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Dr Jessica Parr

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Historian of Early Modern Atlantic. Digital Humanist, and Librarian. #NULab affiliate faculty and Director of #PH at Northeastern. #Memory Studies. #Geospatial humanities Neurospicy. Opinions are my own and not my employers. www.jessicaparr.org

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Here is the spreadsheet DOGE had ChatGPT produce, to determine which grants were too DEI www.historians.org/wp-content/u...

07.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

These cancellations were so much more horrible for other people than for me personally, as my fellowship was coming to an end. Huge losses to hundreds of people and dozens of long term projects and ongoing relationships. The loss to humanities has been incalculable

07.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 375 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Picture of DOGE guy Nate Cavanaugh

Picture of DOGE guy Nate Cavanaugh

Screenshot of my DOGE letter β€œDr. Joseph Rezek
Dear NEH Grantee,
This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement.
Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant
Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFRΒ§200.340.
For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders,

Screenshot of my DOGE letter β€œDr. Joseph Rezek Dear NEH Grantee, This letter provides notice that the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is terminating your federal grant (Grant Application No. FEL29509824) effective April 3, 2025, in accordance with the termination clause in your Grant Agreement. Your grant no longer effectuates the agency's needs and priorities and conditions of the Grant Agreement and is subject to termination due to several reasonable causes, as outlined in 2CFRΒ§200.340. For instance, NEH has reasonable cause to terminate your grant in light of the fact that the NEH is repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the President's agenda. The President's February 19, 2025 executive order mandates that the NEH eliminate all non-statutorily required activities and functions. See Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, E.O. 14217 (Feb. 19, 2025). Your grant's immediate termination is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities. Any objections or appeals to this termination will be managed in strict accordance with the President's Executive Orders,

Last year, this guy (left) from DOGE used ChatGPT to find NEH grants that were too β€œDEI” for Trump, and canceled them, including mine, as shown by the letter I received last April (right). Huge new NYT article on the back story link below

07.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 1567 πŸ” 622 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 35

Imagine if there was a historical precedent in Trump’s lifetime for a president prematurely claiming β€œwe’ve already won!,” aka β€œmission accomplished”?

07.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Really kind of morally offensive how much contempt these people have for curiosity.

07.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking burn it down

07.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 162 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

When evil meets ignorance and functional illiteracy, this is what happens.

Functional illiteracy has been being baked into the US for a few decades. I talked about this in a webinar last month.
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07.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Utterly reprehensible, irresponsible, and nonsensical.

07.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2026 Graduate Student Travel Award. Assists with conference travel costs for currently-enrolled graduate student members who have a paper, poster, or other presentation accepted for inclusion in the NCPH-AASLH 2026 program. Five travel awards of $500 will be awarded! Deadline: April 1, 2026

2026 Graduate Student Travel Award. Assists with conference travel costs for currently-enrolled graduate student members who have a paper, poster, or other presentation accepted for inclusion in the NCPH-AASLH 2026 program. Five travel awards of $500 will be awarded! Deadline: April 1, 2026

Are you a #GradStudent planning to present at NCPH-AASLH 2026? Apply for the Grad Student Travel Award by April 1 to be considered for one of the FIVE $500 grants available to assist with #conference travel costs. #PublicHistory https://ncph.org/about/awards/student-awards/

06.03.2026 05:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Importantly they are planning to hire these people on 2 year contracts so what actually happened is they fired everyone so they could rehire them with worse working conditions and an easy revolving door with industry 🫩 πŸ”­

06.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters. (AP / Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters. (AP / Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

AOC: β€œThat’s one reason he must be removed from office - if the Epstein files have such a hold on Trump & this admin that they are willing to plunge us & risk world war in order to save themselves politically - that is the definition of someone who cant make objective decisions for the American ppl”

05.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 9454 πŸ” 2568 πŸ’¬ 194 πŸ“Œ 97

he had it for 20 years and he bragged and asked people if they wanted to see β€œmy totenkopf”

just say you love Nazis. the apologism is boring.

06.03.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 1324 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 7
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The end of diplomacy - The Boston Globe The US-Israeli strikes on Iran will undermine peace talks across the globe for years to come.

I tell @bostonglobe.com that "it looks like the Trump administration deliberately uses diplomacy as a distraction and as a tool to keep people dangling while preparing for war."

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/06/o...

06.03.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As Rep. Jayapal says, our reporting has found that these aren’t isolated incidents. Last October, we tallied more than 170 cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents.

Here’s that investigation she’s referring to:

04.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 2238 πŸ” 765 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 10
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Raleigh firefighter, Marine veteran charged after protesting war in Iran at Senate hearing The Marine veteran is facing charges after protesting war in Iran during a Senate hearing.

@jbf1755.bsky.social definitely has some thoughts on senatorial violence: abc11.com/post/marine-...

05.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FAS Slashes Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Budgets By 25% Amid Financial Strain | News | The Harvard Crimson The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will reduce spending on non-tenure-track faculty by 25 percent across all three of its academic divisions, according to people familiar with the decision, marking the ...

www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

05.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Post de James Talarico no Twitter:
I’m going viral in Brazil right now...

Apparently β€œtalarico” is Brazilian slang for β€œwife-stealer.” πŸ˜‚

OlΓ‘, Brazil! πŸ‡§πŸ‡· I’m just making good public policy here in Texas β€” I promise I won’t steal your girl."

Post de James Talarico no Twitter: I’m going viral in Brazil right now... Apparently β€œtalarico” is Brazilian slang for β€œwife-stealer.” πŸ˜‚ OlΓ‘, Brazil! πŸ‡§πŸ‡· I’m just making good public policy here in Texas β€” I promise I won’t steal your girl."

vsf kkkkkj

04.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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What the National Park Service Has Flagged Thus Far. It's Much Worse Than I Thought. Note: This is a long post.

Must read: kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/what-the-n...

03.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rubio admits that Trump knew his strikes on Iran would raise gas prices for Americans. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

02.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 1353 πŸ” 491 πŸ’¬ 219 πŸ“Œ 29
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Twin Cities county attorney opens evidence portal for possible crimes by federal agents The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has unveiled a new online portal for the public to submit evidence in connection to more than a dozen incidents involving federal agents in the Twin Cities during...
02.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a β€œvictim” in the warrant.

02.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 10997 πŸ” 4650 πŸ’¬ 211 πŸ“Œ 266

This is a terrific book

02.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They are stealing their belongings.

02.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Woman sues Kenbridge, police after chief allegedly tipped off shooting suspect The town of Kenbridge and its police department are facing a lawsuit of more than $140 million.

A woman’s ex boyfriend, who is a cop, threatens to shoot her

Women are at the highest risk for being killed when they try to leave a relationship.

She calls 911 for help & the Police Chief WARNS the boyfriend instead.

Boyfriend opened fire on her car

We aren’t angry enough.

02.03.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 3443 πŸ” 1366 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 96

Breaking: Graham Platner disavows in advance all the future Nazi-adjacent things he will say or do.

02.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We need national broadcasts of the Rick Steves hour on Iran and Anthony Bourdain’s hour on Iran. Back to back, every day on multiple outlets and at different times.

02.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

so far i think in the last 48 hours trump has called

- michael scherer at the atlantic
- jonathan karl, abc
- jake tapper, cnn
- axios
- bret baier, fox news
- the new york times
- the washington post

just noting that when he wants to sell a war, suddenly theyre not "fake news" anymore

02.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 2647 πŸ” 780 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 45
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Exclusive | Trump Administration to Drop Defense of Law Firm Sanctions The Justice Dept. plans to abandon its defense of the president’s executive orders that targeted Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

Breaking WSJ:

The Trump admin plans to abandon its defense of Trump's executive orders sanctioning several law firms.

DOJ β€” as soon as today β€” is expected to drop its appeals of four rulings that struck down Trump's actions against Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey.

02.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 2251 πŸ” 625 πŸ’¬ 97 πŸ“Œ 89
IV.
CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' motion for a stay of agency action, ECF 49, is GRANTED. The challenged January 8 notice policy, including the purported ratification on
February 2, is STAYED pending conclusion of these review proceedings, and the temporary
restraining order entered by the Court on February 2, 2026, ECF 52, is hereby dissolved.
A separate order accompanies this memorandum opinion.
SO ORDERED.
duall.Co
ЛА М. Π‘ΠžΠ’Π’
United States District Judge
Date: March 2, 2026

IV. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs' motion for a stay of agency action, ECF 49, is GRANTED. The challenged January 8 notice policy, including the purported ratification on February 2, is STAYED pending conclusion of these review proceedings, and the temporary restraining order entered by the Court on February 2, 2026, ECF 52, is hereby dissolved. A separate order accompanies this memorandum opinion. SO ORDERED. duall.Co ЛА М. Π‘ΠžΠ’Π’ United States District Judge Date: March 2, 2026

BREAKING: Judge Cobb finds that Sec. Noem's second and third efforts to restrict congressional oversight access to federal immigration facilities still likely violate Sec. 527, issues an order blocking both during litigation.

02.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1201 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting CNN: β€œWe’re told that Pentagon briefers did make a stark acknowledgment, and that was that there was no indication that Iran was preparing to preemptively strike U.S. bases.” Below is a CNN split-screen segment showing a female anchor on the left and a male correspondent on the right. A red β€œBREAKING NEWS” banner reads: β€œSOURCES: BRIEFERS TO CONGRESS UNDERCUT WHITE HOUSE CLAIM OF IMMINENT IRANIAN THREAT.”

Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting CNN: β€œWe’re told that Pentagon briefers did make a stark acknowledgment, and that was that there was no indication that Iran was preparing to preemptively strike U.S. bases.” Below is a CNN split-screen segment showing a female anchor on the left and a male correspondent on the right. A red β€œBREAKING NEWS” banner reads: β€œSOURCES: BRIEFERS TO CONGRESS UNDERCUT WHITE HOUSE CLAIM OF IMMINENT IRANIAN THREAT.”

Just like Venezuela does not send fentanyl to the U.S. and Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. It’s all been false flags to justify military aggression and war.

02.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 5914 πŸ” 1886 πŸ’¬ 254 πŸ“Œ 96