Brewminate (Matthew A. McIntosh)
@brewminate.bsky.social
📖 Public Historian / Adjunct History Professor
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Proud
💙 "Woke" and Proud
🚫 Blocking MAGA and Hate
See https://www.brewminate.com (Brewminate)
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Proud
💙 "Woke" and Proud
🚫 Blocking MAGA and Hate
See https://www.brewminate.com (Brewminate)
It’s been a year since Trump’s return — the fight for the common good is far from over. ✊
Truth still matters.
Resistance still matters.
#Resistance #Democracy #Brewminate
Truth still matters.
Resistance still matters.
#Resistance #Democracy #Brewminate
Fighting Tyranny and Defending the Common Good from Trump
How will we conduct this resistance? By organizing our communities. By fighting through the courts.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It’s been a year since Trump’s return — the fight for the common good is far from over. ✊
Truth still matters.
Resistance still matters.
#Resistance #Democracy #Brewminate
Truth still matters.
Resistance still matters.
#Resistance #Democracy #Brewminate
The Bill of Rights isn’t just history — it’s the blueprint for freedom itself.
Every line still burns with purpose. 🔥
#BillOfRights #Democracy #Brewminate
Every line still burns with purpose. 🔥
#BillOfRights #Democracy #Brewminate
The Adoption and Impact of the Constitution's Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights began with debate over its very existence and still brings about questions and controversy today.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Bill of Rights isn’t just history — it’s the blueprint for freedom itself.
Every line still burns with purpose. 🔥
#BillOfRights #Democracy #Brewminate
Every line still burns with purpose. 🔥
#BillOfRights #Democracy #Brewminate
Did You Know?
The FBI sent MLK an anonymous letter urging him to take his own life — part of COINTELPRO’s mission to destroy Black leadership.
His only weapon was his voice.
#Brewminate #History #CivilRights
The FBI sent MLK an anonymous letter urging him to take his own life — part of COINTELPRO’s mission to destroy Black leadership.
His only weapon was his voice.
#Brewminate #History #CivilRights
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Did You Know?
The FBI sent MLK an anonymous letter urging him to take his own life — part of COINTELPRO’s mission to destroy Black leadership.
His only weapon was his voice.
#Brewminate #History #CivilRights
The FBI sent MLK an anonymous letter urging him to take his own life — part of COINTELPRO’s mission to destroy Black leadership.
His only weapon was his voice.
#Brewminate #History #CivilRights
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 10, 1898 – The Wilmington Coup D’État
White supremacists burned, murdered, and overthrew Wilmington’s elected biracial government—calling it “law and order.”
When legality defends violence, democracy dies.
#Brewminate #History #Democracy
White supremacists burned, murdered, and overthrew Wilmington’s elected biracial government—calling it “law and order.”
When legality defends violence, democracy dies.
#Brewminate #History #Democracy
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 10, 1898 – The Wilmington Coup D’État
White supremacists burned, murdered, and overthrew Wilmington’s elected biracial government—calling it “law and order.”
When legality defends violence, democracy dies.
#Brewminate #History #Democracy
White supremacists burned, murdered, and overthrew Wilmington’s elected biracial government—calling it “law and order.”
When legality defends violence, democracy dies.
#Brewminate #History #Democracy
Before independence, there was rebellion.
Civil disobedience lit the fuse that made America possible. ✊
#Brewminate #History #Revolution
Civil disobedience lit the fuse that made America possible. ✊
#Brewminate #History #Revolution
Civil Disobedience and the American Revolution
Explore how boycotts, protests, and moral defiance transformed colonial loyalty into revolution in the decade before 1776.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Before independence, there was rebellion.
Civil disobedience lit the fuse that made America possible. ✊
#Brewminate #History #Revolution
Civil disobedience lit the fuse that made America possible. ✊
#Brewminate #History #Revolution
✊ Nonviolence isn’t passive — it’s power with purpose.
Civil disobedience stands as democracy’s last defense against Trump’s authoritarian ambitions.
#Brewminate #Democracy #Resistance
Civil disobedience stands as democracy’s last defense against Trump’s authoritarian ambitions.
#Brewminate #Democracy #Resistance
Civil Disobedience and Trump’s Authoritarianism
Exploring how civil disobedience has reemerged as America’s moral defense against President Trump’s authoritarian ambitions and the erosion of democracy.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
✊ Nonviolence isn’t passive — it’s power with purpose.
Civil disobedience stands as democracy’s last defense against Trump’s authoritarian ambitions.
#Brewminate #Democracy #Resistance
Civil disobedience stands as democracy’s last defense against Trump’s authoritarian ambitions.
#Brewminate #Democracy #Resistance
🚔 “Law and order” once meant silencing justice.
The Civil Rights era proved that peace without equality is just control.
#Brewminate #CivilRights #History
The Civil Rights era proved that peace without equality is just control.
#Brewminate #CivilRights #History
State Violence and the Civil Rights Struggle
Explore how the U.S. government used police, military, and covert power to suppress the civil rights movement and redefine democracy itself.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚔 “Law and order” once meant silencing justice.
The Civil Rights era proved that peace without equality is just control.
#Brewminate #CivilRights #History
The Civil Rights era proved that peace without equality is just control.
#Brewminate #CivilRights #History
Trump’s power depends on chaos — violence isn’t the symptom, it’s the strategy. 💥
#Brewminate #Democracy #Politics
#Brewminate #Democracy #Politics
Trump and the Politics of Violence
Examining how President Trump normalizes right-wing aggression while provoking left-wing unrest to justify greater power and political control.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump’s power depends on chaos — violence isn’t the symptom, it’s the strategy. 💥
#Brewminate #Democracy #Politics
#Brewminate #Democracy #Politics
They called it patriotism. It was fear.
The Know-Nothing Party made hate a political platform — and its echoes still haunt us. 🇺🇸🕯️
#KnowNothingParty #Brewminate
The Know-Nothing Party made hate a political platform — and its echoes still haunt us. 🇺🇸🕯️
#KnowNothingParty #Brewminate
Nativism and the Know-Nothing Party in the 19th Century
How the Know-Nothing Party rose from anti-immigrant fear to shape American politics in the 19th century — and what its legacy reveals today.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They called it patriotism. It was fear.
The Know-Nothing Party made hate a political platform — and its echoes still haunt us. 🇺🇸🕯️
#KnowNothingParty #Brewminate
The Know-Nothing Party made hate a political platform — and its echoes still haunt us. 🇺🇸🕯️
#KnowNothingParty #Brewminate
Outrage became a costume — and QAnon wore it well.
Fear sold as virtue, cruelty masked as care. 🧠🔥 #QAnon #Brewminate
Fear sold as virtue, cruelty masked as care. 🧠🔥 #QAnon #Brewminate
How QAnon Shields the Very Predators It Claims to Expose
QAnon screams to save children — but what if the loudest voices are hiding the darkest secrets? They are a predator’s perfect disguise.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Outrage became a costume — and QAnon wore it well.
Fear sold as virtue, cruelty masked as care. 🧠🔥 #QAnon #Brewminate
Fear sold as virtue, cruelty masked as care. 🧠🔥 #QAnon #Brewminate
🤔 What if everything we think we know about poverty is wrong?
History shows our myths reveal more about fear than fact. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
History shows our myths reveal more about fear than fact. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
What If Most of Our Beliefs about Poverty Are Wrong?
Explore how cultural myths, bias, and flawed policy shape our understanding of poverty—and what history reveals about the truth.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🤔 What if everything we think we know about poverty is wrong?
History shows our myths reveal more about fear than fact. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
History shows our myths reveal more about fear than fact. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
🏚️ What if housing the poor was never about kindness—but control?
History shows the walls we built said more about us than them. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
History shows the walls we built said more about us than them. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
A History of Poverty and Housing the Poor
Trace the history of poverty and public housing—from medieval charity and workhouses to modern social reform and urban renewal.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🏚️ What if housing the poor was never about kindness—but control?
History shows the walls we built said more about us than them. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
History shows the walls we built said more about us than them. 💭
#History #Poverty #Brewminate
🕵️♂️ McCarthy lit the match — the flames never went out.
From the Red Scare to QAnon, paranoia remains the right’s favorite fuel. 🔥
#History #Politics #RadicalRight #Brewminate
From the Red Scare to QAnon, paranoia remains the right’s favorite fuel. 🔥
#History #Politics #RadicalRight #Brewminate
The Radical Right since McCarthyism
Tracing how fear, conspiracy, and anti-intellectualism evolved from McCarthyism to the present, shaping the identity and influence of America’s radical right.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🕵️♂️ McCarthy lit the match — the flames never went out.
From the Red Scare to QAnon, paranoia remains the right’s favorite fuel. 🔥
#History #Politics #RadicalRight #Brewminate
From the Red Scare to QAnon, paranoia remains the right’s favorite fuel. 🔥
#History #Politics #RadicalRight #Brewminate
🌾 They rewrote America’s past to control its future.
The Agrarian-Distributists of the 1930s built the myths that still drive the modern right. 🔥
#History #Politics #Conservatism #Brewminate
The Agrarian-Distributists of the 1930s built the myths that still drive the modern right. 🔥
#History #Politics #Conservatism #Brewminate
Agrarian-Distributists and the Modern Right
How 1930s agrarian thinkers rewrote America’s past to sanctify tradition, shaping the myths and ideals that defined the modern conservative right.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
🌾 They rewrote America’s past to control its future.
The Agrarian-Distributists of the 1930s built the myths that still drive the modern right. 🔥
#History #Politics #Conservatism #Brewminate
The Agrarian-Distributists of the 1930s built the myths that still drive the modern right. 🔥
#History #Politics #Conservatism #Brewminate
Mythbusting History
Myth:
All colonists supported independence.
Truth:
Two-thirds didn’t. The Revolution was a civil war — a fight over belonging as much as freedom. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
Myth:
All colonists supported independence.
Truth:
Two-thirds didn’t. The Revolution was a civil war — a fight over belonging as much as freedom. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Mythbusting History
Myth:
All colonists supported independence.
Truth:
Two-thirds didn’t. The Revolution was a civil war — a fight over belonging as much as freedom. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
Myth:
All colonists supported independence.
Truth:
Two-thirds didn’t. The Revolution was a civil war — a fight over belonging as much as freedom. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 7, 1775 – Proclamation of Rebellion by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Governor of Virginia
Freedom as a weapon — Dunmore’s offer to enslaved people and a contradictory Revolution. ⚔️🔥
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
Freedom as a weapon — Dunmore’s offer to enslaved people and a contradictory Revolution. ⚔️🔥
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 7, 1775 – Proclamation of Rebellion by John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Governor of Virginia
Freedom as a weapon — Dunmore’s offer to enslaved people and a contradictory Revolution. ⚔️🔥
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
Freedom as a weapon — Dunmore’s offer to enslaved people and a contradictory Revolution. ⚔️🔥
#History #Revolution #Brewminate
💀 “Bloody John” Bacon — the Loyalist who wouldn’t quit the crown.
When the Revolution ended, his war raged on. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Loyalist #Brewminate
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When the Revolution ended, his war raged on. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Loyalist #Brewminate
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Bloody John Bacon: The Pine Robber Captain
Captain John “Bloody” Bacon’s Pine Robbers terrorized New Jersey long after Yorktown, blurring the line between Loyalist warfare and outlaw revenge.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
💀 “Bloody John” Bacon — the Loyalist who wouldn’t quit the crown.
When the Revolution ended, his war raged on. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Loyalist #Brewminate
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When the Revolution ended, his war raged on. ⚔️
#History #Revolution #Loyalist #Brewminate
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👑 The Revolution toppled a king.
Trump’s loyalists want one back. This isn’t rebellion — it’s regression. 🇺🇸⚖️
#Democracy #History #Politics #Brewminate
Trump’s loyalists want one back. This isn’t rebellion — it’s regression. 🇺🇸⚖️
#Democracy #History #Politics #Brewminate
Trump’s Loyalists and the Return of Monarchy
Trump’s followers echo colonial loyalists to George III, trading liberty for devotion and turning the republic back toward monarchy.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
👑 The Revolution toppled a king.
Trump’s loyalists want one back. This isn’t rebellion — it’s regression. 🇺🇸⚖️
#Democracy #History #Politics #Brewminate
Trump’s loyalists want one back. This isn’t rebellion — it’s regression. 🇺🇸⚖️
#Democracy #History #Politics #Brewminate
🕵🏽♂️ Enslaved. Brave. Brilliant.
James Armistead Lafayette risked everything to outwit the British and win America’s freedom — long before he had his own.🔥
#History #Revolution #Spy #Brewminate
James Armistead Lafayette risked everything to outwit the British and win America’s freedom — long before he had his own.🔥
#History #Revolution #Spy #Brewminate
James Armistead Lafayette: The Spy Who Freed America
An enslaved man’s intelligence at Yorktown turned the tide of the Revolution. James Armistead Lafayette proved freedom’s promise came at a deeper cost.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🕵🏽♂️ Enslaved. Brave. Brilliant.
James Armistead Lafayette risked everything to outwit the British and win America’s freedom — long before he had his own.🔥
#History #Revolution #Spy #Brewminate
James Armistead Lafayette risked everything to outwit the British and win America’s freedom — long before he had his own.🔥
#History #Revolution #Spy #Brewminate
When tyranny whispers, the people roar.
Voters just reminded the world who runs this republic.
The American spirit isn’t lost — it’s rising. 💪🔥
#Democracy #Vote #Brewminate
Voters just reminded the world who runs this republic.
The American spirit isn’t lost — it’s rising. 💪🔥
#Democracy #Vote #Brewminate
Patriots Rising: America’s Revolt against Trump’s Rule
Off-year elections became a modern revolution as Americans rose against President Trump’s authoritarian rule and reclaimed democracy.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
When tyranny whispers, the people roar.
Voters just reminded the world who runs this republic.
The American spirit isn’t lost — it’s rising. 💪🔥
#Democracy #Vote #Brewminate
Voters just reminded the world who runs this republic.
The American spirit isn’t lost — it’s rising. 💪🔥
#Democracy #Vote #Brewminate
Quoting History
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking.” — Albert Einstein (1946) ☢️
Science raced ahead. Morality lagged behind.
#QuotingHistory #Brewminate
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking.” — Albert Einstein (1946) ☢️
Science raced ahead. Morality lagged behind.
#QuotingHistory #Brewminate
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quoting History
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking.” — Albert Einstein (1946) ☢️
Science raced ahead. Morality lagged behind.
#QuotingHistory #Brewminate
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking.” — Albert Einstein (1946) ☢️
Science raced ahead. Morality lagged behind.
#QuotingHistory #Brewminate
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 6, 1971 – Operation Grommet: Cannikin, Alaska
A five-megaton blast shook the Aleutian earth — the biggest underground detonation in U.S. history.
The planet pushed back. ☢️🌎
#History #Brewminate
A five-megaton blast shook the Aleutian earth — the biggest underground detonation in U.S. history.
The planet pushed back. ☢️🌎
#History #Brewminate
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: November 6, 1971 – Operation Grommet: Cannikin, Alaska
A five-megaton blast shook the Aleutian earth — the biggest underground detonation in U.S. history.
The planet pushed back. ☢️🌎
#History #Brewminate
A five-megaton blast shook the Aleutian earth — the biggest underground detonation in U.S. history.
The planet pushed back. ☢️🌎
#History #Brewminate
Empires once traded swords the way nations now trade missiles.
War has always been good business. ⚔️💰
#History #Brewminate
War has always been good business. ⚔️💰
#History #Brewminate
Arms Trade and Weapon Commerce in the Ancient World
Explore how ancient civilizations forged, traded, and adapted weapons—turning war into a thriving global economy of steel, power, and prestige.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Empires once traded swords the way nations now trade missiles.
War has always been good business. ⚔️💰
#History #Brewminate
War has always been good business. ⚔️💰
#History #Brewminate
Trump’s “America First” has become “Weapons First.”
Arms deals have replaced diplomacy — and war is business as usual. 💣💰
#ArmsTrade #Brewminate
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Arms deals have replaced diplomacy — and war is business as usual. 💣💰
#ArmsTrade #Brewminate
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Trump’s Global Arms Sales Redefine U.S. Power
Trump’s record arms deals with Saudi Arabia and Israel turn U.S. foreign policy into an export business, blurring power, profit, and diplomacy.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump’s “America First” has become “Weapons First.”
Arms deals have replaced diplomacy — and war is business as usual. 💣💰
#ArmsTrade #Brewminate
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Arms deals have replaced diplomacy — and war is business as usual. 💣💰
#ArmsTrade #Brewminate
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From smoke and gunpowder to starlight and science — the 19th century’s rockets burned a path from war to wonder. 🚀✨
#History #Brewminate
#History #Brewminate
Nineteenth-Century Rocket Experiments and Invention
Explore how Congreve, Hale, Trengrouse, and Leitch transformed rockets from weapons of war to instruments of rescue and the dream of spaceflight.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
From smoke and gunpowder to starlight and science — the 19th century’s rockets burned a path from war to wonder. 🚀✨
#History #Brewminate
#History #Brewminate