Eddie Valentin
@evalentin25.bsky.social
Public historian, personal research interests: Reconstruction, borderlands history, and the military experiences of Black Americans. Views expressed here are my own.
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Eddie Valentin
@evalentin25.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hi new followers! Most of my current work as a public historian focuses on WWII, but my personal research interests center on Reconstruction and the experiences of Black soldiers in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. I post about books, current events, history, and sports from time to time.
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Weiss has only been on the job two months and already has all of Bluesky raptly watching "60 Minutes"
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Weiss has only been on the job two months and already has all of Bluesky raptly watching "60 Minutes"
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So thousands of people can watch the bootleg 60 Minutes video and CBS doesn’t get the ratings? Amazing work, Bari.
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So thousands of people can watch the bootleg 60 Minutes video and CBS doesn’t get the ratings? Amazing work, Bari.
By trying to suppress the story, they’ve actually brought a lot more attention to it. It’s obviously an important story, but how many people would’ve known about it if it had just aired as planned?
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
By trying to suppress the story, they’ve actually brought a lot more attention to it. It’s obviously an important story, but how many people would’ve known about it if it had just aired as planned?
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US solar installations jump 49% in third quarter, report says reut.rs/4a4MpSJ
US solar installations jump 49% in third quarter, report says
The U.S. solar industry installed 11.7 gigawatts of new solar capacity in the third quarter, a jump of 49% sequentially, a study by the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie showed on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
US solar installations jump 49% in third quarter, report says reut.rs/4a4MpSJ
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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Facing a backlog of school discrimination cases, the U.S. Department of Education has asked hundreds of employees it fired months ago to temporarily return to work. bit.ly/48IZNK4
December 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Facing a backlog of school discrimination cases, the U.S. Department of Education has asked hundreds of employees it fired months ago to temporarily return to work. bit.ly/48IZNK4
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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The growing use of AI-powered tools in police departments raises serious concerns for civil rights and civil liberties. Our new analysis outlines the risks and the safeguards needed to address them. bit.ly/44nxPlx
The Dangers of Unregulated AI in Policing
New data fusion tools risk embedding biases and chilling free speech.
www.brennancenter.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The growing use of AI-powered tools in police departments raises serious concerns for civil rights and civil liberties. Our new analysis outlines the risks and the safeguards needed to address them. bit.ly/44nxPlx
There’s nothing that can convince me that lining up in shotgun from the 1-yard line isn’t ridiculous.
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There’s nothing that can convince me that lining up in shotgun from the 1-yard line isn’t ridiculous.
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Before anyone gets too carried away here.
Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him
Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Before anyone gets too carried away here.
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After emancipation, Black schoolteacher & future Alabama state legislator William V. Turner reported to the Freedmen's Bureau that local officials were illegally withholding food assistance from Black mothers, telling them it "is not for negroes, but for the poor white women."
Alabama Black Teacher to the Alabama Freedmen's Bureau Superintendent of Education, February 5, 1867; and Headquarters of the Alabama Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner to the Government Relief ...
www.freedmen.umd.edu
November 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
After emancipation, Black schoolteacher & future Alabama state legislator William V. Turner reported to the Freedmen's Bureau that local officials were illegally withholding food assistance from Black mothers, telling them it "is not for negroes, but for the poor white women."
Every time they reach the goal line, they throw the ball instead of handing it to Marshawn Lynch.
What was the point of any of this if they’re just going to fold like a damn lawn chair?
What was the point of any of this if they’re just going to fold like a damn lawn chair?
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Every time they reach the goal line, they throw the ball instead of handing it to Marshawn Lynch.
What was the point of any of this if they’re just going to fold like a damn lawn chair?
What was the point of any of this if they’re just going to fold like a damn lawn chair?
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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Deadline Extended Until Nov 15, 2025
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Deadline Extended Until Nov 15, 2025
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
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REMINDER: Our Postdoctoral Fellowship deadline is now extended to November 15!
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
Deadline Extended Until Nov 15, 2025
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
REMINDER: Our Postdoctoral Fellowship deadline is now extended to November 15!
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
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My final piece for @teenvogue.com politics section was a piece titled "There's a Steep Price to Ignoring Black Expertise" and boy has that come full circle.
Thank you @allegrak.bsky.social and the politics editorial team for turning this Head Start kid into a Black woman who writes for the public.
Thank you @allegrak.bsky.social and the politics editorial team for turning this Head Start kid into a Black woman who writes for the public.
There’s a Steep Cost for Ignoring Black Expertise
We live in a world bent on undermining Black life.
www.teenvogue.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
My final piece for @teenvogue.com politics section was a piece titled "There's a Steep Price to Ignoring Black Expertise" and boy has that come full circle.
Thank you @allegrak.bsky.social and the politics editorial team for turning this Head Start kid into a Black woman who writes for the public.
Thank you @allegrak.bsky.social and the politics editorial team for turning this Head Start kid into a Black woman who writes for the public.
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It’s insane to talk through this shit out loud. “Children should starve because it might make their moms less likely to sleep around in the future.”
November 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s insane to talk through this shit out loud. “Children should starve because it might make their moms less likely to sleep around in the future.”
I can’t believe the Dodgers got out of that jam!
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I can’t believe the Dodgers got out of that jam!
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Obama: “as for the president, he’s been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes, & gold plating the Oval Office & building a $300M ballroom
So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance”
So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance”
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Obama: “as for the president, he’s been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes, & gold plating the Oval Office & building a $300M ballroom
So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance”
So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance”
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Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.
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It’s so funny how we killed cable tv and replaced it with…. cable tv.
YouTube TV Drops Disney’s ABC, ESPN and Other Networks After Two Sides Fail to Reach New Deal
YouTube TV will drop ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks at midnight ET Thursday. Google and Disney remain far apart on a deal in a dispute over pricing.
variety.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
It’s so funny how we killed cable tv and replaced it with…. cable tv.