Nathaniel C. Green
@nathanielcgreen.bsky.social
History professor at Northern Virginia Community College. Author, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, by Kansas Press.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
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Not “Three-Fifths of a Person”: What the Three-Fifths Clause Meant at Ratification - Commonplace
Denials of Black humanity, free and enslaved, coexisted with explicit acknowledgment that enslaved Black people, though legally deemed “property,” were people.
commonplace.online
My piece is up on Commonplace!
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
Every question posed to Miller should be this accusatory and openly hostile. He is evil and the press should treat him as such
next reporter who interviews stephen miller should ask him point blank if his goal in minneapolis is to kill more americans
January 17, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Every question posed to Miller should be this accusatory and openly hostile. He is evil and the press should treat him as such
Adam Serwer's thesis remains undefeated
"No recalibrated or sanitized version of the assault that Trump and Stephen Miller are waging on American cities right now, most prominently Minneapolis, is available to them or anyone else. That’s because it’s a campaign of deliberate terror: The policy is the terror, and the terror is the policy."
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Adam Serwer's thesis remains undefeated
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I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
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Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Roses are red
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
Nazis are lurking
Beware of them here because
The part that has taken many by surprise is how rapidly Trump's policies have nakedly, negatively affected everyday white American citizens. Many supported Trump, enthusiastically or tepidly, because they thought Trump's pathologies wouldn't negatively affect them. But Trump is a threat to everyone
not only was this predictable from the moment he took office, it should have been expected. and yet a constellation of “serious” and “savvy” observers insisted that we were living through a realignment
January 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The part that has taken many by surprise is how rapidly Trump's policies have nakedly, negatively affected everyday white American citizens. Many supported Trump, enthusiastically or tepidly, because they thought Trump's pathologies wouldn't negatively affect them. But Trump is a threat to everyone
If you are white and you're not using your whiteness to challenge this awful shit you're doing it wrong.
A big part of why the Right is furious at White women right now is because they're increasingly using their Whiteness as shield and a weapon and it's honestly fucking great.
what a legend lmao
January 16, 2026 at 1:36 AM
If you are white and you're not using your whiteness to challenge this awful shit you're doing it wrong.
But wait I thought Greg Bovino assured us that 90% of Minnesotans loved ICE
January 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
But wait I thought Greg Bovino assured us that 90% of Minnesotans loved ICE
"If the only things Trump thinks can stop him are his own morality and his own mind, our task — at least for those of us who view the state of things with outrage and anger — is to show him the folly of his words."
“Trump does not see himself as a constitutional officer. … Trump is an anti-constitutional figure — whose very presence on the American political scene is nothing less than a full-spectrum assault on republican government and democracy.”
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
Opinion | This Is Not How a Normal President Speaks
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 PM
"If the only things Trump thinks can stop him are his own morality and his own mind, our task — at least for those of us who view the state of things with outrage and anger — is to show him the folly of his words."
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“Trump does not see himself as a constitutional officer. … Trump is an anti-constitutional figure — whose very presence on the American political scene is nothing less than a full-spectrum assault on republican government and democracy.”
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
Opinion | This Is Not How a Normal President Speaks
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“Trump does not see himself as a constitutional officer. … Trump is an anti-constitutional figure — whose very presence on the American political scene is nothing less than a full-spectrum assault on republican government and democracy.”
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
Compelling analysis.
Thanks @jamellebouie.net
@jamellebouie.net once again conducting a master class in making an argument rooted in knowledge of how stuff works and patiently explaining stuff to people whose arguments are based on not knowing how stuff works
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM
@jamellebouie.net once again conducting a master class in making an argument rooted in knowledge of how stuff works and patiently explaining stuff to people whose arguments are based on not knowing how stuff works
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The one thing authoritarian leaders usually have going for them is the general apathy of the majority when they make a move solely against a marginal group in society.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The one thing authoritarian leaders usually have going for them is the general apathy of the majority when they make a move solely against a marginal group in society.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
But when they occupy an entire city with clumsy, brutal force, that just forces everyone out of that apathy.
This is not really a fair question for me, since I worked briefly for a casino.
whats the largest amount of cash money you have ever seen in-person
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This is not really a fair question for me, since I worked briefly for a casino.
We now go live to the 90% of the public expressing how happy they are to see ICE
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Bovino: "Something else here as far as what happened in that Target store is truly I felt sorry for the public, and the reason for that is by and large 90% of the public are happy to see us. They like to engage with us, talk with us and find out about our missions."
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
We now go live to the 90% of the public expressing how happy they are to see ICE
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These pathetic, broken bullies have already lost. I don't know how many of them know it. But they have already lost.
They can brutalize and terrorize and even murder.
But they cannot win.
They can brutalize and terrorize and even murder.
But they cannot win.
Video of federal agents getting run out of Lyn Lake this afternoon. Agents drop a gas can at the end and someone kicks it back at them.
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 AM
These pathetic, broken bullies have already lost. I don't know how many of them know it. But they have already lost.
They can brutalize and terrorize and even murder.
But they cannot win.
They can brutalize and terrorize and even murder.
But they cannot win.
A great read.
"The wall looks permanent until the day it comes down."
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
Several people I know have used the word "beautiful" for this piece, and that's exactly right. A beautifully phrased essay on the bind we're in— until we aren't.
Recommended, in an extreme way.
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
Several people I know have used the word "beautiful" for this piece, and that's exactly right. A beautifully phrased essay on the bind we're in— until we aren't.
Recommended, in an extreme way.
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 AM
A great read.
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Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Any Democratic votes to fund DHS later this month as Minneapolis is being terrorized by DHS is going to be a major slap in the face to Americans living here. Demand major reforms or shut the government down.
Because why the fuck not
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them
Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis. And AI generated images are complicating the effort to find them.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Because why the fuck not
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Academics - if you are expert in the history of the fourth amendment, today is a day you could pitch your favorite news outlet with a piece about it. If you're interested, do a little writing, then email me lollardfish at gmail and I'll give you some free op-ed coaching.
What’s this old thing
January 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Academics - if you are expert in the history of the fourth amendment, today is a day you could pitch your favorite news outlet with a piece about it. If you're interested, do a little writing, then email me lollardfish at gmail and I'll give you some free op-ed coaching.
All of this shows these ICE thugs for exactly what they are. I know it feels so awful right now to keep seeing them terrorize people, but they have already lost. I don't know how many of them know it. But they have, no matter how many people they kidnap or kill. They have already lost.
A crowd of hundreds gathered at a St. Cloud strip mall parking lot to observe more than two dozen ICE officers near some Somali-owned businesses.
📷️: Jenny Berg
📷️: Jenny Berg
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
All of this shows these ICE thugs for exactly what they are. I know it feels so awful right now to keep seeing them terrorize people, but they have already lost. I don't know how many of them know it. But they have, no matter how many people they kidnap or kill. They have already lost.
Notice what this brave woman does. She repeats the truth over and over again. She doesn't accept the premise that she has to show them anything. She doesn't have to tell them where she was born. She repeats that she's a citizen, and doesn't back down.
That's how you fucking do it.
That's how you fucking do it.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Notice what this brave woman does. She repeats the truth over and over again. She doesn't accept the premise that she has to show them anything. She doesn't have to tell them where she was born. She repeats that she's a citizen, and doesn't back down.
That's how you fucking do it.
That's how you fucking do it.
This is what courage looks like.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
This is what courage looks like.
The people out there filming these goons are incredibly brave. The more evidence there is that these awful people are terrorizing unarmed people who are filming their atrocities, the worse they look.
Minneapolis right now—
At 35th and Park, a crowd has gathered after a car crash involving the feds. Agents just launched tear gas and pepper balls at people.
At 35th and Park, a crowd has gathered after a car crash involving the feds. Agents just launched tear gas and pepper balls at people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The people out there filming these goons are incredibly brave. The more evidence there is that these awful people are terrorizing unarmed people who are filming their atrocities, the worse they look.
I would agree with @jamellebouie.net that focusing on "training" can be useful rhetorical strategy to set up a more fundamental dismantling of ICE. I remain skeptical that moderate Dems will actually use it that way, as a means to such an end.
maybe an unpopular position on this website but i think the moderate dem focus on ICE training can be, with political pressure, the pathway to more fundamental reforms. rhetorically it is not too hard to move from “more training” to “turns out they’re untrainable and we have to start all over.”
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
I would agree with @jamellebouie.net that focusing on "training" can be useful rhetorical strategy to set up a more fundamental dismantling of ICE. I remain skeptical that moderate Dems will actually use it that way, as a means to such an end.
I have family in the Twin Cities. My wife's best friend lives there. This is really scary.
We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM
I have family in the Twin Cities. My wife's best friend lives there. This is really scary.