Richard E Frankel
@refrankel.bsky.social
Professor of German History comparing antisemitism in Germany and the US, late 19th, early 20th century. And yes, it’s painfully relevant to the 21st.
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Just a quick re-introduction for new followers: I’m a German historian who writes about antisemitism from a comparative and global perspective. My most recent book provides a new look at anti-Jewish prejudice in Germany and the United States from the late 19th to the mid 20th century.
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🎼 Nobody knowwwws… but Jesus… 🎶
🎼 Nobody knowwwws… but Jesus… 🎶
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🎼 Nobody knowwwws… what magnets are… 🎶
🎼 Nobody knowwwws… but Jesus… 🎶
🎼 Nobody knowwwws… but Jesus… 🎶
When he’s not building rockets that explode, boring tunnels that damage the environment, destroying American democracy, or giving Nazi salutes in public, Elon Musk really, really, really wants you to think he actually reads books. To quote Donald Trump, “SAD!!!”
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When he’s not building rockets that explode, boring tunnels that damage the environment, destroying American democracy, or giving Nazi salutes in public, Elon Musk really, really, really wants you to think he actually reads books. To quote Donald Trump, “SAD!!!”
Because acknowledging the fact that African Americans contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany is apparently “woke”… according to American Nazis.
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 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Because acknowledging the fact that African Americans contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany is apparently “woke”… according to American Nazis.
Today’s Senate Democrats are sponsored by the letter ‘A’.
‘A’… as in Appeasement.
‘A’… as in Appeasement.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today’s Senate Democrats are sponsored by the letter ‘A’.
‘A’… as in Appeasement.
‘A’… as in Appeasement.
After giving him the Sudetenland, we now have a guarantee that Herr Hitler will make no further territorial demands in Europe.
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After giving him the Sudetenland, we now have a guarantee that Herr Hitler will make no further territorial demands in Europe.
And I believe him because he lied more than 30,000 times during his first four-year term in office.
Trump says Americans will receive $2K each from tariff push
President Trump said Sunday that each American will receive at least $2,000 from tariff revenue collected by the administration. “A dividend of at $2000 a person (not including high income people!)…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And I believe him because he lied more than 30,000 times during his first four-year term in office.
Guy who’s spent his first year as head of the EPA rolling back all the regulations established to protect the environment warns that there will be fewer people in place to keep rolling back environmental regulations.
Lee Zeldin announces on Fox that there will be "severe" layoffs at the EPA if the shutdown continues
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Guy who’s spent his first year as head of the EPA rolling back all the regulations established to protect the environment warns that there will be fewer people in place to keep rolling back environmental regulations.
An inspiring example of genuine courage.
#ResistanceRoots
Michael Schwerner was born on this day in 1939 in Pelham, N.Y. He was a field worker for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and a key organizer for the Freedom Summer project to register Black Americans to vote. He was murdered in Mississippi in 1964 by members of the KKK. /1
Michael Schwerner was born on this day in 1939 in Pelham, N.Y. He was a field worker for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and a key organizer for the Freedom Summer project to register Black Americans to vote. He was murdered in Mississippi in 1964 by members of the KKK. /1
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
An inspiring example of genuine courage.
I think we’re at the start of the cusp of beginning of a coming arrival at the point where the engines are almost beginning to fire and the approach of some vibrations indicating the impending liftoff.
Bessent: "I think that we're at the cusp of the liftoff. In 2026 and 2027 -- President Trump was committed to bringing manufacturing jobs back to America and this is the start."
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I think we’re at the start of the cusp of beginning of a coming arrival at the point where the engines are almost beginning to fire and the approach of some vibrations indicating the impending liftoff.
It’s true. I remember when Ed Koch won and within a couple of years everybody in the city was Jewish.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s true. I remember when Ed Koch won and within a couple of years everybody in the city was Jewish.
John Roberts described tariffs as taxes paid by Americans because tariffs are taxes paid by Americans. “No, I don’t agree,” said Trump because Trump has no fucking clue what he’s talking about.
John Roberts described tariffs as taxes paid by Americans. “No, I don’t agree,” said Trump “I think they might be paying something, but when you take the overall impact, Americans are gaining tremendously.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
John Roberts described tariffs as taxes paid by Americans because tariffs are taxes paid by Americans. “No, I don’t agree,” said Trump because Trump has no fucking clue what he’s talking about.
GOEBBELS: Ok, I call bullshit.
Duffy: "Can I make one other point about POTUS before we're out of time? I have never seen someone work so hard. All day long he's moving, he's meeting, he's thinking. Dinners he's usually meeting with people. And then at night he's still on the phone calling people! He doesn't stop. He's a machine"
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
GOEBBELS: Ok, I call bullshit.
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Reporters have discovered the cause of Donnie’s bizarre reaction to a man’s collapse yesterday in the Oval Office.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reporters have discovered the cause of Donnie’s bizarre reaction to a man’s collapse yesterday in the Oval Office.
Reporters have discovered the cause of Donnie’s bizarre reaction to a man’s collapse yesterday in the Oval Office.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reporters have discovered the cause of Donnie’s bizarre reaction to a man’s collapse yesterday in the Oval Office.
You know who’s responsible for AstroTurf, don’t you. That’s right. Women.
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You know who’s responsible for AstroTurf, don’t you. That’s right. Women.
Nazi Nick Fuentes’ warning not to call him a Nazi made me think of this classic short about “playing the Nazi card.” It’s classic.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nazi Nick Fuentes’ warning not to call him a Nazi made me think of this classic short about “playing the Nazi card.” It’s classic.
I’m actually quite impressed by the realism of the “I couldn’t give a shit about anyone but me” Trump cardboard cutout.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m actually quite impressed by the realism of the “I couldn’t give a shit about anyone but me” Trump cardboard cutout.
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EWWWWW!!!!!! GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Alternate Title:
EWWWWW!!!!!! GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!
EWWWWW!!!!!! GIRLS!!!!!!!!!!
Presidents shouldn’t be this stupid.
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Presidents shouldn’t be this stupid.
WORKER #1: What color should the lettering be?
WORKER #2: Seriously?
WORKER #2: Seriously?
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
WORKER #1: What color should the lettering be?
WORKER #2: Seriously?
WORKER #2: Seriously?
Countries around the world are now starting wars just to have the honor of having Donnie end them.
Mike Johnson: "The president is literally solving wars around the globe. I think we're up to nine."
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Countries around the world are now starting wars just to have the honor of having Donnie end them.
So the genius who brags about being able to identify a drawing of an elephant and repeat the words “person, woman, man, camera, tv” knows which door leads to his office.
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So the genius who brags about being able to identify a drawing of an elephant and repeat the words “person, woman, man, camera, tv” knows which door leads to his office.
US Government Terrorists
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
US Government Terrorists
Seize the means of production!
Collectivize the land!
Liquidate the Kulaks!
All power to the soviets!
Collectivize the land!
Liquidate the Kulaks!
All power to the soviets!
Kelly Loeffler: "This is gonna be a crisis in the city of New York, to have a communist in there talking about seizing the means of production ... this is the face of Democrat Party now, and you saw that with everyone coming and bowing to him."
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Seize the means of production!
Collectivize the land!
Liquidate the Kulaks!
All power to the soviets!
Collectivize the land!
Liquidate the Kulaks!
All power to the soviets!