Manisha Sinha

@profmsinha.bsky.social

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Past President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, author most recently of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, Draper Chair at UConn

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Manisha Sinha is an Indian-born American historian, and the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (2016) and The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 (2024). .. more

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · Apr 11

Historian here posting for no reason at all.

U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:

"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1h

Axis of evil? Seems a lot like the decades leading to the First World War!

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, David R. Miller , and 4 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, David R. Miller, Andrew Rudalevige, Steven S. Taylor, Manisha Sinha, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 5h

I think I’m going with the @nytimes.com on this one, thanks.

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 7h

I thought this was incredibly funny. The funniest take here: “I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war.”

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 7h

Seen on the hellsite: I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 8h

pardon a vicious criminal convicted dictator of the Honduras, kill a lot of civilians to arrest a vicious dictator from Venezuela. It’s arbitrary and a wag the dog war to deflect from the Epstein files and access Venezuela’s oil. Trump criticized regime change wars: every accusation is a confession

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 9h

If Nicolás Maduro stands trial in the United States and gets convicted of 34 felonies, does that mean he’s qualified to be our next president now?

Just checking what the standards are these days.

Reposted by Peter Thorne, David R. Miller, Christine Kooi , and 9 more Peter Thorne, David R. Miller, Christine Kooi, Jonathan Birch, Maria Abreu, Michael Jones‐Correa, Jelena Subotić, Mark Rice, Noah L. Nathan, Greg Linden, Stephen A. Meserve, Manisha Sinha

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 11h

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Reposted by Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Gerald Friedman , and 3 more Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Gerald Friedman, Sarah Roberts, Manisha Sinha, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20h

NEW from me:

Currently on tap for Tony Dokoupil on his first day as CBS Evening News anchor -- taking a private plane to Miami to so he can go jet skiing with DJ Khaled and play soccer with David Beckham.

Take that, elites!

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Private jets and ‘Bari pitches’: Inside Weiss’ chaotic CBS Evening News reboot

EXCLUSIVE: The new CBS News editor-in-chief has chartered private flights for her armed security detail, made last-minute logistical changes and fired off ‘Bari Pitches.’ Weiss is once again accused o...

www.independent.co.uk

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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 22h

“We’ll tell you what we know, when we know it.”*

* CECOT not included

CBS
EVENING NEWS
WITH TONY DOKOUPIL
2. We report on the world as it is.
We'll be honest and direct with you. That means no weasel words or padded landings. We'll tell you what we know, when we know it. We'll update our reporting when we uncover new facts.
And we'll admit when we get it wrong.

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Goldie Blumenstyk, Manisha Sinha , and 1 more Michael D. McDonald, Goldie Blumenstyk, Manisha Sinha, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

The demonization of Somalis is no different than the demonization of Haitians before the election. It's a political attack and has to be actively fought—not through half-measures or expressions of tepid concern but by demanding decency from society and respect for all of humanity.

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d

And dictatorship!

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 7 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce, Johan P. Olsen, Michael Zimmer, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Dean Eckles, Thomas Masterson, Oliver Mason, Manisha Sinha

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story

www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...

Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?

Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.

www.readtpa.com

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Bruce D. Baker, Hisham Zerriffi , and 1 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Bruce D. Baker, Hisham Zerriffi, Manisha Sinha

Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 1d

There seems to be a lot of confusion between “lots of professors who lack merit are being hired” (false) and “lots of people with merit are unable to find jobs as professors” (true).

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 1d

This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.

A screenshot of a National Review article by George Leef. The title is “Let’s Hire Professors Purely on Merit”. The first paragraph reads: the diversity media that has swept over American education for the last 50 years or so has had a align effect on the quality of professors. Many of those hired to fill quotas for certain groups are, to be blunt, not especially qualified. Moreover, such hiring violates the law against discrimination. What should we do?”

It’s the usual thing about white men not being able to get jobs because women and minorities are given preference. Despite all evidence to the contrary.

Reposted by Alan Richardson, James Goodwin, Manisha Sinha

Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 1d

Dementia is a helluva drug

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Richard Price, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 11 more Peter Thorne, Richard Price, Rosemary A. Joyce, Bruce D. Baker, Scott A. Imberman, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, James Goodwin, David J. Berri, Sebastian Karcher, Brian Keegan, Manisha Sinha, James A. Benn, Susan D. Amussen, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Rebecca Dean @rmdean.bsky.social · 1d

This article advocates for the “Faculty Merit Act” that would — get this — require all faculty applicants to submit their *SAT* scores. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Holy shirts that’s hilarious.

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

Why are these people so goofy lol

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d

OMG what a small world! Good to get to know you virtually, one of the few saving graces of social media!

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d

Not related to Bernard Semmel are you? He was my sisters doctoral advisor.

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d

A simply fantastic thread! All the bemoaning over cursive really sounded idiotic to me!

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 1d

Came across this on Instagram and was immediately annoyed - most people currently alive can’t read most historical documents for a myriad of reasons that far exceed handwriting. That’s why people who actually do read those documents (historians) learn palaeography!

Tweet: my niche conspiracy theory is that they stopped teaching cursive so that we can’t read historical texts

Tweet: this is actually true. This article from the Atlantic by the former president of Harvard said 2/3rds of her undergrad history class couldn’t read cursive which hindered their ability to read historical manuscripts

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d

History is not woke and yes that’s true and peonage servitude have persisted after the end of chattel slavery but emancipation is still an important moment in the history of abolition.

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d

Huh?

Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing!

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Fascism is essentially at its core a form of conspiracy theory wielded by the capitalist class to misdirect from the exploitation and harm they inflict upon us.

Et voila.

For decades, the structure of US society, by intent and design, was remade to redistribute wealth, resources, property and opportunity from Americans to non-Americans.

These looted assets were then used to finance the Democrat Party and all its subsidiary schemes and structures.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce, James Goodwin , and 2 more Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce, James Goodwin, Andréas Nilsson, Manisha Sinha

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:

Begin g today we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.
To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this: No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives.

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Steven Nelson @stevenel.bsky.social · 1d

A new year, but the same concerns for democracy dating back to the Civil War (and before). To better understand the connections and to take lessons for today, I spoke with an expert on Reconstruction: @profmsinha.bsky.social . We covered a lot so I broke it up into two episodes. Here’s part 1.

DIY Democracy: Lessons from American Reconstruction for a New Founding, Pt. 1

For this episode, I spoke with Prof. Manisha Sinha of the University of Connecticut, historian and author of the recent book . We spoke about what a "new founding" of American democracy has looked lik...

diydemocracy.libsyn.com

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d

“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/n...

The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech

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