@russellmartin.bsky.social
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Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s voters have become like the members of the administration, delighting in the crassness and obscenity that pours out of the president and his circle whenever they are challenged. But policies suffer and the public is poorly served.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
November 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What he said Part 2: 💯 🎯
“I’m not a king.” True. Dictator wannabe maybe, but not king.
Trump says the government is going to investigate whether Soros paid for all the signs No Kings protesters were carrying. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump on No Kings: "It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
“I’m not a king.” True. Dictator wannabe maybe, but not king.
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What's it like to be a UK historian of Russia in the 2020s?
'Russian History without Russia: Archive Encounters in an Era of Restricted Access', by Jamie Bryson bit.ly/47gd8J8
New article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' - and the latest in our series on 'archive encounters' 1/2
'Russian History without Russia: Archive Encounters in an Era of Restricted Access', by Jamie Bryson bit.ly/47gd8J8
New article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' - and the latest in our series on 'archive encounters' 1/2
October 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What's it like to be a UK historian of Russia in the 2020s?
'Russian History without Russia: Archive Encounters in an Era of Restricted Access', by Jamie Bryson bit.ly/47gd8J8
New article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' - and the latest in our series on 'archive encounters' 1/2
'Russian History without Russia: Archive Encounters in an Era of Restricted Access', by Jamie Bryson bit.ly/47gd8J8
New article in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' - and the latest in our series on 'archive encounters' 1/2
But if we WERE going to have a king….:
October 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
But if we WERE going to have a king….:
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"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...
The OTHER Democratic Demand for Reopening the Government
It’s about stopping Donald Trump and Russ Vought—and it can’t happen soon enough.
www.thebulwark.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"Those who study the law and are experts on the balance of power warn that unless Congress reasserts its authority soon, we may end up unable to repair the guardrails that have held our government together for centuries." www.thebulwark.com/p/the-other-...
An important (and transferable) statement and stance!
This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
October 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
An important (and transferable) statement and stance!
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"We live at a time of considerable uncertainty and peril. We believe this future will be easier (if never easy) to navigate with recourse to the skills and temperaments integral to a historical approach to life."
RHS President, Lucy Noakes, writes on the Society's blog bit.ly/3KBX7Fw #Skystorians
RHS President, Lucy Noakes, writes on the Society's blog bit.ly/3KBX7Fw #Skystorians
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"We live at a time of considerable uncertainty and peril. We believe this future will be easier (if never easy) to navigate with recourse to the skills and temperaments integral to a historical approach to life."
RHS President, Lucy Noakes, writes on the Society's blog bit.ly/3KBX7Fw #Skystorians
RHS President, Lucy Noakes, writes on the Society's blog bit.ly/3KBX7Fw #Skystorians
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Trump and his regime are not invulnerable... brilliant suggestions open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump and his regime are not invulnerable
They taunt us from a place seemingly above the law to make us feel helpless and demoralized. But Democrats can act now to hold them accountable.
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump and his regime are not invulnerable... brilliant suggestions open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return!
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to @jimmykimmel.com on his triumphant return!
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
Last night he was pitch-perfect. Inspirational, self-reflective, gracious to his haters, championing the 1st Amendment & most importantly: FUNNY.
(Shout-out to Robert DeNiro as the mob-boss head of the FCC)😆
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Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) on this moment. Not just the transcript but the video of a floor speech yesterday. A rallying cry:
Transcript: Congressman Crow's Floor Speech on the Concerning State of US Politics & the Path Forward to Unite Our Country
WASHINGTON — A transcript of Congressman Jason Crow's (D-CO-06) full speech from the House floor.
crow.house.gov
September 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Representative Jason Crow (D-CO) on this moment. Not just the transcript but the video of a floor speech yesterday. A rallying cry:
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I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! From the Air ‘Indefinitely’
The decision follows conservative backlash to a comment the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk.
www.vulture.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I don’t know when it’s going to pop for a lot of normies that they are living under an authoritarian regime, but the cancellation of popular TV shows that make fun of the administration might do it www.vulture.com/article/abc-...
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Same guy who lied that immigrants were eating pets. Actual statistics show he's lying here, too.
Vance: “People on the left are much likelier to defend and celebrate political violence. This is not a both sides problem. If both sides have a problem, then one side has a much bigger and malignant problem and that is the truth.”
September 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Same guy who lied that immigrants were eating pets. Actual statistics show he's lying here, too.
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The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.”
What’s Really at Stake if Fewer People Study the Humanities
Why the University of Chicago’s decision to pause admissions to some doctoral programs hurts so much
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The University of Chicago recently announced pauses on admissions to some of its humanities doctoral programs. Tyler Austin Harper argues that it's “a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.”
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I can't speak to the whorehouse decor, but I spend a lot of time in Vegas, and even the gaudiest parts of Caesar's aren't this crapified
Like you I've seen all the pics people post here abt the steady increase of tacky gold crap he keeps adding to the oval office. But somehow it wasn't until I saw this picture that it just hit me. What the actual fuck. Like a Vegas whorehouse.
August 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I can't speak to the whorehouse decor, but I spend a lot of time in Vegas, and even the gaudiest parts of Caesar's aren't this crapified
That European leaders will join Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday has many good reasons to recommend it, one of which is to prevent by their presence the disgraceful piling on that happen the last time. Think of it: they’re coming to run interference with the president of the United States.
August 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That European leaders will join Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday has many good reasons to recommend it, one of which is to prevent by their presence the disgraceful piling on that happen the last time. Think of it: they’re coming to run interference with the president of the United States.
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not sure how many decades it will take America living down having elected Trump twice
August 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
not sure how many decades it will take America living down having elected Trump twice
Kiss? KISS?
August 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Kiss? KISS?
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The massive list of suspended UCLA grants came out today: 300 NSF and 500 NIH grants. I am miraculously not on the list, but this is devastating. Science will be lost, progress will be frozen, people will lose jobs, and careers in science and medicine are being destroyed. This is not ok.
August 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The massive list of suspended UCLA grants came out today: 300 NSF and 500 NIH grants. I am miraculously not on the list, but this is devastating. Science will be lost, progress will be frozen, people will lose jobs, and careers in science and medicine are being destroyed. This is not ok.
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What categories of documents do you think that they should focus on that would bring light to some of this stuff? Where should they begin?
They should start with the money.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
They should start with the money.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The rich and powerful go unpunished: Julie K. Brown on the scale of the Epstein scandal
"These victims feel betrayed once again, by the DOJ and by our government officials who, they believe, are still covering up for wealthy and powerful men."
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What categories of documents do you think that they should focus on that would bring light to some of this stuff? Where should they begin?
They should start with the money.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
They should start with the money.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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The firing of the BLS Commissioner, favorable treatment of Maxwell, intimidation of the universities—a notable week on the slide to a banana republic.
August 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The firing of the BLS Commissioner, favorable treatment of Maxwell, intimidation of the universities—a notable week on the slide to a banana republic.
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“Finish the job?” Clearly going for the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor instead of the Nobel Peace Prize.
July 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Finish the job?” Clearly going for the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor instead of the Nobel Peace Prize.
This was awesome.
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This was awesome.