"The History Prof" (Richie)
@the-history-prof.bsky.social
#Resister. Progressive. An Educator since 1981 (Political Science and History). Husband & Dad. Creative & Talented (musician, singer, actor, and writer). Semi-retired, working as Adjunct Professor of History. 💙
From "The New Yorker."
ICE RECRUITMEMT POSTERS:
ICE wants YOU to follow ORDERS and never think for YOURSELF again!
ICE feels like YOU might be INTO that sort of THING.
Become an ICE agent TODAY & get PAID to OBEY like a GOOD little BOY or GIRL...
ICE RECRUITMEMT POSTERS:
ICE wants YOU to follow ORDERS and never think for YOURSELF again!
ICE feels like YOU might be INTO that sort of THING.
Become an ICE agent TODAY & get PAID to OBEY like a GOOD little BOY or GIRL...
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
From "The New Yorker."
ICE RECRUITMEMT POSTERS:
ICE wants YOU to follow ORDERS and never think for YOURSELF again!
ICE feels like YOU might be INTO that sort of THING.
Become an ICE agent TODAY & get PAID to OBEY like a GOOD little BOY or GIRL...
ICE RECRUITMEMT POSTERS:
ICE wants YOU to follow ORDERS and never think for YOURSELF again!
ICE feels like YOU might be INTO that sort of THING.
Become an ICE agent TODAY & get PAID to OBEY like a GOOD little BOY or GIRL...
New Yorker Cartoon from my subscription.
October 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
New Yorker Cartoon from my subscription.
"Since you can no longer afford insurance that covers X-rays, I can instead show you the plans for the White House ballroom.”
October 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
"Since you can no longer afford insurance that covers X-rays, I can instead show you the plans for the White House ballroom.”
This Saturday (10/18) is the next "No Kings Day." "WALK THE WALK," don't just "talk the talk!" Find the nearest protest, & if there's none nearby, create one!
Now is the time to defend democracy against DJT's autocracy.
I went last time & I'm partially disabled.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Now is the time to defend democracy against DJT's autocracy.
I went last time & I'm partially disabled.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
October 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This Saturday (10/18) is the next "No Kings Day." "WALK THE WALK," don't just "talk the talk!" Find the nearest protest, & if there's none nearby, create one!
Now is the time to defend democracy against DJT's autocracy.
I went last time & I'm partially disabled.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Now is the time to defend democracy against DJT's autocracy.
I went last time & I'm partially disabled.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
A summary of the milestones we've passed on the road to fascism this year.
History repeats. Hitler had a meeting with 25 industrialists whem he took office who pledged financial support for business favors.
Musk, Zuck, & Besos sat with Trump when he was sworn in.
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
History repeats. Hitler had a meeting with 25 industrialists whem he took office who pledged financial support for business favors.
Musk, Zuck, & Besos sat with Trump when he was sworn in.
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A summary of the milestones we've passed on the road to fascism this year.
History repeats. Hitler had a meeting with 25 industrialists whem he took office who pledged financial support for business favors.
Musk, Zuck, & Besos sat with Trump when he was sworn in.
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
History repeats. Hitler had a meeting with 25 industrialists whem he took office who pledged financial support for business favors.
Musk, Zuck, & Besos sat with Trump when he was sworn in.
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
Detached from reality?
White House Comms. Dir. S. Cheung on the Peace Prize not going to Trump:
"Prez Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a HUMANITARIAN, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with...his will."
White House Comms. Dir. S. Cheung on the Peace Prize not going to Trump:
"Prez Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a HUMANITARIAN, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with...his will."
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Detached from reality?
White House Comms. Dir. S. Cheung on the Peace Prize not going to Trump:
"Prez Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a HUMANITARIAN, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with...his will."
White House Comms. Dir. S. Cheung on the Peace Prize not going to Trump:
"Prez Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a HUMANITARIAN, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with...his will."
PART II: Yom Kippur
This holy day is an example of the philosophical development of ethical monotheism over 2k years. It began as a primitive sacrificial ritual conducted in the Temple, and then evolved into the contemplative day of fasting and prayer which Jews around the world observe today.
This holy day is an example of the philosophical development of ethical monotheism over 2k years. It began as a primitive sacrificial ritual conducted in the Temple, and then evolved into the contemplative day of fasting and prayer which Jews around the world observe today.
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
PART II: Yom Kippur
This holy day is an example of the philosophical development of ethical monotheism over 2k years. It began as a primitive sacrificial ritual conducted in the Temple, and then evolved into the contemplative day of fasting and prayer which Jews around the world observe today.
This holy day is an example of the philosophical development of ethical monotheism over 2k years. It began as a primitive sacrificial ritual conducted in the Temple, and then evolved into the contemplative day of fasting and prayer which Jews around the world observe today.
Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year--the Day of Atonement--begins at sundown on Wednesday. It is a day of reflection, repentance & restitution, as well as fasting and prayers. The Jewish faith describe the 10-day period from Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) Yom Kippur as "The Days of Awe."
September 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year--the Day of Atonement--begins at sundown on Wednesday. It is a day of reflection, repentance & restitution, as well as fasting and prayers. The Jewish faith describe the 10-day period from Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) Yom Kippur as "The Days of Awe."
Sunset on Fire Island last Thursday. In the pic on the left, you can see the tallest Manhattan skyscrapers poking their heads above the horizon.
The South Shore of Long Island is so flat, it allows us to see across the 25 miles to Manhattan. The curvature of the earth hides the lower floors.
The South Shore of Long Island is so flat, it allows us to see across the 25 miles to Manhattan. The curvature of the earth hides the lower floors.
September 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sunset on Fire Island last Thursday. In the pic on the left, you can see the tallest Manhattan skyscrapers poking their heads above the horizon.
The South Shore of Long Island is so flat, it allows us to see across the 25 miles to Manhattan. The curvature of the earth hides the lower floors.
The South Shore of Long Island is so flat, it allows us to see across the 25 miles to Manhattan. The curvature of the earth hides the lower floors.
Rosh Hashanah is an ancient observance. Archeologists found a stone from the Temple parapet inscribed, "to the trumpeting place." This supports the Talmud tradition that the priests stood on the roof of the Temple and blew the shofars to announce the New Year. This was heard throughout Jerusalem.
September 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Rosh Hashanah is an ancient observance. Archeologists found a stone from the Temple parapet inscribed, "to the trumpeting place." This supports the Talmud tradition that the priests stood on the roof of the Temple and blew the shofars to announce the New Year. This was heard throughout Jerusalem.
I love G. Clooney's film, "Good Night & Good Luck." I have always felt grateful to not be living with McCarthyism, which Wiki defines as, "the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals..."
The firing of Jimmy Kimmel is modern-day McCarthyism!
Resist!
Clip: Welch v. McCarthy
The firing of Jimmy Kimmel is modern-day McCarthyism!
Resist!
Clip: Welch v. McCarthy
September 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I love G. Clooney's film, "Good Night & Good Luck." I have always felt grateful to not be living with McCarthyism, which Wiki defines as, "the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals..."
The firing of Jimmy Kimmel is modern-day McCarthyism!
Resist!
Clip: Welch v. McCarthy
The firing of Jimmy Kimmel is modern-day McCarthyism!
Resist!
Clip: Welch v. McCarthy
Kimmel. Colbert.
Columbia. Harvard. UCLA. Paul, Weiss, & Rifkind. Susan Monarez (CDC).
17 executive dept. inspector generals.
INDEPENDENT executive agency board members: 2 from NLRB; 2 Dems from the FCC; 2 Dems from Consumer Protection, etc.
Enabled by SCOTUS.
When & where will it end?
Columbia. Harvard. UCLA. Paul, Weiss, & Rifkind. Susan Monarez (CDC).
17 executive dept. inspector generals.
INDEPENDENT executive agency board members: 2 from NLRB; 2 Dems from the FCC; 2 Dems from Consumer Protection, etc.
Enabled by SCOTUS.
When & where will it end?
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Kimmel. Colbert.
Columbia. Harvard. UCLA. Paul, Weiss, & Rifkind. Susan Monarez (CDC).
17 executive dept. inspector generals.
INDEPENDENT executive agency board members: 2 from NLRB; 2 Dems from the FCC; 2 Dems from Consumer Protection, etc.
Enabled by SCOTUS.
When & where will it end?
Columbia. Harvard. UCLA. Paul, Weiss, & Rifkind. Susan Monarez (CDC).
17 executive dept. inspector generals.
INDEPENDENT executive agency board members: 2 from NLRB; 2 Dems from the FCC; 2 Dems from Consumer Protection, etc.
Enabled by SCOTUS.
When & where will it end?
Hmm, let's see...
in '20,, the FBI foiled a plot by right-wing militia to kidnap the Dem Gov. of MI, Gretchen Whitmer.
In 2022, Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home & his skull fractured (Don Jr. posted a hammer as a Halloween costume, but I guess that's ok)...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
in '20,, the FBI foiled a plot by right-wing militia to kidnap the Dem Gov. of MI, Gretchen Whitmer.
In 2022, Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home & his skull fractured (Don Jr. posted a hammer as a Halloween costume, but I guess that's ok)...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
September 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hmm, let's see...
in '20,, the FBI foiled a plot by right-wing militia to kidnap the Dem Gov. of MI, Gretchen Whitmer.
In 2022, Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home & his skull fractured (Don Jr. posted a hammer as a Halloween costume, but I guess that's ok)...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
in '20,, the FBI foiled a plot by right-wing militia to kidnap the Dem Gov. of MI, Gretchen Whitmer.
In 2022, Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home & his skull fractured (Don Jr. posted a hammer as a Halloween costume, but I guess that's ok)...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
I'm posting my "greatest hits"of the last two weeks--no time to write new ones, because the start of a semester always throws me into a chaotic frenzy, even though this is my 43rd year in the classroom!
September 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I'm posting my "greatest hits"of the last two weeks--no time to write new ones, because the start of a semester always throws me into a chaotic frenzy, even though this is my 43rd year in the classroom!
In 2025:
*286 mass shootings in the USA (avg. 1 per day).
* 800 kids killed, & 2,200 injured.
*Gun violence = top killer of children in the US .
*The USA is the only country where school shootings occur regularly.
Mayor Frey: "Don't say 'thoughts and prayers.' These kids were literally praying."
*286 mass shootings in the USA (avg. 1 per day).
* 800 kids killed, & 2,200 injured.
*Gun violence = top killer of children in the US .
*The USA is the only country where school shootings occur regularly.
Mayor Frey: "Don't say 'thoughts and prayers.' These kids were literally praying."
August 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In 2025:
*286 mass shootings in the USA (avg. 1 per day).
* 800 kids killed, & 2,200 injured.
*Gun violence = top killer of children in the US .
*The USA is the only country where school shootings occur regularly.
Mayor Frey: "Don't say 'thoughts and prayers.' These kids were literally praying."
*286 mass shootings in the USA (avg. 1 per day).
* 800 kids killed, & 2,200 injured.
*Gun violence = top killer of children in the US .
*The USA is the only country where school shootings occur regularly.
Mayor Frey: "Don't say 'thoughts and prayers.' These kids were literally praying."
Take a look at the pictures below.
It's only another small step away...right on the edge!
We don't put posters of POTUS on federal public buildings!!
Below left: Chairman Mao, dictator of "Red" China, 1949-1976
Below right: the Felon's image on the Labor Department in D.C.
Also: Hatch Act?
It's only another small step away...right on the edge!
We don't put posters of POTUS on federal public buildings!!
Below left: Chairman Mao, dictator of "Red" China, 1949-1976
Below right: the Felon's image on the Labor Department in D.C.
Also: Hatch Act?
August 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Take a look at the pictures below.
It's only another small step away...right on the edge!
We don't put posters of POTUS on federal public buildings!!
Below left: Chairman Mao, dictator of "Red" China, 1949-1976
Below right: the Felon's image on the Labor Department in D.C.
Also: Hatch Act?
It's only another small step away...right on the edge!
We don't put posters of POTUS on federal public buildings!!
Below left: Chairman Mao, dictator of "Red" China, 1949-1976
Below right: the Felon's image on the Labor Department in D.C.
Also: Hatch Act?
Took time off from here to visit my son, & we went to a Quaker Meeting today.
They started a weekly vigil supporting humane treatment of immigrants. Other churches joined them, & the movement is growing.
Maybe this is a movement that can spread to other towns and churches, synagogues, & mosques?
They started a weekly vigil supporting humane treatment of immigrants. Other churches joined them, & the movement is growing.
Maybe this is a movement that can spread to other towns and churches, synagogues, & mosques?
August 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Took time off from here to visit my son, & we went to a Quaker Meeting today.
They started a weekly vigil supporting humane treatment of immigrants. Other churches joined them, & the movement is growing.
Maybe this is a movement that can spread to other towns and churches, synagogues, & mosques?
They started a weekly vigil supporting humane treatment of immigrants. Other churches joined them, & the movement is growing.
Maybe this is a movement that can spread to other towns and churches, synagogues, & mosques?
At a news conference, POTUS painted a dystopian picture of D.C. : “bloodthirsty criminals” & “roving mobs of wild youth”....BUT violent crime in the city is at a 30-year low.
The quotes are code for "Black Youths." We in NY remember his '89 ad below--they were found innocent after yrs in prison!!
The quotes are code for "Black Youths." We in NY remember his '89 ad below--they were found innocent after yrs in prison!!
August 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
At a news conference, POTUS painted a dystopian picture of D.C. : “bloodthirsty criminals” & “roving mobs of wild youth”....BUT violent crime in the city is at a 30-year low.
The quotes are code for "Black Youths." We in NY remember his '89 ad below--they were found innocent after yrs in prison!!
The quotes are code for "Black Youths." We in NY remember his '89 ad below--they were found innocent after yrs in prison!!
MUNICH PART ii:
If Trump forces Ukraine to surrender sovereign territory, then it's 1938 again & we can call him Chamberlain.
In Europe, since the UN was formed, only Russia has invaded neighbors & forcibly changed boundaries (Georgia '08, Ukraine in '14, and again in '22).
We can't allow it!
If Trump forces Ukraine to surrender sovereign territory, then it's 1938 again & we can call him Chamberlain.
In Europe, since the UN was formed, only Russia has invaded neighbors & forcibly changed boundaries (Georgia '08, Ukraine in '14, and again in '22).
We can't allow it!
August 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
MUNICH PART ii:
If Trump forces Ukraine to surrender sovereign territory, then it's 1938 again & we can call him Chamberlain.
In Europe, since the UN was formed, only Russia has invaded neighbors & forcibly changed boundaries (Georgia '08, Ukraine in '14, and again in '22).
We can't allow it!
If Trump forces Ukraine to surrender sovereign territory, then it's 1938 again & we can call him Chamberlain.
In Europe, since the UN was formed, only Russia has invaded neighbors & forcibly changed boundaries (Georgia '08, Ukraine in '14, and again in '22).
We can't allow it!
Lost in the uproar over Epstein is the tragedy of the 1st victim to go public, Virginia Guiffre, who committed suicide last April. She was recruited at Mar-a-Lago by G. Maxwell for Epstein's criminal enterprise. See her sweet, innocent face with Prince Andy. Sexual abuse haunts its victims for life.
August 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Lost in the uproar over Epstein is the tragedy of the 1st victim to go public, Virginia Guiffre, who committed suicide last April. She was recruited at Mar-a-Lago by G. Maxwell for Epstein's criminal enterprise. See her sweet, innocent face with Prince Andy. Sexual abuse haunts its victims for life.
Thank you, Your Royal Highness Princess Shukri, for including me!
As a fellow cat person, I'm including a cherished pic of my fave cat, Taz, greeting our newborn son when we brought him home 25 years ago. Of course Taz wanted to meet our bundle of joy. I cried for days when he went to Cat Heaven.
As a fellow cat person, I'm including a cherished pic of my fave cat, Taz, greeting our newborn son when we brought him home 25 years ago. Of course Taz wanted to meet our bundle of joy. I cried for days when he went to Cat Heaven.
July 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Thank you, Your Royal Highness Princess Shukri, for including me!
As a fellow cat person, I'm including a cherished pic of my fave cat, Taz, greeting our newborn son when we brought him home 25 years ago. Of course Taz wanted to meet our bundle of joy. I cried for days when he went to Cat Heaven.
As a fellow cat person, I'm including a cherished pic of my fave cat, Taz, greeting our newborn son when we brought him home 25 years ago. Of course Taz wanted to meet our bundle of joy. I cried for days when he went to Cat Heaven.
And never forget that it was the GOP senators, led by Goldwater, who went to the White House & told Nixon he had lost the support of Congress & woukd be impeached & convicted if he stayed!!
Can you imagine today's GOP doing that? They didn't even convict him after he led a coup!!
Can you imagine today's GOP doing that? They didn't even convict him after he led a coup!!
July 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And never forget that it was the GOP senators, led by Goldwater, who went to the White House & told Nixon he had lost the support of Congress & woukd be impeached & convicted if he stayed!!
Can you imagine today's GOP doing that? They didn't even convict him after he led a coup!!
Can you imagine today's GOP doing that? They didn't even convict him after he led a coup!!
Laugh of the week:
In case you ever doubted that MAGA is a cult, this house in my neighborhood has been decorated this way since Trump lost the 2020 election.
It includes a blondish rug remnant on top of the mailbox to simulate Trump's hair, and 2 life-sized cardboard cutouts of Trump and Melania.
In case you ever doubted that MAGA is a cult, this house in my neighborhood has been decorated this way since Trump lost the 2020 election.
It includes a blondish rug remnant on top of the mailbox to simulate Trump's hair, and 2 life-sized cardboard cutouts of Trump and Melania.
July 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Laugh of the week:
In case you ever doubted that MAGA is a cult, this house in my neighborhood has been decorated this way since Trump lost the 2020 election.
It includes a blondish rug remnant on top of the mailbox to simulate Trump's hair, and 2 life-sized cardboard cutouts of Trump and Melania.
In case you ever doubted that MAGA is a cult, this house in my neighborhood has been decorated this way since Trump lost the 2020 election.
It includes a blondish rug remnant on top of the mailbox to simulate Trump's hair, and 2 life-sized cardboard cutouts of Trump and Melania.
"When shall the reputation...of this generation of Americans fail?...in the long years to come...wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, people will look back to what we’ve done and they will say “do not despair, do not yield to violence and tyranny." --Churchill, adapted for our fight.
July 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"When shall the reputation...of this generation of Americans fail?...in the long years to come...wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, people will look back to what we’ve done and they will say “do not despair, do not yield to violence and tyranny." --Churchill, adapted for our fight.
Don't call me alarmist, but part of the Nazi's success in the '30's was their policy of "othering": Jews, Romani, homosexuals, Slavs--all were blamed for Germany's post-WWI woes.
How is that different from the filth spewing from this Admin about immigrants? From "shithole countries"? Eating pets?
How is that different from the filth spewing from this Admin about immigrants? From "shithole countries"? Eating pets?
July 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Don't call me alarmist, but part of the Nazi's success in the '30's was their policy of "othering": Jews, Romani, homosexuals, Slavs--all were blamed for Germany's post-WWI woes.
How is that different from the filth spewing from this Admin about immigrants? From "shithole countries"? Eating pets?
How is that different from the filth spewing from this Admin about immigrants? From "shithole countries"? Eating pets?