Hugh Agnew
@hughlec.bsky.social
Historian of the Czechs and the Habsburg monarchy, amateur musician (choral and some woodwinds), sourdough baker, married to a cat rescuer 😻
One of the amazing things about Tom Homan taking 50k is that Trump has made 3 billion off the presidency. Kushner made 100s of millions. Stephen Miller is invested in Palantir. JD is a made man in the PayPal mafia. But their top dog ICE man is bribing for 50k.
a man wearing a black headband and a gray jacket says this game is rigged man
ALT: a man wearing a black headband and a gray jacket says this game is rigged man
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From Poland to South Africa to the United States, unions have been the most effective check on oligarchs and autocrats. If we want to save democracy, we start by rebuilding them. Michael Podhorzer explains.
The One Single, Proven Constraint on Oligarchy and Autocracy
By Michael Podhorzer
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The Organization of American Historians has issued this statement condemning Trumps efforts to whitewash US history by illegally controlling what the Smithsonian Institution puts in its museums. www.oah.org/2025/08/14/s...
OAH | Statement on the White House Review of the SmithsonianOAH | Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian
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Who could possibly have predicted this?
Kenny Kenoir@kenoir323.bsky.social · 12mo agoRacism is expensive
Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files. Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office. One side dodges accountability. The other fights for democracy. Repost @djmelodie
An Australian scholar explains the idea that drove Australia to adopt compulsory voting: "You would know that the government that was elected had the support of the majority of voters in the electorate—not just the majority of the people who turned up." boltsmag.org/compuls...
“An Egalitarian Pressure”: Australia Has Been Requiring People to Vote for 100 Years
As Australia compels voters to show up at the polls this weekend, a scholar lays out the genesis of
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Genocide "doesn’t mean that you have to kill everyone," says historian and renowned Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov. "It means that the group will be destroyed and that it will not be able to reconstitute itself as a group. And to my mind, this is precisely what Israel is trying to do."
"I Know It When I See It”: Prof. Omer Bartov Says Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza
We speak with leading Israeli American historian Omer Bartov about his latest essay for The New York Times, headlined “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.” Bartov cites the United…
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“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the two Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.
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This is one of the most important pieces I've written and I hope you'll read it. Politicizing the military is dangerously destabilizing for democracy-learn more from the vantage point of people who have served. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Why We Don't Politicize the Military
When I started working on this piece, it was in the context of Trump‘s announced decision to bring the National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles to quell protests against ICE.
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In 1936 & 1937, 35,000 people came from around the world to defend the democratically elected Spanish gov't against fascism. 3,000 volunteered from the U.S. They would found the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social @globalexchange.bsky.social
Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Thousands left their homes in the United States to stand against Spanish General Franco and fascism. This is episode 58 of Stories of Resistance.
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The more ridicule that can be heaped on him, the better.
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · last yr.The comments are your morning dose of schadenfreude.
The 14th Amendment was ratified today in 1868—guaranteeing equal protection under the law. 157 years later, Trump’s trying to erase it like it was a typo. No birthright citizenship. No due process. Just Trump doing what he does best—breaking the law.
Russia’s frozen assets must be used to rebuild Ukraine, says Zelenskyy, as he hits out at ‘terrorism’ of daily attacks – Europe live
Russia’s frozen assets must be used to rebuild Ukraine, says Zelenskyy, as he hits out at ‘terrorism’ of daily attacks – Europe live
Kyiv said Russia launched around 400 drones and 18 missiles against Ukraine overnight Zelenskyy also repeatedly thanks partners for their help so far, saying it is thanks to their help it was able to start building a modern air force. “We’ve done it in record time. No other country has switched from Soviet aircraft to F-16 and Mirages this quickly,” he says. I urge all our partners: increase your investments when Russia increases its attacks. Continue reading...
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Today is the feast day of SS Cyril and Methodius, the "Apostles to the Slavs." This is a section of the Alphonse Mucha window in Prague's St. Vitus cathedral. At the top are the two saints baptizing Borivoj, below is St. Ludmila and her grandson, St. Wenceslas (Vaclav).
Just read Charlotte Clymer's excellent 4th of July thread: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-mr-ra...
What Mr. Ramirez Taught Me
July Fourth means community.
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No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan
No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan
The bill steals from the sick, elderly and hungry, and gives to billionaires and jackboots. But Republicans will follow their leader anywhere
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I don't think NYT should know peace until they divulge the full chain of decision making that led to the laundering of Nazi propaganda against a leading anti-fascist politician the same day fascism was codified in Congress.
“Morph into a system”…? Shall we call it the GULAG archipelago?
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last yr.You live in a country that is establishing concentration camps & soon will be stripping citizens of their papers.
And yet, and yet, the suicide attempts seem to be unsuccessful.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · last yr.They have shown that overwhelmingly.
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
