Bill Bush
@profbillb.bsky.social
History prof at TX A&M-San Antonio, father of two, retired skater, grouch. Historian of kids and justice systems. Opinions shared here are mine alone and don’t represent my employer.
“Records show both men are from South Texas” 🤬
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
“Records show both men are from South Texas” 🤬
Inadequate.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Inadequate.
More of this
The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired
January 27, 2026 at 3:24 AM
More of this
Watching cable tv for the first time in years and my god the onslaught of vomit inducing political ads.
January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Watching cable tv for the first time in years and my god the onslaught of vomit inducing political ads.
But history teachers will lose their jobs if they even suggest the US has done anything wrong, ever.
January 24, 2026 at 11:27 PM
But history teachers will lose their jobs if they even suggest the US has done anything wrong, ever.
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As sad as the bullshit history is the tactic.
Say the bullshit early and often. Cite other people saying the same bullshit history. Call it a scholarly movement. Get together and call yourselves an institute. Maybe a like-minded young clerk to a Supreme Court justice picks up on it.
Say the bullshit early and often. Cite other people saying the same bullshit history. Call it a scholarly movement. Get together and call yourselves an institute. Maybe a like-minded young clerk to a Supreme Court justice picks up on it.
Three generations of law professors making history up is enough.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
Scholars spend decades researching and writing history with nuance and care.
American law professors will take a couple of months to relearn all of science to explain why the world is, in fact, flat.
January 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Gangster government
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Gangster government
Armored thugs with guns who invade schools and terrorize kids now have a badge courtesy of your federal government.
Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
January 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Armored thugs with guns who invade schools and terrorize kids now have a badge courtesy of your federal government.
They all signed up to be ICE “agents”
All those bros with Second Amendment t-shirts are conspicuously quiet
Leavitt: "DHS will continue to operate on the ground in Minnesota, not only to remove criminal illegal aliens, but also to continue conducting door to door investigations ... "
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
They all signed up to be ICE “agents”
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Pathetic
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Pathetic
Actually the model UN has more legitimacy than what remains of our government.
You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Actually the model UN has more legitimacy than what remains of our government.
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Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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Don’t give Texas any ideas
Teachers in Oklahoma face new social studies standards instructing students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results." A profound distortion: It accepts Trump’s false narrative of fraud & requires educators to teach that falsehood as fact. www.votebeat.org/2025/06/16/t...
Trump and the 2020 election: A rewriting of history in the making
False claims become part of the public school curriculum, while Jan. 6 crimes fade from the record.
www.votebeat.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Don’t give Texas any ideas
“Using real censorship to fight fake censorship” is a good descriptor for what’s happening in public and higher education right now.
Wrote about the State Department's made up censorial rationale for banning visas for some folks based on their speech. It's nonsense.
www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
www.ms.now/opinion/marc...
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Using real censorship to fight fake censorship” is a good descriptor for what’s happening in public and higher education right now.
When I was in grad school in the 90s, a Black colleague reported being advised several times (by the most prominent prof in the dept) that his quickest path to fame and fortune lay with becoming a Black conservative.
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When I was in grad school in the 90s, a Black colleague reported being advised several times (by the most prominent prof in the dept) that his quickest path to fame and fortune lay with becoming a Black conservative.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” never ends well and in this case may end us all.
They see it. They know. They just like that he hates the same people they hate.
How the fuck can anybody that voted for this colossally disturbed man not see how dangerous he is?
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” never ends well and in this case may end us all.
Censoring reports about horrific conditions inside carceral facilities is a practice with a long history.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Censoring reports about horrific conditions inside carceral facilities is a practice with a long history.
Been waiting on this book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social - if our state hasn’t crushed the life out of our teaching by next fall I’ll use it in my history of mental health seminar.
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Been waiting on this book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social - if our state hasn’t crushed the life out of our teaching by next fall I’ll use it in my history of mental health seminar.
Good thread on the madness of AI evangelicals who won’t do the work - intellectual or emotional.
The person you’re sneering at is an actual historian who knows the job a million times better than you.
You don’t have the slightest goddamn clue what you’re talking about, which makes sense given how impressed you are by AI.
You don’t have the slightest goddamn clue what you’re talking about, which makes sense given how impressed you are by AI.
December 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Good thread on the madness of AI evangelicals who won’t do the work - intellectual or emotional.
Maybe some of these milquetoast After Dinner Democrats in the Senate are also lurking in the unredacted files
WELKER: Massie and Khanna say they are looking at options including impeachment and contempt for DOJ officials. Would you support those steps?
KAINE: I think that's premature
KAINE: I think that's premature
December 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Maybe some of these milquetoast After Dinner Democrats in the Senate are also lurking in the unredacted files
I was 7 years old and my single mom talked about this stuff constantly through the 70s and early 80s. And the shitty men she worked for and with.
Bank of America first started offering credit cards to women in 1974
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I was 7 years old and my single mom talked about this stuff constantly through the 70s and early 80s. And the shitty men she worked for and with.
My state Governor wants to forcibly install this org in our high schools and colleges, whether or not anyone wants them there.
Steve Bannon reportedly said: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!' about the late Rob Reiner.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
A reminder that not a single prominent Democrat or liberal pundit said anything even vaguely akin to this when Charlie Kirk was murdered.
Oh the hypocrisy.
Turning Point crowd boos Rob Reiner: 'You raised a kid that slit your throat!'
A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk."Jus...
www.rawstory.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My state Governor wants to forcibly install this org in our high schools and colleges, whether or not anyone wants them there.
👇🏼 I think about this almost every day.
Not that it will but the willingness of Americans to obey is a very funny contrast with our self-image and should probably prompt some reflection bsky.app/profile/jonf...
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
👇🏼 I think about this almost every day.