Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”
Danielle Swiontek
@daniellesw.bsky.social
Historian, community college instructor, mom of ND kids, swimmer, yogi, romance novel reader, fascism fighter, political junkie
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/
Real question: When can we stop paying federal income tax since, apparently, the federal government doesn’t do anything anymore?
The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 11mo agoIn the nine months since Donald Trump returned to office, Russell Vought has frozen vast sums of federal spending, terminated tens of thousands of federal workers, slashed federal aid, and, in a few cases, brought entire agencies to a standstill. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/gf64YG
It will never not be crazy stupid & dysfunctional to me that the government of the United States of America is shut down just to keep its president from being exposed as a serial child sexual abuser. jfc
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
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We Democrats want Senate Democrats to SHUT IT DOWN!!! VOTE NO!!! Vote no on the Maga House Republicans budget bill!!!! WTAF is going in with two faced @schumer.senate.gov ?! Last night you were al unites and now he's saying he's voting for the bill?!!! youtu.be/7tNbsxVCQD4?...
Rick Wilson Has an URGENT Message for Chuck Schumer: SHUT IT DOWN!
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I feel like more people in power need to watch “Pretty Woman.” The moral of the story is that heading up a private equity firm that strips companies of their assets and then file for bankruptcy makes no one happy.
On @nbcnews.com tonight, they reported that DOGE is firing workers at the Department of Education BUT NO MENTION THAT IT IS ILLEGAL. Shame on you.
A new restaurant opened in my town, and they have a $8,300 bottle of wine on the wine list. So, what I’m saying is that we need to eat the rich.
I feel like we are living through some strange version of Hogan’s Heroes.
@nbcnews.com An Ethiopian-American female soccer player is going to be paid $1 million to play on a professional European team. It’s an American success story! WTF? Shame on you.
Pushing back works!
Lauren Turek@laurenfturek.bsky.social · 2y agoThank goodness: after an outpouring of public dissent, Lackland reversed its terrible decision and will thankfully be teaching recruits about the Tuskegee airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots again. A reminder that we must always push back: www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Happy Caturday! Indie was eventually banished the other night for banging on the blinds for over an hour. She believes she was unfairly accused.
I've built a machine that can be Confidently Wrong. It can also make pictures that all look a bit the same, as well as make a video of you kissing any celebrity or person you know. In payment, I'd like to boil the world's oceans dry, & steal all literature. For some reason, my head is not on a spike
Looks like Susan Collins is Susan Collinsing again over Peter Hegseth’s nomination.
