The fact that this article from Associated Press in NPR doesn't mention that the original Lefebvrist tendency has had consistent decades long links to nazis and spreading antisemitic ideology really underplays what's gone on here.

hammancheez@hammancheez.bsky.social · last mo.

People : oh wow they ordained those illegal bishops i wonder what the pope might d- Pope : EXCOMMUNICATE DAY WOO People : u didnt let me fin- Pope : I DIDNT STUTTER JIMMY

Show trials. I don't know if most Americans realize how much work is needed to restore our institutions, investigate and punish the criminals, & restore trust in our institutions. Look at how people view the state and public institutions in former Soviet regions. A Dem Admin in 2028 isn't enough.

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”@ryanjreilly.com · last mo.

“I didn’t remove, tear, rip, break or destroy any of it," Hearn told NBC News last month. "The condition of the reflecting pool was the same after I stepped away from the water as it was before I got there.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

So, remember how I asked whether Vance was a real Catholic, given that he knows nothing about the faith and didn't attend Catechism? Guess who he supports? THE SCHISMATICS. Also, good on Pope Leo for taking out the trash. They appointed fake bishops!!

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · last mo.

THE VATICAN IS CALLING IT A SCHISM I REPEAT HOUSTON, WE HAVE A SCHISM

Reading about East German women applying for abortions to all-male panels, having to prove their circumstances, and how many were rejected despite the hardships pregnancy represented. I can see TX leaders doing this, though they yell that they hate socialism. It's about patriarchy and control.

Now, from what I understand, Vance never attended any adult Catholic catechism classes. So, how is he a Catholic? What does he know about the faith? What do I know? I just grew up Catholic: First Communion, Altar Server, Confirmation...wanted to be a nun until middle school.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last mo.

Vance: People hang out those hideous signs in their yard that say, "in this house we believe blah blah blah blah blah. You know, love is love, science is science, whatever. No person is illegal." That sign is such a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed

I am stunned that the constitutional question was so close. I thought it would be 6–3 or 7–2. It is profoundly disturbing that four justices would allow either the president or Congress to rewrite the plain text of the 14th Amendment. This is obviously a good outcome, but the margin is alarming.

Elon Musk doesn't believe gutting USAID caused any deaths. He claims his DOGE team was unable to find kids the agency was helping. Well, here are some specific people he could talk to: parents whose kids are now dead, and kids who are now orphaned, thanks to him. www.thebulwark.com/p/yes-the-cu...

Yes, the Cuts to USAID Have Killed

Elon Musk dismisses the human toll of the Trump administration’s gutting U.S. foreign aid—but it’s real and it’s measurable.

thebulwark.com

Belated appreciation for another great @ces-europe.bsky.social conference! I organized two panels on Race and Racism in Europe/European studies @camillahawth.bsky.social @ksvarnon.bsky.social @chelsiwo.bsky.social @elisajoywhite.bsky.social Laura Westerveen and Taryn Marcelino

Now, y'all told me that this level of party-state capture and control only happened in *Eastern European COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIPS*. Because, let this Soviet historian tell you, we've arrived, and there isn't any communism around here.

Jennifer N. Victor@jenvictor.bsky.social · last mo.

Here’s an partial list of govt agencies that will no longer be “independent,” but more closely controlled by the president (and what they regulate): SEC (stocks), NRC (☢️), CIA (🕵️‍♂️, NSF (🧪), EPA (🌲), FCC (📺), FTC (trade), CPSC (consumer safety), SSA (Social Security), USPS (📪), FDIC, FEC (elections).

I am seeing the news coverage of Belfast, and I am reminded of the Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots in East Germany in the early 1990s. The precipitating event is different, but the destruction and racial targeting are not. Terrifying. www.dw.com/en/germany-r...

Germany remembers 1992 anti-immigrant riots in Rostock

The Lichtenhagen district in Rostock became infamous in 1992 as the scene of a racist riot against the Vietnamese and Roma communities. Some Vietnamese survivors feel even more bitter now about the la...

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He is simply propagating the same lies that Russia promoted for over a decade. Ted Cruz fell for the same when he posted about how "un-woke" Russia's army was. Russia is depending on national minorities, misled foreigners from the Global South, and men who didn't have bribe money to avoid the front.

24Hours Ukraine@24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Andrew Tate: “You see that Russia is a very patriotic nation and they don’t fear having a masculine population.” ✅FAST CHECK: 1.3 million russian dead and wounded who were sent to invade Ukraine.

Completely shocked and devastated. I've been following Dr. Pacheco-Vega since before I started graduate school. His posts on writing, productivity, and working to enjoy what we do as academics have kept me afloat. My thoughts are with his family and friends.

Daniel Aldrich@danielaldrich.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I saw this announcement with shock and sadness. Raul put his heart and soul into teaching and mentoring.

Some of the most openly vile extremists are running against and beating the most devout Maga-ists in the TX GOP runoffs. The ads this cycle have been horrifying. The results are horrifying.

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tonight Texas might get its first open Rhodesian candidate for statewide office.

Idk if natl politics watchers know about Paxton like Texans do, but the man is vile. The impeachment (by the TX GOP), the affairs (and hooking the ladies up w/state $), and the latest scandal of helping a child abuser avoid serious time/no name on the offender registry. They still voted for him.

Saw the same ad while at the dentist's office last week, and every time I go to the gym. Roy is a fool, but Middleton makes him look like a Rhodes Scholar. This is not good for Texas (thank goodness it is just the GOP runoff...)

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 2mo ago

i was in college station this past weekend and watched some hotel tv, every commercial break had 2-3 commercials about how "MAGA Mayes Middleton banned trans perverts" while "Chip Roy sided with Gavin Newsom and the trans lobby"

Just feels appropriate to listen to Stankonia while drafting this last dissertation chapter...since I'm moving to the birthplace of two of my all-time favorite music groups: Outkast and Mastodon. (I contain multitudes, thank you).

Something I've been working on since 2020 (and will get back to it once my dissertation is complete) is Russia's inversion of Soviet internationalism to court far-right and white supremacist groups from the US and Western Europe.

Ukraїner in English@ukrainer-en.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (@ksvarnon.bsky.social), an American scholar, talks about the growing connections between the American far right, ideas of whiteness, and the romanticization of Russia as a “traditional” white state.

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (@ksvarnon.bsky.social), an American scholar, talks about the growing connections between the American far right, ideas of whiteness, and the romanticization of Russia as a “traditional” white state.

I am happy to announce that I have accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in European History at Morehouse College. I am finishing my PhD a year earlier than planned, so I'll be defending in the early Fall. Now...to learn how to drive in Atlanta.

I love how when I write or talk about Russia and the Soviet Union as an empire, people are like "but America is an empire!" Yeah, America is an empire too. We can critique and understand the imperial practices of both countries (it is one of the benefits of comparative history...).

Sometimes I think it’s harder for ppl outside of academia to understand how many levels of review - how much scrutinizing by leaders in your field AND by non-field experts at every level of the university - a tenure case goes before it hits the board. /1

Jeffrey A. Becker@serviliusahala.bsky.social · 3mo ago

😡 UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Reject Hiring of Tenured Women’s Studies Professor The rare move comes a year after the board delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

My guess is that the percentage of Americans who are aware that we are blockading and immiserating a neighboring country is in the single digits. Its not an invasion, but involves the use of American military force with the intent of collapsing the government.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Cuba’s government said the country has completely run out of fuel oil and diesel needed to keep the lights on, with extensive blackouts sparking protests for the third day in a row this week. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Beyond the usual lying to the public and blatant disregard for any type of restriction on corruption, wanting to snorkel around hallowed ground as a VIP is just peak Ka$h.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3mo ago

BREAKING AP: When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note he was not on vacation. Left out of FBI's news releases was an exclusive excursion that Patel took days later when he participated in what government officials described as a "VIP snorkel" around the USS Arizona.

I loved and needed this conversation! I've been in my dissertation cave long enough, and I've missed the opportunity to engage the public on the significance of Ukraine, Russia's imperial legacies, and the dynamics of race and racialization in Eastern Europe.

Ukraїner in English@ukrainer-en.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Russia portrays itself differently across regions. Historian and writer @ksvarnon.bsky.social explains how Russia projects itself as a bastion of traditional values to the West and as anti-colonial to the Global South. Watch our latest interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUF-...

I'm just so tired. Watching and experiencing the long-term goal of the lost cause mythology come to fruition in real time is heavy. Historians have been ringing the alarm bells for decades. Coddling the traitors and their whitewashing of the Civil War still has consequences.

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Indistinguishable from 1870s Redeemer rhetoric about "Negro misrule" and the like.

This is bad, and a lot of Americans don't understand how their food reaches their table. War, mass deportations, the terrorizing of farm workers, and tariffs all equal an agricultural crisis. Now, the farmers who voted to support this mess are reaping the rewards, but so is everyone else.

This has been on my mind since the ruling.

Sarah J. Jackson@sjjphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I do frequently wonder what the average citizen of the U.S. knows about Reconstruction. As Du Bois would later point out, the backlash of lost cause propaganda didn’t just create mass disinformation about the civil war itself, but about the opening for actual democracy that briefly came after it.

By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress. n.pr/4edJ5XA

Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress

By weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting, the Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress.

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Historians will note this is exactly what millions of Americans wanted, no matter the consequences: to retaliate against the country for electing a Black President by putting a huge racist in the White House who would constantly refer to every Black person he doesn't like as "low IQ."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump: "I heard Hakeem Jeffries, a low IQ person. He's a very low IQ."

Thinking about the fact that my Daddy and all of his siblings did not have the right to vote until they were adults, and now he and his remaining brother (and the rest of our family) have the same political rights as he did in high school. Lord, have mercy.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The "reactionary colorblindess" of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisiana—and any other state for that matter—discriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...