“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.” The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Reporting live from Chicago, there’s no “hellscape” I’d rather be in.

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Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network. n.pr/3Kdrsdy

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

I don't know what I think about the fact that every piece of commentary or bit of news is either behind a paywall or requires a membership fee for the latest content. On the one hand, writers should be compensated, full stop. On the other hand, how many substacks will I actually read?

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

This is the official spokesperson for the White House, stating that the President hopes to deploy the United States military to occupy every city controlled by the political party that opposes him. Explicitly.

I do not believe that completing a public history project or portfolio rather than writing a traditional MA thesis is a barrier to entry into a PhD Program. Am I wrong? Please share your experiences.

Oh HELL yes

Dear movie theaters. I would go out to the movies more often if you did not put 30 minutes of commercials and previews before the show. Nobody like that a 7:30 showtime actually means an 8:00 start.

Hell yeah!! Women's professional baseball is finally becoming a reality. Come to LA. We will love you here! #womensprofessionalbasebaleague #baseball #womensbaseball #monedavis @wpbl.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Everything is going to hell without the comfort of a hand basket, but I just bought a ticket to see the Price Sign O’ The Times concert film in IMAX tomorrow evening. I only saw him live once and this will not be the same, but it is still amazing!!

Totally necessary military presence on the god damned metro

More absolutely disgusting evidence of DC becoming a police state

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I commute from Alexandria, VA, to Baltimore, MD. In 19 years have dealt with traffic. I have seen accidents. But nothing prepared me for the daily blockade of police and national guardsmen standing in the right lane of a major DC artery, slowing traffic, peering into cars, and pulling people over.

IDK but perhaps I should stop telling co-workers I have been burned out for years. (Too late)

Half a semester's syllabus plus all of the assignment descriptions and due dates is better than no syllabus, right?

I wrote an essay a few years ago about a U.S. soldier during the Civil War who visited the plantation where Solomon Northup (of 12 Years A Slave fame) was enslaved. The soldier wrote in his diary that the horror of slavery was even worse than what Northup had written. web.archive.org/web/20140120...

@alxnow.bsky.social There are ICE "officers" on Florence Drive, Eaton Square, just off West Glebe. Please help us protect Alexandria residents from warrantless arrest.

@alyia4alx.com There are ICE "officers" on Florence Drive, Eaton Square, just off West Glebe. Please protect Alexandria residents from warrantless arrest.

@alexandriavagov.bsky.social There are ICE "officers" on Florence Drive, Eaton Square, just off West Glebe. Please protect Alexandria residents from warrantless arrest.

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.

I need you to understand that if you heard a song you liked in the 80s, you couldn’t Shazam it. You couldn’t Google the lyrics. You had to sing it to the guy at Tower Records.

Karoline Leavitt, as played by Lisa Kudrow

NCPH’s Nominating Committee is taking over our @publichistorians Instagram account this week to share their approach and to encourage NCPH members to nominate themselves or others for a leadership position with NCPH. Explore the takeover and then submit a nomination! ncph.org/nominations/

On 9/5 at 3:00 pm ET, the NCPH Advocacy Committee and Labor Task Force are presenting "Cultivating Community for Cultural Workers through Mutual Aid." This webinar will help you begin to organize support systems and introduce you to the Culture Keeper Mutual Aid Network. Sign up now!

Newsom: "He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules. As a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, talk about way the world should be...we have got to meet fire w/fire"

I cannot emphasize this enough: the president's claims about Washington D.C., crime and homelessness are lies. He is lying about crime rates. He is lying about the state of lawlessness. He is lying about who is homeless in D.C., what we know about homelessness and how to end homelessness there.

I am so angry for so many reasons. I have lived in and just outside of DC since 1986. Two things are true. First, the idea that DC is unsafe has always been deeply racist. Second, actual crime rates have dropped dramatically. Fear-mongering and racist fascism are an ugly and dangerous combination.

Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."

I dread my son turning 26. I'm not at all sure he will have access to good insurance.

Update from what Republicans like to call the world’s greatest healthcare system.

JFC: "Federal grants have funded drag shows in Ecuador, trained doctoral candidates in critical race theory, and developed transgender-sexual-education programs. One study claimed that more than one-quarter of new NSF grants went to diversity, equity, and inclusion and other far-left initiatives."

Risk your life for 15-18 years on behalf of your country. Get rejected by your transphobic/homophobic/misogynist country. It's quite something to watch the always fragile promises at the heart of our democracy crumble like a sandcastle.

The world is on fire and I am fighting to hold on to my natural optimism, but my (grown ass man) kid is creating his own path and doing amazing things.

For #NutmegSky and others, my museum is hiring historic interpreters, living history interpreters, and a grants manager. Find out more at marktwainhouse.org/about/careers/

It's devastating how many posts I am seeing of dedicated, skilled #publichistorians losing of their jobs under the guise of cost savings. These decisions are short-sighted & I will continue to fight them. Please, stay involved. The American people need you. @ncph.bsky.social #publichistory

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76

Shocking and sad. May his memory be a blessing.

This week, I’m hosting The Daily Show Tuesday through Thursday. It’s my first time hosting anything on TV. Ever. I’ve spent years writing behind the scenes, learning from truly great and talented people. Now, for three nights, I get to sit at the desk and do it myself.

Do THIS kind of reporting on everything: