Mark Rice

@markricehistory.bsky.social

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Associate professor of history at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Author of Making Machu Picchu/Destino Machu Picchu. Fulbright scholar. Department chair.

https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/markrice1/

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 1h

On this date in 1923, Hitler was arrested for high treason.

How do you say "Just sayin'" in German?

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 1h

My encounters with AI generated by students have been exclusively on writing assignments & the mainstream moral panic has been about the college essay.

I encourage you to ask a science or social science colleague about the graphs, charts, & diagrams they've been receiving. 😳🫣🤢

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1h

Trump: We gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It’s much better than the Congressional Medal of Honor because soldiers get the Congressional. And they’re in very bad shape because they're dead. She gets it and she's a healthy, beautiful woman. And they’re rated equal

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3h

“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources

EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.

www.independent.co.uk

Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, Gerald Friedman, Mark Rice

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4

What's the deal with the filibuster?

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

youtu.be

Reposted by David R. Miller, Andrew Jacobs, Justin Lewis , and 4 more David R. Miller, Andrew Jacobs, Justin Lewis, Michael D. McDonald, James Goodwin, Mark Rice, Daxton R. Stewart

Willard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 8h

James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”

Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:

“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."

radaronline.com/p/james-bond...

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Juan Cole, Mark Rice , and 2 more Norbert Schwarz, Juan Cole, Mark Rice, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Dana Howard

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 8h

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Robert Black, Justin Lewis , and 2 more Lesley A. Hall, Robert Black, Justin Lewis, Mark Rice, Suzanne Conklin Akbari

Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 11h

there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all

CHOAM Nomsky (thankful) @samthielman.com · 14h

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates:

"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.

QT of @avidreader1000
Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Michelle Everson, Mark Rice

Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 14h

Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce, Mark Rice

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 16h

The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16h

Sheesh
zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Daniel W. Drezner, Mark Rice

Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 17h

Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

One CEO called the idea a “disgusting insult” and “economic genocide against the Gen Z generation.” 👀

@newsweek.com $XHB
www.newsweek.com/50-year-mort...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h

A systematic attack on the rule of law. Watergate-level high crimes and misdemeanors happening every day.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20h

Breaking MSNBC:

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida called a division-wide meeting this afternoon, following the resignations of two prosecutors who were asked to take part in a vast "conspiracy" investigation into former intel and law enforcement officials.

U.S. Attorney investigating alleged grand ‘conspiracy’ calls unit-wide meeting after two prosecutors resign

Career prosecutors on “pins and needles” after flurry of subpoenas approved.

www.msnbc.com

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Congestion Pricing Now @fundtransitnow.bsky.social · 19h

Say it louder for the people in the back!

Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to.

www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...

Ten months in, congestion pricing in NYC is working, MTA says

Congestion pricing has been in effect in Manhattan for 11 months and counting. The MTA says traffic is down — and revenue is up. But President Trump is still threatening to terminate the plan. NBC 4 N...

www.nbcnewyork.com

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 20h

Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is

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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 20h

"5 Takeaways from the 2025 NYC Election Turnout" via @cityandstateny.bsky.social featuring the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social online map www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

We've added filters to the map (eg., showing 2025 general results in areas won in the primary) plus an address search.

New features for CUNY's 2025 NYC election map Nov. 10, 2025

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 20h

Trump's healthcare surprise is a heart-stopper

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social for Raw Story

#PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Trump #USPolitics #HealthCare

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BuffaloResearch.com @buffaloresearch.com · 21h

Ada Louise Huxtable, Buffalo, and the Greatest Urban Vista

Buffalonians like to quote Ada Louise Huxtable, who pronounced a view in downtown Buffalo, NY as "the greatest urban vista in America." But she never said this. We figured out who did.

https://buffaloresearch.com/ada-louise-huxtable/

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

There’s a two party duopoly in this nation.

Is it great? No! Is it reality? Yes.

Creating a third party means building up an entirely new infrastructure from scratch and then fighting both R & D.

Taking over the Dem Party is an easier and more effective route. It’ll take time, but it’s worth it.

Reposted by Mark Rice, Joanna L. Grossman

Alex Burness @burness.bsky.social · 22h

A Republican sheriff in a swing county that Trump won by 0.1% signed a contract to help ICE, then lost last week by 11.

New by me in @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-of-b...

Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts

A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.

boltsmag.org

Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Mark Rice, Greg Linden

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

BURRY won’t let up — now arguing that Oracle and Meta are overstating earnings by understating depreciation:

“.. By 2028, $ORCL will overstate earnings 26.9%, $META by 20.8%, etc.”

Reposted by Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers , and 4 more Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers, David R. Miller, Aaron Sojourner, Mark Rice, Peter Jacobs

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 1d

New:

On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...

STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): I've been invited to speak across the country about January 6. And now that I'm relaunching Oath Keepers, I'm getting more invitations to come speak as well. So, yeah, I'm relaunching the organization and rebuilding it.

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They tried to take us out after January 6 but what man means for evil, God will use for good. I came out stronger after it, and so my goal is to rebuild the organization stronger than ever because it's an essential mission. Absolutely.

JIM HOFT (HOST): Oh, that's wonderful news. So the Oath Keepers is going to have a relaunch here, and Stewart's breaking that news this weekend?

RHODES: Yes, sir.

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RHODES: I mean, I have to make sure that if I'm ever taken out again or if I'm or when I'm taken out again, that the organization can drive on without me. That's not what happened last time.

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So we want to make sure it's got resilience and redundancy built in that it can drive on strong. With the same mission, though. You can't call yourself an Oath Keeper if you're not willing to protect people against radical antifa and other leftist violence in the streets.

STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.

Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.

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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.

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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

I think @damonberes.com nailed this one: Social media is not social anymore, and with the pivot to AI, companies that build social media are building something that is isolating us even more

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.

www.theatlantic.com

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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 1d

like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure

More than anything else, this is what led some Senate Democrats to cut a deal: Trump’s willingness to hurt people exceeds their willingness to see people get hurt. I want to give them their due on this: They are hearing from their constituents and seeing the mounting problems, and they are trying to do what they see as the responsible, moral thing. They do not believe that holding out will lead to Trump restoring the subsidies. They fear that their Republican colleagues would, under mounting pressure, do as Trump had demanded and abolish the filibuster. (Whether that would be a good or a bad thing is a subject for another column.) This, in the end, is the calculation the defecting Senate Democrats are making: They don’t think a longer shutdown will cause Trump to cave. They just think it will cause more damage.

If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise. Shutdowns are an opportunity to make an argument, and the country was just starting to pay attention. If Trump wanted to cancel flights over Thanksgiving rather than keep health care costs down, I don’t see why Democrats should save him from making his priorities so exquisitely clear. And I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure. That’s the kind of lesson he remembers.

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Dr Tim Galsworthy 🗃️ @timgalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

Earlier today I emailed my undergraduate dissertation students about the annotated bibliographies I’m asking them to produce. This is the mock example I offered.

Probably my best work as a lecturer 🗃️

Reposted by Bonnie Honig, David R. Miller, Mark Rice

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Most people never have a house fire. So why are we wasting money on a fire department?

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d

a lot of the Democratic Senate caucus's calculus (as well as much of the discourse) seem to be predicated on the assumption that Congress will continue to be the central space for political confrontation and that the traditional electoral timelines will continue to shape our political life

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