David M. Luebke
@davidmluebke.bsky.social
Historian of the Reformation, early modern world, social movements, uprisings. Helped create the permanent exhibition at Holocaust Museum in DC, ages ago. Union activist. Amateur cook and photographer. Opinions are my own, RT ≠ endorsement. 🚫👑🚫🥭
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David M. Luebke
@davidmluebke.bsky.social
· Nov 21
The Empire’s Reformations
The Empire's Reformations provides a concise overview of reform movements in 16th-century Germany that gave birth to the modern division of western Christianity…
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For new friends: I'm a historian who writes about the religious cultures and social movements of early modern Europe, mainly, 1500-1800, especially the Holy Roman Empire. Co-PI in the "Shared Churches Project." Faculty union activist. My latest:
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And that's the way it is
CBS cancelled another 60 Minutes piece.
This time on the Epstein cover-up.
The CBS is basically a state-run propaganda rag protecting the President.
(Oh and innocent people don’t force the news to cancel coverage of investigations into sex crimes…)
This time on the Epstein cover-up.
The CBS is basically a state-run propaganda rag protecting the President.
(Oh and innocent people don’t force the news to cancel coverage of investigations into sex crimes…)
January 4, 2026 at 12:17 AM
And that's the way it is
January 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Fat chance of that
Susie Wiles in November: Trump would need congressional approval for military action on the ground or other land-based operations in Venezuela. “If he were to authorize any activity on land, then it’s war, and we’d need Congress.”
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Fat chance of that
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
Forcible repatriation of all Venezuelan refugees and immigrants. Just you wait.
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Forcible repatriation of all Venezuelan refugees and immigrants. Just you wait.
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Impeach. Remove. Convict.
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Impeach. Remove. Convict.
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Quite an undisclosed conflict of interest:
Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband & the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior, Lisa Friedman reports in the @nytimes.com.
Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband & the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior, Lisa Friedman reports in the @nytimes.com.
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Quite an undisclosed conflict of interest:
Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband & the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior, Lisa Friedman reports in the @nytimes.com.
Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5m water-rights contract between her husband & the developers of a Nevada mine approved by Interior, Lisa Friedman reports in the @nytimes.com.
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Trump is just a criminal piece of shit, aided by a spineless GOP and corrupt SCOTUS.
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Josh Helfgott
BREAKING: House Judiciary Dems outwit Trump and release Jack Smith’s congressional deposition with DAMNING evidence of Trump’s criminal acts!
Blindsiding everyone, the 255-page transcript of Jack...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:02 AM
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The Blue Tsunami continues!!! 🌊🌊🌊
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Blue Tsunami continues!!! 🌊🌊🌊
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There are exactly 300 Blueskiers in this New Years 2026 Starter Pack. I did my best to get y'all in here. It took a couple hours I think. Close to it. Love y'all. Enjoy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM
There are exactly 300 Blueskiers in this New Years 2026 Starter Pack. I did my best to get y'all in here. It took a couple hours I think. Close to it. Love y'all. Enjoy.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Gosh, are you suggesting that someone other than Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants Putin dead?
#Putin
#DroneStrike
#Ukraine
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#Putin
#DroneStrike
#Ukraine
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US finds Ukraine did not target Putin in drone strike, WSJ reports
U.S. national security officials have found Ukraine did not target Russian President Vladimir Putin or one of his residences in a recent drone strike, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Gosh, are you suggesting that someone other than Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants Putin dead?
#Putin
#DroneStrike
#Ukraine
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#Putin
#DroneStrike
#Ukraine
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! THANKS
Daniel ! 💙💙
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December 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
NEW: Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative.
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Jan Crawford's attack on SCOTUS "corruption" narrative was its own substance-free narrative
On Face the Nation, CBS News's chief legal correspondent went after Supreme Court critics as "dangerous." And yet, her court defense was completely lacking in specifics.
www.lawdork.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There was a liberal court for a few years in the mid 20th century and the right wing response was to delegitimize for DECADES right up to the point they had a supermajority, at which point it became Wrong to do so. These people think you are stupid bsky.app/profile/chri...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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“There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack.” 🗃️
#WarOnEducation
#edusky
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
#WarOnEducation
#edusky
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
“There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack.” 🗃️
#WarOnEducation
#edusky
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
#WarOnEducation
#edusky
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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It was amazing to write with @ehayot.bsky.social & each of us put our stank into every part of this essay.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It was amazing to write with @ehayot.bsky.social & each of us put our stank into every part of this essay.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
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@davidmluebke.bsky.social & friends
It was amazing to write with @ehayot.bsky.social & each of us put our stank into every part of this essay.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
I have no memory of how we drafted it in October, but when we came back to it a couple weeks ago, I felt this paragraph in my bones.
December 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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