Hugh Agnew
@hughlec.bsky.social
Historian of the Czechs and the Habsburg monarchy, amateur musician (choral and some woodwinds), sourdough baker, married to a cat rescuer 😻
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One of the amazing things about Tom Homan taking 50k is that Trump has made 3 billion off the presidency. Kushner made 100s of millions. Stephen Miller is invested in Palantir. JD is a made man in the PayPal mafia. But their top dog ICE man is bribing for 50k.
a man wearing a black headband and a gray jacket says this game is rigged man
ALT: a man wearing a black headband and a gray jacket says this game is rigged man
media.tenor.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
One of the amazing things about Tom Homan taking 50k is that Trump has made 3 billion off the presidency. Kushner made 100s of millions. Stephen Miller is invested in Palantir. JD is a made man in the PayPal mafia. But their top dog ICE man is bribing for 50k.
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Cleta will get even madder if you read and share this article. So, please, don't do that...
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Cleta Mitchell Thinks Trump Will Use Emergency Powers to Take Control of Elections
Read more here.
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September 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Cleta will get even madder if you read and share this article. So, please, don't do that...
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September 3, 2025
September 3, 2025
[Please note that this post talks about sexual assault in the last four paragraphs.]
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:49 AM
September 3, 2025
Amen!
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
September 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Amen!
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From Poland to South Africa to the United States, unions have been the most effective check on oligarchs and autocrats. If we want to save democracy, we start by rebuilding them. Michael Podhorzer explains.
The One Single, Proven Constraint on Oligarchy and Autocracy
By Michael Podhorzer
contrarian.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
From Poland to South Africa to the United States, unions have been the most effective check on oligarchs and autocrats. If we want to save democracy, we start by rebuilding them. Michael Podhorzer explains.
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The Organization of American Historians has issued this statement condemning Trumps efforts to whitewash US history by illegally controlling what the Smithsonian Institution puts in its museums.
www.oah.org/2025/08/14/s...
www.oah.org/2025/08/14/s...
OAH | Statement on the White House Review of the SmithsonianOAH | Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian
www.oah.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Organization of American Historians has issued this statement condemning Trumps efforts to whitewash US history by illegally controlling what the Smithsonian Institution puts in its museums.
www.oah.org/2025/08/14/s...
www.oah.org/2025/08/14/s...
Who could possibly have predicted this?
August 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Who could possibly have predicted this?
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Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files.
Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.
One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.
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Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.
One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.
Repost @djmelodie
August 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Republicans complain about Texas Democrats “fleeing”—yet just days ago, they themselves fled D.C. to avoid voting on the Epstein files.
Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.
One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.
Repost @djmelodie
Why? To protect a convicted felon sitting in the Oval Office.
One side dodges accountability.
The other fights for democracy.
Repost @djmelodie
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July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025
First thing this morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X a statement from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche saying that under Bondi’s direction, he had talked to the lawyers for Ghislaine M...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
July 22, 2025
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An Australian scholar explains the idea that drove Australia to adopt compulsory voting: "You would know that the government that was elected had the support of the majority of voters in the electorate—not just the majority of the people who turned up." boltsmag.org/compuls...
“An Egalitarian Pressure”: Australia Has Been Requiring People to Vote for 100 Years
As Australia compels voters to show up at the polls this weekend, a scholar lays out the genesis of
boltsmag.org
July 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An Australian scholar explains the idea that drove Australia to adopt compulsory voting: "You would know that the government that was elected had the support of the majority of voters in the electorate—not just the majority of the people who turned up." boltsmag.org/compuls...
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Genocide "doesn’t mean that you have to kill everyone," says historian and renowned Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov. "It means that the group will be destroyed and that it will not be able to reconstitute itself as a group. And to my mind, this is precisely what Israel is trying to do."
"I Know It When I See It”: Prof. Omer Bartov Says Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza
We speak with leading Israeli American historian Omer Bartov about his latest essay for The New York Times, headlined “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.” Bartov cites the United…
www.democracynow.org
July 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Genocide "doesn’t mean that you have to kill everyone," says historian and renowned Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov. "It means that the group will be destroyed and that it will not be able to reconstitute itself as a group. And to my mind, this is precisely what Israel is trying to do."
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“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the two Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“The moral injuries of this operation, I think, will be enduring,” one of the two Guard officials said. “This is not what the military of our country was designed to do, at all.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
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This is one of the most important pieces I've written and I hope you'll read it. Politicizing the military is dangerously destabilizing for democracy-learn more from the vantage point of people who have served. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Why We Don't Politicize the Military
When I started working on this piece, it was in the context of Trump‘s announced decision to bring the National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles to quell protests against ICE.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is one of the most important pieces I've written and I hope you'll read it. Politicizing the military is dangerously destabilizing for democracy-learn more from the vantage point of people who have served. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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In 1936 & 1937, 35,000 people came from around the world to defend the democratically elected Spanish gov't against fascism. 3,000 volunteered from the U.S. They would found the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social @globalexchange.bsky.social
Fighting fascists in Spain: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Thousands left their homes in the United States to stand against Spanish General Franco and fascism. This is episode 58 of Stories of Resistance.
therealnews.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In 1936 & 1937, 35,000 people came from around the world to defend the democratically elected Spanish gov't against fascism. 3,000 volunteered from the U.S. They would found the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social @globalexchange.bsky.social
The more ridicule that can be heaped on him, the better.
The comments are your morning dose of schadenfreude.
White House Ridiculed Over ‘Superman Trump’ Photo: ‘Epstein List Is Your Kryptonite’
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The more ridicule that can be heaped on him, the better.
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The 14th Amendment was ratified today in 1868—guaranteeing equal protection under the law.
157 years later, Trump’s trying to erase it like it was a typo.
No birthright citizenship. No due process. Just Trump doing what he does best—breaking the law.
157 years later, Trump’s trying to erase it like it was a typo.
No birthright citizenship. No due process. Just Trump doing what he does best—breaking the law.
July 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The 14th Amendment was ratified today in 1868—guaranteeing equal protection under the law.
157 years later, Trump’s trying to erase it like it was a typo.
No birthright citizenship. No due process. Just Trump doing what he does best—breaking the law.
157 years later, Trump’s trying to erase it like it was a typo.
No birthright citizenship. No due process. Just Trump doing what he does best—breaking the law.
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Trump supports a right wing coup plotter, so now you'll have to pay more for beef and coffee.
Breaking News: President Trump said he planned a 50% tariff against Brazil, citing what he called a “witch hunt” by the Brazilian authorities against former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing trial for attempting a coup.
July 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Russia’s frozen assets must be used to rebuild Ukraine, says Zelenskyy, as he hits out at ‘terrorism’ of daily attacks – Europe live
Russia’s frozen assets must be used to rebuild Ukraine, says Zelenskyy, as he hits out at ‘terrorism’ of daily attacks – Europe live
Kyiv said Russia launched around 400 drones and 18 missiles against Ukraine overnight
Zelenskyy also repeatedly thanks partners for their help so far, saying it is thanks to their help it was able to start building a modern air force.
“We’ve done it in record time. No other country has switched from Soviet aircraft to F-16 and Mirages this quickly,” he says.
I urge all our partners: increase your investments when Russia increases its attacks. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Russia’s frozen assets must be used to rebuild Ukraine, says Zelenskyy, as he hits out at ‘terrorism’ of daily attacks – Europe live
Today is the feast day of SS Cyril and Methodius, the "Apostles to the Slavs." This is a section of the Alphonse Mucha window in Prague's St. Vitus cathedral. At the top are the two saints baptizing Borivoj, below is St. Ludmila and her grandson, St. Wenceslas (Vaclav).
July 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Today is the feast day of SS Cyril and Methodius, the "Apostles to the Slavs." This is a section of the Alphonse Mucha window in Prague's St. Vitus cathedral. At the top are the two saints baptizing Borivoj, below is St. Ludmila and her grandson, St. Wenceslas (Vaclav).
Just read Charlotte Clymer's excellent 4th of July thread:
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-mr-ra...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-mr-ra...
What Mr. Ramirez Taught Me
July Fourth means community.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Just read Charlotte Clymer's excellent 4th of July thread:
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-mr-ra...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/what-mr-ra...
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No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan
No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan
The bill steals from the sick, elderly and hungry, and gives to billionaires and jackboots. But Republicans will follow their leader anywhere
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
No one wanted Trump’s devastating budget bill. Of course it passed | Moira Donegan