NOW AVAILABLE! The recording of the first (and probably only) edition of TGS Live: The Worst Wing, featuring professional president-knowers Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Kevin Schultz. What a way to mark a year since The Day That Shall Not Be Named.

our only dick cheney episode is also the only dick cheney episode you need podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

THIS THURSDAY ON TGS: it’s the live show recording you’ve all been clamoring for! I invented a sadistic game to make Prof. Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Prof. Kevin Schultz discuss rubbing Vaseline on presidents. There is a winner but really we all lose in the end. 😌

New #RaceClass episode is out. We chat abt last week’s amazing #Smithsonian #teach-in organized by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social @natedimeo.bsky.social @jodyavirgan.com @thisdaypod.com & #TheMemoryPalace. on.soundcloud.com/u8xuwuudobZL...

Awesome thread. Great work, everyone!

dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.

sharing some photos from yesterday’s incredible teach-in in dc. such a privilege to organize with @natedimeo.bsky.social, @jodyavirgan.com, and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. Pictured: early morning brilliance from @jpygold.bsky.social, @joshuablevin.bsky.social & @elyssafeder.bsky.social

“…the work to strengthen American democracy cannot succeed unless it is rooted in a real understanding of the country’s contentious past – its joys and its sorrows, its benefits and its harms, its brilliant promise and its unrealized dreams.”

Got to hear part of this creative event -- and grateful for it!

For live updates and some great video of today’s teach-in in defense of history and museums on the National Mall, follow @thisdaypod.com on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thisdaypod?i...

How this all isn't front page material every day, in every newspaper, blows my mind

i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this

In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.

If you're in DC on Sunday, please stop by the teach-in on American history-- "In an authoritarian regime, one of the first things that is taken from the public is honest and credible information..."

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

Tomorrow we will unveil the first of 13 historical markers along the Wyandot Removal Trail. Our project has been 4 years in the making, and we are thrilled to take this first step where it all began in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...

NEW: Letitia James asks the court to dismiss the indictment against her because Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed US attorney and has "no authority to litigate this case on behalf of the United States." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.

Announcing a good ol’ fashioned Teach-In in Washington, DC on Sunday, October 26th. We’ll convene for a series of lectures, stories, and conversations to celebrate and stand up for the work of history and museums. Shoutout to @natedimeo.bsky.social for bringing this idea to us. See you in DC!

The AHA offers travel and childcare grants to help graduate students, early career historians, un/underemployed historians, and community college and public high school teachers attend #AHA26. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️

I will be there!

DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin

Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.

Last night’s show was so fun and I’m so grateful whenever I get to do history in public. Shout out to @pastpunditry.bsky.social for traumatizing the audience with the details of Richard Nixon’s preferred breakfast!

The guy Trump picked to lead the office that’s now investigating Jack Smith: — said Niki Haley is ineligible to be president — has neo-Nazi ties — was Andrew Tate’s lawyer — 2x Claremont fellow — wrote for Gateway Pundit — called for Pence to be hanged — called for secession after 2020 election

I wrote about the bizarrely credulous way the New York Times’ flagship podcast “The Daily” presented Russell Vought, how it is indicative of blind spots and fallacies that undermine the public response to Trumpism - and what we actually need to understand about this dangerous man:

I wrote about the inherent contradiction between the Trump administration's MAHA agenda and its refusal to investigate or halt the dumping of toxic chemicals into our food, water and air. theintercept.com/2025/10/02/r...

the latest effort to try to find the switch to turn off liberalism (also these people hate the idea of a free society)

hang with us in nyc tomorrow night!

Hey NYC, my @thisdaypod.com pal @pastpunditry.bsky.social is going to be in town tomorrow night at Caveat - go check it out, say hi if you do. I'll be there --> www.caveat.nyc/events/this-...

My new essay (with Bojan Bugaric): “How long can judicial resistance last when it is to come from unelected lower court judges, if it comes at all? We believe that the momentary flurry of judicial activity is fool’s gold.”

The liberal-heterodox alliance over “free speech” engineered by people like Bari Weiss is precisely what has eased the way for the most authoritarian, anti-free speech government the United States has seen since the McCarthy era, argues @pastpunditry.bsky.social:

So unexpected that letting people keep their freedom, safety, and not be arbitrarily deported to foreign torture gulags might resonate with voters….

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Always read @pastpunditry.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Great piece by @pastpunditry.bsky.social "For the right, this crackdown wasn’t a sign of the excesses of the early Cold War but rather the proper role of government: to police public life to make sure it conformed to conservative values." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Like the supposed "originalism" of so much of the right, the claims to defend "free speech" were simply instrumental, a cudgel to attack the left. Excellent essay by @pastpunditry.bsky.social on the censorious history of the US right

The idea that what is happening at the moment is just a backlash or response to left wing censoriousness is rapidly becoming a conventional wisdom, a shibboleth that must be uttered to engage with centrist punditry. This is an excellent rebuttal.

From the excellent @pastpunditry.bsky.social

A good oped! Props to @pastpunditry.bsky.social for getting one in.

Your history lesson for today. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

This is a superb essay by @pastpunditry.bsky.social. The only thing I would add is that one could backdate the history of conservative "cancel culture" even earlier, if we consider the first Red Scare in the WWI era and the "gag rule" in the antebellum period. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...

Always love when Nicole Hemmer brings the history receipts to the chat!! @pastpunditry.bsky.social

great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie

There are still a few tickets available for our NYC live show featuring Kevin Schultz and Niki Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social! If you’ve ever wanted to watch a lowly postdoc force two preeminent political historians to play stupid president-themed games, snag a seat via www.thisguysucked.com

Great piece by @pastpunditry.bsky.social -- check it out!

Excellent Op-ed by @pastpunditry.bsky.social, on the history of the censorious right. What she observes here for the US also goes for other national contexts, where formations on the far right often self-depict & are seen as free-speech absolutists, when they're anything but...

A must-read essay by @pastpunditry.bsky.social on political polarization in American politics, and why Democrats need to rethink their attachment to reflexive bipartisanship.

An old-school teach-in in the nation’s backyard. Come join us!!