Rob Willingham
@historybob.bsky.social
Teacher, father, husband, historian and all-around solid cat.
10:14 in Berlin. An English-accented man in the platz below the hotel is screaming the top of his head right off about the traitors responsible for the assassination of JFK.
Have to say, you rarely get that in SW Virginia. This is why we travel, I guess.
Have to say, you rarely get that in SW Virginia. This is why we travel, I guess.
May 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
10:14 in Berlin. An English-accented man in the platz below the hotel is screaming the top of his head right off about the traitors responsible for the assassination of JFK.
Have to say, you rarely get that in SW Virginia. This is why we travel, I guess.
Have to say, you rarely get that in SW Virginia. This is why we travel, I guess.
I took my students to Sachsenhausen yesterday, and they were shattered. So was I. I’m very lucky to do what I do for a living.
May 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I took my students to Sachsenhausen yesterday, and they were shattered. So was I. I’m very lucky to do what I do for a living.
@50plusdoner.bsky.social I guess I’m out. Operation LMAO seems like it was fun for you, but it isn’t for me. Tschüss.
May 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@50plusdoner.bsky.social I guess I’m out. Operation LMAO seems like it was fun for you, but it isn’t for me. Tschüss.
Well, my club sucks now. They’ve never missed Europe before, and they’re going to lose players and nobody wants to coach them.
Is this what it’s usually like? Because this is less fun.
Is this what it’s usually like? Because this is less fun.
In a crucial clash at Deutsche Bank Park, Eintracht Frankfurt won by four goals to none against RB Leipzig. #SGE #RBLeipzig
@kettu0.bsky.social ✍️
@kettu0.bsky.social ✍️
Eintracht Frankfurt make statement with four-goal blowout victory
In a crucial clash at Deutsche Bank Park, Eintracht Frankfurt won by four goals to none against RB Leipzig, on two goals from Ansgar Knauff, one from Hugo Ekitiké, and one from Robin Koch.
bulinews.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Well, my club sucks now. They’ve never missed Europe before, and they’re going to lose players and nobody wants to coach them.
Is this what it’s usually like? Because this is less fun.
Is this what it’s usually like? Because this is less fun.
So this is bad.
"Papa, was ist eine 'erinnerungspolitische Wende um 180°' ??"
"Das ⬇️ mein Sohn" #fckafd
"Das ⬇️ mein Sohn" #fckafd
April 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
So this is bad.
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Chaplin is often dismissed with a hand-wavey "Oh, he had pathos" but the political content of his comedies has been aging like fine wine, unfortunately.
April 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Chaplin is often dismissed with a hand-wavey "Oh, he had pathos" but the political content of his comedies has been aging like fine wine, unfortunately.
@nytimes.com spends way more time bemoaning the lack of resistance than covering it when it happens. This is the top of the front page; it feels very like nothing happened yesterday.
April 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@nytimes.com spends way more time bemoaning the lack of resistance than covering it when it happens. This is the top of the front page; it feels very like nothing happened yesterday.
@handsoff in Roanoke!
April 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
@handsoff in Roanoke!
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Leaked group chat messages, like this excerpt, provide a rare and revealing look at the Trump administration's private conversations on national security issues. See our full annotation of the messages here. nyti.ms/4l4uxui
March 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Leaked group chat messages, like this excerpt, provide a rare and revealing look at the Trump administration's private conversations on national security issues. See our full annotation of the messages here. nyti.ms/4l4uxui
Reposted by Rob Willingham
Well, they lied. Obviously.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well, they lied. Obviously.
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I wrote about Supreme Court Briber Harlan Crow, his weird taste in totalitarian art, and how fascism seized control of a major Texas university.
open.substack.com/pub/drmphill...
open.substack.com/pub/drmphill...
Inside Harlan Crow's "Garden of Evil"
Why People in Dallas Should Spell Fascism "U-T-D"
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I wrote about Supreme Court Briber Harlan Crow, his weird taste in totalitarian art, and how fascism seized control of a major Texas university.
open.substack.com/pub/drmphill...
open.substack.com/pub/drmphill...
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If you're having a bad day, just remember that without security clearance, accidentally being invited to a group chat is the only way Poilievre is gonna learn Canada's national security secrets.
March 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If you're having a bad day, just remember that without security clearance, accidentally being invited to a group chat is the only way Poilievre is gonna learn Canada's national security secrets.
Me realizing I’ve been added to the national security group chat:
March 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Me realizing I’ve been added to the national security group chat:
Is there any non-dickish use of the crying laughing emoji?
March 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Is there any non-dickish use of the crying laughing emoji?
I owed 100k despite paying for 15 years. It was forgiven under this program, and it changed my family’s life and future.
So now, is my school going to have to be performatively cruel to our trans or immigrant kids, lest its employees suffer? We won’t, and we shouldn’t, and they will.
So now, is my school going to have to be performatively cruel to our trans or immigrant kids, lest its employees suffer? We won’t, and we shouldn’t, and they will.
March 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I owed 100k despite paying for 15 years. It was forgiven under this program, and it changed my family’s life and future.
So now, is my school going to have to be performatively cruel to our trans or immigrant kids, lest its employees suffer? We won’t, and we shouldn’t, and they will.
So now, is my school going to have to be performatively cruel to our trans or immigrant kids, lest its employees suffer? We won’t, and we shouldn’t, and they will.
My congressman, Ben Cline, has been dodging his constituents for a while, now. I guess I would, too, if I were him.
March 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My congressman, Ben Cline, has been dodging his constituents for a while, now. I guess I would, too, if I were him.
How long until Fetterman switches parties?
March 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
How long until Fetterman switches parties?
What or who is missing from this picture?
March 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What or who is missing from this picture?
That moment you realize you gave away all of your reputation and self-respect to a bunch of crazy children, and got nothing whatsoever in exchange.
Rock on, Little Marco. Rock on.
Rock on, Little Marco. Rock on.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
That moment you realize you gave away all of your reputation and self-respect to a bunch of crazy children, and got nothing whatsoever in exchange.
Rock on, Little Marco. Rock on.
Rock on, Little Marco. Rock on.
The difference between this and the surrender of the Sudetenland is that Trump isn’t only playing the Chamberlain role, placating the aggressor. He’s actually doing the rhetorical work of the aggressor, belittling Zelenskyy like he’s Edvard Beneš, so Putin doesn’t have to.
Why, in God’s name?
Why, in God’s name?
February 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The difference between this and the surrender of the Sudetenland is that Trump isn’t only playing the Chamberlain role, placating the aggressor. He’s actually doing the rhetorical work of the aggressor, belittling Zelenskyy like he’s Edvard Beneš, so Putin doesn’t have to.
Why, in God’s name?
Why, in God’s name?
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Trump's 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 to our ally in the Oval Office is a DAMN SHAME.
Denigrating a democratic world leader while sitting next to him has not only jeopardized our work with global allies. Once again, Trump's ego just put our national security at risk.
Denigrating a democratic world leader while sitting next to him has not only jeopardized our work with global allies. Once again, Trump's ego just put our national security at risk.
"You're either going to make a deal or we're out."
President Trump to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy : "The problem is I've empowered you to be a tough guy. I don't think you'd be a tough guy without the U.S. You're people are very brave. But, you're e...
www.c-span.org
February 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trump's 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 to our ally in the Oval Office is a DAMN SHAME.
Denigrating a democratic world leader while sitting next to him has not only jeopardized our work with global allies. Once again, Trump's ego just put our national security at risk.
Denigrating a democratic world leader while sitting next to him has not only jeopardized our work with global allies. Once again, Trump's ego just put our national security at risk.
Christian Lindner’s FDP and Sahra Wagenknecht’s totally-not-ridiculous eponymous party failed to make the cut, and now they need gigs outside the Bundestag. Can someone help?
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Christian Lindner’s FDP and Sahra Wagenknecht’s totally-not-ridiculous eponymous party failed to make the cut, and now they need gigs outside the Bundestag. Can someone help?
The Tate brothers have been released from Romanian supervision and are in the US, after pseudo-official Ric Grennell requested their passports be returned.
Accused of sex-trafficking and violence against women, they’re rescued by the same country that produced the Marshall Plan.
Shit. Just shit.
Accused of sex-trafficking and violence against women, they’re rescued by the same country that produced the Marshall Plan.
Shit. Just shit.
February 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Tate brothers have been released from Romanian supervision and are in the US, after pseudo-official Ric Grennell requested their passports be returned.
Accused of sex-trafficking and violence against women, they’re rescued by the same country that produced the Marshall Plan.
Shit. Just shit.
Accused of sex-trafficking and violence against women, they’re rescued by the same country that produced the Marshall Plan.
Shit. Just shit.