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David Waldstreicher
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Historian, CUNY Graduate Center. The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley (Farrar Straus & Giroux/ Picador), Slavery's Constitution, & Runaway America (Hill and Wang). More at www.bostonreview.net/authors/david-waldstreicher

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 4h
Wow!! Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship by Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social is out!! As timely as it is important.
unlawfulentries.bsky.social Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 5h
I don't have a publicist, therefore I am the publicist. New website for my forthcoming book. Please especially check out the Author Q&A at the end of the page (Why did i write the book? Who's it for?. Journos, pod-casters, museums can find my contact info & how to obtain a bound review copy. 1/
Book - Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship — Anna O. Law
www.annaolaw.com

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 1d
"Every man of Sense amongst us knows that the Army is not kept here to protect, but to enslave us; and notwithstanding our Assemblies have given vast sums of Money to provide them with such Necessaries which many of the good Burghers want." (John Lamb, "To The Public," Jan. 15, 1770).

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 1d
newspapers too.

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 4d
Pennsylvania is like Long Island of my youth this week:

DA Krasner: ICE are wannabe Nazis.
Gov. Shapiro: what a terrible thing to say.
Sen Fetterman: calling people that leads to violence.

reminds me of conversations on playgrounds during the 1970s and i know who was on the side of the bullies.

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 10d
I am catching up on this, but am quite willing to help do something public and explicit about the pattern. It's pure territorialism combined with a litigious streak, worthy of the oldest of the old boys. This time hiding behind others because not just free to punch down at so respected a scholar

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 10d
CHEF'S KISS.
nytpitchbot.bsky.social NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10d
The Atlantic was founded in 1857, the New York Times in 1851. So it's a bit surprising that David Brooks is leaving the Times for the Atlantic, given that the Atlantic is only six years younger.

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 10d
I am glad if the suing and bullying pattern is known. Making it hard to be objective and appreciative of their work.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10d
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 10d
The Atlantic was founded in 1857, the New York Times in 1851. So it's a bit surprising that David Brooks is leaving the Times for the Atlantic, given that the Atlantic is only six years younger.

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 10d
This is extremely fishy, because the Constitution Center is (1) not part of the Park Service, (2) not part of the government - it's a private entity, which (3) has a Republican board head that pushed out (liberal) Pres & CEO, Jeffrey Rosen, in a "leadership dispute" acc. to the Inquirer and NY Times

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 10d
Informative but I am much more skeptical - to me looks like right-wing takeover that was always on the verge.

I was inspired to research and write _Slavery's Constitution_ after visiting the Center for the first time after it opened.

thephiladelphiacitizen.org/constitution...
Are You There, Constitution Center? It’s Me, a Citizen - The Philadelphia Citizen
Jeffrey Rosen is out; the Constitution Center must decide if it will remain a genteel place of scholarship or try to save democracy
thephiladelphiacitizen.org

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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 10d
all while cutting PhD spots. loser stuff. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 11d
Maine Senator Susan Collins said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem informed her that ICE will end the immigration enforcement surge in the state.
ICE ending Maine surge, Senator Collins says - The Boston Globe
Collins said in a statement that she had pushed Noem and other Trump administration officials to have ICE “reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement in the state.”
trib.al

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 11d
This is extremely fishy, because the Constitution Center is (1) not part of the Park Service, (2) not part of the government - it isa private entity, which (3) has a Republican board head that pushed out (liberal) Pres & CEO, Jeffrey Rosen, in a "leadership dispute" acc. to the Inquirer and NY Times

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 11d
Informational exhibits about slavery removed by the National Park Service from the President’s House last week are being kept in storage at the National Constitution Center, according to a legal filing from the Trump administration.
Dismantled slavery exhibits from the President’s House are being held by Park Service at the National Constitution Center
The President's House exhibits are being kept in National Park Service custody at the National Constitution Center, according to a legal filing from the U.S. attorneys representing the Trump admin.
www.inquirer.com

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 12d
i have never felt a shortage of contempt for clintons

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 15d
Go directly to Palestine. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
thebulwark.com The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15d
Bovino: "When you choose to use your five-year-old child as a shield to evade law enforcement, that is a choice that someone makes…"

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15d
Bovino: "When you choose to use your five-year-old child as a shield to evade law enforcement, that is a choice that someone makes…"

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 15d
One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.

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James Pirruccello 🌉 @jamespirruccello.com · 15d
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17d
it's cool that so many people in positions of power and influence were so negatively polarized by "wokeness" that they convinced themselves that there was an actual debate about who wanted to erase history and the "wokes" were on the wrong side bsky.app/profile/arch...
archaeoscape.bsky.social Ben Carter @archaeoscape.bsky.social · 17d
"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"

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Ben Carter @archaeoscape.bsky.social · 17d
"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 17d
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 19d
www.rawstory.com/nancy-lacore/ Among Hegseth's other things, his firings of generals and admirals is creating new Democratic House and Senate candidates in time for the 2026 election.
'I'm not done': Navy admiral booted by Hegseth now seeks to flip red Congressional seat
In a dramatic political comeback move, three-star Admiral Nancy Lacore is throwing her hat in the ring for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District after being unceremoniously booted from her post ...
www.rawstory.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 19d
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 20d
ahh, off duty police officers getting stopped... now it's serious (but not enough to keep from bashing the left first for saying abolish ice). Reminiscent of antebellum politicians saying "I'm not an abolitionist but stop this one kind of violence against the negroes" etc.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 22d
"familiar analytical frameworks which rely on the distinction between foreign and domestic realms, normality and legality, policing and war, cannot provide the ‘world picture’ we need to grasp what’s happening here." -- Nikhil Pal Singh
www.equator.org/articles/hom...
Homeland Empire • EQUATOR
From Venezuela to Minnesota, Trump is creating a borderless American power, collapsing the foreign and the domestic into a single domain of impunity
www.equator.org

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 22d
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.

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Deborah Chasman @debchasman.bsky.social · 23d
I did an interview with Robin Kelley about the murder if Renee Good — and what we know from history about strategies of resistance to armed agents of the state. www.bostonreview.net/articles/ren...
Renee Good's Murder and Other Acts of Terror
An interview with Robin D. G. Kelley on how to think about ICE—and the broader history of police violence.
www.bostonreview.net