Paul Springer
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public historian/ interested in public history, archives, and African American history | #HBCUgrad
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The numbers speak volumes:
When you’re losing over 95% of the federal cases you’re involved in even though you’re the United States Government and get the benefit of the doubt, maybe you’re just not obeying the rule of law!
When you’re losing over 95% of the federal cases you’re involved in even though you’re the United States Government and get the benefit of the doubt, maybe you’re just not obeying the rule of law!
Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
May 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The numbers speak volumes:
When you’re losing over 95% of the federal cases you’re involved in even though you’re the United States Government and get the benefit of the doubt, maybe you’re just not obeying the rule of law!
When you’re losing over 95% of the federal cases you’re involved in even though you’re the United States Government and get the benefit of the doubt, maybe you’re just not obeying the rule of law!
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Black Americans make up 13% of the population. But as federal government employees, Black employees are:
20% of the Dept. of Health & Human Services
24% of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
26% of postal workers,
30% of the Dept. of Education
That's the "swamp" Trump is draining.
20% of the Dept. of Health & Human Services
24% of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
26% of postal workers,
30% of the Dept. of Education
That's the "swamp" Trump is draining.
How Trump’s War on the Federal Government Will Stifle Black Progress
For generations, government jobs helped build the Black middle class. With Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE, those days may be over.
dlvr.it
April 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Black Americans make up 13% of the population. But as federal government employees, Black employees are:
20% of the Dept. of Health & Human Services
24% of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
26% of postal workers,
30% of the Dept. of Education
That's the "swamp" Trump is draining.
20% of the Dept. of Health & Human Services
24% of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
26% of postal workers,
30% of the Dept. of Education
That's the "swamp" Trump is draining.
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Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order?
March 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Is it at all surprising that a convicted felon would ignore a judge's order?
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"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
"dei medal" you might as well just put "n*gger medal" because that's what they mean to say
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Far right extremists are okay destroying Medicaid for “Black people in the ghetto.”
Just as long as they are not their voters.
These are sick people.
Just as long as they are not their voters.
These are sick people.
March 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Far right extremists are okay destroying Medicaid for “Black people in the ghetto.”
Just as long as they are not their voters.
These are sick people.
Just as long as they are not their voters.
These are sick people.
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It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.
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In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.
Reagan had the War on Drugs.
Bush had the War on Terror….
Then Trump came along and let the cat out of the bag that it was all a War on Democratic Government.
Bush had the War on Terror….
Then Trump came along and let the cat out of the bag that it was all a War on Democratic Government.
February 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Reagan had the War on Drugs.
Bush had the War on Terror….
Then Trump came along and let the cat out of the bag that it was all a War on Democratic Government.
Bush had the War on Terror….
Then Trump came along and let the cat out of the bag that it was all a War on Democratic Government.
Once we begin to understand that there is no longer a consensus support for liberal democracy, the sooner those of us who are pro-democracy can find common ground.
February 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Once we begin to understand that there is no longer a consensus support for liberal democracy, the sooner those of us who are pro-democracy can find common ground.
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The youngest player ever to score 40+ points.
The oldest player ever to score 40+ points.
LeBron James 👑
The oldest player ever to score 40+ points.
LeBron James 👑
February 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The youngest player ever to score 40+ points.
The oldest player ever to score 40+ points.
LeBron James 👑
The oldest player ever to score 40+ points.
LeBron James 👑
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I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
January 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I just want to say for the record that when the history books are written centuries from now, I believe the election of Donald Trump in a free and fair election in 2024 will go down as one of the most senseless and self-destructive own goals in human history
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January 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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"A great Nation does not hide its history."
Noted radical George W. Bush, at the dedication of the NMAAHC, Sept. 24, 2016.
Noted radical George W. Bush, at the dedication of the NMAAHC, Sept. 24, 2016.
January 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"A great Nation does not hide its history."
Noted radical George W. Bush, at the dedication of the NMAAHC, Sept. 24, 2016.
Noted radical George W. Bush, at the dedication of the NMAAHC, Sept. 24, 2016.
One key difference between now and the Gilded Age, today’s Robber Barrons are a bunch of cowards who became wealthy off of the most antisocial innovations ever created.
January 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One key difference between now and the Gilded Age, today’s Robber Barrons are a bunch of cowards who became wealthy off of the most antisocial innovations ever created.
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Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning
January 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Normalizing spelling out what people actually mean when they cite DEI rather than letting them hide behind the safe cover of a euphemism that's been sapped of meaning
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That Shameful, despicable Donald Trump news conference on the deadly DC crash was all about stoking WHITE FEAR. Every Dem, Republican, progressive and person of conscience should be calling it racist and sexist.
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
That Shameful, despicable Donald Trump news conference on the deadly DC crash was all about stoking WHITE FEAR. Every Dem, Republican, progressive and person of conscience should be calling it racist and sexist.
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Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
January 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.
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This is spot on.
January 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is spot on.
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It is pocket-sized, easy to read, and a necessity in this moment. Please read.
January 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It is pocket-sized, easy to read, and a necessity in this moment. Please read.
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They’re going to bring down prices by allowing big grocery stores to surreptitiously raise prices.
Got it.
Got it.
New FTC Chair Fighting DEI, Cuts Off Public Comments on Surveillance Pricing
FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya offered a scathing dissenting opinion on the agency's new guidelines.
gizmodo.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
They’re going to bring down prices by allowing big grocery stores to surreptitiously raise prices.
Got it.
Got it.
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When someone says they won’t let politics “steal my joy”… what does that mean exactly? I mean, I don’t think my individual joy is what’s at stake here?
January 26, 2025 at 4:35 AM
When someone says they won’t let politics “steal my joy”… what does that mean exactly? I mean, I don’t think my individual joy is what’s at stake here?
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Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth is like Hannibal Lecter becoming a vegetarian on his deathbed
January 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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The Hegseth confirmation shows that Republican lawmakers have put party over country. They should be ashamed, but I doubt if they are.
January 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Hegseth confirmation shows that Republican lawmakers have put party over country. They should be ashamed, but I doubt if they are.