This is a great thread, but I wish all the assholes flinging any form of “zio-“ at people would read up on Duke and understand they are literally talking like 1990s Klan. Woke ass white supremacists smdh

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

This is why figures like former KKK leader David Duke (below) endorsed Trump, not Democrats. That being said; I challenge anyone to provide evidence where white nationalist groups have thrown their support behind today's Democratic Party. Bring it! (cont) www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Yes, it is right up there with “the Nazis we’re socialists, just like the Dems”. No doubt these low-information basement-dwellers are as easily convinced that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a democracy 🤦‍♂️

"Democrat" used to be the name of the conservative party. The parties switched platforms between the Civil War and Civil Rights. Since the name change confuses some people, use "liberal" and "conservative" instead. Liberal=ANTI-slavery, PRO-Civil Rights. Conservative=PRO-slavery, ANTI-Civil Rights.

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

"Are you honestly trying to tell me that the Klan voted twice for Obama?"

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

Southern Democrats were conservatives up until the Civil Rights era. I mean, imagine calling Andrew Jackson or George Wallace liberal. Lmao

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

the gop has been riven with white supremacists since the 1877 sellout, er, compromise. nixon's southern strategy was a deal with the devil that resulted in drumpf getting elected (with more than a little help from putin, then musk).

🧵 disingenuous at best🙄

Trust Eddie to clear up this mess.

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

I can see some of my ancestors party affiliations when I do research on them, and rather than assume anything about them, I search for the name of that party, plus platform, plus that particular year.

When looking at pics from 2016 and 2020, it makes one wonder how many succumbed to COVID.

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I have some very intelligent Indian friends who are in OPT. Some 420,000, or roughly one-third, of international students participated in OPT in 2025–26, making it the largest pipeline of global talent into the US workforce. This will hamper academic research. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

US proposes $100,000 charge for international students to do post-graduate work

Proposed rule would choke off a crucial STEM talent pipeline, policy specialists say

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Reuters: Trump asked SCOTUS to revive his lawsuit against Hillary Clinton for conspiring with James Comey to rig the 2016 election by linking him to Russia. Hillary Clinton: “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.” #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

This rogue regime does not care that a little boy was traumatized. Abolish #ICE

You’re right. There’s no humanity in this admin. Or the RWNJs either.

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #GTS It saddens me that any American believes anything good will come from the current administration. They have all lost their humanity. DJT has never shown a shred of human compassion or love . Don’t let them win. #VoteBlue your freedom depends on it.

#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #GTS Winter is coming soon, we will have road salt in Maine but many will struggle to buy food, heat their homes or buy gas for their cars. Susan Collins must be fired! Vote for Troy Jackson for US Senator. I did!

Divider Dominican Immigrant Oscar Belgal is entitled to Due Process …the same due process deserved by ICE Officers for recklessly firing into a car with a 5 year old child in backseat and kids on a nearby corner. #GTS #RegimeChange #DV1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory 🎥 @muneeba_blogs

Divider Decider 👩🏻‍⚖️🌊⚖️(Renee GOOD, ICE BAD)@dividerdecider.bsky.social · yesterday

Uniter NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams ain’t wrong about ICE “ICE and Donald Trump I want you to understand, New York ain’t no place to play with!” “Be non-violent, BUT DO NOT BE SILENT.” #GTS #RegimeChange #Blues #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory 🎥 @jumaane.bsky.social

Microsoft Lays off American workers for h1b visa holders Retaliation by ICE is possible as the administration is angry IMO splitting billionaires is an interesting tactic near the midterms Pass the popcorn, this should be exciting cybernews.com/news/microso...

Microsoft rebuts White House claim it replaced thousands of US workers with foreign hires

Microsoft pushes back after the White House accuses the tech giant of replacing 6,000 American workers with foreign hires, as the White House bans eight firms from a green card program.

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Thank you for teaching @eddsmitty.bsky.social !

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

Semi-related, when doing work on the Patriot War, I was so shocked at how these abolitionists in the 1830s created secret societies that literally had the same kind of names that we think of as KKK-like. "Brothers of Freedom" or "Sacred Second Sons of Liberty." Nope. Armed abolitionist militias.

Clarence Morley, an open member of the Klan, was elected Governor of Colorado in 1924 as a Republican

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

Well, they're not now. The KKK is firmly GOP. Believe your eyes, folks.

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Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

Hey all, another excellent thread here. Sir, keep up the good great work!

C**ty Orange Stains:)

It would be a great if every time somebody who followed you or tried to comment on your comment by saying “The KKK were Democrats”, you could hit a “punch back” button next to the like button and they could not comment or follow you anymore until they read the thread below.

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

Read this fucking 🧵 Once you finish reading it, if you still don't understand, then read it again. If you need additional references to understand thwhole phenomenon, let me offer a short thread of additional reference material to help you out. A🧵

Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 6h ago

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory