Robyn Schroeder
@reconstitut.bsky.social
teacher of places, nostalgic for things, designated remember / public historian
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What the hell is the point of the filibuster if not to prevent something like this? I'm at a loss for words.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What the hell is the point of the filibuster if not to prevent something like this? I'm at a loss for words.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
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yeah, the idea that Trump will stop Boko Haram types by ending aid to the Nigerian federal government is as confused as the idea that he is actually interested in the welfare of the same Nigerian Christians he put on a categorical travel ban 5 years ago
news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/03...
news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/03...
Faculty Insight: What Trump’s Nigeria Travel Ban Means | HDS News Archive
news-archive.hds.harvard.edu
November 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
yeah, the idea that Trump will stop Boko Haram types by ending aid to the Nigerian federal government is as confused as the idea that he is actually interested in the welfare of the same Nigerian Christians he put on a categorical travel ban 5 years ago
news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/03...
news-archive.hds.harvard.edu/news/2020/03...
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
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I'm not saying Trump is an authoritarian who would lock up reporters for investigating his party, I'me just saying his party members think that.
cool cool cool cool cool
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I'm not saying Trump is an authoritarian who would lock up reporters for investigating his party, I'me just saying his party members think that.
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Step by step guide to higher ed crisis for Dem candidates giving stump speeches. This isn’t hard:
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
October 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Step by step guide to higher ed crisis for Dem candidates giving stump speeches. This isn’t hard:
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
1) States cut taxes to serve the rich
2) with less revenue, they cut public higher ed budgets
3) with lower budgets, schools raise tuition and throw money at investments, athletics, and development
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The East Wing Desecrators
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
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Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
October 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The East Wing Desecrators
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
Given the extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of the entire East Wing, built in 1942 for the Office of the First Lady, it’s important to note who enabled this.
In this thread, I run through the companies and organizations involved and provide contact info.
🧵
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Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. n.pr/4ngKyx3
It's supposed to be payday for many federal workers. Instead, they're getting nothing
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay. n.pr/4ngKyx3
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The title?
"Observations Upon Certain Passages in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, Which Appear to Have a Tendency to Subvert Religion, and Establish a False Philosophy."
"Observations Upon Certain Passages in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, Which Appear to Have a Tendency to Subvert Religion, and Establish a False Philosophy."
learned recently that the guy who wrote "The Night Before Christmas," clement clarke moore, also wrote a takedown of thomas jefferson's proto-scientific racism in "Notes on the State of Virginia," basically accusing him and others of making it up to justify slavery. which, that's right.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The title?
"Observations Upon Certain Passages in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, Which Appear to Have a Tendency to Subvert Religion, and Establish a False Philosophy."
"Observations Upon Certain Passages in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, Which Appear to Have a Tendency to Subvert Religion, and Establish a False Philosophy."
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Many of my liberal peers see clearly how mainstream outlets have ruined their already imperiled businesses by capitulating to bad-faith right-wing criticism. They have a harder time seeing that the Democratic Party has fallen victim to the same kind of self-sabotage.
Democrats Fell Prey To The Same Toxic Dynamics That Destroyed Mainstream News
Instead of fighting smears, they appeased the smear merchants.
www.offmessage.net
October 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Many of my liberal peers see clearly how mainstream outlets have ruined their already imperiled businesses by capitulating to bad-faith right-wing criticism. They have a harder time seeing that the Democratic Party has fallen victim to the same kind of self-sabotage.
Emphases I saw here in Williamsburg, VA: much more insistent anti-fascism than last time, even more insistent centrality of constitutional order, rule of law. A lot appeals to history here: "If they want 1939 Germany, we'll give them 1789 France." Some very simple principles as below:
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Emphases I saw here in Williamsburg, VA: much more insistent anti-fascism than last time, even more insistent centrality of constitutional order, rule of law. A lot appeals to history here: "If they want 1939 Germany, we'll give them 1789 France." Some very simple principles as below:
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
Once in a while, a succinct description of a progression of choices takes your breath away with the intentional, focused corruption.
October 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Once in a while, a succinct description of a progression of choices takes your breath away with the intentional, focused corruption.
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For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’
Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For those of you keeping score, 18-22 year-old students calling for an end to slaughter in Gaza are so racist they need to be expelled or deported, but 24-35 year-olds celebrating Hitler, rape, and, um, racism are just kids being kids so chill.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
Also, racism is over so no need for Voting Right Act.
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Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups
The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Second article of impeachment of Richard Nixon:
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“He has endeavoured…to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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is this even plausibly consistent with U.S. international law obligations on the protection of refugees? i don't think so. but does american reporting ever really grapple with the fact that we are bound to global rules *that we helped develop*?
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
is this even plausibly consistent with U.S. international law obligations on the protection of refugees? i don't think so. but does american reporting ever really grapple with the fact that we are bound to global rules *that we helped develop*?
A parable about AI in history/higher education.
Yesterday, I had a student come to my office. She'd written, "I just cannot read 18th century cursive." Oh, no, I thought, finally, that young person I'm always reading about who simply *can't* read old sources, has arrived in my life.
Yesterday, I had a student come to my office. She'd written, "I just cannot read 18th century cursive." Oh, no, I thought, finally, that young person I'm always reading about who simply *can't* read old sources, has arrived in my life.
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A parable about AI in history/higher education.
Yesterday, I had a student come to my office. She'd written, "I just cannot read 18th century cursive." Oh, no, I thought, finally, that young person I'm always reading about who simply *can't* read old sources, has arrived in my life.
Yesterday, I had a student come to my office. She'd written, "I just cannot read 18th century cursive." Oh, no, I thought, finally, that young person I'm always reading about who simply *can't* read old sources, has arrived in my life.
My mother clocked out and walked past the parking lot to a public sidewalk to conduct 2-minute conversations as a union rep at her federal agency, to avoid doing political work on the job. She wouldn't sign a petition, while on her lunch break on her phone.
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
October 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My mother clocked out and walked past the parking lot to a public sidewalk to conduct 2-minute conversations as a union rep at her federal agency, to avoid doing political work on the job. She wouldn't sign a petition, while on her lunch break on her phone.
hands off, y'all, I've already locked this one down
My university has something called the "raft debate" where professors defend their disciplines. I've been chosen to represent the humanities and they asked me to make a promo video. You know what I had to do.
October 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
hands off, y'all, I've already locked this one down
I know it's trite at this point, but I can't get over how much the description and media treatment of these incidents makes it seem like a video game and not the end of actual, real-like-you, adult people's lives
I think we should establish an understanding in the United States that if you order the military to carry out a lethal strike against something that is not an imminent threat without congressional authorization, what you did was murder and the entire chain of command is guilty.
October 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I know it's trite at this point, but I can't get over how much the description and media treatment of these incidents makes it seem like a video game and not the end of actual, real-like-you, adult people's lives
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“Authoritarianism is wrong, murder is evil, corruption is awful, the law must be followed, America should not be brought to its knees for Trump’s benefit” - simple principles that somehow we struggle to rally around, because of our paralyzing fear that some silent majority will not approve of them
October 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“Authoritarianism is wrong, murder is evil, corruption is awful, the law must be followed, America should not be brought to its knees for Trump’s benefit” - simple principles that somehow we struggle to rally around, because of our paralyzing fear that some silent majority will not approve of them
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"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."
September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"one officer smiled for a selfie with her as she cried."