Why rightwingers love to misquote MLK #ushistory #MLK #Trump #Reagan #civilrights www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fPhaJ3/

Trump extorts a Nobel Peace Prize from the winner, María Corina Machado, after invading #Venezuela, bombing 4 different countries, threatening to attack #Greenland, & mobilizing the US military against American citizens. #ushistory #nobelpeaceprize #MariaMachado www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fUaAs2/

Trump’s plan has been clear: terrorize Americans, attack them, shoot them in the face, and create as much chaos as possible — whatever it takes. Then use the chaos he manufactured to invoke the Insurrection Act.

Yeah, let's use the NYPD as a model. What could go wrong.

People didn't take that Access Hollywood tape seriously and now Trump is doing it globally

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After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.

Abolish ice is about to become a centrist position

the great David Gutenfelder who’s photographed so many of the world’s most intense conflict zones in the past three decades now reporting from his home town www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

This administration excels at finding different ways to harm our children. Assaulting and kidnapping them joins a long list -- bringing back deadly diseases like measles, slashing education funding, supporting Twitter's CSAM, and, of course, protecting the president's pedophile sex trafficker pals.

Just spitballing here, but I think the founders probably wouldn't have approved of a President putting the entirety of a highly militarized federal government on a war footing against a state because he didn't like how they voted in the last election. But I'm sure John Roberts knows what he's doing.

The community effort to preserve a historic Black cemetery in Maryland’s capital www.thebanner.com/community/lo... #ushistory #blackhistory

Bison return to Illinois prairies after nearly 200 years www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news... #ushistory

once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...

Abolish ICE should be more than just an activist slogan. Time to put meat on the bones. By the same token, we need Democrats who won’t run away from good policy, needed accountability measures, and crucial democracy protections simply because they’re scared of Republican lies.

Grok thinks the U.S. Department of Labor sounds a bit Nazi www.yahoo.com/news/article...

🗃️ Time to rewrite immigration history with Native history in mind. The US was founded on the conquest, dispossession, removal, exploitation, or genocide of Native people. Denial of that fact generated counter-myths: empty land, waste land, Manifest Destiny—and the slogan “nation of immigrants.” 🧵1/7

US imperialism exposes American hypocrisy in 1898 and 2026. In both the Philippines and Venezuela the US touted its promotion of liberty and human rights all the while violating both on the homefront. #ushistory #Venezuela #reneegood #imperialism www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8fYFbxH/

AOC: What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman while she was trying to flee for her life. What we saw today was a manifestation of every American’s worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny.

Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News

The fundamental choice has not been as stark since World War II: democracy and freedom, or dictatorship and tyranny. Trump and his sycophants are siding with the latter. The rest of us must loudly, proudly, and boldly proclaim our allegiance to the former.

So why does it matter that MAGA is fabricating a false “history” of what happened on January 6, 2021? Because that’s what Confederates did after the Civil War - creating a #LostCause myth that inflicted lasting damage on the nation. #ushistory #J6 #Trump #confederacy www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yEMeGb/

For no particular reason, reading the Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League (1899), an organization established to oppose the US seizure of the Philippines and refusal to grant them independence. #ushistory #venezuela #imperialism #Maduro #donroedoctrine www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yTVDKR/

This story details that the teen they detained for six months was just about to graduate high school early at the age of 16. Definitely the kind of irredeemable criminal monster we don’t want in America.

If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now? Just checking what the standards are these days.

Yes, this is exactly the time to demand Democrats "do something." They can denounce Trump's actions as unconstitutional. They can state that he must be impeached and removed. They can make clear that all involved will be held accountable. These are the core duties of a role they all signed up for.

Name Brand vs Dollar Store Knockoff

looks like someone is about to win the “fell for it again” award

Trump‘s invasion of #Venezuela is another reminder that he wants to bring the US back to the #GildedAge. That’s when the US embraced #imperialism and justified it as an effort to “liberate” oppressed people in Latin America and the Caribbean. #ushistory #donroedoctrine www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y72d4T/

For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed. Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void. This is why we must fix the system.

Reviewing #Trump’s many #ushistory fails of 2025, including his claims that the Declaration of Independence was about “love” and “respect,” that “we've never had a president that solved one war,” and that Reagan “loved tariffs.” #founders #presidents #abrahamlincoln www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ysrLnG/

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

Time to mail the trophies to the winners of the 2025 Weemsy Awards™! The Weemsies™ spotlight the stupid, false, & outrageous things people in public life said re #UShistory. Like #Trump falsely claiming that “Reagan loved tariffs. #PeteHegseth #JDVance www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yqSP1n/

The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The biggest mistake liberalism made was to watch conservatives worship the constitution and “the founders” like idols for decades and believe they really meant it. The constitution and the rule of law they hold dear are the versions in their heads where they get to do whatever they are want.

2️⃣ THE NUMBER TWO TOM THE DANCING BUG OF 2025 - "Know Your ICE Agent," from the week of June 30

‘Norman Rockwell Was Antifa’: Artist’s Granddaughter Bashes Trump Admin for Hijacking His Art www.mediaite.com/media/news/n...

US removal of panels honoring Black soldiers at WWII cemetery in the Netherlands draws backlash apnews.com/article/neth...

Stephen Miller shares some wildly inaccurate claims about immigration and US technological advancement. #ushistory #stephenmiller #immigration #wrightbrothers #manhattanproject www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yXtfKf/

Great points in this thread: We don't usually think of 1965 immigration act as on par w/New Deal and Civil Rights, but it was a major liberal achievement and Miller's real project is to undo it. As @larryglickman.bsky.social says this connects w/goal of undoing other great 20th century achievements:

That’s where the culture wars come in handy. Distract people with fear so that they tolerate the money grab from tax policies that favor the wealthy and deregulation of consumer protections.

Texas State University Cancels Black History Exhibit, Citing Anti-DEI Law www.binnews.com/content/2025...

It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).

Trump compared to JFK? Not even close. Trump has added his name to the Kennedy Center - above JFK’s and in a different font - in an attempt to suggest a connection to the former president. #ushistory #trump #presidents #kennedycenter #JFK www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yDU14A/

Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!!

Historian here it’s not just the Supreme Court, it’s time for a Third Reconstruction of American democracy now that we have seen how easy it is for bad actors to play the system for nefarious goals.

Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame” is just a pathetic Gallery of Grievance #ushistory #trump #presidents #walkoffame #whitehouse www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yr1gkv/

Trump cancels new coins commemorating abolition, civil rights, and women’s suffrage. US Mint may release a Trump $1 coin instead. #ushistory #BlackHistory #civilrights #womenssuffrage #TrumpCoin www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8y6Uj86/

Food prices are skyrocketing, so President Snow is launching the Hunger Games!