Tim Hannapel
@timhannapel.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 history nerd, grandpa, retired Union lawyer, reconciler of untold stories. Helped rename Wilson HS to Jackson-Reed HS in DC, and Lafayette-Pointer Park.
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Tim Hannapel
@timhannapel.bsky.social
· Nov 18
D.C. Council votes to rename Woodrow Wilson High School to Jackson-Reed High School
The council voted Tuesday on the new moniker, which is a combination of namesakes: Vince Reed, the school’s first Black principal and Edna Jackson, the school’s first Black teacher.
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Hello Bluesky! Chronicling here a 4-year campaign I helped lead in DC to rename Woodrow Wilson HS to Jackson-Reed HS, to stop honoring segregationist-in-chief and KKK supporter Woodrow Wilson, in favor of legendary DC Black educators Edna Jackson and Vince Reed. Gift: wapo.st/4hRcoOZ
Please: @vanhollen.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @eleanornorton.bsky.social launch an immediate investigation into this outrageous whitewashing of DC history. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
In an outrageous Trumpian assault on the Chevy Chase community’s multi-year effort to reconcile its racially-segregated founding, the National Park Service has removed the sign at Chevy Chase Circle interpreting the complicated racist legacy of Sen Francis Newlands.
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Please: @vanhollen.senate.gov @raskin.house.gov @eleanornorton.bsky.social launch an immediate investigation into this outrageous whitewashing of DC history. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
In an outrageous Trumpian assault on the Chevy Chase community’s multi-year effort to reconcile its racially-segregated founding, the National Park Service has removed the sign at Chevy Chase Circle interpreting the complicated racist legacy of Sen Francis Newlands.
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In an outrageous Trumpian assault on the Chevy Chase community’s multi-year effort to reconcile its racially-segregated founding, the National Park Service has removed the sign at Chevy Chase Circle interpreting the complicated racist legacy of Sen Francis Newlands.
I said hi to the amazing @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and hear her very powerful talk. Come on down to the Teach-In, resuming at about 2 pm, going until sunset.
October 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I said hi to the amazing @tressiemcphd.bsky.social and hear her very powerful talk. Come on down to the Teach-In, resuming at about 2 pm, going until sunset.
Nice turnout at the Teach-In!
October 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nice turnout at the Teach-In!
Happening now! Calling all DC people interested in history and justice. A good ol-fashioned “teach-in” located on the Mall in front of Smithsonian American History museum.
October 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happening now! Calling all DC people interested in history and justice. A good ol-fashioned “teach-in” located on the Mall in front of Smithsonian American History museum.
Let the Dad Jokes begin!
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Let the Dad Jokes begin!
Was it the famous “ham sandwich?”
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Was it the famous “ham sandwich?”
Very good news here: the proud people of DC are not putting up with Gestapo tactics by federal LEOs and out-of-control DOJ.
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Very good news here: the proud people of DC are not putting up with Gestapo tactics by federal LEOs and out-of-control DOJ.
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Hi DC friends, please join me on July 16 at 6 pm, for a fun canal history talk, complete with beer, wine and light refreshments. Maybe a little bit of Drunk History?😊
www.eventbrite.com/e/history-un...
www.eventbrite.com/e/history-un...
History Unlocked: Captain George Pointer and Canal Fever
Join us for an evening of learning and socializing onboard the docked Georgetown Heritage Canal Boat!
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June 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Hi DC friends, please join me on July 16 at 6 pm, for a fun canal history talk, complete with beer, wine and light refreshments. Maybe a little bit of Drunk History?😊
www.eventbrite.com/e/history-un...
www.eventbrite.com/e/history-un...
Hello DC friends! Please join me for a great talk on Wed June 18! Learn about the C&O Canal, Capt George Pointer, socialize with friends, all aboard the beautiful (docked) canal boat.
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Join us for History Unlocked June 18th
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June 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello DC friends! Please join me for a great talk on Wed June 18! Learn about the C&O Canal, Capt George Pointer, socialize with friends, all aboard the beautiful (docked) canal boat.
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Reposted by Tim Hannapel
Playing "John Henry" on Joe Thompson’s back porch with Justin Robinson just like old times. Thank you Justin "Demeanor" Harrington for joining us on bones.
You can hear the full track on our new album ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow’ - listen now: giddensrobinson.lnk.to/BlackbirdCrow
You can hear the full track on our new album ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow’ - listen now: giddensrobinson.lnk.to/BlackbirdCrow
May 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Playing "John Henry" on Joe Thompson’s back porch with Justin Robinson just like old times. Thank you Justin "Demeanor" Harrington for joining us on bones.
You can hear the full track on our new album ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow’ - listen now: giddensrobinson.lnk.to/BlackbirdCrow
You can hear the full track on our new album ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow’ - listen now: giddensrobinson.lnk.to/BlackbirdCrow
Hooray, Happy Pride, everybody!
June 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hooray, Happy Pride, everybody!
Brilliant historians Profs. Martha Jones and Kate Masur forcefully show how birthright citizenship was sought by FREE Black Americans for many decades before the enactment of the 14th Amendment. Gives the lie to the facile and inaccurate claim that the 14A should apply only to freed enslaved people.
I’ve told the story many times. Now @katemasur.bsky.social and I have filed it in federal court: Free Black Americans were first to recognize BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP in the US. When denied it, they fought to secure it. They show us what the 14th Amendment meant and what it meant to live without it.
Historian @marthasjones.bsky.social & @katemasur.bsky.social, a member of the Historians Council on the Constitution, filed a brief against the birthright citizenship executive order. History contradicts the administration's claim that the 14th Amendment applies only to “newly freed slaves.”
May 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Brilliant historians Profs. Martha Jones and Kate Masur forcefully show how birthright citizenship was sought by FREE Black Americans for many decades before the enactment of the 14th Amendment. Gives the lie to the facile and inaccurate claim that the 14A should apply only to freed enslaved people.
@maddow.msnbc.com great showing of 2-3,000 in Durham NC #HandsOff
April 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com great showing of 2-3,000 in Durham NC #HandsOff
Pete Buttigieg is not prone to hyperbole. But here dropping the F-bomb is wholly appropriate. Heads need to roll.
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Pete Buttigieg is not prone to hyperbole. But here dropping the F-bomb is wholly appropriate. Heads need to roll.
Excellent advice from AOC. I called Gillibrand's office yesterday and left a VM, and will get to work on the other waverers right now. This is an unthinkable white flag of surrender to a madman.
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
☎️: (202) 224-3121
Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.
The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.
Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Excellent advice from AOC. I called Gillibrand's office yesterday and left a VM, and will get to work on the other waverers right now. This is an unthinkable white flag of surrender to a madman.
🚨A plea to all followers who live in states with Dem senators: please calm them RIGHT AWAY to ask them to vote No on cloture and No on the bill. I live in DC so I have no senator. Pls pls do this now. The bill cuts $1 Billion from DC budget and would result in huge cuts to police, fire, schools
House Democrats held strong against the Musk-Takeover Spending Bill Yesterday. We need your help to ensure that the Senate Democrats do the same. Follow the link and script below to make calls. This vote happens TODAY!
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell Senate Democrats to Hold the Line Against the Extreme MAGA Continuing Resolution
indivisible.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🚨A plea to all followers who live in states with Dem senators: please calm them RIGHT AWAY to ask them to vote No on cloture and No on the bill. I live in DC so I have no senator. Pls pls do this now. The bill cuts $1 Billion from DC budget and would result in huge cuts to police, fire, schools
Amazing appearance just now by Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger on @maddow.msnbc.com He is a valiant protector of federal workers and a true public servant. I’ve never been prouder to be an alum of OSC.
March 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Amazing appearance just now by Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger on @maddow.msnbc.com He is a valiant protector of federal workers and a true public servant. I’ve never been prouder to be an alum of OSC.
A huge disappointment, but totally understandable. SC Dellinger is a brave, smart public servant, whose tenure made a huge impact. Just ask the 5K fired USDA employees who were reinstated yesterday. My heart goes out to my former OSC colleagues who will now be forced to serve a Trump lackey.
BREAKING: Federal workforce watchdog drops challenge to Trump's decision to fire him. Hampton Dellinger says he faced 'long' odds at #SCOTUS after DC Circuit issued ruling last night letting the firing kick in
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Federal workforce watchdog who was fired by Trump drops legal fight to get his job back
Former Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger says he faced “long” odds to win back his post.
www.politico.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A huge disappointment, but totally understandable. SC Dellinger is a brave, smart public servant, whose tenure made a huge impact. Just ask the 5K fired USDA employees who were reinstated yesterday. My heart goes out to my former OSC colleagues who will now be forced to serve a Trump lackey.