Lots of people could have told you that….

Just like Chalaby and Iraq. Fisherman have died and we could end up in a war with Venezuela. Read [email protected] jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/trump-got-...

Today in class we discussed the myth of meritocracy. If Mississippi politicians had their way, my teaching this would be illegal. It's worth asking why they don't want young adults to know their hard work is no guarantee of success; and far less of a guarantee than their parents' earnings.

We had so much fun talking with Jennifer about our new website! We really hope this site can grow and evolve into a resource for you all to share your announcements and achievements and calls for projects and all the rest, so please reach out!

Media and Dems are still getting this badly wrong: Trump is deeply unpopular! Recent approval numbers: 38-54 (Quinnipiac) 39-60 (AP) 40-56 (Gallup) 41-58 (Reuters) 39-56 (Economist) On the pod, @lakshya.splitticket.org explains these numbers brilliantly. Listen: newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

2) That’s the way it was in the old days. And people want to go back to that. Making the idea of being hostile to Black people, or other groups, socially acceptable again is the goal.

1) Part of the problem is that some people are having difficulty with the fact that racism, sexism, antisemitism, and anti-LGBTQ sentiments are seen as character flaws. Some people want to be able have those feelings without being made to feel as if they’re doing anything wrong.

Bryan Stevenson is the closest thing to a living saint that @hls.harvard.edu has ever produced. #sschat

My “America at 250” class—taught with David Blight and Beverly Gage — can be found here. New lectures and podcasts put up every week. m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have a job that instead of me having to prepare for it ahead of time I could just show up and do my job during my scheduled/contracted hours.

It’s here! m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

But book finally into production at Princeton! It’s called “The King’s Slaves: Creating America’s plantation system.”

They do not have enough popular support. So they are trying to outlaw / silence opposition. And that’s where we are. Pushing back has never mattered more.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in Portland: "I will not be approving utilization of the Oregon national Guard. The President does not have the authority to deploy federal troops on State soil."

My dad got polio because a doctor at an AFB told my grandma that there was no polio where they were and "don't worry your pretty little head." Wouldn't give them the vaccine. His right arm still randomly stops working. Guess which of my parents was rabid about us getting every vaccine?

The Virginia property marks the sixth Trump golf course to display the presidential seal since 2021—despite federal law prohibiting its use in ways that suggest government endorsement.

An earlier probe found “no evidence” the FBI had undercover agents in protests at the Capitol.

This seems like a good time to repost this thread…. 💉

Three college football teams ranked in the top five lost today.

“The race to incarcerate made a new generation of advocates crucial to the survival of liberal institutions and values in the age of mass incarceration—including the ideal of adversary justice, racial equality, and the legitimacy of a democratic state, whose overriding goals are security & justice”

Well, if we’re going to prosecute people for lying to Congress…

New from me: Russ Vought is using federal employees as hostages in federal shutdown negotiations, threatening mass firings if Dems do not accept Trump's terms. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...

I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data… —Top Public Worry: Corruption —Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption —Top fear: Corruption —What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt” It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

1/ Ok folks For those asking, here are the lectures for my course w/David Blight & Beverly Gage that have made it online so far. They're posted 2 weeks after being given. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TNc... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vn-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxvF... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ZS...

2/ There will also be podcast episodes that come out with each week's lectures. Here's the first podcast episode that goes along with lectures #2 and #3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vn-...

How a president behaves, shapes a national reputation to an extreme degree. But it's not the only thing. The full reputation of a nation is bound up in us, not just the president. 🗺️ Thanks @jbf1755.bsky.social @mapm8ker.bsky.social @historyed.bsky.social

Founders Online (your link at the top of the thread) indicates there are signed copies in both the Washington and Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress. Because of course TJ kept a copy for himself.

the question to ask the republican majority on the court is “what CAN’T trump do?”

So is anyone organizing a “line the highways to Quantico with signs that say REMEMBER YOUR OATH” get together next week or

Thank you, Justice Kagan, for pointing out this abuse of power.

It was good for me to come here this week. I think, living in New York, with a relatively reasonable governor, I’m constantly like “fight fight fight.” Here, connecting with a bunch of black folks from red states in different situations, the message is “survive, survive, survive.”

NEW SHORT DOC: The 2008 financial crisis created the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression. Use this short doc to teach your students about what led to the Great Recession, how the government responded, and how some people are still affected today: retroreport.org/video/the-20...

Tomorrow on my live podcast History Matters: What the Heck is the World Thinking?? The UN meeting this week definitely raised this question. It’s been asked a LOT at key moments—and Americans are never prepared for the answer. Let’s talk. Friday 10AM ET NCHEteach.org/conversations

Feel like Kaine never gets his due solely because he was Hillary’s running mate, but he is also quite solid

“Since July 2024 when the Knesset voted to deny Palestinian statehood & made clear that Israel would not accept Palestinian autonomy, I've believed the U.S. should no longer condition recognition on Israeli assent but rather on Palestinian willingness to live in peace with its neighbors,” Kaine said

And if you didn't vote, you've done this.

There's no way to couch this favorably to the administration

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

That's the official line: www.archives.gov/milestone-do... Though it was Bingham’s ally Sen. Jacob Howard who referred to “the personal rights guaranteed and secured by the first eight amendments.” More discussion here: openyls.law.yale.edu/server/api/c...

My latest for @boltsmag.org: the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court continues to knock it out of the park with groundbreaking criminal procedure rulings. Here, it interprets its own state constitution's guarantee of due process to require that law enforcement record custodial interrogations.

Yup. It’s here for free: m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This rom the guy who incited the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and pardoned every criminal who participated. Now that was "domestic terrorism and organized political violence," celebrated by Trump and MAGA. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

That’s from Story’s “A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States” (1840): “…the first ten amendments, which may be considered as a Bill of Rights, and were proposed by the first Congress, and were immediately adopted by the people of the United States.”

But her emails...

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"