Jeff Ostler
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Semi-retired history professor, University of Oregon. Thinking about genocide.
Fifty years from now, historians will have to write sentences beginning with "As the president's dementia worsened"
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My New One at Slate: āThe Supreme Courtās Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century; This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously.ā
@slate.com
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A despicable decision by the University of Utah. University administrators caving to fascism.
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Ida Bae Wells
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I say it again and again: Because we donāt learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.
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Review of Omer Bartov's new book, Israel: What Went Wrong?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines āwhat Zionism becameā
In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/21/omer-bartov-israel-zionism-genocide?fbclid=IwY2xjawRWBrtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFFdEhMaXY2MzRzRFZjbXNOc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgtZeO-cs9PfBTUAaFlI3KFnFpTEjtlZbC1MbGVlqfeKSGFy5NU8M_b_thAd_aem_L3REf5KjPGL56H3chSOvZg
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More ridiculous framing from @nytimes. How does Trump threatening to do a completely stupid thing put pressure on Iran? Now they're going to cave?
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Trump is uniquely deranged, but he is not the first U.S. president to threaten genocide. Jefferson threatened leaders of an Indigenous resistance movement: "If we are constrained to lift the hatchet against any tribe, we will never lay it down til that tribe is exterminated ...
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U.S. military and political leaders often threatened massive violence---indeed, genocide---against Indigenous peoples to force them to comply. Five examples from volume 2 of SURVIVING GENOCIDE (to be published in late 2026/early 2027):
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Cherish the Strait, grab it and cherish it.
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AsAmNews
about 1 month ago
Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the
#NoKings
Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.
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Some good news for a change
www.klcc.org/environment/...
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Chinook salmon are hatching in Upper Klamath for first time in a century
The Klamath Tribes are celebrating evidence of Chinook salmon spawning in Klamath River tributary.
https://www.klcc.org/environment/2026-03-25/chinook-salmon-are-hatching-in-upper-klamath-for-first-time-in-a-century
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Poor academics, hardships of getting reimbursed for giving talks.
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All this bullshit about 47 years of being at war with Iran, does anyone remember that the Reagan administration illegally sold weapons to Iran to fund the Contras in Nicaragua?
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Rebecca Nagle
about 2 months ago
All charges against Nick Tilsen have been dropped! Tilsen, who is Oglala Lakota and the founder of NDN collective, was facing criminal charges that he allegedly accelerated his vehicle toward a South Dakota cop in 2022.
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U.S. denied its own genocide of Indigenous peoples, so I suppose it makes sense it will deny Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
apnews.com/article/worl...
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US defends Israel against South Africa's allegation of genocide filed to top UN court
The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel at the U.N.ās highest court, according to a filing obtained by The Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/world-court-israel-genocide-us-south-africa-1194b83a65c37541753a9b804133f9fd
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ātargetsā
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/13/ice-agent-court-testimony-oregon?CMP=share_btn_url
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New York Times Opinion
about 2 months ago
āThe selection of Mr. Khamenei makes one thing clear: Rather than compelling Iran to change course, the presidentās war plan is pushing it to dig in,ā Vali R. Nasr writes.
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Opinion | Iranās New Supreme Leader Represents a Choice: Defiance
Iranās new supreme leader has been selected not to break with the regime but to preserve it.
https://nyti.ms/4rZ7Hal
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Michael Oberg
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On the disappointment that comes from reading a retired Commissioner of Indian Affairsā memoir.
michaelleroyoberg.com/native-ameri...
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Being Commissioner of Indian Affairs Means Never Having to Say Youāre Sorry
It was news to me that George W. Manypenny, who served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs under President Franklin Pierce, had published a memoir twenty-five years after he left the Bureau.Ā During ā¦
https://michaelleroyoberg.com/native-americans/being-commissioner-of-indian-affairs-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorry/
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Yale University Press
about 2 months ago
This interview is a must-listen for history lovers. Marc James Carpenter, author of THE WAR ON ILLAHEE, gives an in-depth look into the settler-Native wars that shaped the Pacific Northwest.Ā
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Marc James Carpenter, "The War on Illahee: Genocide, Complicity, and Cover-Ups in the Pioneer Northwest" (Yale UP, 2025) - New Books Network
https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-war-on-illahee
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Adam Steinbaugh
3 months ago
Federal court orders Trump administration to restore historical panel exhibits at Presidentās House in Philadelphia. Happy Presidents Day.
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John Garrison Marks
3 months ago
For Presidentsā Day, I thought Iād put together a thread of *other* Presidents talking about George Washington and slavery. Away we go! š§µ/1
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A few thoughts about another ill-informed refutation of the undeniable fact that the U.S. is built on lands stolen from Indigenous peoples.
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Just finished readings this brilliant, beautiful, and moving book by
@rebeccanagle.bsky.social
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Trump regime erasing more history---this time at the Little Bighorn Natl Monument.
www.ktvq.com/news/local-n...
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Trump orders removal or changing of Native American signage at national park
The Trump administration has flagged two exhibits at Montana's Little Bighorn National Monument as non-compliant, targeting displays that honor tribal sacrifices
https://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/trump-orders-removal-or-changing-of-native-american-signage-at-national-park
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What really happened in Eugene, Oregon: "there has been no information backing up the claims that protesters went inside, and video shows federal agents inside the building kicking out the glass."
eugeneweekly.com/2026/02/02/c...
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Crossfire
Words Camilla Mortensen Video Eve Weston On Jan. 27, 30 and 31, federal agents at the Eugene Federal Building fired tear gas, pepper balls and pepper spray, not only in the courtyard of the buildinā¦
https://eugeneweekly.com/2026/02/02/crossfire/
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DHSās account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: āA smear campaignā
Immigration officials said agent shot two āvicious gang membersā in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/portland-venezuelans-shot-border-patrol-court
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Amanda Marcotte
3 months ago
I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor. You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought. They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
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The pro-ICE church is worse than you think
Cities Church in St. Paul is the persecutor, not the persecuted
https://www.salon.com/2026/01/26/pro-ice-churches-should-be-shamed/
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I don't believe the Trump regime's project of erasing history will succeed. Too many people know too much.
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Minnesota Star Tribune
3 months ago
Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. š·ļø: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Recommending these very insightful observations of the past year by Aziz Rana.
www.equator.org/articles/day...
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Days of Complicity ⢠EQUATOR
A legal scholarās diary of Trumpās return to power
https://www.equator.org/articles/days-of-complicity-aziz-rana-trump
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Lots of theft in US history, that's for sure.
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Saw this ad for Max Mueller's new book WAKARA'S AMERICA in the NYRB. I was lucky to read a draft. It is really really good.
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The owner of X is ignorant about American history.
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Daniel Walker Howe, 88, Revisionist Historian of Jacksonās America, Dies
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/o...
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Daniel Walker Howe, 88, Revisionist Historian of Jacksonās America, Dies
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/obituaries/daniel-walker-howe-dead.html?smid=bs-share
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An eloquent critique of capitalism and plea for the Earth by Apache elder Wendsler Nosie, Sr.
nativenewsonline.net/environment/...
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https://nativenewsonline.net/environment/apache-leader-walks-60-miles-to-court-hearing-that-will-decide-fate-of-sacred-oak-flat
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High Country News
4 months ago
To move forward, Coloradans must face the massacreās trauma and begin to repair trust.
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Colorado cannot heal until it confronts Sand Creek honestlyĀ - High Country News
The trauma around the Sand Creek Massacre must be recognized by Coloradans for true healing to take place. #opinion
https://buff.ly/QbgA2fX
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Holly Brewer
4 months ago
Field āalso reminds the intellectuals of the New Right of something they all too easily forget: They can indulge in fantasies of an authoritarian regime because of the freedom and security afforded by the liberal democracy they loathe.ā A terrific review of
@lkatfield.bsky.social
ās āFurious Minds.ā
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The Intellectuals Fueling the MAGA Movement
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/books/review/furious-minds-laura-field.html?unlocked_article_code=1._08.pt4k.Eq2oZED0dx9C&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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MisterJayEm
4 months ago
RETVRN
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4 months ago
www.civilrightsteaching.org/resource/nat...
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Jimmy Sweet
6 months ago
Today is publication day for my book, Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest, through the University of Minnesota Press!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...
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Mixed-Blood Histories
An unprecedented study that puts mixed-ancestry Native Americans back into the heart of Indigenous history Historical accounts tend to neglect mixed-ancestry...
https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517920340/mixed-blood-histories/
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New documentary highlights indigenous efforts to restore bison population
"Bring Them Home," an award-winning documentary narrated by Lily Gladstone, follows the Blackfeet Nationās efforts to restore bison, revive culture and heal the community.
https://www.news9.com/oklahoma-city-news/bring-them-home-documentary-indigenous-bison-population
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Karl Jacoby
6 months ago
When Texas seceded from the US in 1861, it issued a proclamation declaring that Blacks "were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race." Could one even mention this fact in a history class at Texas A&M under these new guidelines?
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Another to reason to hate AI. Gemini screwed these guys over by hallucinating false info about their company.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
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Who Pays When A.I. Is Wrong?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/business/media/ai-defamation-libel-slander.html
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When Food Cuts Loomed, This Tribe Turned to Bison
In one of its largest harvests ever, the Blackfeet tribe turned to its herd to help feed its members, who rely heavily on federal food assistance.
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/11/11/us/montana-blackfeet-nation-bison-snap?smid=tw-share
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e.w. niedermeyer
7 months ago
Eugene caught a stray at last night's NYC mayoral debate, so now I'm forced to imagine Curtis Silwa wandering the Saturday Market
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170 years ago, the US Army massacred a Lakota village. Their plundered belongings are now back in Nebraska
170 years ago, the U.S. Army massacred a Lakota village near Lewellen, Nebraska. Dozens of items plundered from the dead were recently returned to tribal descendants.
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/170-years-ago-the-us-army-massacred-a-lakota-village-their-plundered-belongings-are-now-back-in-nebraska/?utm_id=8901948&orgid=309&uniquet=In27xvwYWeZcdEu4VcKiOg&utm_att1=
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Claire E. Aubin
7 months ago
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread: Iāve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong. So Iām gonna give you my breakdown.
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I was one of the 12,000. Had to avoid antifa terrorists at aid stations, but made it.
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