History Prof Brad
@historyprofbrad.bsky.social
Academic Dean/History Professor with over 35 years of teaching experience, bemused observer, pop culture junkie, recovering fundavangelical, and full-time overthinker
Reposted by History Prof Brad
Air traffic controllers in Colorado lost contact with more than a dozen aircraft this week—but the transportation secretary seems to have other concerns.
Sean Duffy Moves Jesus Painting Amid Another Safety Crisis
Air traffic controllers in Colorado lost contact with more than a dozen aircraft on Monday—but the transportation secretary seemed to have other concerns.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Air traffic controllers in Colorado lost contact with more than a dozen aircraft this week—but the transportation secretary seems to have other concerns.
Reposted by History Prof Brad
LOVE this Pope. A real mensch. www.thedailybeast.com/pope-snubs-v...
Pope Sends Deputy to Lecture Vance on Compassion at Vatican
Vance had an “an exchange of opinions” with Cardinal Pietro Parolin that touched on migration, the Vatican said.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
LOVE this Pope. A real mensch. www.thedailybeast.com/pope-snubs-v...
I stand with Harvard. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump (Gift Article)
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I stand with Harvard. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Reposted by History Prof Brad
The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
Reposted by History Prof Brad
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
April 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking.
A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.
Reposted by History Prof Brad
In a scathing dissent, Ketanji Brown Jackson slammed the court's ruling made under the “shadows of our emergency docket."
“Make no mistake: We are just as wrong now as we have been in the past, with similarly devastating consequences. It just seems we are now less willing to face it,” she wrote.
“Make no mistake: We are just as wrong now as we have been in the past, with similarly devastating consequences. It just seems we are now less willing to face it,” she wrote.
Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts Supreme Court’s Increasingly Shady Moves
The justice wrote a scathing dissent of the court’s latest decision to back Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In a scathing dissent, Ketanji Brown Jackson slammed the court's ruling made under the “shadows of our emergency docket."
“Make no mistake: We are just as wrong now as we have been in the past, with similarly devastating consequences. It just seems we are now less willing to face it,” she wrote.
“Make no mistake: We are just as wrong now as we have been in the past, with similarly devastating consequences. It just seems we are now less willing to face it,” she wrote.
Reposted by History Prof Brad
May I introduce you to the financial panic of 1873? 1893? 1907?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
Trump: "You know, our country was the strongest, believe it or not, from 1870 to 1913. You know why? It was all tariff based. We had no income tax." (This is nonsense.)
April 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
May I introduce you to the financial panic of 1873? 1893? 1907?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
Join me and donate to Faithful America: The largest online community of Christians acting for social justice act.faithfulamerica.org/donate/0325_...
Join me and donate to Faithful America
The largest online community of Christians acting for social justice
act.faithfulamerica.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Join me and donate to Faithful America: The largest online community of Christians acting for social justice act.faithfulamerica.org/donate/0325_...
Reposted by History Prof Brad
"The strategic ambiguity about whether or not we live in an autocracy is designed to preserve maximum maneuverability for the regime until such time as they have full control and no longer need to maneuver."
Our Semi-Authoritarian State
Are we a democracy or a dictatorship? No one knows.
www.thebulwark.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The strategic ambiguity about whether or not we live in an autocracy is designed to preserve maximum maneuverability for the regime until such time as they have full control and no longer need to maneuver."
Reposted by History Prof Brad
I spent 14 years in opioid hell. Many friends and acquaintances have lost their lives.
It’s a result of American drug company Purdue Pharma/OxyContin.
Anyone trying to blame fentanyl, Mexico, China, or Canada for America’s overdose deaths and opioid drug addiction are full of shit. Full stop.
It’s a result of American drug company Purdue Pharma/OxyContin.
Anyone trying to blame fentanyl, Mexico, China, or Canada for America’s overdose deaths and opioid drug addiction are full of shit. Full stop.
Pam Bondi waves around a package of (what she says are fake) drugs
March 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I spent 14 years in opioid hell. Many friends and acquaintances have lost their lives.
It’s a result of American drug company Purdue Pharma/OxyContin.
Anyone trying to blame fentanyl, Mexico, China, or Canada for America’s overdose deaths and opioid drug addiction are full of shit. Full stop.
It’s a result of American drug company Purdue Pharma/OxyContin.
Anyone trying to blame fentanyl, Mexico, China, or Canada for America’s overdose deaths and opioid drug addiction are full of shit. Full stop.
Reposted by History Prof Brad
As a Christian, let me just say this isn’t even in the ballpark of “persecution.”
My religion’s holy days are federal holidays and my co-religionists are the dominant force in society.
If someone is “skeptical” of my faith … who cares?
My religion’s holy days are federal holidays and my co-religionists are the dominant force in society.
If someone is “skeptical” of my faith … who cares?
Interesting story that gets to the heart of why many Christians feel persecuted in the U.S.: The secular elite find many of their views abhorrent and uncouth
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
March 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
As a Christian, let me just say this isn’t even in the ballpark of “persecution.”
My religion’s holy days are federal holidays and my co-religionists are the dominant force in society.
If someone is “skeptical” of my faith … who cares?
My religion’s holy days are federal holidays and my co-religionists are the dominant force in society.
If someone is “skeptical” of my faith … who cares?
Reposted by History Prof Brad
A livid Donald Trump took America’s trade war against Canada to the next level in a new social media temper tantrum.
Trump Takes Canada Trade War to Next Level in Rage Post
The president said he wants to destroy the Canadian auto industry.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A livid Donald Trump took America’s trade war against Canada to the next level in a new social media temper tantrum.
Reposted by History Prof Brad
Doug Ford: "We will never become the 51st state. Canada is not for sale ... he's taking more money out of Americans' pockets, and for what reason? We're still trying to figure this out."
March 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Doug Ford: "We will never become the 51st state. Canada is not for sale ... he's taking more money out of Americans' pockets, and for what reason? We're still trying to figure this out."
