Lisa Sasser
@lsasser.bsky.social
Old buildings and tools are good. Preservation architect, woodworker, animal lover, 🏳️🌈
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MAGA Makes Dramatic Shift After Identity of Killer Surfaces
MAGA Makes Dramatic Shift After Identity of Killer Surfaces
When the facts didn’t match their narrative, Trump and his allies scrambled to rewrite the story.
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September 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
MAGA Makes Dramatic Shift After Identity of Killer Surfaces
We are experiencing an asymmetrical demand that people react with decency and decorum to the tragic, unforgivable killing of Charlie Kirk—decency and decorum that were missing after acts of violence directed at Democrats.
Asymmetrical Decency
September 13, 2025
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September 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We are experiencing an asymmetrical demand that people react with decency and decorum to the tragic, unforgivable killing of Charlie Kirk—decency and decorum that were missing after acts of violence directed at Democrats.
We Are Not Living Through the 1850s or Headed Toward Another Civil War
We Are Not Living Through the 1850s or Headed Toward Another Civil War
Earlier this week, The New York Times reported a surge in references to “Civil War” on social media following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We Are Not Living Through the 1850s or Headed Toward Another Civil War
The Beheading of Stonewall Jackson
The Beheading of Stonewall Jackson
Artist Kara Walker is using the decommissioned bronze equestrian statue of Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson from Charlottesville, Virginia, as material for a new art installation.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Beheading of Stonewall Jackson
Why Trump Might Want ICE To Be His Private Militia
Why Trump Might Want ICE To Be His Private Militia
Seeing ICE as a coup-proofing corps
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September 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Why Trump Might Want ICE To Be His Private Militia
The Trans Panic: How Conservatives Duped Their Phobic Base and Sacrificed a Vulnerable Minority
The Trans Panic: How Conservatives Duped Their Phobic Base and Sacrificed a Vulnerable Minority
When you understand what motivates people, you can easily manipulate them.
open.substack.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Trans Panic: How Conservatives Duped Their Phobic Base and Sacrificed a Vulnerable Minority
Reposted by Lisa Sasser
Since resuming office, President Donald Trump has sought to rewrite American history, rejecting any signs of historical division and exalting some of the nation’s most notorious oppressors.
Trump will restore a Confederate monument in the nation’s capital
“A statue honoring a racist and a traitor has no place on the streets of DC,” the city’s congressional delegate said.
www.motherjones.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Since resuming office, President Donald Trump has sought to rewrite American history, rejecting any signs of historical division and exalting some of the nation’s most notorious oppressors.
news.artnet.com/art-world/al... Plan to Reinstall Controversial Confederate Statue Prompts Outrage
Plan to Reinstall Controversial Confederate Statue Prompts Outrage
The Trump Administration's decision to restore a controversial Albert Pike statue has provoked outrage and at least one opposition bill.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
news.artnet.com/art-world/al... Plan to Reinstall Controversial Confederate Statue Prompts Outrage
New National Park Service Exhibit at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Temporarily Halted by Trump Administration
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New National Park Service Exhibit at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Temporarily Halted by Trump Administration
My early morning runs in Washington, DC always include a swing around the tidal basin for a quick stop at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. It’s one of my favorite memorials in our nation’s capital.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
New National Park Service Exhibit at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Temporarily Halted by Trump Administration
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How Confederate Monuments Came Down in the Summer of 2020 and Why It Matters
How Confederate Monuments Came Down in the Summer of 2020 and Why It Matters
The Albert Pike statue, that President Trump has ordered to be returned to its pedestal in Washington, DC after being pulled down in the summer of 20202, honors a man, who served briefly in the Confed...
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
How Confederate Monuments Came Down in the Summer of 2020 and Why It Matters
The History and Community That We Stand To Lose
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The History and Community That We Stand To Lose
A former ranger shares her National Park Service experience.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The History and Community That We Stand To Lose
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This New A.I. Tool Could Help Historians Decode Ancient Roman Inscriptions
New A.I. Helps Historians Decode Ancient Roman Inscriptions | Artnet News
Google has launched Aeneas, a new tool designed to help historians contextualize and restore ancient Roman texts.
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July 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This New A.I. Tool Could Help Historians Decode Ancient Roman Inscriptions
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
NO KINGS Rally today in Chestertown, Maryland, maybe as many as 400 very enthusiastic people attending. American flags everywhere, inspiring speakers and some very creative signs.
June 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
NO KINGS Rally today in Chestertown, Maryland, maybe as many as 400 very enthusiastic people attending. American flags everywhere, inspiring speakers and some very creative signs.