Wayne E. Lee
@milhistlee.bsky.social
World military historian at UNC. Veteran. Archaeologist. Blacksmith. Traveler. Archer. I try to limit my posts to military history/security policy. Mostly. Current President of the Soc. for Military History. Officially here: https://waynelee.web.unc.edu/
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Coming soon: Hogan's Heroes and Post War America
An 8-episode documentary video pod about the making of the show, the actors' lives, American history, and learning to laugh at Nazis
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Announcing our "pre-launch" phase of our Kickstarter to complete production of our video pod documentary on the making and meaning of Hogan's Heroes: Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America. Full launch is on Feb. 16, for a 40 day campaign to raise $15k
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
The deeper you look, the clearer the cause: rule by toddlers
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The deeper you look, the clearer the cause: rule by toddlers
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
I hesitate to cast stones about body appearance, but does this infamous art "restoration" remind anyone of anybody (or anybodies)
February 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I hesitate to cast stones about body appearance, but does this infamous art "restoration" remind anyone of anybody (or anybodies)
It is both well known and obscure (depending on your age) that Bob Crane (Col. Hogan) was murdered in 1978. Likely due to his vast array of filmed and photographed sexual encounters. We look at the murder in context of changing landscape of sex and masculinity in US!
#Hogan'sHeroesandPostWarAmerica
#Hogan'sHeroesandPostWarAmerica
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
It is both well known and obscure (depending on your age) that Bob Crane (Col. Hogan) was murdered in 1978. Likely due to his vast array of filmed and photographed sexual encounters. We look at the murder in context of changing landscape of sex and masculinity in US!
#Hogan'sHeroesandPostWarAmerica
#Hogan'sHeroesandPostWarAmerica
Ivan Dixon, who played Sgt Kinchloe, later directed a film about radical Black revolutionaries. FBI pressured theaters to cease showing the film, and all but 1 copy was destroyed.
Want to know more? See our Kickstarter for "Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Want to know more? See our Kickstarter for "Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Coming soon: Hogan's Heroes and Post War America
An 8-episode documentary video pod about the making of the show, the actors' lives, American history, and learning to laugh at Nazis
www.kickstarter.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Ivan Dixon, who played Sgt Kinchloe, later directed a film about radical Black revolutionaries. FBI pressured theaters to cease showing the film, and all but 1 copy was destroyed.
Want to know more? See our Kickstarter for "Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Want to know more? See our Kickstarter for "Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America"
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Not a drag queen. Again.
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child. n.pr/4tx7oVq
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Not a drag queen. Again.
Perfectly said. Meanwhile the Ukrainians are teaching us how this works. Paying in blood and ruin.
US military aid to Ukraine was the single most effective military spending we’ve had since aiding the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan. We reduced Russia’s military by like half for circa five percent of the annual Pentagon budget. That’s a goddamn bargain.
And Trump has spoiled it.
And Trump has spoiled it.
Quite the chart
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Perfectly said. Meanwhile the Ukrainians are teaching us how this works. Paying in blood and ruin.
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This is what ICE calls a "violent criminal." A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
She bounced a $25 check in 2014. ICE tried to deport her.
A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This is what ICE calls a "violent criminal." A Missouri grandma and lawful resident spent months in detention for a decade-old misdemeanor, underscoring the massive scope of the administration’s deportation efforts. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Well. I may soon have to go on strike.
“The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently rolled out a new policy that permits university officials to record classes without notifying the instructor. It’s a practice administrators have used in the past to investigate professors but have now formalized in writing.”
UNC Admin Can Now, Officially, Secretly Record Faculty
The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Well. I may soon have to go on strike.
#Hogan's Heroes.
Did you know that modern American re-enactor groups portraying WWII Germans got started because of Hogan's Heroes?!
Back our podcast kickstarter to find out more 😀 (click "Notify me on launch") www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Did you know that modern American re-enactor groups portraying WWII Germans got started because of Hogan's Heroes?!
Back our podcast kickstarter to find out more 😀 (click "Notify me on launch") www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
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ALT: a yellow smiley face with a cracked face and a cloud coming out of it
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February 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
#Hogan's Heroes.
Did you know that modern American re-enactor groups portraying WWII Germans got started because of Hogan's Heroes?!
Back our podcast kickstarter to find out more 😀 (click "Notify me on launch") www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Did you know that modern American re-enactor groups portraying WWII Germans got started because of Hogan's Heroes?!
Back our podcast kickstarter to find out more 😀 (click "Notify me on launch") www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
The preliminary program for the SMH 2026 Annual Meeting in Arlington has been posted. There will undoubtedly be changes and updates between now and the end of March, but now you can start planning all of the sessions you want to attend.
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
Conference Program of Panels | The Society for Military History
www.smh-hq.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The preliminary program for the SMH 2026 Annual Meeting in Arlington has been posted. There will undoubtedly be changes and updates between now and the end of March, but now you can start planning all of the sessions you want to attend.
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
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Habeas corpus actions are the ancient common law writ used to create a legal action to sue for freedom. They were crucial in the early-nineteenth-century efforts to challenge slavery.
This graph showing “habeas cases” suddenly leaping in 2025 —
is terrifying.
dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/
This graph showing “habeas cases” suddenly leaping in 2025 —
is terrifying.
dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Habeas corpus actions are the ancient common law writ used to create a legal action to sue for freedom. They were crucial in the early-nineteenth-century efforts to challenge slavery.
This graph showing “habeas cases” suddenly leaping in 2025 —
is terrifying.
dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/
This graph showing “habeas cases” suddenly leaping in 2025 —
is terrifying.
dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/
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A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
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And as a thank-you card to our guests for coming on the show, I'm creating Simpsons portraits for them. The guests from our first two episodes, @frankconniff.bsky.social, comedian, writer, and film history expert, and Dr. Christopher Browning, historian of the Holocaust. Such amazing guests!
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
And as a thank-you card to our guests for coming on the show, I'm creating Simpsons portraits for them. The guests from our first two episodes, @frankconniff.bsky.social, comedian, writer, and film history expert, and Dr. Christopher Browning, historian of the Holocaust. Such amazing guests!
Teaser videos already up on our YouTube pod channel
www.youtube.com/@HogansHeroe...
www.youtube.com/@HogansHeroe...
Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America
PLEASE visit our Kickstarter page to help us fund the completion of this series: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/leemaltese/hogans-heroes-and-post-war-america
A programmer from the RAND corporat...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Teaser videos already up on our YouTube pod channel
www.youtube.com/@HogansHeroe...
www.youtube.com/@HogansHeroe...
Yes, I'll be flooding my feed with announcements. Sorry!
Please click the "Notify me on Launch" button on our prelaunch page!
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Please click the "Notify me on Launch" button on our prelaunch page!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Coming soon: Hogan's Heroes and Post War America
An 8-episode documentary video pod about the making of the show, the actors' lives, American history, and learning to laugh at Nazis
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Yes, I'll be flooding my feed with announcements. Sorry!
Please click the "Notify me on Launch" button on our prelaunch page!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Please click the "Notify me on Launch" button on our prelaunch page!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Announcing our "pre-launch" phase of our Kickstarter to complete production of our video pod documentary on the making and meaning of Hogan's Heroes: Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America. Full launch is on Feb. 16, for a 40 day campaign to raise $15k
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
Coming soon: Hogan's Heroes and Post War America
An 8-episode documentary video pod about the making of the show, the actors' lives, American history, and learning to laugh at Nazis
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Announcing our "pre-launch" phase of our Kickstarter to complete production of our video pod documentary on the making and meaning of Hogan's Heroes: Hogan's Heroes and Postwar America. Full launch is on Feb. 16, for a 40 day campaign to raise $15k
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lee...
This is a deep (accurate) cut. Sad thought it may be. It cuts deep.
February 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
This is a deep (accurate) cut. Sad thought it may be. It cuts deep.
All the rhetoric was about "illegals," not following the law. All of the actual practice doesn't care about illegality. Only whiteness.
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
All the rhetoric was about "illegals," not following the law. All of the actual practice doesn't care about illegality. Only whiteness.
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A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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This could get quite ugly and spectacular.
When a whistleblower’s lawyer gives you a deadline and cites the statute, that is not posturing. That is the last stop before Congress. And they just pulled the trigger.
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This could get quite ugly and spectacular.
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
1/3
Historian friends: I just posted a new piece I wrote on the "technologies of violence" as part of a larger volume on the cultural history of the Enlightenment (globally). As you all know, accessing those large volumes can be difficult, so here is my paper: www.academia.edu/162472243/Te...
Technologies of Violence [in the Enlightenment]
As part of a large edited volume on the global Enlightenment era, this essay reviews the key changes in technology related to war, defining that term broadly to include conceptual changes (e.g. naval blockade), non-weapons tech (mapping), and
www.academia.edu
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Historian friends: I just posted a new piece I wrote on the "technologies of violence" as part of a larger volume on the cultural history of the Enlightenment (globally). As you all know, accessing those large volumes can be difficult, so here is my paper: www.academia.edu/162472243/Te...