Shawn Schwaller
@shawnschwaller.bsky.social
Assistant Professor | California History | 20th Century U.S. History | Public Scholarship | American Studies | Underground Reporter | Gen Xer | https://anewscafe.com/author/shawn-schwaller/
Leave it to a member of Trump's administration to post an artificial intelligence picture of a #Thanksgiving dinner on Air Force One. The McDonald's meal is the real photo. Yep, this is the era we live in. Presidential administration folks posting fake pics.
November 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Leave it to a member of Trump's administration to post an artificial intelligence picture of a #Thanksgiving dinner on Air Force One. The McDonald's meal is the real photo. Yep, this is the era we live in. Presidential administration folks posting fake pics.
MAGA activists are planning a "MAGA Cruise" in Citrus Heights, CA on Nov. 7. Some of the MAGA activists involved with the suburban Sacramento-based activist group Freedom Riders 1776 (who organized the cruise) have connections with right-wing Central Valley militia groups and Proud Boy chapters.
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
MAGA activists are planning a "MAGA Cruise" in Citrus Heights, CA on Nov. 7. Some of the MAGA activists involved with the suburban Sacramento-based activist group Freedom Riders 1776 (who organized the cruise) have connections with right-wing Central Valley militia groups and Proud Boy chapters.
A News Cafe just published a hard hitting piece on the Charlie Kirk killing, the TPUSA "Professor Watchlist," and local Shasta County right-wing politics written by journalist and friend RV Scheide. RV interviewed me for the piece.
Link: anewscafe.com/2025/09/26/r...
Link: anewscafe.com/2025/09/26/r...
September 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A News Cafe just published a hard hitting piece on the Charlie Kirk killing, the TPUSA "Professor Watchlist," and local Shasta County right-wing politics written by journalist and friend RV Scheide. RV interviewed me for the piece.
Link: anewscafe.com/2025/09/26/r...
Link: anewscafe.com/2025/09/26/r...
White supremacist NorCal Active Club members protesting at Placer County Courthouse in Auburn, #California in honor of #CharlieKirk after Kirk was killed. I wonder why it is that white supremacists like Charlie Kirk.
September 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
White supremacist NorCal Active Club members protesting at Placer County Courthouse in Auburn, #California in honor of #CharlieKirk after Kirk was killed. I wonder why it is that white supremacists like Charlie Kirk.
KRCR News reporter Vincent Rupena interviewed me yesterday on the Chico State campus to get my thoughts on the Charlie Kirk murder & the fact that I'm on Kirk's Turning Point USA "Professor Watchlist." I referred to Kirk as a white supremacist homophobic bigot. Video here:
September 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
KRCR News reporter Vincent Rupena interviewed me yesterday on the Chico State campus to get my thoughts on the Charlie Kirk murder & the fact that I'm on Kirk's Turning Point USA "Professor Watchlist." I referred to Kirk as a white supremacist homophobic bigot. Video here:
Here's my latest. A story published earlier today titled "Iraq War Purple Heart Combat Vet Faces Criminal Charges After Run-In with Off-Duty Redding Police Officer." #MemorialDay2025 #Veteran #PTSD #California #Journalism Link: anewscafe.com/2025/05/26/r...
May 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Here's my latest. A story published earlier today titled "Iraq War Purple Heart Combat Vet Faces Criminal Charges After Run-In with Off-Duty Redding Police Officer." #MemorialDay2025 #Veteran #PTSD #California #Journalism Link: anewscafe.com/2025/05/26/r...
My latest looks at the reclassification of the Nikki Saelee-McCain missing person case into a homicide investigation last friday after Shasta County Sheriff's Office, FBI, and Homeland Security authorities raided Nikki and her husband Tyler's home. Link: anewscafe.com/2025/03/16/r...
March 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My latest looks at the reclassification of the Nikki Saelee-McCain missing person case into a homicide investigation last friday after Shasta County Sheriff's Office, FBI, and Homeland Security authorities raided Nikki and her husband Tyler's home. Link: anewscafe.com/2025/03/16/r...
My first Bluesky post! Here's my latest publication! It was published late last night! It explores differing views of the Bidwell's in Chico after the Bidwell Mansion fire: anewscafe.com/2024/12/31/r...
January 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
My first Bluesky post! Here's my latest publication! It was published late last night! It explores differing views of the Bidwell's in Chico after the Bidwell Mansion fire: anewscafe.com/2024/12/31/r...