Taulby Edmondson
@taulby.bsky.social
US South & Appalachia. Research: historical & cultural memory; race & white nationalism. Most recently writing on Gone with the Wind, plantation tourism, and campus racism. Horror enthusiast. Sports watcher. Dad.
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Taulby Edmondson
@taulby.bsky.social
· May 16
It's worth noting that a lot of the "historic homes" you see in southern locales are not antebellum at all. Many were built around the turn of the century in neoclassical antebellum style to demarcate wealthy white neighborhoods from segregated Black communities. I wrote about it here:
They like it. And the couple that don't are abject cowards.
Not a single Republican member showed up to Renee Good’s brothers testimony. Not one. Vile cowards.
This week, Renee Good's brothers came to testify before Congress. Here, Brent shares part of Renee's eulogy expressing who she was as a person. We are going to make sure that those responsible for her murder are brought to justice.
February 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
They like it. And the couple that don't are abject cowards.
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“The interview also becomes an exercise in intellectual peacocking as they invoke Socrates, Isaac Newton and quantum physics but pay little attention to Epstein’s crimes. Epstein reveals himself to be a living museum of racial prejudice.”
‘Do you think you’re the devil himself?’: highlights from the bizarre, newly released Bannon-Epstein interview
The interview, revealed in the latest tranche of Epstein files, was reportedly intended for a sympathetic documentary
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
“The interview also becomes an exercise in intellectual peacocking as they invoke Socrates, Isaac Newton and quantum physics but pay little attention to Epstein’s crimes. Epstein reveals himself to be a living museum of racial prejudice.”
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That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
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In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
February 4, 2026 at 2:08 AM
In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
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We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Laura Ingraham really meant that Hitler salute she threw at the Republican National Convention however long ago.
Laura Ingraham described anti-ICE protesters as radical socialists who are hellbent on overthrowing the U.S. government. There is no viable communist party in the U.S. and the protesters aren't an armed militia but that won't stop Ingraham from promoting the new red scare.
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Laura Ingraham really meant that Hitler salute she threw at the Republican National Convention however long ago.
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Whatever this is, it’s Not Good. This is a drastic step and obviously not meant to alert CIA Director Ratcliffe, rather to alert us. Given Wyden’s interest in privacy and surveillance and what’s going on around the country, I’d wager a bit of money that the CIA has been doing domestic things.
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Whatever this is, it’s Not Good. This is a drastic step and obviously not meant to alert CIA Director Ratcliffe, rather to alert us. Given Wyden’s interest in privacy and surveillance and what’s going on around the country, I’d wager a bit of money that the CIA has been doing domestic things.
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As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
This is it.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
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Elections have consequences: Virginia's new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger, put an end to the state’s partnerships with this ICE program on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise to roll back collaboration.
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Elections have consequences: Virginia's new Democratic Governor Abigail Spanberger, put an end to the state’s partnerships with this ICE program on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise to roll back collaboration.
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
No doubt in my mind that Bezos wanted Wapo to succeed financially but there is no denying the ideological decisions he made for the benefit of himself and his class. We are too far into an elite power grab to give him any benefit of the doubt.
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
No doubt in my mind that Bezos wanted Wapo to succeed financially but there is no denying the ideological decisions he made for the benefit of himself and his class. We are too far into an elite power grab to give him any benefit of the doubt.
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can’t not hear and see:
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
can’t not hear and see:
Just two guys ruminating about all of the raping and pillaging they're dreaming about.
Elon Musk would 100% force girls into camps, just so horrible men can continue their bloodline by removing women’s bodily autonomy.
February 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Just two guys ruminating about all of the raping and pillaging they're dreaming about.
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Read this thread. It’s honestly devastating that someone who has written important works on antisemitism—numerous of which are cited in my own work—has descended into vile Islamophobia.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.
It should inspire serious reflection among liberals and institutionally liberal institutions in the US that this woman was (is still?) considered a standard-bearer on the issue of what constitutes bigotry.
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Read this thread. It’s honestly devastating that someone who has written important works on antisemitism—numerous of which are cited in my own work—has descended into vile Islamophobia.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.
Fear and nationalism and an inability to consider how one might become a perpetrator.
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Dem leaders who want to play footsie with billionaires will fail the country and their own prospects.
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
It's the Billionaires, Stupid
The faultline for Dems in the run to 2028 will be attitudes toward elites
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Dem leaders who want to play footsie with billionaires will fail the country and their own prospects.
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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Arguably the most fateful decision Mitch McConnell made was to not reconvene the Senate Jan. 13, 2021 to hold the impeachment trial of Trump while he was still in office.
McConnell later voted it was unconstitutional to try Trump after he left office when he had blocked the trial before he left.
McConnell later voted it was unconstitutional to try Trump after he left office when he had blocked the trial before he left.
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Arguably the most fateful decision Mitch McConnell made was to not reconvene the Senate Jan. 13, 2021 to hold the impeachment trial of Trump while he was still in office.
McConnell later voted it was unconstitutional to try Trump after he left office when he had blocked the trial before he left.
McConnell later voted it was unconstitutional to try Trump after he left office when he had blocked the trial before he left.
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This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 AM
This is a fascinating story. ICE tried to buy a warehouse in VA from a Canadian company, to turn into a detention center. One of the company’s advertising partners basically told them that if they sold, they could kiss their ads goodbye.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Once again, the real Baileys are the people getting shot and kidnapped off of American streets.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Once again, the real Baileys are the people getting shot and kidnapped off of American streets.
Mitch is gonna check out in time to miss the full-extent of the mess he made.
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Mitch is gonna check out in time to miss the full-extent of the mess he made.
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How many men mentioned in the Epstein files have vowed to “fix” U.S. education?
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
How many men mentioned in the Epstein files have vowed to “fix” U.S. education?
The primary use will be recording, identifying, and prosecuting protestors.
ICE wearing body cameras simply means we'll see video of somebody getting shot from extra angles
February 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The primary use will be recording, identifying, and prosecuting protestors.
What is actually amusing is that a white Irish guy from Boston is cast as Odysseus and all these guys are like, "yeah that totally tracks."
Forgive me, Jesus, because I genuinely deeply enjoy how perpetually unhappy and desolate these losers are.
February 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
What is actually amusing is that a white Irish guy from Boston is cast as Odysseus and all these guys are like, "yeah that totally tracks."
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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"Who owns the founding?" or "who owns American patriotism" are among the most important fields of cultural contestation in politics, and have been since the beginning. We should not cede this field. That doesn't mean whitewashing. It means having a compelling vision that draws meaning from history.
“Amar’s America is one utterly obsessed with decoding and depicting the founders, hailing their character and accomplishments and downplaying their faults.” www.liberalcurrents.com/who-owns-the...
Who Owns the Founding? Akhil Reed Amar’s "Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution"
Amar's book is a useful history that nevertheless smooths over some of the real complexity of the eras it touches on.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
"Who owns the founding?" or "who owns American patriotism" are among the most important fields of cultural contestation in politics, and have been since the beginning. We should not cede this field. That doesn't mean whitewashing. It means having a compelling vision that draws meaning from history.
Law and order is declaring the 4th Amendment a nonstarter.
Rep. Mark Harris: "Some of these things are nonstarters. Having judicial warrants? To me, hat's a nonstarter. Being able to make off their mask, putting them at risk? That's a nonstarter. I would say anything that's going to hamstring the work of ICE, that's just not going to go anywhere."
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Law and order is declaring the 4th Amendment a nonstarter.
Better things are possible.
Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Better things are possible.