Pauline Francis
@paulinefrancis.bsky.social
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Hey folks--
I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go.
The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go.
The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
America at 250: A History - YouTube
This one-time-only course examines U.S. history from 1776 to the present, in advance of the nation's semiquincentennial (or 250th birthday) in 2026. Taught j...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey folks--
I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go.
The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I've been asked to pin this link here, so here you go.
The lectures and podcast episodes for "America at 250," the lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage are at this link.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Usha Vance had taken off her wedding ring folks
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Usha Vance had taken off her wedding ring folks
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The historian Margaret MacMillan joins @davidfrum.bsky.social for a conversation about what a “post-American” world order might look like.
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
The End of the American Empire
The historian Margaret MacMillan on the impact of the Trump-led American withdrawal from world leadership. Plus: David on the corrupting effects of lavish foreign gifts to President Trump and Charles Dickens’s The Old Curiosity Shop.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The historian Margaret MacMillan joins @davidfrum.bsky.social for a conversation about what a “post-American” world order might look like.
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
Watch “The David Frum Show”:
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DOJ & Halligan attack Judge Nachmanoff. But he did not call Halligan a puppet. He asked the defense if its legal position was that Halligan had been acting as a stalking horse or puppet--doing a vindictive president's bidding. (Which she almost certainly was.)
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
DOJ & Halligan attack Judge Nachmanoff. But he did not call Halligan a puppet. He asked the defense if its legal position was that Halligan had been acting as a stalking horse or puppet--doing a vindictive president's bidding. (Which she almost certainly was.)
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Looking forward to the trial of Lindsey Halligan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Looking forward to the trial of Lindsey Halligan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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This is an amazing opinion. Congrats to @marcelias.bsky.social and his team!
My on the record quote: "My law firm and I are still not tired of winning.😎"
www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...
www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...
🚨 League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott
Learn more.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is an amazing opinion. Congrats to @marcelias.bsky.social and his team!
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
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NEW:
By unanimous consent:
The Senate has "deemed as passed" the House Epstein Files bill this evening
Upon arrival from the House the bill was automatically passed in the Senate and it now heads to Trump’s desk to be signed
By unanimous consent:
The Senate has "deemed as passed" the House Epstein Files bill this evening
Upon arrival from the House the bill was automatically passed in the Senate and it now heads to Trump’s desk to be signed
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
NEW:
By unanimous consent:
The Senate has "deemed as passed" the House Epstein Files bill this evening
Upon arrival from the House the bill was automatically passed in the Senate and it now heads to Trump’s desk to be signed
By unanimous consent:
The Senate has "deemed as passed" the House Epstein Files bill this evening
Upon arrival from the House the bill was automatically passed in the Senate and it now heads to Trump’s desk to be signed
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the dating pool for 30-something straight women is so bleak that some are willing to settle for geriatric ex-South Carolina governors who frequent the Appalachian trail
the dating pool for 30-something straight women is so bleak that some are willing to settle for geriatric Kennedys with worms-that-aren't-really-worms for brains
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
the dating pool for 30-something straight women is so bleak that some are willing to settle for geriatric ex-South Carolina governors who frequent the Appalachian trail
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"How can the president of the United States look you right in the eye and tell you that prices are going down and that the economy is doing great when you know it isn't?" The same way he can insist he won in 2020. @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"How can the president of the United States look you right in the eye and tell you that prices are going down and that the economy is doing great when you know it isn't?" The same way he can insist he won in 2020. @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-tell...
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It was never going to last. This was the beginning of the end for MTG and Donald Trump…
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It was never going to last. This was the beginning of the end for MTG and Donald Trump…
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Desperate to maintain relevance Laura?
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Desperate to maintain relevance Laura?
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Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
A foreign country bribed the president with a bar of gold.
Where are my Originalists at?
Where are my Originalists at?
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Literally exactly what the Founders worried about. Exactly.
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Abbe Lowell getting real about Halligan last Thurs:
“Because [Siebert] would not go ahead with these cases, he was forced out ... & the person who came in, who’s sitting to my right, was somebody who said she would do what the president asked. ... Not a check & balance the statute had in mind.”
“Because [Siebert] would not go ahead with these cases, he was forced out ... & the person who came in, who’s sitting to my right, was somebody who said she would do what the president asked. ... Not a check & balance the statute had in mind.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Abbe Lowell getting real about Halligan last Thurs:
“Because [Siebert] would not go ahead with these cases, he was forced out ... & the person who came in, who’s sitting to my right, was somebody who said she would do what the president asked. ... Not a check & balance the statute had in mind.”
“Because [Siebert] would not go ahead with these cases, he was forced out ... & the person who came in, who’s sitting to my right, was somebody who said she would do what the president asked. ... Not a check & balance the statute had in mind.”
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"Epstein is distinct because he's actually for once acting guilty and shamefaced," @davidfrum.bsky.social says of Trump. "And that has led, I think a lot of people think, this must be really horrible. If all the other things he did, he doesn't cover up; what happened here?"
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"Epstein is distinct because he's actually for once acting guilty and shamefaced," @davidfrum.bsky.social says of Trump. "And that has led, I think a lot of people think, this must be really horrible. If all the other things he did, he doesn't cover up; what happened here?"
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I never thought I'd say this about a pope but he could have gotten some.
I just know this guy can hacky sack
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I never thought I'd say this about a pope but he could have gotten some.
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1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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THIS is a man who loves his country. “If (it guarantees) peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to resign, I am ready. I can exchange it for NATO.” - President Zelenskyy
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/336pn9v3
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/336pn9v3
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
THIS is a man who loves his country. “If (it guarantees) peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to resign, I am ready. I can exchange it for NATO.” - President Zelenskyy
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/336pn9v3
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/336pn9v3