Greg Brooking, PhD
@revhistorian.bsky.social
Award-winning author of From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia.
Writing a biography of Henry Laurens.
https://revolutionary-historian.com/
Writing a biography of Henry Laurens.
https://revolutionary-historian.com/
Excited to be an approved speaker for the Georgia Humanities, sharing Georgia’s colonial and revolutionary history with as many folks who’ll listen.
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Excited to be an approved speaker for the Georgia Humanities, sharing Georgia’s colonial and revolutionary history with as many folks who’ll listen.
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WELKER: The US doesn't shoot people at the border who are bringing drugs in. Why should it be different at sea? Are you saying we should start shooting people at the border?
COTTON: No I'm not, Kristen
COTTON: No I'm not, Kristen
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
WELKER: The US doesn't shoot people at the border who are bringing drugs in. Why should it be different at sea? Are you saying we should start shooting people at the border?
COTTON: No I'm not, Kristen
COTTON: No I'm not, Kristen
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Republican women in the house accusing trumps handpicked speaker of …. Sexism
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Republican women in the house accusing trumps handpicked speaker of …. Sexism
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Trump is targeting Somalis with racist remarks ahead of expected immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota. And, a CDC advisory panel will revisit long-standing vaccine recommendations. n.pr/4pkhoz3
Trump attacks Somali immigrants. And, CDC to address vaccine schedule for kids
Trump is targeting Somalis with racist remarks ahead of expected immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota. And, a CDC advisory panel will revisit long-standing vaccine recommendations.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Trump is targeting Somalis with racist remarks ahead of expected immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota. And, a CDC advisory panel will revisit long-standing vaccine recommendations. n.pr/4pkhoz3
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This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
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I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth:
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth: “There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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December 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I agree with 2016 Pete Hegseth:
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
“There have to be consequences for abject war crimes.”
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Der Spiegel: Commander in Sleep
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Der Spiegel: Commander in Sleep
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
In my latest blog about Henry Laurens, I look at slavery and the beginning days of the Revolution ... as well as his son John's proclivities. revolutionary-historian.com
Greg Brooking, PhD
Award-winning historian, writing a biography of Henry Laurens
revolutionary-historian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In my latest blog about Henry Laurens, I look at slavery and the beginning days of the Revolution ... as well as his son John's proclivities. revolutionary-historian.com
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When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.
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not so much uncharismatic as anticharismatic. all the charisma within a 10 mile radius ups and leaves as soon as he starts speaking.
JD Vance: "How many of you really like turkey?"
Many soldiers raise their hands.
Vance: "You're all full of shit."
Many soldiers raise their hands.
Vance: "You're all full of shit."
November 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
not so much uncharismatic as anticharismatic. all the charisma within a 10 mile radius ups and leaves as soon as he starts speaking.
@johnfea1.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
Greg Brooking, PhD
Award-winning historian, writing a biography of Henry Laurens
revolutionary-historian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
@johnfea1.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
@uscpress.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
Greg Brooking, PhD
Award-winning historian, writing a biography of Henry Laurens
revolutionary-historian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
@uscpress.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
@joursouhist.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
Greg Brooking, PhD
Award-winning historian, writing a biography of Henry Laurens
revolutionary-historian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
@joursouhist.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
@historians.org Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
Greg Brooking, PhD
Award-winning historian, writing a biography of Henry Laurens
revolutionary-historian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
@historians.org Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
@mcneilcenter.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
Greg Brooking, PhD
Award-winning historian, writing a biography of Henry Laurens
revolutionary-historian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@mcneilcenter.bsky.social Here’s a bit I wrote about Henry Laurens: revolutionary-historian.com?fbclid=IwZnR...
Here's a little diddy I wrote about Henry Laurens, Slavery, and the American Revolution.
revolutionary-historian.com
revolutionary-historian.com
Greg Brooking, PhD
Award-winning historian, writing a biography of Henry Laurens
revolutionary-historian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Here's a little diddy I wrote about Henry Laurens, Slavery, and the American Revolution.
revolutionary-historian.com
revolutionary-historian.com
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This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This should be a major scandal. The Blaze falsely reported that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer was the Jan. 6th pipe bomber. But it wasn’t just another miss by conservative media promoting conspiracies.
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
Someone in US intel - at ODNI - was promoting it:
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
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So the new version of MAGA is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor, Rand Paul is a RINO, and Zohran Mamdani is great.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the new version of MAGA is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor, Rand Paul is a RINO, and Zohran Mamdani is great.
Got it.
Got it.
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I do like opening with William Pitt. Such a fascinating character. His unabashed spending and willingness to humor the Americans in ways Braddock, Loudoun and others would not in the late 1750s helped turn the tide of the Seven Years' War....and create the problems he would later lament #HATM
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I do like opening with William Pitt. Such a fascinating character. His unabashed spending and willingness to humor the Americans in ways Braddock, Loudoun and others would not in the late 1750s helped turn the tide of the Seven Years' War....and create the problems he would later lament #HATM
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“Given the scale of Epstein’s trafficking operation, it’s clear that many more powerful people were involved. My staff have seen a paper trail with their own eyes. Banks that helped enable him should be investigated." trib.al/fDV5onk
Top Dem Reveals How JPMorgan Chase Helped Epstein Hide His Crimes
Senator Ron Wyden accused the bank of obstructing law enforcement from examining the financial infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking network.
trib.al
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“Given the scale of Epstein’s trafficking operation, it’s clear that many more powerful people were involved. My staff have seen a paper trail with their own eyes. Banks that helped enable him should be investigated." trib.al/fDV5onk
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Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to ‘major non-NATO ally’ status
Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to ‘major non-NATO ally’ status
The announcement came hours after the Saudi crown prince announced he would increase his investments in the U.S. to nearly $1 trillion.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Trump elevates Saudi Arabia to ‘major non-NATO ally’ status
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November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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