Eric Rauchway
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Historian. Florida man. Keep Bluesky weird.
http://ericrauchway.com
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ādemocracy has a right to approach the sanctuary of the courts when a special interest has corruptly found sanctuary thereā Theodore Roosevelt
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https://dn790003.ca.archive.org/0/items/rightofpeopletor00roos/rightofpeopletor00roos.pdf
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:shocked face:
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David Bowman
about 9 hours ago
I really hate the fact that I can write a sentence like "The President is suing himself for ten billion dollars and is close to reaching a settlement with himself to award himself an undisclosed sum at the taxpayers' expense." and not only is it not just barking mad, but it's more or less true.
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ApocalypticaNow
about 8 hours ago
Trump tells the White House press corps that he's going to Guantanamo them. In response, they wave white hankies at him.
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Right: Roberts was concerned that the regulation would impose irreparable harm on the energy companies and therefore speedy action was vital; remember it was the Good Supreme Court that decided desegregation was going to be a rough go and therefore the speed of the remedy should be, hm, *deliberate*
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about 8 hours ago
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Wait'll you find out what Roberts has been doing right out in public
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Anna O. Law
1 day ago
If y'all are wondering why I'm relentlessly posting about my book, it's because I have no publicist and my press didn't have it displayed at a major history conference. .š« Having sold 850 hardback/paperbacks combined by the day of publication, it would have been nice to see it there...
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Occam: it's high prices plus the sense that all the profits are going to bad places; see also announcing an IRS settlement with the president two days after everyone else paid their taxes
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Thoughts on a New Civic Contract
Yesterday I noted G. Elliott Morrisās argument that extremely poor consumer sentiment...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoughts-on-a-new-civic-contract
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Kevin M. Kruse
1 day ago
David F. Ellison cordially invites you to an intimate gathering in celebration of the civil rights movement honoring George Wallace and the White Citizens Councils Thursday, April 23 at an all-white country club to be named later
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well there is a precedent but you won't like it
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Carlos NoreƱa
1 day ago
The University of California system and California State system together enroll 770,000 students. 770,000 That's three quarters of a MILLION students in a PUBLIC education system that ranges in quality from good to world-class. This is a miracle.
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would you like to buy an O . . . xford Illustrated History of the United States at a discount? šļø
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Patrick Nielsen Hayden
1 day ago
āAll that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.ā
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my favorite Bible verse
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Ben Railton
2 days ago
Long before they all played prominent roles in WWII, Generals MacArthur, Patton, & Eisenhower took apart in another military operation ā this one against their fellow Americans. For thoughts on each of their roles in that horrific 1932 moment, check out todayās post! šļø
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first rule of jokes is also the first rule of sentence-writing generally; put the punch at the end
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1 *and* 2
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so anyway
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Ben Railton
5 days ago
75 years ago this week, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his position as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. MacArthur is one of many U.S. Generals who have a great deal to tell us about our wars, our military histories, & many other political and social contexts. +
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Omri Marian
3 days ago
When WW2 started, Stalin sided with the Nazis. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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Jason E. Dunlap, Valeyard
3 days ago
Quote post with something good that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) Michael Dorn played Worf on Star Trek TNG (1987-1994)
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The US Vice President is arguing Catholic theology with the Pope
3 days ago
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In which Heather CR both updates the stylized small-p progressive dynamic in US history *and* concludes with full-strength FDR šļø
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April 13, 2026
On April 12, the day of Hungaryās parliamentary elections, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) posted on social media that it was closely watching the election and stood firmly behind ...
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-13-2026
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I am pivoting to AI, I can haz grant?
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3 days ago
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No laser eyes; pass
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California after the Brown dynasty
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A Very Californian Succession Crisis
The political vacuum at the end of the Brown dynasty
https://publiccomment.blog/p/a-very-californian-succession-crisis
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Imagine . . . somehow
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People in the Progressive era kept complaining about "the high cost of living" even though wages kept pace with inflation, and their anxiety helped fuel the progressive movement. I had an article on this in the JAH about a million (okay, 25) years ago; we lack data, but I used popular texts. šļø
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"Itās not the rate of price change thatās bothering people. Itās the level. When you fill the grocery cartā¦youāre paying todayās stickerānot todayās sticker minus last yearās.ā¦people donāt forget the original price shock just because the rate of change stopped rising."
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It's the prices, stupid
Consumer sentiment is at an all-time low because prices are at an all-time high. The UMich index isn't broken, popular government data just offer an incomplete picture of what people care about
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14-economy-sentiment-its-the-prices-stupid
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š š¹š
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5 days ago
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man, I'm a historian of the twentieth century and I know political popes from earlier than 1941
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Itās not designed for writing, is the thing
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The introduction is and should be the most rewritten part of the book, imho
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if you put it that way it doesnāt sound like winning
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Richard Hammond
6 days ago
Something something āThe Mothers of Interventionā something something
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I keep hearing āletās block the Hormuzā in Frank Zappaās voice
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Chelsea D Chamberlain
7 days ago
I donāt get why parents try to enforce a āno climbing up the slideā rule at playgrounds. If no one is waiting at the top, climbing up should be allowed.
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I craft all my poasts by the sweat of my brow and keep all the money I earn thereby (none)
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Matt Gabriele
10 days ago
I am once again asking
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I am torn between wanting to interrogate the theory of the state whereunder the US is a 14th-century Catholic monarchy and simply wondering whether the pope under Avignon II will be Marco or Jared
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Joe Stieb
10 days ago
RIP the opening of the Strait of Hormuz 4/7/2026-4/8/2026
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Mark Copelovitch
10 days ago
Dude, it's a <concept>
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We live in the era of ābong rip Republicansā: <deep hit> what even is a ceasefire, man
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Catherine Prendergastšŗš¦šŖ¬
10 days ago
Where to fucking begin.
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Wild counterfactual: if Democrats were in power during WW2
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Paul Musgrave
10 days ago
It's not credible that the USA will remain a party to this agreement; it's not credible that Israel will abide by it; it's not even credible that Iran will. But I'm enjoying the day off of missile watch.
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hot take: freedom of the seas was good actually
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hot take: freedom of the seas was good actually
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Marco Rubio slips his foot into a size 9 penny loafer, his toes coming to rest near, but not quite at, the front; the shoe's heel slides over his own. It fits. He frowns, and shakes his head. His eyes clear. "I have had the strangest dream," he says
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