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Lindsay M. Chervinsky
@lmchervinsky.bsky.social
Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library @mount_vernon. 🖊️ MAKING THE PRESIDENCY & THE CABINET. 🐶 mom. Views my own.
This week's history episode kicks off a four part democracy special, as the superb @lmchervinsky.bsky.social helps us understand what democracy even means. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4Mzv...
I'm thrilled to share that my new book about #SCOTUS, "The Court We Need: What's Really Wrong With the Supreme Court—and How to Fix It," is now available for pre-orders: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/812983... The book is set to be published by @vikingbooks.bsky.social on May 4, 2027.
The Court We Need by Stephen Vladeck: 9798217061815 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A brilliant and bracing account of the Supreme Court’s rise, its unraveling, and what it will take to save it, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow Docket Richard Nixon turned...
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Ok deep cut for maybe like 3 people? I think Worthington Chauncey Ford understood JQA better than most historians combined, but he got Washington *way* wrong.
I received the loveliest email today from someone who did not have to send it to me. It made my evening. Just a reminder that it costs nothing to say something nice and might mean a great deal to the person who receives it.
Last week I wrote about George Washington's presidential pardons. There is bipartisan support for pardon reform and these principles offer a guide for how the pardon power was intended to be used. Check your inboxes or subscribe today! imperfectunion.substack.com/p/the-four-f...
The Four Factors George Washington Used to Grant Pardons
And why they offer a template for reform today
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I had an amazing time visiting McLennan Community College and Baylor Law School last week. MCC is doing incredible work with first generation students and it was a real honor to give the Kenneth Starr endowed lecture on all things 250. You can tell from the last picture that I really hate my work. 🥰
Despite everything that happened after 9/11, there was an important moment of presidential leadership first. Religious freedom matters and depends on all of our leaderes. Let me know what you think of my latest Imperfect Union: imperfectunion.substack.com/p/25-years-a...
For the first time since July 2024, I am at inbox zero in all three inboxes. I don't have enough swear words to describe my excitement.
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ALT: Happy Little Girl Dancing with Shades On
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Related: reach out to sites about book talks NOW. We book roughly 8 months out. If you email me about a book coming out next month, there is nothing I can do to help.
Megan Kate Nelson 📚@mkn.bsky.social · 2mo agoPSA FOR HISTORY NONFICTION AUTHORS with books coming out in the next year: This is a very good reason to get on social media and start promoting your book's publication, at least six months out.
Very much enjoyed hearing this year's finalists for the George Washington Book Prize discuss their books. Great to see old friends @rickbell.bsky.social @stevesarson.bsky.social, @joycechaplin.bsky.social and to meet Amy Watson and Paul Staiti: all worthy nominees.
@lmchervinsky.bsky.social is not only an outstanding historian herself, she's an excellent interlocutor giving authors the space to discuss their work all while keeping everything on track. As usual Mount Vernon puts on this kind of show better than any place in the business.
BLUESKIS. This is what @katecarp.bsky.social and I have been working on! Check out the website and join our community of readers who want to know and talk about #history worth reading! www.draftingthepast.com
Drafting the Past@draftingthepast.bsky.social · 2mo agoDRAFTING THE PAST is expanding! Together, @katecarp.bsky.social and @mkn.bsky.social are creating a website and newsletter devoted to nonfiction history books. You'll find book reviews, craft essays, author interviews, publishing news, and more--plus the podcast you already know and love. 🗃️ 1/
DRAFTING THE PAST is expanding! Together, @katecarp.bsky.social and @mkn.bsky.social are creating a website and newsletter devoted to nonfiction history books. You'll find book reviews, craft essays, author interviews, publishing news, and more--plus the podcast you already know and love. 🗃️ 1/
The National Book Festival with @librarycongress.bsky.social is the absolute best and I'm so thrilled to be on the program. I'll be speaking with Sarah Pearsall and Kevin Butterfield about the American Revolution around the world at 11 AM. See you there!
Part II of my series on civilian control of the military is live! I cover the Whiskey Rebellion to Ulysses S. Grant, then pose some questions for us to consider today. Check it out and let me know what you think. open.substack.com/pub/imperfec...
Such a fun week with @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social teaching George Washington and the Founding for 50 teachers. It was so energizing and a great reminder of the amazing teachers doing the incredible history work in classroom.
@lmchervinsky.bsky.social, author of MAKING THE PRESIDENCY, quoted in @pbsnews.org 's America at a Crossroads series on the country's 250th anniversary. Read the full review: https://page1m.co/4wuSGin Pick up your copy of the book here: https://page1m.co/4h0BmNP
"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
Between this and the French with the sign on the Eiffel Tower, good reminder these things are bigger than the current admin and moment
Tibor M. Kalman@kalmantibs.bsky.social · 3mo agoBeautiful gesture from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, illuminating the Mother Ukraine monument in Kyiv in Stars & Stripes of the American flag. May the world continue to stand firmly alongside the resilient, courageous people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom & liberty. 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🕊️ #4thOfJuly
President John Adams set the standard for what peaceful transitions of power should be. @monacharen.bsky.social's book club this month on "Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic," is live with author @lmchervinsky.bsky.social.
Marking the #4thofJuly today by watching the new @netflix.com documentary “The American Experiment” featuring the brilliant insights of an inspiring array of scholars including @sarageorgini.bsky.social, @lmchervinsky.bsky.social, and @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social. m.youtube.com/watch?v=KM9X...
The American Experiment | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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"Women, people of color, and immigrants were essential to the Revolution’s success." America was, and is, about all of us. It's a story we have to keep telling and improving upon.
Who Gets to Claim 1776?
If the republic is to last another 250 years, Americans need to see themselves in its origin story.
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The founding generation inspired our predecessors to inch toward perfection. Only recently has that legacy of innovation, and the history of our revolutionary origins, fallen by the wayside. @lmchervinsky.bsky.social on the legacy and future of our republic: lnk.thebulwark.com/4eV1Y0c
One week from tonight on @pbsnews.org with the legendary Judy Woodruff and Ron Chernow. It was the privilege of a lifetime to be at Independence Hall after hours. I hope you tune in!
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
Obama on the message of the 250th: "In a newly independent US, there will be no kings"
I’m probably most proud of this line of any I have uttered on a podcast.
Jim Ambuske@jimambuske.bsky.social · 4mo agoMy favorite line in the latest episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan is @lmchervinsky.bsky.social's observation that John Quincy Adams had "no Fs left to give" after his presidency. Do yourself a favor and learn why by listening to this episode. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
