If they mean fascism, Democrats need to act like it. If they don’t, say so. Because we already know what happens when political actors see the danger, name it, and still refuse to leave the boundaries of a normal politics that no longer exists.
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Think the redistricting plan of Virginia Democrats is out of bounds? Dirty politics?
Patrick Henry would like a word.
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Attacking “this age of progressive, suicidal empathy” as the enemy reveals a fundamental problem: this isn’t a country with political differences. It’s a country with clashing worldviews.
And we need to be more clear-eyed about who holds them.
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The Trump administration's response to Renée Good's killing was more than a hint: Mess with ICE, and this could happen to you.
Lol. How about a copy? 🤛🏻🤛🏻🤛🏻
"Bracing, unsentimental and deeply necessary" | Ava DuVernay on A Resistance History of the United States
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Historians! We’ve gotta stay motivated. Keep bringing your expertise to the public. It’s imperative.
Democrats Aren't Resisting. They're Collaborating.
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Thanks for calling that garbage what it is. Davis celebrations don’t build themselves. Groups like Abbeville dress up Confederate mythology as scholarship so it stays usable—so it keeps doing what it’s always done: defending white supremacy. Call it out every time. That’s resistance.
Except Washington actually crossed the Delaware to boost morale for his own troops, to keep them from bailing on him.
Can’t anyone here play this game?
Like a poor marksman, liberal nationalists keep missing the target. Adam Serwer is a terrific writer, but his latest piece in @theatlantic.com is an object lesson.
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How Liberal Nationalism Helps the Far Right
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My publisher posted the first excerpt from the book, from Ch 1, about Nathaniel Bacon and King Philip's War—and why one of these gets remembered as a freedom fighter while the other gets erased.
The resistance principle: Beware of false prophets.
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“The next ambitious sociopath watching this has already learned the lesson: the presidency is the biggest jackpot in American life and nothing stops you from cashing out.”
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The Second Strike on the Caribbean Boat: A Resistance History Lesson in Normalizing Authoritarianism
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
History isn’t therapy. Historians exist to get the past right, not to help you feel better about it and your country’s role in it.
Ken Burns Spent a Year Selling the American Revolution, Then 12 Hours Ignoring It
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You bet. He could be an important voice for an honest approach to understanding the Revolution today.
Michael is a tremendous historian who has written an essential overview of the history of the history of the American Revolution.
Solid take.
“If your goal is producing citizens who identify with national mythology, you need the unified story. You need the war as centerpiece. You need Washington as father. You need the army as crucible.”
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Nice interview of Burns & Co. about the American Revolution from @whropublicmedia.bsky.social , with some tough questions that team isn’t used to.
Like how Jefferson told Adams he believed that no one could ever tell the true history of the Revolution, so why does Burns think he can do better?
One week to go to publication day for The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States! @uvapress.bsky.social. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10151/
My publisher has added shareable assets to support my book, and a sneak-peak of the expanded table of contents, including the resistance principles.
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To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros.”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
This take by @repsummerlee.bsky.social captures where we are, and where need to go, like no other elected official I’ve heard. This is clear-eyed vision.
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We have the one job as historians. Just the one.
HLS Library announced the release of digitized transcripts and evidence from the Nuremberg Trials, marking the 80th anniversary of the international military tribunal for Nazi leaders.
Caroline G. Hennigan reports.
A pleasure to join Kris on his new podcast.
And always happy to take apart liberal nationalists.
Ken Burns: “The American Revolution is the most important, consequential revolution in history. We then spend the next 12 hours trying to prove it.”
Conclusion drives the investigation. That’s not historical method; it’s American exceptionalism posing as inquiry.
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