Chad Williams
@chadwilliams.bsky.social
Professor of History and Black Studies | Award-winning author | 'The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War' | Dad | Husband | Aging hooper | Wu-Tang forever | chadlwilliams.com
That's his achilles....damn
June 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
That's his achilles....damn
Trump and Netanyahu are determined to completely break the world.
June 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Trump and Netanyahu are determined to completely break the world.
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Just as Iraq had no WMD, Iran has no nuclear weapons.
America has entered another unnecessary war in the Middle East
America has entered another unnecessary war in the Middle East
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Just as Iraq had no WMD, Iran has no nuclear weapons.
America has entered another unnecessary war in the Middle East
America has entered another unnecessary war in the Middle East
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illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
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JUST NOW: Bernie tells the crowd about Trump attacking Iran, the crowd erupts into “NO MORE WAR!” chants
Bernie calls the attack “grossly unconstitutional”
Bernie calls the attack “grossly unconstitutional”
June 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
JUST NOW: Bernie tells the crowd about Trump attacking Iran, the crowd erupts into “NO MORE WAR!” chants
Bernie calls the attack “grossly unconstitutional”
Bernie calls the attack “grossly unconstitutional”
Appreciated the opportunity to share a few thoughts for this article.
How Trump Treats Black History Differently Than Other Parts of America’s Past
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Appreciated the opportunity to share a few thoughts for this article.
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
So Gabbard and Ratcliffe purjured themselves yesterday, right?
Breaking News: The Atlantic published the full exchange of texts about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials. The group chat had inadvertently included an Atlantic journalist, Jeffrey Goldberg.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
Trump Officials' Signal Chat Transcript Is Published as Criticism Mounts Over Leak: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So Gabbard and Ratcliffe purjured themselves yesterday, right?
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Gift link: Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Gift link: Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
These fools are cooked.
it is BUCK WILD that they are just texting this shit to each other
March 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
These fools are cooked.
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Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
March 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
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my takeaway from reading this is that i have to assume that every half-competent intelligence agency in the world has an almost real-time glimpse into what the white house and the pentagon are doing
March 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
my takeaway from reading this is that i have to assume that every half-competent intelligence agency in the world has an almost real-time glimpse into what the white house and the pentagon are doing
But, you know... DEI.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in a group chat that included the editor in chief of The Atlantic two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said. It was an extraordinary breach of U.S. national security intelligence.
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
nyti.ms
March 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
But, you know... DEI.
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Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Columbia University has failed to defend academic freedom & freedom of speech & allowed a great institution to be bullied & extorted into submission by an administration hellbent on contorting higher education to their will.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
The AAUP condemns this capitulation. We can & must fight back.
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This is an abject failure on the part of Columbia’s leadership to defend academic freedom and institutional integrity. It should lead to resignations.
March 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is an abject failure on the part of Columbia’s leadership to defend academic freedom and institutional integrity. It should lead to resignations.
We are in a very dangerous place. With more shameful moments to come.
This is a shameful moment in the history of the American university.
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We are in a very dangerous place. With more shameful moments to come.
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The media can (and should) reject the Right's deceptive frame. This is not about "references to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The media can (and should) reject the Right's deceptive frame. This is not about "references to diversity, equity, and inclusion."
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
It is a neosegregationist attempt to erase everyone but white males from the nation's history.
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I’m not sure that the Trump Democrats strategy of letting the bully take their lunch money today in the hopes the bully will be nice to them tomorrow will be all that effective
March 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I’m not sure that the Trump Democrats strategy of letting the bully take their lunch money today in the hopes the bully will be nice to them tomorrow will be all that effective
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Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism
Join us for a timely conversation with @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social, @jfernandez1202.bsky.social, Sarah Haley, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, & Robyn Spencer-Antoine
Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm ET
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Join us for a timely conversation with @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social, @jfernandez1202.bsky.social, Sarah Haley, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, & Robyn Spencer-Antoine
Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm ET
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February 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism
Join us for a timely conversation with @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social, @jfernandez1202.bsky.social, Sarah Haley, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, & Robyn Spencer-Antoine
Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Join us for a timely conversation with @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social, @jfernandez1202.bsky.social, Sarah Haley, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, & Robyn Spencer-Antoine
Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
This is it. 🎯
I want people to understand this.
For many of them, democracy ended when Obama was elected twice and Black Lives Matter rose to prominence.
This is them “fixing” a system that felt broken and newly unsafe to them.
For many of them, democracy ended when Obama was elected twice and Black Lives Matter rose to prominence.
This is them “fixing” a system that felt broken and newly unsafe to them.
What we all seemingly failed to understand is just how many of our "countrymen" were perfectly willing to resort to treason to end democracy. And all in service of a convicted felon and lifelong conman who wasn't even very good at it.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is it. 🎯