John Gutierrez
@johngutierrez.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Historian of Cuba at @JohnJayCollege. Fmr. @MirRamGroup. Alum: @Vassar @GC_CUNY. Native Newarker.
Building a monument to a strongman across the street from the place where thousands of refugees from another strongman once were welcomed to the United States. The irony is almost too much to bear. Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Building a monument to a strongman across the street from the place where thousands of refugees from another strongman once were welcomed to the United States. The irony is almost too much to bear. Florida Hands Over Prime Miami Property for Trump Library www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Bruh.
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Bruh.
Feeling old. Danielle Spencer, Child Star of ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
Danielle Spencer, Child Star of ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Feeling old. Danielle Spencer, Child Star of ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/a...
Can’t make this up. 🤡 www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/08/a...
Get Out: Adams Opens Campaign Office in Building With Vacate Order
The storefront Democratic club HQ where the mayor just had a ribbon-cutting ceremony had a parapet collapse in dramatic fashion two years ago.
www.thecity.nyc
August 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Can’t make this up. 🤡 www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/08/a...
Meanwhile in Latin America.
The trial of the far-right leader is receiving renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian goods to his ally's judicial situation.
Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Bolsonaro
The trial of the far-right leader is receiving renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff on imported Brazilian goods to his ally's judicial situation.
n.pr
August 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Meanwhile in Latin America.
What a sad day.
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What a sad day.
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Great thread
I am in my 10th hour of editing my book manuscript - my eyes are blurry - I'm losing focus. And so, I bring you these quotes from W.E.B. Du Bois' "Black Reconstruction in America" (1935) I have also been thinking about all day:
July 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Great thread
Assuming we survive this mess, it’ll be interesting to see what the Supreme Court’s conservatives will say if the next Democratic President decides that s/he is going to summarily fire thousands of ICE agents.
July 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Assuming we survive this mess, it’ll be interesting to see what the Supreme Court’s conservatives will say if the next Democratic President decides that s/he is going to summarily fire thousands of ICE agents.
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Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’
July 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’
Dios los cría y ellos se juntan.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: FIFA’s close relationship with Donald Trump is about to become even closer as the U.S. president is set to become its landlord, with world football’s governing body opening a New York office in Trump Tower.
FIFA opens New York office in U.S. president’s Trump Tower
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has forged strong links with Trump as the U.S. is hosting this summer's Club World Cup.
trib.al
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Dios los cría y ellos se juntan.
Things are grim right now so it's worth recalling what a pissed off citizen can do. It's not easy but it's not impossible. Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/n...
Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81
www.nytimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Things are grim right now so it's worth recalling what a pissed off citizen can do. It's not easy but it's not impossible. Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman’s Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/n...
This man endorsed Donald Trump who, as far as I can tell, has never read a book, including the one he “wrote.”
Ken Griffin says young grads who are not interested in reading books about their field have 'picked the wrong career'
Citadel's founder and CEO said that young graduates need to read about the domains they are in.
www.businessinsider.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This man endorsed Donald Trump who, as far as I can tell, has never read a book, including the one he “wrote.”
Somewhere Vito Marcoantonio is grinning. ‘We Have Won,’ Mamdani Says, as Cuomo Concedes N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
‘We Have Won,’ Mamdani Says, as Cuomo Concedes N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Somewhere Vito Marcoantonio is grinning. ‘We Have Won,’ Mamdani Says, as Cuomo Concedes N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Historical demography is so often misunderstood. The *average* life expectancy up until the 20th century was so low because of extremely high infant mortality (more than 1 in 3 didn't live to their 1st birthday). If you survived early childhood chances were good that you'd live well into your 70s.
“Historically, no one lived past age 35”
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
"I’ve heard *so* many versions of this claim, including recently from a menopause doctor (implying menopause is not “natural” because noone lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this “fact,” a demographer loses a piece of their soul"
There Were Still Old People When Life Expectancy Was 35.
A demography myth that won't die
jenndowd.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Historical demography is so often misunderstood. The *average* life expectancy up until the 20th century was so low because of extremely high infant mortality (more than 1 in 3 didn't live to their 1st birthday). If you survived early childhood chances were good that you'd live well into your 70s.
This guy really likes the treason.
Trump announces he's restoring the name to "Fort Robert E Lee" and other military installations that were named for Confederates
June 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This guy really likes the treason.
Drug use. Family drama. Corruption. Fascist tendencies. White South African. Fire him? Trump may well adopt him.
In public, Elon Musk was rising to political power as one of President Trump’s key allies. In private, Musk was taking drugs and facing an increasingly turbulent family life amid overlapping romantic relationships and legal battles over his children.
Read more: nyti.ms/4mDTEVr
Read more: nyti.ms/4mDTEVr
May 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Drug use. Family drama. Corruption. Fascist tendencies. White South African. Fire him? Trump may well adopt him.
From the mouths of babes…
Hundreds of NYC teens walk out of class for ‘anti-Trump, nonpartisan’ protest
The teenagers represented dozens of schools and came clad in red, white, and blue clothes and face paint.
www.chalkbeat.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
From the mouths of babes…
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Chris Murphy: "Why did Trump choose these 3 countries to go for his first major foreign trip? It's not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world. It's because these are the 3 countries willing to pay him off ... this is the definition of corruption."
May 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Chris Murphy: "Why did Trump choose these 3 countries to go for his first major foreign trip? It's not because these are our most important allies or the most important countries in the world. It's because these are the 3 countries willing to pay him off ... this is the definition of corruption."
Such a bummer. Despite our different political positions, Hoby was a generous, kind, and encouraging professor at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. I learned a ton from him. QEPD.
May 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Such a bummer. Despite our different political positions, Hoby was a generous, kind, and encouraging professor at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. I learned a ton from him. QEPD.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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there's no stopping the Latin American meme machine
May 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
there's no stopping the Latin American meme machine
Prepping for class today and found this still in the digital collections of Cal State Northridge from an interview in 1982 of Roberto D'Aubuisson by Diane Sawyer. If you look closely, you can still see Archbishop Romero's blood on his hands.
May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Prepping for class today and found this still in the digital collections of Cal State Northridge from an interview in 1982 of Roberto D'Aubuisson by Diane Sawyer. If you look closely, you can still see Archbishop Romero's blood on his hands.
Rubio really leaning into the old adage that “el cubano o no llega o se pasa”.
NEW: How Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, became the Secretary of Everything. He has 4 titles now — 2 more than Henry Kissinger and 1 more than China's leader, Xi Jinping. It's likely a record in the modern history of the U.S. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
May 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Rubio really leaning into the old adage that “el cubano o no llega o se pasa”.