David Waldstreicher

@dwaldstreicher.bsky.social

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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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melanie newport @melanienewport.bsky.social · 17h

all while cutting PhD spots. loser stuff. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 1d

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.”

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 1d

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

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 1d

i have never felt a shortage of contempt for clintons

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 4d

Go directly to Palestine. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

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 · 4d

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…"

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Ben H. Ansell, Michael Kevane , and 2 more Anna O. Law, Ben H. Ansell, Michael Kevane, Brian Doucet, David Waldstreicher

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

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 · 5d

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lesley A. Hall , and 10 more Brendan Nyhan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lesley A. Hall, John Foot, Ben Worthy, David R. Miller, Margot C. Finn, Erol Akçay, Mark Rice, Mauro Gatti, Jon Dean, David Waldstreicher, David Darmofal

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d

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...

Ben Carter @archaeoscape.bsky.social · 6d

"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"

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jan W. Mueller, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 22 more Anna O. Law, Jan W. Mueller, Gavin A. Schmidt, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Lesley A. Hall, Trevon D. Logan, Robert C. Richards, David R. Miller, Silvia Secchi, Julia Lynch, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Margot C. Finn, Michael H. Whitworth, Mark Rice, Stuart White, Catherine J. Frieman, Mauro Gatti, Jon Dean, David Waldstreicher, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Annalee Newitz, Dunlap, David Darmofal

Ben Carter @archaeoscape.bsky.social · 6d

"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.

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Marc Lynch, Jennifer Bussell , and 22 more Joanna Bryson, Marc Lynch, Jennifer Bussell, Richard S.J. Tol, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Philip N. Cohen, American Library Association, Cathy N. Davidson, Michael Kevane, Silvia Secchi, Michael H. Whitworth, Michael D. McDonald, Michael Jones‐Correa, Alfie Kohn, Catherine J. Frieman, Sean P. Corcoran, Michael Larkin, Charles T. Mathewes, David Waldstreicher, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Virginia Sapiro, Clark Gray, David Darmofal

Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 7d

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.

Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social · 8d

Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced

Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges

The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...

apnews.com

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Ric Caric @riccaric.bsky.social · 9d

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 · 9d

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

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 9d

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.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

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"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 12d

"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

Reposted by Martin McKee, Jonathan A. Foley, Karine Espineira , and 2 more Martin McKee, Jonathan A. Foley, Karine Espineira, Aviel Roshwald, David Waldstreicher

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12d

Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.

Reposted by Stuart White, David Waldstreicher

Deborah Chasman @debchasman.bsky.social · 12d

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

Reposted by Robin Celikates, David Waldstreicher

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13d

I wrote about ICE relying on Great Replacement rhetoric in their media messaging, and why fighting ICE needs to be seen as part of the fight against antisemitism. forward.com/opinion/7983...

Amid raids, vitriol and violence, the great replacement theory rears its head in Minneapolis

In Minneapolis, the poisonous mix of antisemitism and anti-immigrant rhetoric of the great replacement theory is becoming newly clear.

forward.com

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 13d

OK let's move on from "not my name" to "not in my name."

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

MSN

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David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 13d

Q: how do you say "ADL" in Yiddish?
A: Shanda.
Q: Is there a synonym?
A: ציוניזם

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14d

The thing is, some people can make mistakes, get things wrong, be careless, etc. But that’s not what Jennings did here. Jennings knowingly, purposefully and intentionally lied to utterly distort what was said, which CNN pays him to do every day. CNN is the enabler of this.

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Laia Balcells, David Rosnick , and 4 more Kim L. Scheppele, Laia Balcells, David Rosnick, David S. Tanenhaus, David Waldstreicher, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal

Laurie Hertzel @lhertzel.bsky.social · 14d

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 14d

Never forget that Trump 2016 began with a paid crowd, and that the CNN CEO said Trump's rallies were covered nonstop by that network because he was good for business, if not for democracy.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.

And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15d

relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is

Reposted by Valerie P. Hans, Rosemary A. Joyce, Karen Benjamin Guzzo , and 3 more Valerie P. Hans, Rosemary A. Joyce, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Mark Rice, David Waldstreicher, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14d

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15d

relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is

Reposted by James A. Benn, David Waldstreicher

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 15d

Dartmouth College, where I teach, is offering faculty grants to *incentivize* adding genAI to courses. Doubly-depressing, because in addition to the pro-AI stance there’s an astonishing failure to recognize that AI is already on courses, that cheating is incredibly common.

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 22d

I guess we're not allowed to call it a belgian danish?

Reposted by David Waldstreicher, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 23d

Danish guy gets it

@luhmann@hachyderm.io on Mastodon: So when Trump decides to go get Greenland he’s just going to fly in and kidnap our prime minister. Great. You have a unscrupulous and clinically insane idiot elected as your president and he wants to own the world. I have absolutely no trust in any of you Americans whether you are pronounced MAGA or if you “didn’t vote for the guy”: Your elected president is a megalomaniac dictator and it’s your fucking responsibility to stop him.

Jan 03, 2026, 04:15 AM

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 24d

Does anyone else identify with their least cited articles or book and wish you could cite it all the time? Is this just a middle child thing?

David Waldstreicher @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social · 24d

i most identify with my more neglected book & articles and I cite them when i can. Middle child syndrome.

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