Nate Holdren
@nhold.bsky.social
Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority.
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Nate Holdren
@nhold.bsky.social
· May 29
harrumph. harrumph, I say!
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Iowa closing the African American studies major during Black history month is diabolical.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, could close or merge programs
The University of Iowa is reviewing undergraduate majors with low enrollment – like African American studies and gender, women's, and sexuality studies – after the Board of Regents last year mandated ...
www.thegazette.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Iowa closing the African American studies major during Black history month is diabolical.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.
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For those looking at Tom Homan's offer to MN sheriffs -- it's called a Basic Ordering Agreement. In essence, to skirt state law, DHS pays $50 in exchange for sheriffs to hold people 48 hours past their release date. It's not really a contract; it's like a warehousing agreement for bodies.
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
For those looking at Tom Homan's offer to MN sheriffs -- it's called a Basic Ordering Agreement. In essence, to skirt state law, DHS pays $50 in exchange for sheriffs to hold people 48 hours past their release date. It's not really a contract; it's like a warehousing agreement for bodies.
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Since there's been some conversation about historical analogies for the present stuff with ICE, I figured I'd share this. In it I argue the similarity between (opposition to) border enforcement and (the effort to abolish) slavery.
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buttondown.com/nateholdren/...
Against The Border Power
As I’ve mentioned while back I wrote a letter to Little Village saying deportation as such is wrong, that we should think of it as something like slavery and...
buttondown.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Since there's been some conversation about historical analogies for the present stuff with ICE, I figured I'd share this. In it I argue the similarity between (opposition to) border enforcement and (the effort to abolish) slavery.
buttondown.com/nateholdren/...
buttondown.com/nateholdren/...
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In today’s episode, @nhold.bsky.social returns to discuss how deportation is unjustifiable state violence no matter one’s immigration status or citizenship, and how that violence is naturalized when demands are framed around who or what is “legal”
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
Deportation Is State Violence w/ Nate Holdren (Unlocked)
This episode was originally released December 1st for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a pa
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February 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In today’s episode, @nhold.bsky.social returns to discuss how deportation is unjustifiable state violence no matter one’s immigration status or citizenship, and how that violence is naturalized when demands are framed around who or what is “legal”
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
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feeling angry or depressed? why not fix yourself a cup of tea? then you can be angry and depressed while also holding a cup of tea
February 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
feeling angry or depressed? why not fix yourself a cup of tea? then you can be angry and depressed while also holding a cup of tea
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I'd been writing (and one thing is in press) about racism, logistics and supply chains in relation to the provision of health care, and ... I didn't expect to see such an egregious rehearsal of that relationship/those arguments in the news today
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I'd been writing (and one thing is in press) about racism, logistics and supply chains in relation to the provision of health care, and ... I didn't expect to see such an egregious rehearsal of that relationship/those arguments in the news today
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Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation. After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer”
“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”
It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation. After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer”
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“Today, the United States appears to be entering a new phase of expanded border policing—similar to the Operation Gatekeeper deterrence of the 1990s or the sweeping powers and massive budgets that followed 9/11.”
New Podcast Episode🎙️: Melissa del Bosque & Todd Miller on why abolishing just ICE misses the point. Border Patrol's extraconstitutional powers are expanding nationwide, the border can be anywhere, guns pointed at anyone. But people have had enough.
Full Podcast Episode🦂🔗:
Full Podcast Episode🦂🔗:
Abolishing Just ICE Misses the Point: A Podcast with Melissa and Todd
In the spirit of broadening the analysis beyond ICE, Border Chronicle cofounders Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller discuss the leading role the U.S. Border Patrol has played in violent operations acr...
www.theborderchronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“Today, the United States appears to be entering a new phase of expanded border policing—similar to the Operation Gatekeeper deterrence of the 1990s or the sweeping powers and massive budgets that followed 9/11.”
imho we're due, and deserve, an International Noise Conspiracy comeback
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Ever felt cheated, by The (International) Noise Conspiracy
from the album Live at Oslo jazz festival (featuring Jonas Kullhammar & Sven-Eric Dahlberg)
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February 5, 2026 at 6:43 PM
imho we're due, and deserve, an International Noise Conspiracy comeback
theinternationalnoiseconspiracy.bandcamp.com/track/ever-f...
theinternationalnoiseconspiracy.bandcamp.com/track/ever-f...
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Recently the @historians.org Council vetoed member resolutions that would have committed AHA to defense of academic freedom. In doing so, the org relayed their stance that its federal underwriters-not historians themselves-determine our discipline's limits. 🔗⬇️
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Historians Must Reclaim AHA (opinion)
Two recent vetoes by the association’s governing council raise the question of who defines what counts as “history.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Recently the @historians.org Council vetoed member resolutions that would have committed AHA to defense of academic freedom. In doing so, the org relayed their stance that its federal underwriters-not historians themselves-determine our discipline's limits. 🔗⬇️
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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New Q poll: ICE approval 34%-63%, down from 40%-57% on Jan. 13. 60% think ICE should withdraw from Minneapolis, while 36% think ICE should continue its operations in Minneapolis.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
61% Of Voters Think The Trump Administration Has Not Given An
Honest Account Of The Fatal Shooting Of Alex Pretti,
Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds;
58% Of Voters Think DHS Secretary Kris...
"We need more facts and an independent investigation is the way to get them, say voters who cast doubt on the honesty of the account of how Alex Pretti ended up dead on a Minneapolis street," said Qui...
poll.qu.edu
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
New Q poll: ICE approval 34%-63%, down from 40%-57% on Jan. 13. 60% think ICE should withdraw from Minneapolis, while 36% think ICE should continue its operations in Minneapolis.
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
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This change is likely putting trans/nonbinary kids and their parents in a panic right now. Gender affirming-care improves mental and helps reduce suicide risk for these kids.
Children’s Minnesota is suspending gender-affirming care in response to threats by the Trump administration to cut off millions of dollars in federal funding that keep its pediatric clinics and hospitals running.
Children’s suspends gender-affirming care amid Trump funding threats
Trump administration move would cut Medicaid, Medicare funding to health care systems that continue to provide surgeries, medications that support gender transitions.
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This change is likely putting trans/nonbinary kids and their parents in a panic right now. Gender affirming-care improves mental and helps reduce suicide risk for these kids.
Since there's been some conversation about historical analogies for the present stuff with ICE, I figured I'd share this. In it I argue the similarity between (opposition to) border enforcement and (the effort to abolish) slavery.
buttondown.com/nateholdren/...
buttondown.com/nateholdren/...
Against The Border Power
As I’ve mentioned while back I wrote a letter to Little Village saying deportation as such is wrong, that we should think of it as something like slavery and...
buttondown.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Since there's been some conversation about historical analogies for the present stuff with ICE, I figured I'd share this. In it I argue the similarity between (opposition to) border enforcement and (the effort to abolish) slavery.
buttondown.com/nateholdren/...
buttondown.com/nateholdren/...
too argumentative to be at peace, not argumentative enough to enjoy it, harrumph. harrumph!
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 AM
too argumentative to be at peace, not argumentative enough to enjoy it, harrumph. harrumph!
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A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
February 5, 2026 at 5:11 AM
A gut punch with today's ICE Air flight at MSP - I thought we were going to make it the whole day without a flight for the first time since January 5th, but one popped up this evening.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
66 detainees boarded today - the most we've seen in the last ten days.
3,137 are represented on this graph.
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Folks, the east side of St. Paul has been getting slammed by ICE and needs help. Harding High on the east side is like 50-75% vulnerable families and is currently feeding 60 families a week. Please consider giving here. www.gofundme.com/f/vvtc6j-rel...
Donate to Relief for Harding Families in Crisis, organized by Harding Parents United
Some students are returning from school to find their parents have been d… Harding Parents United needs your support for Relief for Harding Families in Crisis
www.gofundme.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Folks, the east side of St. Paul has been getting slammed by ICE and needs help. Harding High on the east side is like 50-75% vulnerable families and is currently feeding 60 families a week. Please consider giving here. www.gofundme.com/f/vvtc6j-rel...
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The devil doesn’t get to decide who the angels are
Trump on Alex Pretti and Renee Good: "He was not an angel and she was not an angel. You know, you look at some tapes."
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 AM
The devil doesn’t get to decide who the angels are
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Comrades, if you want to read about CLS at a more accessible price, the good people at @edinburghup.bsky.social have released my book The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies in paperback - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-ris...
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Comrades, if you want to read about CLS at a more accessible price, the good people at @edinburghup.bsky.social have released my book The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies in paperback - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-ris...
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i completed so many things today!
relatedly: if anyone out there is a publisher or editor interested in a new anthology full of incredible people talking about why their social movement "failures" were still worth it, get at me! I strongly believe we need this book now more than ever.
relatedly: if anyone out there is a publisher or editor interested in a new anthology full of incredible people talking about why their social movement "failures" were still worth it, get at me! I strongly believe we need this book now more than ever.
February 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
i completed so many things today!
relatedly: if anyone out there is a publisher or editor interested in a new anthology full of incredible people talking about why their social movement "failures" were still worth it, get at me! I strongly believe we need this book now more than ever.
relatedly: if anyone out there is a publisher or editor interested in a new anthology full of incredible people talking about why their social movement "failures" were still worth it, get at me! I strongly believe we need this book now more than ever.
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The first rent checks from this fund are starting to go out. The community is so grateful and the need continues, so please give if you can.
Folks, the east side of St. Paul has been getting slammed by ICE and needs help. Harding High on the east side is like 50-75% vulnerable families and is currently feeding 60 families a week. Please consider giving here. www.gofundme.com/f/vvtc6j-rel...
Donate to Relief for Harding Families in Crisis, organized by Harding Parents United
Some students are returning from school to find their parents have been d… Harding Parents United needs your support for Relief for Harding Families in Crisis
www.gofundme.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 AM
The first rent checks from this fund are starting to go out. The community is so grateful and the need continues, so please give if you can.
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EVERYBODY: Abolish ICE!
DEMOCRATS: How about we ask ICE to take off their masks instead?
ICE: No, fuck off.
DEMOCRATS: At least wear them in a fashionable manner.
DEMOCRATS: How about we ask ICE to take off their masks instead?
ICE: No, fuck off.
DEMOCRATS: At least wear them in a fashionable manner.
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
EVERYBODY: Abolish ICE!
DEMOCRATS: How about we ask ICE to take off their masks instead?
ICE: No, fuck off.
DEMOCRATS: At least wear them in a fashionable manner.
DEMOCRATS: How about we ask ICE to take off their masks instead?
ICE: No, fuck off.
DEMOCRATS: At least wear them in a fashionable manner.
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one specific thing democrats should be demanding right now is an end to this entirely
The federal government is just disappearing children.
These 2 kids detained last week were brought back to MN today. But school officials say many others from the Columbia Heights district are missing. They're not sure if they're in ICE detention or have moved away with their families. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
February 5, 2026 at 12:34 AM
one specific thing democrats should be demanding right now is an end to this entirely
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no better example of the purely cosmetic function of liberal political leaders than this stuff, the people in charge begging SOMEONE ELSE to do something
They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.
www.startribune.com/walz-demands...
Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
no better example of the purely cosmetic function of liberal political leaders than this stuff, the people in charge begging SOMEONE ELSE to do something
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@nhold.bsky.social
We are gasping for our last breaths in Gaza. We are being exterminated. We have no tent to live in, and I am sick. Our tent was flooded by rain, and I need treatment. I ask for your help; your donations will be our healing and hope.
We are gasping for our last breaths in Gaza. We are being exterminated. We have no tent to live in, and I am sick. Our tent was flooded by rain, and I need treatment. I ask for your help; your donations will be our healing and hope.
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
@nhold.bsky.social
We are gasping for our last breaths in Gaza. We are being exterminated. We have no tent to live in, and I am sick. Our tent was flooded by rain, and I need treatment. I ask for your help; your donations will be our healing and hope.
We are gasping for our last breaths in Gaza. We are being exterminated. We have no tent to live in, and I am sick. Our tent was flooded by rain, and I need treatment. I ask for your help; your donations will be our healing and hope.
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it really scares me that we can't get more than a few democrats on the record that every child should be freed from the concentration camps
Some good news: A little girl from the same Minneapolis-area school district as Liam Conejo Ramos was released from a Texas ICE detention facility late Tuesday.
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano, a 4th grader, had been locked up there with her mom since Jan. 6. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano, a 4th grader, had been locked up there with her mom since Jan. 6. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Another Child From Liam Ramos’ School District Released From ICE Detention
www.huffpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
it really scares me that we can't get more than a few democrats on the record that every child should be freed from the concentration camps