Joe Stieb
@joestieb.bsky.social
Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
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The reason I get frustrated with people who overindex on the example of Nazi Germany and treat it like a note-for-note blueprint for where we are now is that they terrify our people into making terrible decisions, or into quiescence, or, worse, suicidal hopelessness.
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The reason I get frustrated with people who overindex on the example of Nazi Germany and treat it like a note-for-note blueprint for where we are now is that they terrify our people into making terrible decisions, or into quiescence, or, worse, suicidal hopelessness.
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let me sum this piece up for you:
“hey, it’s me zaid jilani! you might remember me from my credulous profile of josh hawley, published the literal day before january 6. well now i have another credulous take, the time on another far-right maniac. i am definitely not an idiot.”
“hey, it’s me zaid jilani! you might remember me from my credulous profile of josh hawley, published the literal day before january 6. well now i have another credulous take, the time on another far-right maniac. i am definitely not an idiot.”
Opinion | I might lean left — but Marjorie Taylor Greene is winning my respect
The congresswoman, who represents my district, has shown genuine political courage lately.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
let me sum this piece up for you:
“hey, it’s me zaid jilani! you might remember me from my credulous profile of josh hawley, published the literal day before january 6. well now i have another credulous take, the time on another far-right maniac. i am definitely not an idiot.”
“hey, it’s me zaid jilani! you might remember me from my credulous profile of josh hawley, published the literal day before january 6. well now i have another credulous take, the time on another far-right maniac. i am definitely not an idiot.”
It couldn’t have happened to a worse guy
The revolution eats its grandad. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It couldn’t have happened to a worse guy
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FBI, check this man’s hard-drive
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FBI, check this man’s hard-drive
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1. The notion that immigrants can’t acculturate into American Thanksgiving of all holidays is so inane that I assumed it must be a parody.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
It’s how you end up with language like “paperwork American” or the idea that Thanksgiving turkey is some sort of natural ethno-national tradition that certain other groups are incapable of ever appreciating
November 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
1. The notion that immigrants can’t acculturate into American Thanksgiving of all holidays is so inane that I assumed it must be a parody.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
2) I miss the old schoolbook moral view of Thanksgiving as a peaceable neighborly feast where formerly suspicious Pilgrims and Indians could make friends.
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This is what sent him into a week long crashout
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is what sent him into a week long crashout
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Trump is the single most mentioned name in the 2,300 emails released.
The emails date back to 2009.
The emails date back to 2009.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump is the single most mentioned name in the 2,300 emails released.
The emails date back to 2009.
The emails date back to 2009.
not sure about that one, chief
The Nuzzi piece is an excellent realtime test of whether Bluesky can recognise an ironic writing style.
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
not sure about that one, chief
A little silver lining for the weekend
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A little silver lining for the weekend
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This was entirely predictable because anyone who has had an interaction with the strategy cheese professional or unprofessionally will tell you he is a petulant asshole who thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room (spoiler alert, he is not)
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This was entirely predictable because anyone who has had an interaction with the strategy cheese professional or unprofessionally will tell you he is a petulant asshole who thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room (spoiler alert, he is not)
Are you there God? It’s me, Joe.
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Are you there God? It’s me, Joe.
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(Flips chair around) what if i told you that you’ve always been able to text with Jesus in your heart
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
(Flips chair around) what if i told you that you’ve always been able to text with Jesus in your heart
I am not even religious and i want blasphemy back
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I am not even religious and i want blasphemy back
"He called her 'Livvy' and wrote her poems. He asked her to inject him with human growth hormone. He wanted her to have his baby, but only if she didn't take any vaccines or antidepressants, or else the baby would have autism or become a school shooter. They breathed COVID into each other."
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"He called her 'Livvy' and wrote her poems. He asked her to inject him with human growth hormone. He wanted her to have his baby, but only if she didn't take any vaccines or antidepressants, or else the baby would have autism or become a school shooter. They breathed COVID into each other."
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Allies are assets, you idiots. Voluntary alliances were a crucial factor in winning WWII and the Cold War—dealing with just about any problem, really.
A big reason China is gaining is the US picked fights with nearly everyone at once, instead of rallying partners to confront China together. Fools.
A big reason China is gaining is the US picked fights with nearly everyone at once, instead of rallying partners to confront China together. Fools.
Allies Are Assets, You Idiots
With their loose talk about Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal, Trump and his followers show they don’t get what we get from those relationships.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Allies are assets, you idiots. Voluntary alliances were a crucial factor in winning WWII and the Cold War—dealing with just about any problem, really.
A big reason China is gaining is the US picked fights with nearly everyone at once, instead of rallying partners to confront China together. Fools.
A big reason China is gaining is the US picked fights with nearly everyone at once, instead of rallying partners to confront China together. Fools.
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You know what they really didn't run on? Real fucking reform? They ran away from pursuing actual targeted reform of drug laws or prison crowding because, indeed, the GOP easily and handily tainted those worthy things with Defund and Abolish Prisons and all the other shitass rhetoric offered.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
You know what they really didn't run on? Real fucking reform? They ran away from pursuing actual targeted reform of drug laws or prison crowding because, indeed, the GOP easily and handily tainted those worthy things with Defund and Abolish Prisons and all the other shitass rhetoric offered.
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Imagine claiming "ACAB includes the person who made The Wire" and not immediately realizing how fucking stupid you are.
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Imagine claiming "ACAB includes the person who made The Wire" and not immediately realizing how fucking stupid you are.
Horrendous take.
Okay but ACAB includes David Simon.
Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Horrendous take.
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ACAB and Defund The Police -- the two most destructive messaging efforts from sloganeers who don't actually want to fix a fucking thing and will, at every opportunity, alienate the entire electorate from actual police reform for the sheer pleasure of their own self-regarding purities.
Eat a dick.
Eat a dick.
Okay but ACAB includes David Simon.
Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
ACAB and Defund The Police -- the two most destructive messaging efforts from sloganeers who don't actually want to fix a fucking thing and will, at every opportunity, alienate the entire electorate from actual police reform for the sheer pleasure of their own self-regarding purities.
Eat a dick.
Eat a dick.
It’s called ‘history.’
There’s this one postdoc open to “political science or allied disciplines“, implying the existence of “enemy disciplines“.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It’s called ‘history.’
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People should have already gone to jail 4 years ago over this
of the GOP's efforts to pressure Pence to declare election a toss-up and kick it over to a delegation-by-delegation vote in the House.
People should absolutely go to jail over this.
People should absolutely go to jail over this.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
People should have already gone to jail 4 years ago over this
Get rid of the pardon power.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Get rid of the pardon power.
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These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more — per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
These are the people who forged Electoral College vote certificates and tried to pass them off as real, right in front of the whole country.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Maybe the most insane crime of them all.
Hugely important. I was just discussing the false electors schemes with my students, and they commented on the public's almost total lack of knowledge of these plots.
But they were clear instances of electoral fraud and of trying to disenfranchise one's fellow citizens.
They were an intimate part/
But they were clear instances of electoral fraud and of trying to disenfranchise one's fellow citizens.
They were an intimate part/
A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court reinstated criminal charges against six people allegedly involved President Trump’s 2020 fake electors scheme. The case had previously been dismissed on grounds that it had been filed in the wrong county.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Nevada Supreme Court Revives Fake Electors Case
Not Dead Yet A unanimous Nevada Supreme Court reinstated criminal charges against...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hugely important. I was just discussing the false electors schemes with my students, and they commented on the public's almost total lack of knowledge of these plots.
But they were clear instances of electoral fraud and of trying to disenfranchise one's fellow citizens.
They were an intimate part/
But they were clear instances of electoral fraud and of trying to disenfranchise one's fellow citizens.
They were an intimate part/
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did not have Harvard English professor Elisa New emailing Jeffrey Epstein about Lolita on my 2025 bingo card
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
did not have Harvard English professor Elisa New emailing Jeffrey Epstein about Lolita on my 2025 bingo card