The Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act is part of a broader rightwing plan to “repeal the 20th century.” #ushistory #votingrightsact #SCOTUS #democracy #civilrights www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8p1399K/

Historian here exactly. The Dems need to learn from the no quarters given political tactics and campaigns of the Republicans in the 1850s and 1860s when they managed to upend half a century slaveholder dominance of the federal government.

once again the unbelievable arrogance of roberts et al is going to genuinely destructive effects on the entire country

I'm sorry, but the dementia-ravaged president is insisting that no other president ever had to get a congressional declaration of war? What?

The Misanthropocene

This gets right to the heart of the logic of the Roberts Court re-writing the Voting Rights Act into a statute that permits the consideration of race only if it is used to disenfranchise people of color:

For my generation, the 1965 Voting Rights Act wasn't just a law but a statement that we were never again going backwards on race. I saw Black political power thrive in the '80s, and never thought I'd live to see the VRA get crushed What do we do now? My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/supr...

A Democratic president with simple majorities in Congress could enact proportional representation for the House—no amendments required. 50%+1 could end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, expand the House, and enact PR by state. And add new states like D.C. to rebalance the Senate while they’re at it

The John Roberts Court has done more to reduce the political power of poor people and Black people while enlarging the voting rights of rich people and corporations than has any court since Roger Taney was Chief Justice in the 1800s. I opposed his nomination in 2005, and I stand by that.

Temu Taney Triumphs

the basic reality is that this court has already destroyed the united states as a functional republic and none of the reforms necessary to rebuild it will survive the court as it currently exists any democrat not committed to expanding the court is not serious about fixing this country

Today's demolition of Voting Rights Act by Roberts Court will likely trigger largest drop in Black representation since end of Reconstruction. They're taking America back to Jim Crow, when white supremacy and one party rule enshrined across South www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Headlines saying this Supreme Court decision "curtails the use of race" in voting are going to make me have a stroke. It empowers white supremacy. It does not curtail the use of race.

If Republicans feel really strongly about getting taxpayers to pay for Trump's golden ballroom, they should go out there and hold some town halls with their constituents. They can bring photos of the chandeliers and maybe a sample of the marble for them to look at. I'm sure it'll be a big hit!

democrats: we're waiting for our good friends the republicans to wake up and turn on trump republicans: we're indicting james comey for an instagram pic and trying to get disney thrown off air cause jimmy kimmel talked shit about us

Normal people from all political backgrounds are shocked when I tell them what President Trump has done to legal immigration. Real people don't want this. It's the bots, trolls, and DC elite activists who are pushing this anti-legal immigration agenda. www.foxnews.com/opinion/trum...

Welcome to Trump's new "Golden Age."

“A celebration conducted in secret, or at least in silence, is not really a celebration. It is a favor done for a diminishing constituency that the issuer would prefer the broader public not notice. This is the political logic of a cause in retreat,” wrote historian Kevin M. Levin. buff.ly/1JqEwko

Didn't bend, didn't cower, didn't even feel the need to stand next to Trump grinning awkwardly like it was normal. And now he's emerged unscathed with his job and his dignity intact and his reputation even stronger than before. Huh. Seems like this could be a model for others in power.

“as part of the project to undo Reconstruction, the DoJ hopes to take out the SPLC using the very tools that group used to defeat the KKK…they can exculpate every bigot who ever swung a tiki torch w/murder in his eyes. Those boys weren’t bad, they were just stirred up by agitators from the SPLC!”

These pictures convey that reflecting pool algae will be replaced by bigotry

George Orwell in 1946: “we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue…Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.”

The Mamdani administration on Tuesday released a plan to expand the tree canopy to cover 30% of the city by 2040. The plan is the first time the city has set a target date for the goal.

Trying to imagine what it must be to have so little self-respect and so much need for attention to be a journalist attending the White House Correspondents Association dinner tonight celebrating an administration that routinely attacks and assaults the press in every way imaginable.

Texas Tech should change its name to Texas HVAC Repair School if they don't want any of that commie book learnin' to get in the way of their glide course to a glorified trade school certificate.

Journalists who are still attending the WHCD this year don't seem to get just how much things have changed. It isn't 1998. You're not going to pose for cute photos with the West Wing stars at "nerd prom." You're enabling a regime who's assaulting your own profession & you're torching your career.

Why not, “How Conservatives Came to Target the Southern Poverty Center”? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

One of most qualified, euphemistic, convoluted ways possible of describing Elon Musk's consistently racist twitter feed: "at times sharing views that experts said echoed white supremacy."

We need historians not just to understand the past, but to shape what comes next. As we look ahead, the work of historians remains essential to public life, education, and a thriving democracy. What should we better understand about the past as we think about the future? 🗃️ #TalkAboutHumanities

Ousted Sec. of the Navy, John Phelan, didn’t know when Pearl Harbor happened #ushistory #phelan #ww2 #USNavy #pearlharbor www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gqx2e5/

Republicans: [unsavory tactics] Media: Gosh, that’s some maneuvering. Democrats: [punch back] Media: We need to ask ourselves if this is the sign of a healthy democracy.

America Is Anxious About Its 250th Birthday. So Are Historians. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/a... #ushistory #america250

FoxNews host Maria Bartiromo does some amazing “historical research” into WW2 #ushistory #iran #ww2 #straitofhormuz #MariaBartiromo www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gCqDKu/

I study racist politicians from the Jim Crow era and this is on par with anything that John Rankin, Theodore Bilbo, or Cotton Ed Smith ever said in public

Again: young people might not realize that this kind of repugnant racism was unacceptable to express publicly, *not that long ago*.

Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"

I think before you build an Arc de Triomphe you should be able to identify at least un (1) triomphe

This piece begins with Amity Shlaes' most common and most deceitful trick -- citing the unemployment numbers in 1938, when the country fell into a recession because FDR had been persuaded to *ease off* the New Deal, as proof that the New Deal didn't work. Pure hackery.

Donald Trump claims he “saved historically Black colleges.” According to college administrators, HBCU presidents and the actual data, Trump is overseeing the worst attack on these institutions in American history.

let's make a cultural value judgment: palantir are a bunch of execrable fascist shitheads and their ideas go against the basis of every civilized country on earth, from which they should be extirpated like the intellectual cancer they are

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business. WE Pay for

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I’m in a documentary about the great Lakota leader and warrior, Sitting Bull, now streaming on Netflix. Let me know what you think. #USHistory #NativeAmerican #SittingBull #custer #lakota www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gHuoYx/

Sen. Roger Marshall compares soaring gas prices due to the Iran War to sacrifices Americans made during WW2 #ushistory #iran #ww2 #straitofhormuz #inflation www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gmYrj6/

If there are any Democrats who are thinking of running for the presidency on 2028 on anything less than a clear agenda of widespread prosecution for this administration's corruption and fundamental structural changes to ensure it can't happen again, they should just stop right there.

The Big Beautiful Bonanza - 88 Corporations with $105 Billion in Profits, Paid ZERO FEDERAL INCOME TAX in 2025. They include: Tesla, Palantir, Paypal, Haliburton, United Airlines, and Disney. itep.org/88-profitabl... #secondgildedage

"Democrats need to break from this path and acknowledge that billionaires—especially those in the increasingly antidemocratic tech sector—are never going to side with them over the GOP." From @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2087...

Over the past week, the president posted an image of himself as Jesus, the vice president challenged the pope on Catholic doctrine, and the secretary of defense quoted the speech of a fictional hit man and presented it as scripture.