Cindy Gueli
@historybyte.bsky.social
Historian. Writer. Professor. Author of Lipstick Brigade: The Untold True Story of Washington's World War II Government Girls.
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Is this the country we want to be
One that takes an ill 79 year old man and detains him in Alligator Alcatraz
Where he is abused while awaiting deportation to a country he's never known-leaving his wife and children crushed
So again-is this who we want to be
Because now it's who we are
One that takes an ill 79 year old man and detains him in Alligator Alcatraz
Where he is abused while awaiting deportation to a country he's never known-leaving his wife and children crushed
So again-is this who we want to be
Because now it's who we are
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Is this the country we want to be
One that takes an ill 79 year old man and detains him in Alligator Alcatraz
Where he is abused while awaiting deportation to a country he's never known-leaving his wife and children crushed
So again-is this who we want to be
Because now it's who we are
One that takes an ill 79 year old man and detains him in Alligator Alcatraz
Where he is abused while awaiting deportation to a country he's never known-leaving his wife and children crushed
So again-is this who we want to be
Because now it's who we are
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(You're more likely to have heard of the head of the Maryland Senate these days because he's the Dem blocking a new gerrymander in Maryland.)
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
(You're more likely to have heard of the head of the Maryland Senate these days because he's the Dem blocking a new gerrymander in Maryland.)
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NYT: A wise and deeply moving letter to the editor from a retired history teacher Liz Zucker.
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
NYT: A wise and deeply moving letter to the editor from a retired history teacher Liz Zucker.
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
“Ignorance is not bliss. It’s just ignorance.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
Ask A D.C. Native: What’s a D.C. memory that defines your childhood? 51st.news/dc-history-g...
Ask A D.C. Native: What’s a D.C. memory that defines your childhood?
For our columnist, two festivals along Georgia Avenue captured the feeling of being raised by this city.
51st.news
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ask A D.C. Native: What’s a D.C. memory that defines your childhood? 51st.news/dc-history-g...
Long-lost 1926 comedy found in Paramount’s vault gets new life at S.F. Silent Film Festival www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Long-lost 1926 comedy found in Paramount’s vault gets new life at S.F. Silent Film Festival
Film restorers Robert Harris and James Mockoski revive “The New Klondike,” a forgotten 1926 Paramount gem scheduled to premiere at this year’s San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Long-lost 1926 comedy found in Paramount’s vault gets new life at S.F. Silent Film Festival www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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Here's more details on the proposed D.C. ballot initiative that would freeze rents across the city for two years. The proposer is Ward 8 ANC @salimadofo.bsky.social, and the organization behind it includes @aeidinger.bsky.social, who has been involved in lots of initiatives over the last 10 years.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Here's more details on the proposed D.C. ballot initiative that would freeze rents across the city for two years. The proposer is Ward 8 ANC @salimadofo.bsky.social, and the organization behind it includes @aeidinger.bsky.social, who has been involved in lots of initiatives over the last 10 years.
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Donald Trump claims to be "Pro-Life." Indeed, he was the first sitting president to attend the annual March for Life.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Donald Trump claims to be "Pro-Life." Indeed, he was the first sitting president to attend the annual March for Life.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
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📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
📽️ WATCH: The U.S. government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trump’s second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers.
➡️ Full story: propub.li/3LjuAVS
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NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
12 Polling Places Move Before Mississippi Special Elections, 4 Close
County election officials in Mississippi have moved 12 polling places and closed four since 2024, an MFP investigation finds.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: 12 Mississippi polling places have moved and 4 have been closed ahead of the Nov. 4 legislative special elections, an MFP investigation finds.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
Counties also have incorrect addresses in the state system for 11 polling places, risking sending some voters to the wrong location.
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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Interesting tidbit: Despite the D.C. Council rejecting @mayorbowser.dc.gov's attempt to repeal the city's sanctuary city law (which limits local cooperation on federal immigration enforcement) over the summer, she pitched the idea to lawmakers again last month.
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Interesting tidbit: Despite the D.C. Council rejecting @mayorbowser.dc.gov's attempt to repeal the city's sanctuary city law (which limits local cooperation on federal immigration enforcement) over the summer, she pitched the idea to lawmakers again last month.
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These shots were fired by a Homeland Security officer at an unarmed Black man in DC.
Officers saw tinted windows, lack of front license plate, and said he was trying to flee.
Judge dismissed all charges.
“Miraculously, every shot missed," says his lawyer.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Officers saw tinted windows, lack of front license plate, and said he was trying to flee.
Judge dismissed all charges.
“Miraculously, every shot missed," says his lawyer.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
These shots were fired by a Homeland Security officer at an unarmed Black man in DC.
Officers saw tinted windows, lack of front license plate, and said he was trying to flee.
Judge dismissed all charges.
“Miraculously, every shot missed," says his lawyer.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Officers saw tinted windows, lack of front license plate, and said he was trying to flee.
Judge dismissed all charges.
“Miraculously, every shot missed," says his lawyer.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Trump is sending Department of Justice federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections. Make no mistake, this is voting suppression dry run for Midterms next year when it really counts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials to send election observers to California and New Jersey
Justice department targets two Democratic states holding off-year elections after requests from state Republicans
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump is sending Department of Justice federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections. Make no mistake, this is voting suppression dry run for Midterms next year when it really counts. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Justice Department Announces Plans to Monitor Polling Sites in New Jersey and California talkingpointsmemo.com/news/justice...
Justice Department Announces Plans to Monitor Polling Sites in New Jersey and California
In response to requests from state Republican parties, the Department of Justice...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Justice Department Announces Plans to Monitor Polling Sites in New Jersey and California talkingpointsmemo.com/news/justice...
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#BLM OTD 1942 the Southern Conference on Race Relations was held in Durham, NC. From it came the Durham Manifesto calling for democratic participation of Black people via the right to vote, equal pay, anti-lynching laws, ending poll taxes & ending segregation.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
October 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#BLM OTD 1942 the Southern Conference on Race Relations was held in Durham, NC. From it came the Durham Manifesto calling for democratic participation of Black people via the right to vote, equal pay, anti-lynching laws, ending poll taxes & ending segregation.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
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I found it pretty charming to learn that after Roger Taney died, sitting lawmakers called his death a "victory for liberty and the Constitution," suggested that he was probably burning in hell, and joked (?) that they'd rather hang him in effigy than do literally anything to honor his memory
Roger Taney’s Contemporaries Hated Him As Much As You Probably Do
Ordinarily, members of Congress do not publicly suggest that recently deceased Supreme Court justices are burning in hell. But Roger Taney was no ordinary Supreme Court justice.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I found it pretty charming to learn that after Roger Taney died, sitting lawmakers called his death a "victory for liberty and the Constitution," suggested that he was probably burning in hell, and joked (?) that they'd rather hang him in effigy than do literally anything to honor his memory
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One of the writers best explaining Trumpism right now is not a full-time writer, but @donmoyn.bsky.social, an academic and professor. The Times should give him a column. But for now, you can read his great stuff via his newsletter. Another sharp piece here.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
Purge, Merge, and Surge
Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state
donmoynihan.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
One of the writers best explaining Trumpism right now is not a full-time writer, but @donmoyn.bsky.social, an academic and professor. The Times should give him a column. But for now, you can read his great stuff via his newsletter. Another sharp piece here.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...
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I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.
Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.
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“When I feel scared, I look to history. I wish there were a secret playbook with all the answers – but there never has been. The only thing that has ever worked – time and time again – is solidarity: binding together, finding bravery in numbers too big to ignore, and standing up for one another.”
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“When I feel scared, I look to history. I wish there were a secret playbook with all the answers – but there never has been. The only thing that has ever worked – time and time again – is solidarity: binding together, finding bravery in numbers too big to ignore, and standing up for one another.”
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Dr. Quintard Taylor, historian and founder of BlackPast.org, has died at 77. From "The Forging of a Black Community" to building a global archive, he made Black history accessible to all.
Read Lola E. Peters' reflection here: soseaem.org/4mEIrTv #Seattle
Read Lola E. Peters' reflection here: soseaem.org/4mEIrTv #Seattle
Remembering Dr. Quintard Taylor, a Historian Who Made Black History Accessible
Lola E. Peters reflects on the life and legacy of Dr. Quintard Taylor, a scholar, mentor, and visionary behind BlackPast.org who made Black history accessible for all.
southseattleemerald.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Dr. Quintard Taylor, historian and founder of BlackPast.org, has died at 77. From "The Forging of a Black Community" to building a global archive, he made Black history accessible to all.
Read Lola E. Peters' reflection here: soseaem.org/4mEIrTv #Seattle
Read Lola E. Peters' reflection here: soseaem.org/4mEIrTv #Seattle
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When both of these sane, smart women, Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman converse, it gives me hope for the future. www.youtube.com/live/dPf4yQn...
What the Heck Just Happened?
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When both of these sane, smart women, Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman converse, it gives me hope for the future. www.youtube.com/live/dPf4yQn...
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I would like to remind everyone that the #Nazi order to euthanize those with mental health issues (and other #disabilities ♿️) was called Aktion T4. This involuntary euthanasia killed 300K people by conservative estimate. Kilmeade is promoting Nazi killing protocol. Literally, he is saying we should.
'Fox & Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, “Just kill ‘em.” More:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill 'Em' While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help
'Fox and Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, 'Just kill 'em.'
www.rollingstone.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I would like to remind everyone that the #Nazi order to euthanize those with mental health issues (and other #disabilities ♿️) was called Aktion T4. This involuntary euthanasia killed 300K people by conservative estimate. Kilmeade is promoting Nazi killing protocol. Literally, he is saying we should.
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Yet more of the levers slipping into the hands of the few.
September 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yet more of the levers slipping into the hands of the few.
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