Margaret Susan (Peggy) Thompson
@mstfromsu.bsky.social
Prof. of History & Political Science at Syracuse University, progressive Catholic feminist,
What bullshit. There is no other way of saying this.
October 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What bullshit. There is no other way of saying this.
'Cuse: We have an alum who was president.
'Nova: Hold my beer.
'Nova: Hold my beer.
May 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
'Cuse: We have an alum who was president.
'Nova: Hold my beer.
'Nova: Hold my beer.
Still not sure what a conclave is? Syracuse University asked me to explain.
www.youtube.com/shorts/VpahG...
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Conclave: The election, the smoke and the tradition
YouTube video by Syracuse University
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May 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Still not sure what a conclave is? Syracuse University asked me to explain.
www.youtube.com/shorts/VpahG...
www.youtube.com/shorts/VpahG...
One of the most fascinating essays I've read in awhile. SO glad I happened upon it!
On April 10, 1925, a young writer published his 3rd novel – a commercial & critical disappointment about a man passing for white
100 years later, Pulitzer Prize-winner Wesley Lowery reveals the secret hidden inside a piece of America's literary canon...
And how "The Great Gatsby" became white
100 years later, Pulitzer Prize-winner Wesley Lowery reveals the secret hidden inside a piece of America's literary canon...
And how "The Great Gatsby" became white
Gatsby’s Secret
Read as the story of a passing Black man, "The Great Gatsby" is the great American novel.
dlvr.it
April 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One of the most fascinating essays I've read in awhile. SO glad I happened upon it!
So, should I play this at the start of my White Nationalism/Right Populism in Modern America Honors seminar on Thursday? #IYKYK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILCQ...
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Hamilton: "You'll Be Back"
YouTube video by It's A Musical!
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March 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
So, should I play this at the start of my White Nationalism/Right Populism in Modern America Honors seminar on Thursday? #IYKYK
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILCQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILCQ...
Three postcards ready to mail to POTUS today.
March 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Three postcards ready to mail to POTUS today.
. @schumer.senate.gov needs to go. He's capitulating in a way unworthy of a Dem. party leader in a time of crisis. Enough! There are too many strong leadership possibilities (Murphy? Duckworth?); times are too dire!! I say this as a New Yorker and former @apsa.bsky.social Congressional Fellow!
March 14, 2025 at 12:57 AM
. @schumer.senate.gov needs to go. He's capitulating in a way unworthy of a Dem. party leader in a time of crisis. Enough! There are too many strong leadership possibilities (Murphy? Duckworth?); times are too dire!! I say this as a New Yorker and former @apsa.bsky.social Congressional Fellow!
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Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques
Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation
notesfrompoland.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques
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We are nearing a precipice.
February 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
We are nearing a precipice.
This is how fascism works.
February 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is how fascism works.
I believe that Sister Theresa Kane, RSM, is looking down with love, approval, and support upon Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde!
January 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I believe that Sister Theresa Kane, RSM, is looking down with love, approval, and support upon Bishop Marianne Edgar Budde!
In my @syracuseu.bsky.social honors class (White Nationalism/Right Populism) today, we discussed both the inaugural and the first half of @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social's "Strongmen." Students remarked repeatedly on the parallels. SUCH a good discussion!
January 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In my @syracuseu.bsky.social honors class (White Nationalism/Right Populism) today, we discussed both the inaugural and the first half of @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social's "Strongmen." Students remarked repeatedly on the parallels. SUCH a good discussion!
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So much for crowd size--but it does confirm that hell is freezing over!
wjla.com/news/local/p...
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Trump's inauguration moved indoors to US Capitol Rotunda due to winter weather
President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony has been moved to the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Monday due to winter weather.
wjla.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So much for crowd size--but it does confirm that hell is freezing over!
wjla.com/news/local/p...
wjla.com/news/local/p...
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Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
January 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Biden: "I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. That's the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape"
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Biden: "Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power ... the truth is smothered by lies."
January 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Biden: "Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation, enabling the abuse of power ... the truth is smothered by lies."
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Biden: "In democracy, there's another danger to the concentration of power & wealth. It erodes the sense of unity & common purpose & causes distrust and division. Participating in our democracy becomes exhausting and even disillusioning ... we have to stay engaged in the process"
January 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Biden: "In democracy, there's another danger to the concentration of power & wealth. It erodes the sense of unity & common purpose & causes distrust and division. Participating in our democracy becomes exhausting and even disillusioning ... we have to stay engaged in the process"
"There is an Oligarchy taking shape in America--a Tech/Industrial Complex." Biden's Farewell Address (echoes of Ike).
January 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"There is an Oligarchy taking shape in America--a Tech/Industrial Complex." Biden's Farewell Address (echoes of Ike).
Interesting! And right-wing Catholics must be plotzing.
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thehill.com/homenews/adm...
January 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Interesting! And right-wing Catholics must be plotzing.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
His memory is a blessing. What a remarkable man--probably the best former president in US history, who leaves a legacy of living faith, fighting racism and sexism, and working to the end for a better world.
December 29, 2024 at 11:42 PM
His memory is a blessing. What a remarkable man--probably the best former president in US history, who leaves a legacy of living faith, fighting racism and sexism, and working to the end for a better world.
Delighted that my doctoral student, Ian Glazman-Schillinger, is one of these Guggenheim Emerging Scholars for 2024-25!
www.hfg.org/hfg-welcomes...
www.hfg.org/hfg-welcomes...
HFG Welcomes its 2024 Emerging Scholars - HFG
(NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation today announced the selection of its 2024 HFG Emerging Scholars. These eleven doctoral candidates, selected through a rigorous process, are investiga...
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December 11, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Delighted that my doctoral student, Ian Glazman-Schillinger, is one of these Guggenheim Emerging Scholars for 2024-25!
www.hfg.org/hfg-welcomes...
www.hfg.org/hfg-welcomes...
Lovely end of semester dinner with half of my amazing intergenerational Election class. The rest will celebrate next week.
December 6, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Lovely end of semester dinner with half of my amazing intergenerational Election class. The rest will celebrate next week.
So my election Honors seminar was mostly quite opposed to the presidential pardon of Hunter Biden. Many thought it demonstrated Dem hypocrisy, and opened the door for GOP sniping. Most also believed that this wouldn't matter in the long run. Still, ongoing/simmering resentment toward Biden....
December 4, 2024 at 12:48 AM
So my election Honors seminar was mostly quite opposed to the presidential pardon of Hunter Biden. Many thought it demonstrated Dem hypocrisy, and opened the door for GOP sniping. Most also believed that this wouldn't matter in the long run. Still, ongoing/simmering resentment toward Biden....