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Manisha Sinha
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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."

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 3h
Yup RIP Renee Good, mother of a young boy who lost his father a few years ago.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 3h
No one is blaming the British for our horrific regime today. It’s an analogy using deadly force against citizens like the Boston massacre. It is the 250th of the founding of the republic!

Reposted by Jack N. Rakove, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 5h
Historian here 2026 and we are back there.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 6h
Not according to the 14th amendment no matter what the Supreme Court says!

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING: Tim Walz:

"I've issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard… these National Guard troops are our National Guard troops. Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight."

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Manisha Sinha

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h
TIM WALZ: Do not take the bait. Do not take the bait. Do not allow them to invoke the Insurrection Act. Do not allow them to invoke martial law.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 8h
Thanks tell me what you think! I have been watching Death by Lightening and I wish I had done more with Garfield. Quite riveted by the series but not a fan of the anachronistic f bombs in it. Plus Chester Arthur was not just a machine politician began his career as an antislavery lawyer!

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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 9h
Picked this up the other day in a bookstore while on a short trip out of town. Can’t wait to get into it.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 11h
Seen on Twitter: Donald Trump is forcing himself on countries the same way he forced himself on 14-year-olds.
vermontgmg.bsky.social Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11h
We cannot say enough: This is insane. Just insanity start to finish.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Q: Does the US intend to buy Greenland?

MARCO RUBIO: That's always been the president's intent

Reposted by David R. Miller, Manisha Sinha

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 11h
We cannot say enough: This is insane. Just insanity start to finish.
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Q: Does the US intend to buy Greenland?

MARCO RUBIO: That's always been the president's intent

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 13h
It is amazing how easy it is for Trump to get the media to report a completely insane idea that would destroy NATO (and much else besides) entirely from his point of view, based on his supposed “wants” and bogus claims about “National Security.”
CNBC; Why Trump Wants Greenland—and What Make it so Important for National Security.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Michael A. Clemens , and 8 more

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Decoherence Media @decoherence.media · 20h
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d
And the Supreme Courts decision in Cruikshank comparable to its Trump decisions.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d
Not making my day either!

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d
I hear ya! I live in a permanent state of dread nowadays.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d
An indicator of the times we live in which is not good!

Reposted by Gerald Friedman

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d
Historian here the Donroe doctrine which is as idiotic as it sounds. The Triple Axis sounds like the world on the eve of the First World War which is not a good thing!
World map divided between Trump Putin and Xi

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d
Today is the anniversary of the J6 insurrection.

They got away with it.
youtube.com/shorts/Bt8Kb...
What’s in the newly released Jack Smith deposition
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtube.com

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 1d
Historian here January 6, 2021 a day, to paraphrase FDR, that shall live in infamy in American history.
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Tomorrow the House Democrats will host a hearing with witness accounts from January 6th 2021.

Watch here www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 1d
Remembering and Forgetting January 6, 2021 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Remembering and Forgetting January 6, 2021
Every historical event exists within a constant tug between remembering and forgetting.
open.substack.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
Trump just said "all" of Venezuela's oil must be made accessible to US oil companies. Trump wants to emulate Putin's model: Authoritarian, expansionist rulers carving up their regions and distributing the spoils of conquest to friendly oligarchs. 1/

(new piece)
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Trump Blurts Out Dark Truth about Venezuela Plan—and about MAGA Voters
To some critics, it’s about plunder. To others, it’s about hemispheric hegemony. Actually, it’s about both.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1d
Jan. 6, 2021:

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 2d
Five years ago.
Front pages of American newspapers after Jan. 6, 2021, with headlines like "Capitol Chaos," "Assault on Democracy," "Pro-Trump mob storms Capitol."

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 2d
The evidence is more than clear:

Suppressing voter turnout.
Vandalizing vote by mail.
Attempting to overturn an election defeat on January 6th.

Donald Trump does not believe in free and fair elections.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d
Historian here, I am really looking forward to my stay at the Chicago Hilton for the American Historical Association conference this week!
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🚨 Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis canceled ICE agents reservations and alerted them that DHS agents are not allowed to stay at their property.

Thank you, Hilton for standing on business! 👏🏼

#FUCKICE

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 2d
Tomorrow the House Democrats will host a hearing with witness accounts from January 6th 2021.

Watch here www.youtube.com/live/EUEmzBY...

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d
Historian here,”For years this is what our authoritarianism has looked like: not autocratic socialism but the worst kind of primitive capitalism.” Via @nytimes.com from Venezuela. This is why I have insisted on differentiating between social statism and repressive statism.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession