Gordon Mantler
@gomantler.bsky.social
Historian, teacher, writer, activist, Baltimore native, and author of Power to the Poor and The Multiracial Promise. Also a fan of tennis, baseball, and cats. And now writing about memorials. Views are my own.
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Gordon Mantler
@gomantler.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I've been here a while, but not actively; that changed when I left X. For those who don't know me, I'm a social movement historian who teaches writing. My books, Power to the Poor and The Multiracial Promise, explore multiracial coalitions. I'm now interested in how we publicly memorialize activism.
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Wilson was mocked for acknowledging that the cost of childcare is outrageous and her parents help her with that expense. But it turns out a majority of voters feel the same squeeze, liked her universal childcare plan, and voted accordingly.
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
www.nwprogressive.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wilson was mocked for acknowledging that the cost of childcare is outrageous and her parents help her with that expense. But it turns out a majority of voters feel the same squeeze, liked her universal childcare plan, and voted accordingly.
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Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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No, no, no. Senate Democrats secured the concepts of a plan for a handshake for a promise to hold a vote they will lose.
Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No, no, no. Senate Democrats secured the concepts of a plan for a handshake for a promise to hold a vote they will lose.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Here's the reprehensible garbage our taxpayer money is going toward in Chicago and elsewhere. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Watch how government propaganda techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds
The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes," professor Nick Cul...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Here's the reprehensible garbage our taxpayer money is going toward in Chicago and elsewhere. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Our long national nightmare is over. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Our long national nightmare is over. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Chuy Garcia's retirement signals the end of an era, in which Harold Washington's allies and proteges -- nearly 40 years after his death -- are leaving the Chicago political scene. Chuy joins Danny Davis and Tim Evans, among others. chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
Rep. Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff in move panned as 'coronation'
Garcia's decision is the latest to shake up Illinois politics this year, and there are now five open congressional seats and an open Senate race in the March 17 primary.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Chuy Garcia's retirement signals the end of an era, in which Harold Washington's allies and proteges -- nearly 40 years after his death -- are leaving the Chicago political scene. Chuy joins Danny Davis and Tim Evans, among others. chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...
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For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles. This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind while he was driving a car, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles. This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind while he was driving a car, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
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Breaking from NJ AG Platkin:
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Breaking from NJ AG Platkin:
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
"Early this morning, law enforcement responded to threats that were received by email involving certain polling places in Bergen, Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties. Law enforcement … have worked swiftly to secure these polling locations."
It's Election Day in Virginia. I took care of this last week -- straight-ticket Democratic, of course -- but if you haven't yet, make sure to vote! Send a message to the fascists that democracy still matters.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's Election Day in Virginia. I took care of this last week -- straight-ticket Democratic, of course -- but if you haven't yet, make sure to vote! Send a message to the fascists that democracy still matters.
" ... the precedent he is setting is that history doesn’t matter; laws, procedures and customs are irrelevant; and there is no role for collaboration, transparency and review in the construction of new buildings." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Column | Why the demolition of the East Wing is so shocking
By Thursday, the White House’s East Wing was gone. The speed of destruction, and the projection of power, are part of the strongman playbook.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
" ... the precedent he is setting is that history doesn’t matter; laws, procedures and customs are irrelevant; and there is no role for collaboration, transparency and review in the construction of new buildings." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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UVA says NO to the "compact"
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
UVA says NO to the "compact"
University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
"This president acts as though one election makes 236 years of constitutional order irrelevant." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump
I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"This president acts as though one election makes 236 years of constitutional order irrelevant." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Here's your periodic reminder that the GOP has been taken over by fascists. This time it's the College Republicans and this disgusting sycophant. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...
JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats
For JD Vance to suggest it’s “pearl clutching” to condemn those who were part of a racist group chat says a great deal about the vice president's judgment.
www.msnbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Here's your periodic reminder that the GOP has been taken over by fascists. This time it's the College Republicans and this disgusting sycophant. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...
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From Harvard & UConn researchers on the June 14th No Kings Day protests. (report came out in August)
THIS is why MAGA is so spooked by the upcoming (Oct 18th) peaceful protests.
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...
THIS is why MAGA is so spooked by the upcoming (Oct 18th) peaceful protests.
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history
The historic number of No Kings protesters and their expansive geographic spread are signs of a growing and durable pro-democracy movement.
wagingnonviolence.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
From Harvard & UConn researchers on the June 14th No Kings Day protests. (report came out in August)
THIS is why MAGA is so spooked by the upcoming (Oct 18th) peaceful protests.
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...
THIS is why MAGA is so spooked by the upcoming (Oct 18th) peaceful protests.
New data shows No Kings was one of the largest days of protest in US history wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/new-...
It was this kind of ineptness by the Post's new regime that finally convinced me to end my paid subscription. And it's my local newspaper. Sigh.
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
October 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
It was this kind of ineptness by the Post's new regime that finally convinced me to end my paid subscription. And it's my local newspaper. Sigh.
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Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.
The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.
As always, Chicago shows up.
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
As always, Chicago shows up.
This latest blackmail attempt by the regime, if accepted by any of these institutions, would a be a remarkable violation of the Constitution. The regime's continued assault on the First Amendment is breath-taking. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits
A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This latest blackmail attempt by the regime, if accepted by any of these institutions, would a be a remarkable violation of the Constitution. The regime's continued assault on the First Amendment is breath-taking. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
The good news about soldiers remaining in Washington is that they will be able to help take out the trash and other mundane tasks when the park service stops maintenance operations during the upcoming shutdown.
September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The good news about soldiers remaining in Washington is that they will be able to help take out the trash and other mundane tasks when the park service stops maintenance operations during the upcoming shutdown.
So the dictator wants our military to train for urban combat in American cities. So how many people will be detained and killed in the process? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
So the dictator wants our military to train for urban combat in American cities. So how many people will be detained and killed in the process? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...