than a reinfusion of generational wealth, privilege, and power.
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I have no insider info and maybe Senator Cleare wouldn't touch this with a 50-foot pole. But maybe there are other interesting folks who have deep political experience and would provide more than a reinfusion of generational wealth, privilege, and power.
Jack seems to be a good communicator and a thoughtful man whose views likely match the district and who has done a lot of decent writing about politics. I know, I know, why am I such a wet blanket?
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Jack seems to be a good communicator and a thoughtful man whose views likely match the district and who has done a lot of decent writing about politics. I know, I know, why am I such a wet blanket?
I know he's young and charming and dynamic and a Kennedy. But I have to wonder: why not someone like the person who's currently representing Morningside Heights in the NY Senate, who has plenty of good legislative experience and would bring a different perspective to Congress?
About Cordell Cleare
www.nysenate.gov
November 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I know he's young and charming and dynamic and a Kennedy. But I have to wonder: why not someone like the person who's currently representing Morningside Heights in the NY Senate, who has plenty of good legislative experience and would bring a different perspective to Congress?
Oh wait they're going after birth control???? I am shocked!
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh wait they're going after birth control???? I am shocked!
Now that is a terrifying prospect!
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Now that is a terrifying prospect!
But we can serve them now by preserving their memories.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
But we can serve them now by preserving their memories.
So, on this Veterans' Day, remember those early vets who toughed it out in one of the many training/mobilization/demobilization camps in the south, enduring segregation, sometimes after having borne arms in combat for their nation. Their reward was often contempt and hostility, and sometimes worse.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
So, on this Veterans' Day, remember those early vets who toughed it out in one of the many training/mobilization/demobilization camps in the south, enduring segregation, sometimes after having borne arms in combat for their nation. Their reward was often contempt and hostility, and sometimes worse.
This, of course, came to naught, but the following year would see the founding of the NAACP after the fall meeting of the Niagara Movement.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This, of course, came to naught, but the following year would see the founding of the NAACP after the fall meeting of the Niagara Movement.
By the fall, he believed that Black voters could possibly generate a realignment within the Democratic Party, facilitating unity around economic issues and fracturing “the impossible alliance of radical socialistic Democracy at the North with an aristocratic caste party at the South.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
By the fall, he believed that Black voters could possibly generate a realignment within the Democratic Party, facilitating unity around economic issues and fracturing “the impossible alliance of radical socialistic Democracy at the North with an aristocratic caste party at the South.”
He declared to his followers that the Democratic Party would regulate corporations but also supported “the freedom and independence of brown and black men in the West Indies and the Philippines.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
He declared to his followers that the Democratic Party would regulate corporations but also supported “the freedom and independence of brown and black men in the West Indies and the Philippines.”
had promised to reinstate the Brownsville soldiers, a claim that Bryan immediately denied. W.E.B. DuBois encouraged voters to “punish the party that insults and neglects us.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
had promised to reinstate the Brownsville soldiers, a claim that Bryan immediately denied. W.E.B. DuBois encouraged voters to “punish the party that insults and neglects us.”
However, rage about the entire episode profoundly affected Black politics. The 1908 election split Black elites, and several prominent men announced their determination not to support the Republican Party. AME Bishop Alexander Walters announced that William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic nominee,
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
However, rage about the entire episode profoundly affected Black politics. The 1908 election split Black elites, and several prominent men announced their determination not to support the Republican Party. AME Bishop Alexander Walters announced that William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic nominee,
His investigation prompted Los Angeles Congressman Augustus Hawkins to introduce a bill in Congress reopening the matter, and all of those discharged were retroactively granted honorable discharges. Only one man, Dorsie Willis, was still alive by that time.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
His investigation prompted Los Angeles Congressman Augustus Hawkins to introduce a bill in Congress reopening the matter, and all of those discharged were retroactively granted honorable discharges. Only one man, Dorsie Willis, was still alive by that time.
While multiple reinvestigations occurred, only a few dishonorable discharges were reversed. There things remained until 1970, when journalist John Downing Weaver reinvestigated the case, showing that the evidence was too weak and contradictory to support a finding of guilt against any of the men.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
While multiple reinvestigations occurred, only a few dishonorable discharges were reversed. There things remained until 1970, when journalist John Downing Weaver reinvestigated the case, showing that the evidence was too weak and contradictory to support a finding of guilt against any of the men.
The Black press and Black pulpits exploded with rage. Roosevelt responded typically: “I care nothing whatever for the yelling of either the politicians or the sentimentalists. The offense was most heinous and the punishment I inflicted was imposed after due deliberation.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Black press and Black pulpits exploded with rage. Roosevelt responded typically: “I care nothing whatever for the yelling of either the politicians or the sentimentalists. The offense was most heinous and the punishment I inflicted was imposed after due deliberation.”
New York’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, might have been defeated. Another paper attributed Republican victories in the north to Black turnout, mocking Roosevelt's “fearless bravery” in “dodging an issue like this one.”
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
New York’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, Charles Evans Hughes, might have been defeated. Another paper attributed Republican victories in the north to Black turnout, mocking Roosevelt's “fearless bravery” in “dodging an issue like this one.”
The reaction in the Black press vindicated Roosevelt’s judgment that an earlier announcement could have affected the Republican Party’s electoral prospects. The New York Herald speculated that if voters had gotten notice of the men’s discharges, the Republicans could have lost 35 house seats.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The reaction in the Black press vindicated Roosevelt’s judgment that an earlier announcement could have affected the Republican Party’s electoral prospects. The New York Herald speculated that if voters had gotten notice of the men’s discharges, the Republicans could have lost 35 house seats.
A new generation of Black leaders was keeping the heat on in the Black public. The Republicans needed Black votes. So while Roosevelt adopted the recommendation to discharge dishonorably everyone who hadn't been on leave, the announcement happened the day after the election.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A new generation of Black leaders was keeping the heat on in the Black public. The Republicans needed Black votes. So while Roosevelt adopted the recommendation to discharge dishonorably everyone who hadn't been on leave, the announcement happened the day after the election.