Shelby Balik
@shelbymbalik.bsky.social
Professor at MSU Denver. Historian of early America and American religion: politics, households, reading and writing, gender, and race. Parent of current and recent teenagers. I should be writing.
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What a rotting heap of garbage he is.
December 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What a rotting heap of garbage he is.
Heartbroken for my alma mater and my adopted city.
December 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Heartbroken for my alma mater and my adopted city.
We seized a Venezuelan oil tanker?
Will someone just declare war on us already?
Will someone just declare war on us already?
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We seized a Venezuelan oil tanker?
Will someone just declare war on us already?
Will someone just declare war on us already?
Undergoing three cognitive exams when other presidents have not taken any is not the flex he thinks it is. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
December 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Undergoing three cognitive exams when other presidents have not taken any is not the flex he thinks it is. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
It would have taken far less effort to just continue to do the right thing.
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National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It would have taken far less effort to just continue to do the right thing.
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Yeah, we had that station wagon in the 1970s. It shouldn't come back.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Yeah, we had that station wagon in the 1970s. It shouldn't come back.
Your daily reminder that the republic is definitely not in a state of collapse.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Your daily reminder that the republic is definitely not in a state of collapse.
www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
There. Fixed it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
There. Fixed it.
Did the SNF commentators just promote the Betsy Ross myth? Yes. Yes, I believe so.
Ask a historian or stick to football, @snfonnbc.bsky.social
Ask a historian or stick to football, @snfonnbc.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Did the SNF commentators just promote the Betsy Ross myth? Yes. Yes, I believe so.
Ask a historian or stick to football, @snfonnbc.bsky.social
Ask a historian or stick to football, @snfonnbc.bsky.social
It sounds like the NY Times is ... nostalgic? for this "lost" New York?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York
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November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It sounds like the NY Times is ... nostalgic? for this "lost" New York?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/s...
In other news, Texas A&M will heretofore be known as TPUSA.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In other news, Texas A&M will heretofore be known as TPUSA.
Well, let's see. Liberal feminism put women in the workplace. So ... oh, I see where you're going with this question.
How does Douthat still have a job?
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How does Douthat still have a job?
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Opinion | Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?
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November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Well, let's see. Liberal feminism put women in the workplace. So ... oh, I see where you're going with this question.
How does Douthat still have a job?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
How does Douthat still have a job?
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I know you are, but what am I?
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I know you are, but what am I?
People are about to lose their health care and SNAP benefits, but thank goodness we're honoring people who committed treason in defense of slavery.
A Confederate statue toppled in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled
A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
People are about to lose their health care and SNAP benefits, but thank goodness we're honoring people who committed treason in defense of slavery.
A military paid with private funds is no longer a military. They are private mercenaries.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
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Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A military paid with private funds is no longer a military. They are private mercenaries.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
I've got a bad feeling about this.
October 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I've got a bad feeling about this.
What about babies who develop fevers? They take Tylenol. If so, we’re talking about … (checks notes) … basically every child.
RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
What about babies who develop fevers? They take Tylenol. If so, we’re talking about … (checks notes) … basically every child.
Nope.
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Nope.