Swarthmore College's History Department is proud of our former student and distinguished colleague, Jessica Roney, who will become the first woman to be director of the Library Company of Philadelphia. #history #vastearlyamerica share.inquirer.com/j2Pc8h?utm_s...

"Amid occasional applause from passersby, as National Parks workers restored the panels, an unnamed employee said, “It’s our honor.” Mayor Cherelle Parker: ...“today, we celebrate the return of our history to the President’s House exhibit.”" whyy.org/articles/phi...

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Grateful for all those who refused to accept this erasure of history: “Each person who visits the President’s House and does not learn of the realities of founding-era slavery receives a false account of this country’s history.” — U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

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👇 Joan Scott connecting the canceling of gender studies and the Epstein files: "Gender studies is not an “ideology”, but a critical tool for examining – in the case of Trump and Epstein – the predations of toxic masculinity." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I dunno guys. I’m starting to think that this Noem person who auditioned for her tough guy/border enforcer job with the Trump administration by bragging in her memoir about shooting the family dog in a gravel pit, might not be a good person.

On this day in 1759, 267 years ago, the radical abolitionist Benjamin Lay passed away at age 77. A hundred years before William Lloyd Garrison, Lay called for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery worldwide, with no payments to enslavers. Let us remember him. Art by Marco Lorenzetti.

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I just learned the sad news that Chip Berlet has passed away. If you're up on the study of the religious right in America you know who he is. If you don't please read this obituary. He was on this before all of the rest of us. It's a sad loss idavox.com/index.php/20...

In fairness, he’s no more racist than the guy who was president before Biden.

Turns out Republicans have expanded their standard “I didn’t see the video” story to include videos they watched and posted.

So easy to forget how joyful it can be to witness simply humane (human) acts of governing. "A woo woo woo!"

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades

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🎯 @lizadonnelly.bsky.social Trump uses the old misogynistic tactic to attack a reporter who is doing her job. The only person in this video who should be ashamed it Trump.

Extraordinary tennis from Carlos Alcaraz, on his way to becoming the youngest man to complete the career grand slam. Ridiculous talent! #AusOpen #tennis www.youtube.com/shorts/fvHgF...

People are making fun of him for this, but I feel pretty confident that the new Trump Kennedy Center will be as much of a success as the Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Vodka, Trump Shuttle, Trump Mortgage, Trump Steaks, and Trump University.

Gonna beg media not to just repeat Trump's obviously bullshit framing in the headlines. Tell readers the truth in the headlines. Alternatives: "With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely" "Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"

"It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in a federal law enforcement action since the surge in immigration enforcement began two months ago." Well done, Police Chief Matt Grochow.

They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.

DHS says ICE agents need to wear face masks because doxxing is happening and assaults are spiking. But, according to their press releases, no agent has been doxxed and assaulted since Trump came back to the White House.

This is extremely fishy, because the Constitution Center is (1) not part of the Park Service, (2) not part of the government - it isa private entity, which (3) has a Republican board head that pushed out (liberal) Pres & CEO, Jeffrey Rosen, in a "leadership dispute" acc. to the Inquirer and NY Times

"Who's city is it Chief? Bovino: "It's our fucking city." And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.

I wrote an Opinion Essay for the Phila Inquirer. The piece mentions the conference I’m directing for the Library Company of Phila. I’ve gifted the article, so there’s no paywall. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

It’s driving me a little insane to see all this “protester” lingo. Like yea there are protests.. But if masked, armed thugs invade your neighborhood and terrorize your community, standing against that is not “protesting”. That’s an attempt to maintain safety. The government made itself the danger.

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"The desecration of the President’s House ... also insults the efforts of the Philadelphians who fought to build the exhibit and have a vital part of America’s history recognized." share.inquirer.com/FbQmQC?utm_s...

As I noted here, ICE's masks have given them impunity to inflict harm without consequences, just like the Klan. And just like the Klan, when they're unmasked by new laws, they'll be weakened across the board. campaign-trails.ghost.io/masks-off/

"We are watching ICE and CBP engage in a national, presidentially-sanctioned police riot — but make no mistake: It’s a riot borne of their fear, not their strength. These agents and officers are terrified about the public hostility they’re facing." -- Excellent article by @vermontgmg.bsky.social

Censorship comes to the University of Arkansas Little Rock: arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

"Empty bolt holes and shadows are all that remains on the brick walls where explanatory panels were displayed . . . One woman cried silently at their absence. . . . A hand-lettered sign said 'Slavery was real.'" . . . It's all connected. bit.ly/4q21GI9

How ICE targets white supremacists in its recruitment ads. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh_...

You can see pretti’s hands under the pile all the way up to where gray jacket guy takes the gun. Pretti clearly never pulled it out.

The term martyr means “witness.” The man was murdered for bearing witness, literally bearing it, not arms but a camera. Murdered for seeing.

The pigeon toes. The earnest crossing guard hand. The way his other arm, holding the camera, is tucked into his side. The way he stands before the threat, looking over his shoulder at the wellbeing of another. The brown, the beige, the hat. One humble soul. Here is another Tiananmen Square.

This video is itself a historical document that shows the Trump administration's efforts to erase history. There are few more telling symbols of the intentional attempt to silence the past than the raw, empty spaces left behind after this removal of displays about the history of American slavery.

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

One day, if we are lucky, the erasure of American history will itself be remembered as a shameful chapter in American history

These Peace Prize memes are hilarious! thebugonline.com.au/2026/01/19/m...

Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

A great, though haunting, essay by @nickmiroff.bsky.social. “In creating DHS, we didn’t want to create the KGB or the FSB,” [Seth Stodder] said. ... “It makes me think that maybe DHS was a bad idea."

My parents, both principal Martha Graham dancers, would have been pleased. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/a...