Mark R. Stoneman
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Mark R. Stoneman
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· Jan 17
Dear Media: Could we please stop calling ICE terror in U.S. cities a "federal crackdown"? That legitimizes their presence and actions.
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ISW is hiring! We seek a talented and self-motivated full-time Researcher to conduct timely and exceptional open-source analysis as part of the Defense of Europe Project.
Apply today: https://isw.pub/DEPResearcher
Apply today: https://isw.pub/DEPResearcher
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
ISW is hiring! We seek a talented and self-motivated full-time Researcher to conduct timely and exceptional open-source analysis as part of the Defense of Europe Project.
Apply today: https://isw.pub/DEPResearcher
Apply today: https://isw.pub/DEPResearcher
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A former Upstate NY college’s entire library is up for sale, antique Bibles and all 📜
www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2026/...
www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2026/...
A former Upstate NY college’s entire library is up for sale, antique Bibles and all
Albany County is seeking proposals from anyone interested in buying a 150,000-item library that includes sheet music and 17th-century publications.
www.newyorkupstate.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A former Upstate NY college’s entire library is up for sale, antique Bibles and all 📜
www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2026/...
www.newyorkupstate.com/albany/2026/...
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Prepping my genocide course and it's really sad to reflect on the fact that the United States Army was the first in the world to codify the law of war and prohibit crimes against civilians.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Prepping my genocide course and it's really sad to reflect on the fact that the United States Army was the first in the world to codify the law of war and prohibit crimes against civilians.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
It formed the basis for the later Hague and Geneva Conventions.
And it was drafted by a Jewish immigrant.
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Long eighteenth century Europe in the world: is there a text you'd recommend for undergraduates? Planning on reviving a favourite survey class in the fall. #skystorians
February 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Long eighteenth century Europe in the world: is there a text you'd recommend for undergraduates? Planning on reviving a favourite survey class in the fall. #skystorians
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“The US ranking…took another hit last year, when Trump gutted the government’s ability to fight public corruption by pausing investigations into corporate foreign bribery and curtailing enforcement of a foreign agent registration law.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
The US slips to its lowest-ever rank in a global corruption index | CNN Business
The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures views of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
www.cnn.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“The US ranking…took another hit last year, when Trump gutted the government’s ability to fight public corruption by pausing investigations into corporate foreign bribery and curtailing enforcement of a foreign agent registration law.” www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
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"The Convergence of Two Sins:
These two events, (1) the myth of #statelessness and (2) the #immunity from legal liability, fed each other. The fantasy of a separate cyberspace provided the ideological cover for the exceptional legal treatment worldwide. Why burden these pioneers with old-world […]
These two events, (1) the myth of #statelessness and (2) the #immunity from legal liability, fed each other. The fantasy of a separate cyberspace provided the ideological cover for the exceptional legal treatment worldwide. Why burden these pioneers with old-world […]
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mato.social
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
"The Convergence of Two Sins:
These two events, (1) the myth of #statelessness and (2) the #immunity from legal liability, fed each other. The fantasy of a separate cyberspace provided the ideological cover for the exceptional legal treatment worldwide. Why burden these pioneers with old-world […]
These two events, (1) the myth of #statelessness and (2) the #immunity from legal liability, fed each other. The fantasy of a separate cyberspace provided the ideological cover for the exceptional legal treatment worldwide. Why burden these pioneers with old-world […]
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The latest, very short iteration of my newsletter is out: Groundhog Day.
Newsletter: Groundhog Day
This short email begins with a thought I had in late October 2024. The few words and photos I've posted since my previous newsletter follow.
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First posted on Oct 27, 2024
### Historical Contingency
It's one thing to criticize presentist thinking and optimistic notions of human progress that don't comport with professional historiography. It's quite another to be punched in the face repeatedly by the reality of historical contingency in our national experience these past few decades.
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First posted on Feb 8, 2026
### Groundhog Day
These days, I often have no words, which for me is saying something. Perhaps I'm still processing the American insanity that makes every day feel like I'm stuck in a time loop à la Harold Ramis's 1993 film "Groundhog Day." Or maybe I'm growing numb and dumb. In any case, I took this photo in North Conway on the actual Groundhog Day last week with nary a rodent in sight.
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First posted on Jan. 24, 2026
### The Current Terror
There are federal agents and administration officials who will have to face murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and other serious charges after the rule of law is reestablished in this land. But how to end the current terror?
Heather Cox Richardson has thoughts. Watch her comment on today's killing of Alex Pretti on YouTube (37 min).
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First posted on Jan 30, 2026
### Winter Stroll
Seen in North Conway Village on Wednesday afternoon, Jan 28
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February 9, 2026 at 3:49 AM
The latest, very short iteration of my newsletter is out: Groundhog Day.
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Epstein survivors released an incredible ad during the Super Bowl.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Epstein survivors released an incredible ad during the Super Bowl.
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February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Crosspost via stoneman.blog/groundhog
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02/10 | "Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, & the Syrian American Working Class" featuring Dr @sfahrenthold.bsky.social!
🗓️ Monday 02/10/26
⏰ 5PM
📍 370 Dwinelle Hall (Level F/G)
🔗 forms.gle/vrtuMSP2hHmac2…
Cosponsors CMES & Department of History
This in person event is free & open to public
🗓️ Monday 02/10/26
⏰ 5PM
📍 370 Dwinelle Hall (Level F/G)
🔗 forms.gle/vrtuMSP2hHmac2…
Cosponsors CMES & Department of History
This in person event is free & open to public
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 AM
02/10 | "Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, & the Syrian American Working Class" featuring Dr @sfahrenthold.bsky.social!
🗓️ Monday 02/10/26
⏰ 5PM
📍 370 Dwinelle Hall (Level F/G)
🔗 forms.gle/vrtuMSP2hHmac2…
Cosponsors CMES & Department of History
This in person event is free & open to public
🗓️ Monday 02/10/26
⏰ 5PM
📍 370 Dwinelle Hall (Level F/G)
🔗 forms.gle/vrtuMSP2hHmac2…
Cosponsors CMES & Department of History
This in person event is free & open to public
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Snow is just a nice soft place to sleep, to a bison. They're impervious to the cold. There metabolism doesn't even flinch till it gets down to around -40°F.
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Snow is just a nice soft place to sleep, to a bison. They're impervious to the cold. There metabolism doesn't even flinch till it gets down to around -40°F.
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“Jeffrey Epstein was running 'the world's largest honeytrap operation' on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates, intelligence sources believe.
The files include 1,056 documents naming Russian President Vladimir Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow.” - Daily Mail
The files include 1,056 documents naming Russian President Vladimir Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow.” - Daily Mail
Epstein's sex empire was 'KGB honeytrap'
The release of more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender gives credence to claims made by senior security officials: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
“Jeffrey Epstein was running 'the world's largest honeytrap operation' on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates, intelligence sources believe.
The files include 1,056 documents naming Russian President Vladimir Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow.” - Daily Mail
The files include 1,056 documents naming Russian President Vladimir Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow.” - Daily Mail
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.
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What a great term: TIL that Karl Marx coined (?) the word „peacemongering“ to describe Western countries‘ attitude vis-à-vis Russia‘s aggression against the Ottoman Empire. (Found in Timm Graßmann‘s excellent „Marx gegen Moskau. Zur Außenpolitik der Arbeiterklasse“. Stuttgart 2024.)
January 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
What a great term: TIL that Karl Marx coined (?) the word „peacemongering“ to describe Western countries‘ attitude vis-à-vis Russia‘s aggression against the Ottoman Empire. (Found in Timm Graßmann‘s excellent „Marx gegen Moskau. Zur Außenpolitik der Arbeiterklasse“. Stuttgart 2024.)
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Seen in North Conway Village on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28
January 30, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Seen in North Conway Village on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28
Seen in North Conway Village on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28
January 30, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Seen in North Conway Village on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28
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Sen. Susan Collins voted Thursday to advance a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would increase ICE funding by $9 billion with no new accountability included. It failed to pass in the Senate, with all of the Democrats voting against it.
Collins votes to advance ICE funding as Platner, Mills push back - Maine Beacon
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins voted today to advance a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would continue fully funding ICE without new reforms or accountability. The Senate rejected the measu...
mainebeacon.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Sen. Susan Collins voted Thursday to advance a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would increase ICE funding by $9 billion with no new accountability included. It failed to pass in the Senate, with all of the Democrats voting against it.
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GIRLHOOD STUDIES Call for Papers: "Girls Authoring Change: Creativity, Voice, and Social Justice" 📝
View the full call below, and see complete submission and style guidelines at berghahnjournals.com/girlhood-studies
View the full call below, and see complete submission and style guidelines at berghahnjournals.com/girlhood-studies
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM
GIRLHOOD STUDIES Call for Papers: "Girls Authoring Change: Creativity, Voice, and Social Justice" 📝
View the full call below, and see complete submission and style guidelines at berghahnjournals.com/girlhood-studies
View the full call below, and see complete submission and style guidelines at berghahnjournals.com/girlhood-studies
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In Maine, masked federal agents stopped a car that contained a baby, and smashed a window. "Glass sprayed over the baby’s car seat." They took the baby's father who was driving, leaving the mother who does not have a driver's license alone in the car with the baby. On video:
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:14 PM
In Maine, masked federal agents stopped a car that contained a baby, and smashed a window. "Glass sprayed over the baby’s car seat." They took the baby's father who was driving, leaving the mother who does not have a driver's license alone in the car with the baby. On video:
My alma mater. The place whose old stacks opened up worlds to me.
The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
College approached and paid student to write op-ed in The Dartmouth
The Dartmouth ran the article on Nov. 17 without knowledge that the College had been involved.
www.thedartmouth.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM
My alma mater. The place whose old stacks opened up worlds to me.
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History teachers across the country and at every grade level should organize a teach-in this week by having students explore the Boston Massacre as part of the #America250 commemoration.
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 AM
History teachers across the country and at every grade level should organize a teach-in this week by having students explore the Boston Massacre as part of the #America250 commemoration.
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Originally published on 6/2/2020 (after the killing of George Floyd), this cartoon seems all too relevant again today.
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Originally published on 6/2/2020 (after the killing of George Floyd), this cartoon seems all too relevant again today.
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This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This March 1965 Herblock cartoon about police violence against civil rights activists has added relevance today.