Promoting my queer-themed novel about two Irish immigrants in the Union Army during the American Civil War: brendanchamilton.weebly.com Thanks! ‪@annakornbluh.bsky.social‬ @lollardfish.bsky.social

Important thread outlining DHS’s repeated abuses and deceit as laid out in a US District Court court

I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY! After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️ @uscpress.bsky.social

I am excited to announce that my article, "Willie Charlton: A New York Irish ‘Street Boy’ in the American Civil War" will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany, ed. by @salvadorryan.bsky.social wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...

Nearly here: Childhood and the Irish, ed. Salvador Ryan. I have articles on the parish children of Youghal, and a grandmother's keen on a little Waterford girl c. 1870s. wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...

Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”: wapo.st/448fDw6

Thrilled to have written something for "Childhood and the Irish" (ed. @salvadorryan.bsky.social), a collection which explores so many aspects of growing up in Ireland over the centuries. My contribution is about piecing together the life of a foundling ancestor. wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...

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“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

No Kings

Women don't like the vehicle

“Now our new ways aren't nice When we deal with men of ice, But if that is Freedom's price, We don't mind.” Just a brilliant song from Malvina Reynolds—from 1964! Timeless. open.spotify.com/track/6x3AVK...

“I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because ‘truth crushed to earth will rise again.’ How long? Not long, because ‘no lie can live forever.’ How long? Not long, because ‘you shall reap what you sow.’” -MLK

I'm not a quoter of scripture, but this seemed appropriate for the horror that has been unleashed because of the gutting of USAID. “Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus

The American cities Trump has vowed to invade one by one produce 90% of this country's GDP. We must withhold these funds, and our infrastructure, from the United States Government, until these invasions stop If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this

"During the Biden administration, there were 26 deaths in 48 months—roughly one death every two months. During Trump’s term, that rate has nearly quadrupled." Immigrants are dying in detention in unprecedented numbers. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...

ICE is going to apartment buildings without a warrant, breaking down the door of literally every unit, zip tying & detaining everyone inside, & arresting people for things that have nothing to do with immigration. This is a 5 alarm fire. This is what a secret police force does.

Really the only question that matters

Fascist

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Renowned Artists Compete to Create Bronze Sculpture Honoring U.S. Colored Troops in Rahway, NJ www.tapinto.net/towns/rahway... "The sculpture will depict the bravery and sacrifice of the #USCT, a regiment whose contributions were long overlooked in American history."

I've read a lot of runaway ads but nothing quite like this one.

Des Moines has you all beat

I beheld the face of evil and it was goofy as fuck

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

All the super straight, Christian, MAGA warriors broke down Grindr, the gay dating/sex app, yet again. The last time it broke down...the RNC in Wisconsin.

1st LT Frank N. Sheets, aide-de-camp to Union Gen. Richard W. Johnson, was killed on this day in 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga. Sheets left his hometown of Madison, IN in 1861 to enlist as a private in the 29th Indiana around the age of 15.

162 years ago today, 486 men of the 8th Kansas Infantry marched into battle at Chickamauga. By this time of the evening almost 300 of them lay dead or wounded on the field. They had been thrown into the meat grinder in the woods skirting the Viniard Farm field.

“I do have a lot to say about the federal prison in Atlanta, where ICE transferred me on Monday, July 7. The prison is not only old, ugly and gloomy, but it is also designed to drive people crazy.” bittersoutherner.com/journalist-m...

masthead of The Liberator, 1850 In this image, Jesus Christ is depicted as the the Liberator — the one who has "come to break the bonds of the oppressor," and becomes a doorway between slavery and freedom. "Our country is the world—our countrymen are all mankind." via Newspapers.com

New, w/ @mulchy.bsky.social & @djbyrnes1.bsky.social: ICE shot & killed an immigrant in the Chicago suburbs yesterday. Then they immediately gave a misleading account of events. Chicago erupted in chaos and a father who lived here for decades is dead. This is what really happened:

Civil War era patriotic envelope (via Wisconsin Historical Society). #americancivilwar #history @djinnandtonic.bsky.social

impossible to read something like this and not think of the administration’s efforts to separate and destroy families

from chandra manning's wonderful book "what this cruel war was over"

"How to Report ICE" zine editions now available for free printable download: NYC Philly Durham, NC Pittsburgh, PA All of Massachusetts Northern California from Humboldt to Monterey Counties! More to come! Please share widely. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

A new shameful low. Even for Trump and MAGA. Everything about this story reveals the sickness that has taken over America. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Migrants and refugees are “messengers of hope” and a “true divine blessing” in a world often “darkened by war and injustice,” Pope Leo said in his most extensive remarks on migration since his election to the papacy in May: americasvoice.org/blog/pope-le...

We've splayed our souls so irreversibly with the national placating of Netanyahu that the screams of revulsion at this can never be loud enough.

Andry José Hernández Romero after hugging his best friend, who had been relentless in pleading for his cause. I’ll stop posting these some day. But not today.

Dismantling USAID is evil, plain and simple. Burchett and other Repubs justify this by talking about debt, but they passed a bill that will add over 3 trillion to the national debt. They say we need to focus on feeding Americans, but just cut SNAP benefits by 20%.

Albro & Mary Lyons were abolitionists in 19th century New York who fought to end slavery & protect those escaping bondage. The Lyons family ran a boardinghouse for Black sailors that doubled as an Underground Railroad station for hundreds of enslaved people fleeing slavery.

This is where I post from

Check out Uncensored, the archive created by ex-NPS historians that documentes which stories have been censored by the administration www.resistancerangers.org/rangers-unce...

For context, consider that image-obsessed Trump was referred to as an "enigma" by the press on multiple occasions. In 1998, at a benefit for the Police Athletic League in which Trump was present, MC Larry King publicly called Trump an "enigma."

Incredible thread that is well worth a read!

Remembering ancestor Felix Larkin on the anniversary of the horrific NYC Draft Riots of 1863. An Irish immigrant police officer from Desertmartin, County Derry, Larkin arrested a suspect in the lynching of a Black man on Clarkson Street.

Zohran’s Zouaves voguing down Broadway to John Brown’s Body baby

I've read far more Union soldiers letters than JD, and I'm confident many of these boys would have found a special place for him on a sour apple tree.

Military documents confirm that the LA operation today was a “show of presence” intended to send a message to LA residents about the power of the federal government. After staging with armed soldiers and Border Patrol agents on horse, they packed up and left after a short walk.