FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"

I miss the great American tradition of not thinking about the president constantly.

#ELB: “Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him” https://electionlawblog.org/?p=157593

Hey, @nytimes.com. You know that narcissistic sociopaths don’t grieve, right?

WE WILL STOP FASCISM. 🇺🇸

Thread. Rapists running a coercive sex ring AND transmitting CSAM AND inducing other men to abuse women and girls in turn. The alleged behavior is legitimately monstrous and it’s a HUGE deal that the Trump regime is undermining law enforcement to help/free them. Epstein in real time

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · 2w ago

The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.

An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”

We can't go numb to this. We can't let this become normal.

“But the bigger problem is how much of the media of ‘the left’ is dominated by men who appear to have no understanding of sexual abuse or intimate partner violence, but do have a pretty hefty sexist streak that they either aren’t aware of or don’t care to remedy.” YES @juliedicaro.bsky.social

We have an even bigger problem than Graham Platner

The candidate's rise and fall perfectly illustrates the sexism in lefty media

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Have @warren.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov or the DNC pulled their Platner endorsements yet?

Quite a week for the AI-generated fake book group and publicist emails. Six yesterday, and three this morning…!?!

Honored to have my essay about the history and shortcomings of birthright citizenship in the @inquirer.com’s new #MadebyHistory section. share.inquirer.com/IWUtRj

The Philadelphia-born Chinese American who tested the limits of birthright citizenship

If you are born in the United States, you are a citizen. But the history of Chinese Americans shows that this hasn’t always been enough.

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@nytimes.com please just stop this.

Is there a book you've always wanted to write, but you haven't jumped in? Then this week's episode is for you. I talked with @profbrooks.bsky.social about her brilliant new book, THE MOYS OF NEW YORK AND SHANGHAI (@ucpress.bsky.social), and how she brought its characters to life. 🗃️ #skystorians

Episode 103: Charlotte Brooks Is Always Thinking About Research

It’s not every day that I find myself so invested in the characters of a history book that I stay up way past my bed time to find out what happens next, but that’s exactly what happened when I read th...

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Men's complaints today: we are horribly oppressed because a woman translated Homer. Women's complaints: see Heidi Blake's utterly horrific report on the Tate brothers' long campaign of rape, violent physical and psychological abuse, and trafficking of, apparently, hundreds of women.

Hahahaha. They tried to show Trump on the Jumbotron during the anthem si people wouldn’t boo but the boos were IMMEDIATELY AND SO LOUD, they came off the image after a second.

I love the ceremonial booing of Trump. That keeps America great.

My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

This is what leadership looks like. Thank you, Senator @kim.senate.gov

Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.

Hey, @governor.ny.gov, it’s time to have a real conversation about creative ways to withhold our blue state taxes.

Exciting day! We have our first MBH piece up @inquirer.com! Cory James Young writes about George Washington's deep entanglements with slavery in Pennsylvania, beyond the president's house site, centering what historians know about these individuals. Please read and share! 🎁 share.inquirer.com/1BSWa8

George Washington’s entanglements with Pennsylvania slavery extend beyond Philadelphia

Trump's removal of panels focused on George Washington's ties to slavery in Philadelphia should prompt us to learn more about the lives of enslaved people in Washington's America.

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Not under-babied. Happily childless.

There are people still living who fought — and watched their compatriots be murdered — for the passage of this act and to attempt to democratize America. To see it completed felled in the span of their OWN lifetime is just absolutely devastating.

We must understand the racist political rhetoric, the erasure and attacks on Black history, the reinstalling of Confederate names and monuments, all go hand-in-hand as the Court and Congress legitimize the taking of political rights and the end of multiracial democracy itself.

I have no idea why @repdangoldman.bsky.social responds to constituent mail this way (“an outside party organization”), but if I contact my congressperson through @indivisible.org, its not because I’m politically naive or uninformed.

As part of our #OAH26 content, we're pleased to present a special excerpt from THE MOYS OF NEW YORK AND SHANGHAI with commentary from author Charlotte Brooks:

Excerpt from Charlotte Brooks's "The Moys of New York and Shanghai"

An exclusive look at Charlotte Brooks's THE MOYS OF NEW YORK AND SHANGHAI with an intro by the author.

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On MayDay higher ed workers and students are marching under one banner. We are fast becoming one of the most organized blocs in US society. JOIN US! @aaup.org @aft.org @seiu.org @uaw.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social @neatoday.bsky.social

I'm not too proud to beg, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are in a major crisis. If the Republican leadership does not want to call Congress back into session, the Democrats should come back to Washington and do something now to stop this maniac. Staying home and waiting for next week to do something about it is pathetic.

We should make it clear that if this happens everyone involved will live under the threat of war crimes prosecutions for the rest of their lives

There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

textbook sanewashing