Linda Monk
@lindarmonkjd.bsky.social
Constitutional Scholar, Author of "The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide," with foreword by RBG. Harvard Law, first gen, Jeopardy champion. www.lindamonk.com
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Buried in the middle of this great @charlescmann.bsky.social piece on infrastructure, a call to action for @neorsd.org:
"No poets celebrate the sewage treatment plants that prevent them from dying of dysentery." www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
"No poets celebrate the sewage treatment plants that prevent them from dying of dysentery." www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
Introducing “How the System Works,” a series on the hidden mechanisms that support modern life
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Buried in the middle of this great @charlescmann.bsky.social piece on infrastructure, a call to action for @neorsd.org:
"No poets celebrate the sewage treatment plants that prevent them from dying of dysentery." www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
"No poets celebrate the sewage treatment plants that prevent them from dying of dysentery." www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...
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LOL, yes, absolutely true.
Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
LOL, yes, absolutely true.
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This 👇👇👇!!!
“What occurred today, however, reinforces the Judiciary’s need to focus on ways to enhance access to virtual hearings…”
All immigration courts should immediately begin virtual immigration hearings to protect everyone who’s being targeted while following established immigration law!
“What occurred today, however, reinforces the Judiciary’s need to focus on ways to enhance access to virtual hearings…”
All immigration courts should immediately begin virtual immigration hearings to protect everyone who’s being targeted while following established immigration law!
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This 👇👇👇!!!
“What occurred today, however, reinforces the Judiciary’s need to focus on ways to enhance access to virtual hearings…”
All immigration courts should immediately begin virtual immigration hearings to protect everyone who’s being targeted while following established immigration law!
“What occurred today, however, reinforces the Judiciary’s need to focus on ways to enhance access to virtual hearings…”
All immigration courts should immediately begin virtual immigration hearings to protect everyone who’s being targeted while following established immigration law!
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I almost cried to see a man who'd happily seize your or my private property, would trample constitutional liberties without thinking twice, and has zero fiscal responsibility, being welcome in the Oval Office. And it didn't help matters that Zohran Mamdani was there right next to him.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I almost cried to see a man who'd happily seize your or my private property, would trample constitutional liberties without thinking twice, and has zero fiscal responsibility, being welcome in the Oval Office. And it didn't help matters that Zohran Mamdani was there right next to him.
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"Chomsky, 96, had also reportedly acknowledged receiving about $270,000 from an account linked to Epstein while sorting the disbursement of common funds relating to the first of his two marriages"
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November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Chomsky, 96, had also reportedly acknowledged receiving about $270,000 from an account linked to Epstein while sorting the disbursement of common funds relating to the first of his two marriages"
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it's undignified
Are we really at a stage in public education where we consider it OK to have literally Google-branded schoolchildren whose learner identities are tied to being "responsible AI" users of private for-profit technologies?
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
it's undignified
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Periodic reminder that the original head of Hillsdale College divorced his first wife to marry his mistress, an employee.
While married to wife #2 he was alleged to have had an affair with his own son’s wife who committed suicide on campus.
They’d prefer you not know all that though.
While married to wife #2 he was alleged to have had an affair with his own son’s wife who committed suicide on campus.
They’d prefer you not know all that though.
This is the academic institution that is playing the most significant role in shaping the official celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding. dc.hillsdale.edu/News/Hillsda...
Hillsdale College Partners with the White House America 250 Task Force to Produce a New Educational
dc.hillsdale.edu
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Periodic reminder that the original head of Hillsdale College divorced his first wife to marry his mistress, an employee.
While married to wife #2 he was alleged to have had an affair with his own son’s wife who committed suicide on campus.
They’d prefer you not know all that though.
While married to wife #2 he was alleged to have had an affair with his own son’s wife who committed suicide on campus.
They’d prefer you not know all that though.
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I enjoyed speaking with Luke Pickrell about my book, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS (Harvard Press). Have a listen to the podcast!
Robert Tsai on America's Forgotten Constitutions
The transcript of this episode can be accessed by clicking the transcript button below the title.
democraticconstitutionblog.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I enjoyed speaking with Luke Pickrell about my book, AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN CONSTITUTIONS (Harvard Press). Have a listen to the podcast!
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i actively want advances in science of all kinds, i want kids to grow up and find jobs they find rewarding, i really do not think those things are incompatible with reading
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
i actively want advances in science of all kinds, i want kids to grow up and find jobs they find rewarding, i really do not think those things are incompatible with reading
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I never know where & when I'm going to learn a little vernacular French. The sign below? Ma colere est plus grande que ta bite = My anger is bigger than your dick.
(Today, French women have been protesting violence against women & femicide.)
(Today, French women have been protesting violence against women & femicide.)
Salomé Saqué, journaliste : «Sur les droits des femmes, nous avons des reculs et des avancées, le mouvement #MeToo, de jeunes femmes de plus en plus féministes… La question est de savoir : gagne-t-on plus qu’on ne perd ?»
Contre le «backlash» antiféministe, militantes, avocate et journaliste veulent «briser l’illusion que les droits des femmes seraient définitivement acquis»
Interrogées avant les manifestations contre les violences faites aux femmes organisées les 22 et 25 novembre partout en France, des observatrices dénoncent le retour de bâton derrière «le vernis de l’égalité».
www.liberation.fr
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I never know where & when I'm going to learn a little vernacular French. The sign below? Ma colere est plus grande que ta bite = My anger is bigger than your dick.
(Today, French women have been protesting violence against women & femicide.)
(Today, French women have been protesting violence against women & femicide.)
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I hope
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
joycevance.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I hope
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
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Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Neville Chamberlain Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tragically, Tom Friedman is right. This is utter appeasement to a monstrous Vladimir Putin. Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff, Dan Driscoll, selling out America and Ukraine to Russia. Disgusting and disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
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Cornwallis marched through my paternal grandfather's hometown of Riegelwood, NC! Most importantly, the thousands of Black refugees traveled through my family's community! #HATM
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Cornwallis marched through my paternal grandfather's hometown of Riegelwood, NC! Most importantly, the thousands of Black refugees traveled through my family's community! #HATM
The revolution doesn't really end until the Constitution and BOR, and US has a more workable govt. As GW wrote John Jay on Aug. 15, 1786: "What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves." #HATM
Good final episode. Wasn’t sure how they were going to fit all in, but they did. Still, I would’ve liked to have seen the series end with the war itself, and then a gesture towards the future as opposed to going into the constitution. The revolution is fascinating enough in its own right. #hatm
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The revolution doesn't really end until the Constitution and BOR, and US has a more workable govt. As GW wrote John Jay on Aug. 15, 1786: "What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves." #HATM
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Stay tuned. Some friends and I will be hosting a live Q and A after Thanksgiving to answer your questions about what you learned or didn’t learn in the series. We will have details out soon. #HATM
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Stay tuned. Some friends and I will be hosting a live Q and A after Thanksgiving to answer your questions about what you learned or didn’t learn in the series. We will have details out soon. #HATM
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Thanks to everyone who turned out last night to the Alexandria Historical Society's watch party for the final episode of The American Revolution. Great crowd and questions, moderated by Virginia Public Radio's Michael Pope. Great to have WETA there as well.
Support the humanities and public media!
Support the humanities and public media!
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thanks to everyone who turned out last night to the Alexandria Historical Society's watch party for the final episode of The American Revolution. Great crowd and questions, moderated by Virginia Public Radio's Michael Pope. Great to have WETA there as well.
Support the humanities and public media!
Support the humanities and public media!
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No paywall, BAD HISTORY: williamhogeland.substack.com/p/did-the-ir...
Did the Iroquois Really Influence the Birth of the Union?
For a fight at Thanksgiving, bring that one up.
williamhogeland.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
No paywall, BAD HISTORY: williamhogeland.substack.com/p/did-the-ir...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Terrible news from Nigeria. Another mass kidnapping — over 300 schoolchildren & a dozen teachers. It's part of a wave of mass kidnappings motivated by ransom demands & struggles over access to resources. The government lacks the capacity to end them. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school
The kidnapping comes amid a surge of attacks by armed groups in the African nation.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Terrible news from Nigeria. Another mass kidnapping — over 300 schoolchildren & a dozen teachers. It's part of a wave of mass kidnappings motivated by ransom demands & struggles over access to resources. The government lacks the capacity to end them. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
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I can’t quite put it into words, but Trump praising Mamdani on the same day that MTG resigns in opposition to “big Tech, big Pharma, the war complex and big donors” feels like a harbinger of realignment.
There is a political earthquake trembling beneath the surface waiting to break through.
There is a political earthquake trembling beneath the surface waiting to break through.
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I can’t quite put it into words, but Trump praising Mamdani on the same day that MTG resigns in opposition to “big Tech, big Pharma, the war complex and big donors” feels like a harbinger of realignment.
There is a political earthquake trembling beneath the surface waiting to break through.
There is a political earthquake trembling beneath the surface waiting to break through.
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I think using big name actors as voices didn’t really work out. In The Civil War he used a lot of voices that seemed to fit the characters. Most of the voices in this sounded the same and oddly didn’t have much expression in their readings. #HATM
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November 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I think using big name actors as voices didn’t really work out. In The Civil War he used a lot of voices that seemed to fit the characters. Most of the voices in this sounded the same and oddly didn’t have much expression in their readings. #HATM
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