John Feeley
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Loyola University Chicago Public History/LIS MA Student • UIUC Alumnus • Runner • Can recall the most random historical anecdotes
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CIA Assassination Plots: The Church Committee Report 50 Years Later
Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
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Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
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CIA Assassination Plots: The Church Committee Report 50 Years Later
Washington D.C., November 20, 2025 - Fifty years ago today, a special Senate Committee led by Idaho Senator Frank Church lifted the veil of secrecy on the clandestine efforts of the Central Intelligen...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
CIA Assassination Plots: The Church Committee Report 50 Years Later
Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Read how the Ford administration tried to keep the landmark assassinations report secret
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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The Pope meeting:
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Pope meeting:
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
Wang Bing
Bertrand Bonello
Albert Serra
Gaspar Noé (handing him a Blu-ray others have identified as VORTEX)
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The Censored History of Able Archer 83:
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
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Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
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The Censored History of Able Archer 83
Washington, D.C., November 14, 2025 - The State Department quietly deleted important archival records from an official history detailing how a 1983 NATO war game could have led to a catastrophic nucle...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Censored History of Able Archer 83:
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Archive Publishes “War Scare” Documents Deleted from State Department History (click below to read)
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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King Vidor's First World War epic The Big Parade premiered 100 years ago today. It would go on to huge box office success, reportedly ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the silent era after The Birth of a Nation
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
King Vidor's First World War epic The Big Parade premiered 100 years ago today. It would go on to huge box office success, reportedly ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the silent era after The Birth of a Nation
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A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A New Yorker cover shouldn’t make me feel like this, but here it is, making me feel like this
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Dick Cheney Declassified: The VICE File (click below to read)
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The VICE File: Dick Cheney Declassified
Washington D.C., February 22, 2019 – The movie VICE, nominated for eight Academy Awards including the best picture Oscar, shows on screen several documents obtained through the Freedom of Information ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dick Cheney Declassified: The VICE File (click below to read)
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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Benson Kipruto won the men’s title at the New York City Marathon by less than two-tenths of a second. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47Bhdb0
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Benson Kipruto won the men’s title at the New York City Marathon by less than two-tenths of a second. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47Bhdb0
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R.I.P. Peter Watkins (1935–2025)
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
R.I.P. Peter Watkins (1935–2025)
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Faust (1926)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Directed by F.W. Murnau
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Faust (1926)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Directed by F.W. Murnau
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The Top Secret Testimony of the CIA's MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
The Top Secret Testimony of CIA’s MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later
Washington, D.C., October 30, 2025 – The CIA experienced “as many failures as successes” in exploring the intelligence applications of LSD and other drugs, according to the October 1975 U.S. Senate te...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Top Secret Testimony of the CIA's MKULTRA Chief, 50 Years Later nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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Nosferatu (1922)
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Nosferatu (1922)
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Häxan (1922), an early example of a horror film that was framed as a documentary
October 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Häxan (1922), an early example of a horror film that was framed as a documentary
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Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Two professors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign said they grew suspicious after receiving identical apologies from dozens of students they had accused of academic dishonesty. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
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Former British paratrooper Soldier F has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry
Soldier F cleared of two murders on Bloody Sunday
A former British paratrooper has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Former British paratrooper Soldier F has been found not guilty at Belfast Crown Court of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry
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This great New York Times article from a few days ago links to several important revelations from the National Security Archive. Links to those resources below.
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Poison Cigars, Propaganda and Coups Litter C.I.A. History in Latin America
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October 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This great New York Times article from a few days ago links to several important revelations from the National Security Archive. Links to those resources below.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/w...
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The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper of Loyola University Chicago, launched an ICE tracker where students/community members can report ICE sightings in the area.
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https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/10/staff-editorial-track-ice-using-the-phoenixs-map/
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October 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper of Loyola University Chicago, launched an ICE tracker where students/community members can report ICE sightings in the area.
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Great anecdote from director John McNaughton, when filming the parts in lower wicker drive all of the lighting equipment was from a crew member who was also shooting commercials for the Bears. At the end of the day he would just take all of his equipment and bring it to them.
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Great anecdote from director John McNaughton, when filming the parts in lower wicker drive all of the lighting equipment was from a crew member who was also shooting commercials for the Bears. At the end of the day he would just take all of his equipment and bring it to them.
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Nosferatu (1922) established the convention of vampires dying from exposure to sunlight. In the novel Dracula, which Nosferatu was based on, sunlight was only an irritant to vampires
October 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Nosferatu (1922) established the convention of vampires dying from exposure to sunlight. In the novel Dracula, which Nosferatu was based on, sunlight was only an irritant to vampires
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The United States and Greenland: Episodes in Nuclear History, 1957-1968, Part II: The B-52 Crash and Its Impact
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The United States and Greenland: Episodes in Nuclear History, 1957-1968Part II: The B-52 Crash and Its Impact
Washington, D.C., October 15, 2025 - The 1968 crash of a nuclear-armed B-52 bomber near the U.S. Air Force Base in Thule, Greenland, that scattered radioactive plutonium across miles of icefields crea...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The United States and Greenland: Episodes in Nuclear History, 1957-1968, Part II: The B-52 Crash and Its Impact
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A pretty good encapsulation of my general film genre interests
October 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A pretty good encapsulation of my general film genre interests
Director Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, her historical drama musical about the Shaker leader and new religious movement life in early America for the Chicago International Film Festival.
October 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Director Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, her historical drama musical about the Shaker leader and new religious movement life in early America for the Chicago International Film Festival.
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Diane Keaton in ‘Reds’: A Remarkable Performance but Also a Returning Point
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October 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Bridge over Chicago Waters. This morning during the Chicago Marathon.
October 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Bridge over Chicago Waters. This morning during the Chicago Marathon.
Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton’s 1981 visit to the White House to show Ronald Reagan Reds.
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton’s 1981 visit to the White House to show Ronald Reagan Reds.