Megan Kate Nelson 📚
@mkn.bsky.social
I am a Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based writer, historian, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist. I am the author of "The Westerners" (2026), “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). More details at https://megankatenelson.com
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚
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· Oct 23
Everything is terrible but BIG NEWS:
My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com
Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and
pre-order "The Westerners"!
My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com
Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and
pre-order "The Westerners"!
WTAF.
Because what all travelers really love is waiting in even longer lines at park entrances as staff try to figure out who is a “foreign” tourist.
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Because what all travelers really love is waiting in even longer lines at park entrances as staff try to figure out who is a “foreign” tourist.
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
WTAF.
Because what all travelers really love is waiting in even longer lines at park entrances as staff try to figure out who is a “foreign” tourist.
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Because what all travelers really love is waiting in even longer lines at park entrances as staff try to figure out who is a “foreign” tourist.
Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
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Let’s talk the real #history of #Thanksgiving & the #LostCause history of the #CivilWar Follow @karencoxhistorian “Forgotten America” is available on @thegreatcourses plus & @Audible
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
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There are so many things to be angry about right now, that I find it especially egregious that the film “A House of Dynamite” was so infuriating. Et tu, Bigelow?
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
There are so many things to be angry about right now, that I find it especially egregious that the film “A House of Dynamite” was so infuriating. Et tu, Bigelow?
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With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 251 (11/23/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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late-breaking contender for the word of 2025: lizza, verb
lizza’ed, lizza’ing.
transitive verb
1) to sully one’s own reputation while sullying someone else’s reputation, but doing greater damage to one’s own reputation.
2) to suck, generally.
lizza’ed, lizza’ing.
transitive verb
1) to sully one’s own reputation while sullying someone else’s reputation, but doing greater damage to one’s own reputation.
2) to suck, generally.
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
late-breaking contender for the word of 2025: lizza, verb
lizza’ed, lizza’ing.
transitive verb
1) to sully one’s own reputation while sullying someone else’s reputation, but doing greater damage to one’s own reputation.
2) to suck, generally.
lizza’ed, lizza’ing.
transitive verb
1) to sully one’s own reputation while sullying someone else’s reputation, but doing greater damage to one’s own reputation.
2) to suck, generally.
I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Trump’s comments are vile. I am just as angry at the media outlets that bothsided Jamal’s murder, wrote puff pieces for MBS (Atlantic).
And, the Washington Post opinion page that dismantled the platform that Jamal wrote for, ended the fellowship in his name, and purged its human rights writers.
And, the Washington Post opinion page that dismantled the platform that Jamal wrote for, ended the fellowship in his name, and purged its human rights writers.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump’s comments are vile. I am just as angry at the media outlets that bothsided Jamal’s murder, wrote puff pieces for MBS (Atlantic).
And, the Washington Post opinion page that dismantled the platform that Jamal wrote for, ended the fellowship in his name, and purged its human rights writers.
And, the Washington Post opinion page that dismantled the platform that Jamal wrote for, ended the fellowship in his name, and purged its human rights writers.
The answer is coming from inside the question.
The Original Department of War Decimated Native Americans and Segregated the Military. Why Does Trump Want to Go Back? talkingpointsmemo.com/news/departm...
The Original Department of War Decimated Native Americans and Segregated the Military. Why Does Trump Want to Go Back?
Since the September day when President Donald Trump symbolically renamed the Department...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The answer is coming from inside the question.
I stopped giving money to Harvard years ago because of their consistent policy of doing almost nothing to punish proven sexual assaulters and bullies among the faculty.
At most, they will announce that he is "on leave" in the spring. He'll still get paid, of course.
At most, they will announce that he is "on leave" in the spring. He'll still get paid, of course.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I stopped giving money to Harvard years ago because of their consistent policy of doing almost nothing to punish proven sexual assaulters and bullies among the faculty.
At most, they will announce that he is "on leave" in the spring. He'll still get paid, of course.
At most, they will announce that he is "on leave" in the spring. He'll still get paid, of course.
There is so much ick happening in this piece, and Summers’ behavior is disgusting and enraging.
Kudos to Patel and Srivastava for excellent reporting.
Kudos to Patel and Srivastava for excellent reporting.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There is so much ick happening in this piece, and Summers’ behavior is disgusting and enraging.
Kudos to Patel and Srivastava for excellent reporting.
Kudos to Patel and Srivastava for excellent reporting.
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Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
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"there are about a thousand of us"
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"there are about a thousand of us"
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This.
The reason why most women my age couldn't care less if Bill Clinton goes down with the ship is that we were teens & young women when the Anita Hill and Monica Lewinsky scandals happened. It's rotten to the core. All the way down. Your "lost" era is not ours.
Seriously, what is wrong with these people?
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This.
It's such a great feeling to get lost in research! I can't wait to get back to it. #nerdlife
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November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's such a great feeling to get lost in research! I can't wait to get back to it. #nerdlife
This will be one of the iconic photographs of this time in US history.
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This will be one of the iconic photographs of this time in US history.
This.
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This.
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A very auspicious day!!! @mkn.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A very auspicious day!!! @mkn.bsky.social
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I love books. They have been my whole thing since I was very small. I have a whole podcast about how great it is that people write books. I'm dreaming up new projects celebrating books and the book ecosystem.
I am all in on books, kids.
I am all in on books, kids.
November 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Finally some good news!
BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Finally some good news!
Blueskis, I have to sit tight and play it cool about something for the next week or so—and I am so not that person.
So my strategy is to pretend like I am someone who can do such things.
So my strategy is to pretend like I am someone who can do such things.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Blueskis, I have to sit tight and play it cool about something for the next week or so—and I am so not that person.
So my strategy is to pretend like I am someone who can do such things.
So my strategy is to pretend like I am someone who can do such things.
Question: is the only somewhat silver lining here that the vote will force the House back into session, and Johnson will have to swear in and seat Adelita Grijalva?
Or will he find other reasons to continue denying the citizens of Arizona representation in the House?
Or will he find other reasons to continue denying the citizens of Arizona representation in the House?
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Question: is the only somewhat silver lining here that the vote will force the House back into session, and Johnson will have to swear in and seat Adelita Grijalva?
Or will he find other reasons to continue denying the citizens of Arizona representation in the House?
Or will he find other reasons to continue denying the citizens of Arizona representation in the House?
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Well, unfortunately
Threat of victory looms large over Election Day as an ominous portent of a future that could leave Dems in array; party elders scramble to contain the risk
The framing of this is hilarious: Democrats deeply worried about the repercussions of a victory
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Well, unfortunately
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
We need our elected officials to fight for and with us, NOT
to undermine our power and our voices and our victories.
How is this so hard for them to understand?
to undermine our power and our voices and our victories.
How is this so hard for them to understand?
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We need our elected officials to fight for and with us, NOT
to undermine our power and our voices and our victories.
How is this so hard for them to understand?
to undermine our power and our voices and our victories.
How is this so hard for them to understand?