Sally Hadden
@sallyhadden.bsky.social
Historian of law, the south, early America. Lover of baseball, college bball, English theatre. Author of SLAVE PATROLS: LAW & VIOLENCE IN VIRGINIA & THE CAROLINAS. Editor of Publications, Colonial Society of Massahusetts.
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look, I'm no fan of the Bourbons, or of monarchy in general for that matter -- but to invoke them to characterize Trump is I think deeply unfair to Versailles and the French absolutist monarchy
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
look, I'm no fan of the Bourbons, or of monarchy in general for that matter -- but to invoke them to characterize Trump is I think deeply unfair to Versailles and the French absolutist monarchy
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Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
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Time for AI:DR then?
December 26, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Time for AI:DR then?
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Unbelievable.
BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.
Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword
The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.
www.kcur.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Unbelievable.
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Oooh. I need to sign up for that.
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Oooh. I need to sign up for that.
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So pleased to be interviewed by @lizcovart.bsky.social for her fantastic podcast: Ben Franklin's World. Liz is a great interviewer, true professional, and carried this episode.
Episode 421: Greg Brooking, Loyalism and Revolution in Georgia
Georgia’s experience offers rich insight into Loyalism, imperial politics, and how personal conviction shaped the course of the American Revolution.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
So pleased to be interviewed by @lizcovart.bsky.social for her fantastic podcast: Ben Franklin's World. Liz is a great interviewer, true professional, and carried this episode.
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New Mexico is such a fascinating success story because it's the only solid blue state that's also poor by US standards and despite theoretically having the least tax base to work with they quietly roll out some new social democratic policy every year
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…
www.krqe.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New Mexico is such a fascinating success story because it's the only solid blue state that's also poor by US standards and despite theoretically having the least tax base to work with they quietly roll out some new social democratic policy every year
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Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Great new History job just posted at my university, Western Michigan. Any questions, please contact me or @anisekstrong.bsky.social.
My Dept of History at W. Michigan University in Kalamazoo is hiring an Asst/Associate Prof in African American History. Please come join us! 2-2 load/generous research & travel funding, diverse & culturally lively community/ free college in MI for kids. ?s welcome. www.wmujobs.org/postings/4277
Assistant/Associate Professor - African American History - Tenure Track
Western Michigan University invites applications and nominations for the position of full-time tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of African American history to start August 20...
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August 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Great new History job just posted at my university, Western Michigan. Any questions, please contact me or @anisekstrong.bsky.social.
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Calling HBCU faculty in the humanities and social sciences. Join us on Sept 4 for a virtual session about fellowship & research support opportunities at the NHC. Learn tips for writing strong proposals and advice on getting the support you need for the application process. Click below to register.
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July 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Calling HBCU faculty in the humanities and social sciences. Join us on Sept 4 for a virtual session about fellowship & research support opportunities at the NHC. Learn tips for writing strong proposals and advice on getting the support you need for the application process. Click below to register.
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@americananthro.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.
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The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.
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August 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@americananthro.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.
Might have to include John Quincy Adams, who edited the first edition of his father's papers...
Stoughton Lynd, John Hope Franklin, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr, depending on how one defines ‘major’ (always a problematic term in need of its own historicization) 🗃️
July 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Might have to include John Quincy Adams, who edited the first edition of his father's papers...
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We’re up to at least 97 cases in which district courts have blocked Trump policies—from 73 different judges (appointed by seven different presidents) in 25 different district courts across 10 circuits.
Today’s “One First” looks at what critics of these rulings are leaving out of their narratives:
Today’s “One First” looks at what critics of these rulings are leaving out of their narratives:
155. What District Court Critics Aren't Telling You
The increasingly loud claim that district courts are abusing their powers by blocking Trump administration policies depends upon a series of indefensibly selective (and easily rebutted) arguments.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We’re up to at least 97 cases in which district courts have blocked Trump policies—from 73 different judges (appointed by seven different presidents) in 25 different district courts across 10 circuits.
Today’s “One First” looks at what critics of these rulings are leaving out of their narratives:
Today’s “One First” looks at what critics of these rulings are leaving out of their narratives:
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This is exactly how fast Trump went from violating one immigrant's rights to violating American citizens' rights.
It did not take long.
It did not take long.
U.S. citizen with REAL ID handcuffed and held in immigration raid before being released
The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.
www.nbcnews.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is exactly how fast Trump went from violating one immigrant's rights to violating American citizens' rights.
It did not take long.
It did not take long.
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🚨DOGE Aims to Pool Federal Data, Putting Personal Information at Risk
DOGE "disable[d] automated tracking logs," thereby erasing traces of their actions to avoid legal culpability.
This is a klaxon Democrats and advocates should heed and act on. Big, solid story by 5 seasoned reporters. Gift link!
DOGE "disable[d] automated tracking logs," thereby erasing traces of their actions to avoid legal culpability.
This is a klaxon Democrats and advocates should heed and act on. Big, solid story by 5 seasoned reporters. Gift link!
DOGE aims to pool federal data, putting personal information at risk
A centralized system with unprecedented access to data about Social Security, taxes, medical diagnoses and other private information would create vulnerabilities, experts say.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🚨DOGE Aims to Pool Federal Data, Putting Personal Information at Risk
DOGE "disable[d] automated tracking logs," thereby erasing traces of their actions to avoid legal culpability.
This is a klaxon Democrats and advocates should heed and act on. Big, solid story by 5 seasoned reporters. Gift link!
DOGE "disable[d] automated tracking logs," thereby erasing traces of their actions to avoid legal culpability.
This is a klaxon Democrats and advocates should heed and act on. Big, solid story by 5 seasoned reporters. Gift link!
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A 25-year-old DOGE bro at the CFPB held $715,000 in stocks that ethics lawyers told him he wasn’t allowed to own while working there — then DOGE fired those ethics lawyers.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.
DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, ac...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A 25-year-old DOGE bro at the CFPB held $715,000 in stocks that ethics lawyers told him he wasn’t allowed to own while working there — then DOGE fired those ethics lawyers.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.
This is corruption.
Always call it out.
Finally. He lost, but it took multiple court hearings for him to concede.
🚨BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate in the 2024 North Carolina state Supreme Court election, finally conceded six months after losing the race to incumbent Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, the Associated Press reported. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
IT’S OVER: Republican Jefferson Griffin Concedes in North Carolina Supreme Court Race
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Finally. He lost, but it took multiple court hearings for him to concede.
Privitizing, aka selling off irreplaceable national assets, has always been the plan.
The plan is to break the parks, claim they must be privatized, take them from the American people and give them to their friends.
Update: the Trump administration has proposed cutting the National Park System by $900 million, about one third of its budget.
May 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Privitizing, aka selling off irreplaceable national assets, has always been the plan.
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It was a long week, but today ended with two voting rights victories in Pennsylvania and Trump's executive order targeting my old law firm being permanently blocked by a federal judge in DC.
My advice: stay hopeful, stay strong, stay informed.
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My advice: stay hopeful, stay strong, stay informed.
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May 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It was a long week, but today ended with two voting rights victories in Pennsylvania and Trump's executive order targeting my old law firm being permanently blocked by a federal judge in DC.
My advice: stay hopeful, stay strong, stay informed.
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My advice: stay hopeful, stay strong, stay informed.
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Know the difference. Judicial subpeona not the same as immigration subpeona.
In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
April 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Know the difference. Judicial subpeona not the same as immigration subpeona.
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Trump & Musk: Too Racist for Even White South Africans
South Africa’s Solidarity Movement, which includes a lobby group that represents mainly White people, said it will oppose Donald Trump's to withdraw aid to the nation and rejected an offer to settle in the US.
White South African Group Opposes Trump’s Aid Cut, Refuge Offer
South Africa’s Solidarity Movement, a lobby group that says it represents 2 million Afrikaans speakers, voiced its opposition to a decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw aid to the nation a...
www.bloomberg.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Trump & Musk: Too Racist for Even White South Africans
The advisor of my senior thesis and a model for historians through many decades. Started me on the path. RIP.
Legendary historian & 1961-62 CASBS fellow William Leuchtenburg has died. He worked on what's considered his masterpiece, "Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940" (published 1963) - winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize - while in residence here...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/b...
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William E. Leuchtenburg, Scholar of F.D.R. and the Presidency, Dies at 102
His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and shaped the postwar years.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The advisor of my senior thesis and a model for historians through many decades. Started me on the path. RIP.
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