Brendan C. Hamilton
@revoltedstates.bsky.social
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Writer, poet, and historian. Author of Year of Crows and Jerusalem Plank Road. American Civil War history geek. Associate editor at www.irishamericancivilwar.com
https://brendanchamilton.weebly.com
Writer, poet, and historian. Author of Year of Crows and Jerusalem Plank Road. American Civil War history geek. Associate editor at www.irishamericancivilwar.com
https://brendanchamilton.weebly.com
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Hi all! I'm new to the platform and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a writer, poet, historian, and associate editor for irishamericancivilwar.com.
My American Civil War novel, Year of Crows, is currently on sale in ebook and paperback formats below:
brendanchamilton.weebly.com
My American Civil War novel, Year of Crows, is currently on sale in ebook and paperback formats below:
brendanchamilton.weebly.com
Important thread outlining DHS’s repeated abuses and deceit as laid out in a US District Court court
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Important thread outlining DHS’s repeated abuses and deceit as laid out in a US District Court court
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I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I am absolutely over the moon that my book “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” is officially published TODAY!
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
After years of hard work, I am incredibly proud. Thank you to everyone who has made this possible 📚🐘🗃️
@uscpress.bsky.social
I am excited to announce that my article, "Willie Charlton: A New York Irish ‘Street Boy’ in the American Civil War" will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany, ed. by @salvadorryan.bsky.social
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I am excited to announce that my article, "Willie Charlton: A New York Irish ‘Street Boy’ in the American Civil War" will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany, ed. by @salvadorryan.bsky.social
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
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Nearly here: Childhood and the Irish, ed. Salvador Ryan. I have articles on the parish children of Youghal, and a grandmother's keen on a little Waterford girl c. 1870s. wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
Childhood and the Irish: a miscellany
wordwellbooks.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Nearly here: Childhood and the Irish, ed. Salvador Ryan. I have articles on the parish children of Youghal, and a grandmother's keen on a little Waterford girl c. 1870s. wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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Thrilled to have written something for "Childhood and the Irish" (ed. @salvadorryan.bsky.social), a collection which explores so many aspects of growing up in Ireland over the centuries. My contribution is about piecing together the life of a foundling ancestor.
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Thrilled to have written something for "Childhood and the Irish" (ed. @salvadorryan.bsky.social), a collection which explores so many aspects of growing up in Ireland over the centuries. My contribution is about piecing together the life of a foundling ancestor.
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
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“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say
The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.
www.nbcnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“Medical staff did not give her any food, water, or pain medication for several hours. Much later that evening, after a significant loss of blood, Lucia was transported to an emergency room approximately an hour away, with her arms and legs shackled.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Women don't like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Women don't like the vehicle
“Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.”
Just a brilliant song from Malvina Reynolds—from 1964! Timeless.
open.spotify.com/track/6x3AVK...
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.”
Just a brilliant song from Malvina Reynolds—from 1964! Timeless.
open.spotify.com/track/6x3AVK...
It Isn't Nice
open.spotify.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“Now our new ways aren't nice
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.”
Just a brilliant song from Malvina Reynolds—from 1964! Timeless.
open.spotify.com/track/6x3AVK...
When we deal with men of ice,
But if that is Freedom's price,
We don't mind.”
Just a brilliant song from Malvina Reynolds—from 1964! Timeless.
open.spotify.com/track/6x3AVK...
“I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because ‘truth crushed to earth will rise again.’ How long? Not long, because ‘no lie can live forever.’ How long? Not long, because ‘you shall reap what you sow.’” -MLK
In a Chicago suburb, ICE GOONS brutally attacked a 15-year-old girl. They forcibly removed her from her car, slammed her to the ground, and then placed their knee on her neck.
October 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because ‘truth crushed to earth will rise again.’ How long? Not long, because ‘no lie can live forever.’ How long? Not long, because ‘you shall reap what you sow.’” -MLK
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I'm not a quoter of scripture, but this seemed appropriate for the horror that has been unleashed because of the gutting of USAID.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I'm not a quoter of scripture, but this seemed appropriate for the horror that has been unleashed because of the gutting of USAID.
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus
“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus
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The American cities Trump has vowed to invade one by one produce 90% of this country's GDP. We must withhold these funds, and our infrastructure, from the United States Government, until these invasions stop
If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this
If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this
The Point Of No Return
We Are At War, Whether We Want To Be Or Not
www.bannedinyourstate.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The American cities Trump has vowed to invade one by one produce 90% of this country's GDP. We must withhold these funds, and our infrastructure, from the United States Government, until these invasions stop
If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this
If you only read one thing I've ever written, please make it this
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"During the Biden administration, there were 26 deaths in 48 months—roughly one death every two months. During Trump’s term, that rate has nearly quadrupled." Immigrants are dying in detention in unprecedented numbers. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...
October 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"During the Biden administration, there were 26 deaths in 48 months—roughly one death every two months. During Trump’s term, that rate has nearly quadrupled." Immigrants are dying in detention in unprecedented numbers. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...
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ICE is going to apartment buildings without a warrant, breaking down the door of literally every unit, zip tying & detaining everyone inside, & arresting people for things that have nothing to do with immigration.
This is a 5 alarm fire. This is what a secret police force does.
This is a 5 alarm fire. This is what a secret police force does.
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ICE is going to apartment buildings without a warrant, breaking down the door of literally every unit, zip tying & detaining everyone inside, & arresting people for things that have nothing to do with immigration.
This is a 5 alarm fire. This is what a secret police force does.
This is a 5 alarm fire. This is what a secret police force does.
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Really the only question that matters
September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Really the only question that matters
Fascist
Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."
September 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Fascist
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🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
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Renowned Artists Compete to Create Bronze Sculpture Honoring U.S. Colored Troops in Rahway, NJ www.tapinto.net/towns/rahway... "The sculpture will depict the bravery and sacrifice of the #USCT, a regiment whose contributions were long overlooked in American history."
Renowned Artists Compete to Create Bronze Sculpture Honoring U.S. Colored Troops in Rahway
RAHWAY, NJ — The transformation of Veterans Memorial Square has entered an exciting new phase, as Rahway received responses from four nationally recognized sculpture studios to design a permanent...
www.tapinto.net
September 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Renowned Artists Compete to Create Bronze Sculpture Honoring U.S. Colored Troops in Rahway, NJ www.tapinto.net/towns/rahway... "The sculpture will depict the bravery and sacrifice of the #USCT, a regiment whose contributions were long overlooked in American history."
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I've read a lot of runaway ads but nothing quite like this one.
This ad was published in a Charleston, SC newspaper in 1857. (Transcription in Alt text.) #slaveryarchive 🗃
![$100 REWARD. RANAWAY FROM me, on the 2d of September, 1857, my slave JOHN. He is 17 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, slender and awkward, long narrow face, sharp chin, mouth small, lips thick and not well closed; he has blue eyes, sandy hair and inclined to curl only; his complexion so far as to be generally mistaken for white. He has S L on one side and V E on the other side of his face, picked in with Indian ink; he said he would remove those letters, which will leave sores or scars on his face.
I will give $20 to have him lodged in any safe confinement, $30 for delivery to me at Gillisonville, and $50 for proof to convict any responsible person for harboring him; and any information respecting him will be thankfully received. WM. YOUMANS.
Gillisonville, S.C., Oct 8, 1857.
[Source: Charleston Mercury, Nov. 5, 1857]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kok4aqdr3qnsj6ktfkq76kqz/bafkreib6xctjlzrx2k52yepvxnmpl7jqqf4dwe3rkimsdutofjxhzsz3ci@jpeg)
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I've read a lot of runaway ads but nothing quite like this one.
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Des Moines has you all beat
September 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Des Moines has you all beat
I beheld the face of evil and it was goofy as fuck
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I beheld the face of evil and it was goofy as fuck
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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All the super straight, Christian, MAGA warriors broke down Grindr, the gay dating/sex app, yet again.
The last time it broke down...the RNC in Wisconsin.
The last time it broke down...the RNC in Wisconsin.
September 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
All the super straight, Christian, MAGA warriors broke down Grindr, the gay dating/sex app, yet again.
The last time it broke down...the RNC in Wisconsin.
The last time it broke down...the RNC in Wisconsin.