Terry Bouton
@terrybouton.bsky.social
Forthcoming Book: American Monarchists: The Founders Who Betrayed the Revolution (Basic Books, 2027). Historian of the American Revolution and Creation of the US Constitution. Author of Taming Democracy. Democracy Dies in Doomerism. Don't be a Doomer.
"Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in one steel stroke. But all those 'biggee' tattoos? Tell me they don’t scream 'diversity hire.'"
I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires
“Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in...
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Politics is about building coalitions. A coalition with lab-leak boosting gun nut conspiracist Tom Massie shook loose the Epstein files. So, meet with whoever unless they're literal Nazis. But even so, MAHA activists are not to be trusted.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d agoThere is pervasive corruption across our healthcare and agricultural systems that defy party lines. I meet with MAHA activists because a lot of their concerns are bipartisan issues that major corporations paint as partisan. The fight isn't left and right, it's top and bottom.
Such creative storytelling and so touching. It's worth 14 minutes of your time if you've never seen it.
Noelle Cook@noellecook.com · 2d agoRandom recommendation: My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes, a 14-minute documentary short by Charlie Tyrell. Saw it years ago in a visual anthropology class. I love how this was made. vimeo.com/292537862?sh...
HINT: Bill Gates isn’t blurbing your book because you told him a hard truth. He’s blurbing your book because your call-to-action fails to hold power to account.
Not a fan of this blogger, who has aired out brain-melting conspiracy theories about myself and others who covered the rise of the QAnon movement, but this lawsuit against him was plainly ridiculous and the resulting headline here is great
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 4d agoA federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/oZwZMR9
Pam Hemphill on the hunt for her next confrontation.
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 5d agohad to grab a shot of this old lady lighting up a cig while surrounded by a pack of scumbag streamers
Grateful to be shortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award! (@maahstonebookaward.bsky.social) Congratulations to the authors of all the books!
MAAH Stone Book Award@maahstonebookaward.bsky.social · 5d agoThe 2026 MAAH Stone Book Award ShortList! Mark your calendar to join us in person or virtually for the awards ceremony on October 8th! Registration opens September 8th at maahstonebookaward.org. @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @danaawilliams.bsky.social
“The most consequential feature of conspiracy theories may be their ability to move from one group to another.” theconversation.com/faucis-covid...
Fauci’s COVID-origins hearing shows how conspiracy theories became political weapons
Conspiracy theories don’t just explain events – they identify villains, and Fauci is among the most popular.
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No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Thank you @brettkrutzsch.bsky.social, for having me on. I really enjoyed our conversation about the women of January 6, conspiracy beliefs, and what years of ethnographic fieldwork can reveal about belonging, identity, and extremism.
The Revealer@therevealer.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW podcast episode: "The January 6 Women Insurrectionists & Their Conspiracy Beliefs" @noellecook.com, author of The Conspiracists (@broadleafbooks.bsky.social), discusses the women who stormed the Capitol, their beliefs, & how conspiracies act like religion. Listen on Apple Podcasts & Spotify.
Routledge has just listed my book as forthcoming: www.routledge.com/Parliament-a...
Parliament and the Invention of Legislative Power: England, 1100-1330
How did the English parliament become a legislature—an assembly that deliberates, makes law, and represents a nation? In this wide-ranging and carefully argued reinterpretation, Matthew Steilen retrac...
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A sitting president, frantically posting AI slop to signal QAnon and keep the faithful looking anywhere but at the Epstein files.
I can't say it was a good album but I'm glad everyone took a creative risk.
Some abolitionists once played up an antislavery version of George Washington to try to end slavery. Now the Trump administration is doing it to deny slavery mattered at all. I wrote about the new exhibit at the President’s House in Philly for @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Washington, the Useful Abolitionist
In Philadelphia, the Trump administration downplays the importance of slavery to understanding the first president.
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“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.
West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.
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The FBI would like to remind you that thinking is now probable cause. Please think responsibly.
“High-T patriots” is a remarkably stupid way for the federal government to say women need not apply.
I spent every summer in this building when it was Riverside’s public library. It was one of my favorite places as a kid. I’ve loved seeing a place that meant so much to generations of children become home to one of Riverside’s newest and most important cultural institutions. abc7.com/post/inside-...
Inside The Cheech, where Cheech Marin's personal art collection tells decades of Chicano stories
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture in Riverside showcases over 700 pieces of Cheech's decades-long Chicano art collection and the stories behind it.
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I'm getting pretty convinced that LLM abuse is a parent/ adult problem that's being socialized onto kids
It is the 120th birthday of Athanasios Karvelas (better known as Tom Carvel) who was a constant presence on my tv in 1980s New Jersey. Although I prefer a Cookie Puss, I am celebrating with this whale of a bank note in honor of Fudgie (or Santa if you flip the mold). Stonington Bank, CT, $2, 18--.
Really glad to see The Conspiracists resonating beyond the United States, and honored to have it selected by the Democrats Abroad Political Book Club. share.google/um5q7KnbRibG...
Q&A with The Conspiracists author Noelle Cook
Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.
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I posted a shorter version of this earlier as a thread. The full Field Notes essay is here: Why Conspiracy Beliefs Feel Like Home open.substack.com/pub/noelleco...
Why Conspiracy Beliefs Feel Like Home
The Conspiracists has been out for six months, and I keep coming back to the question at the center of the book: what do conspiracy communities give people beyond the beliefs themselves?
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Very proud of my wife, @noellecook.com
Noelle Cook@noellecook.com · 4w agoThe Conspiracists has been out for six months, and I keep coming back to the question at the center of it: what do conspiracy communities give people beyond the beliefs themselves? Certainty, purpose, identity, and belonging. January 6 was one outcome of that world, but it was never the whole story🧵
Thus, the importance of going to the archives. And the beauty of visiting Kew. ‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives
One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer ship
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As always, with thanks to the Zinn Education Project! @zinnedproject.bsky.social
Zinn Education Project@zinnedproject.bsky.social · last mo.Check out the new “Black Schooner” from @marcusrediker.bsky.social, Lester, & Buhle. Graphic “history from below” about the Amistad rebellion of 1839 when 53 enslaved Africans on the slave ship Amistad slipped out of their restraints & overpowered their enslavers & ship’s crew.
I will once again remind folks that a very sizable chunk of what looks like Congress not doing anything to push back against the president is in fact a consequence of the Court disabling/destroying all the ways Congress has tried to push back.
