Colin Woodard

@colinwoodard.bsky.social

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Director, Nationhood Lab, @PellCenter.bsky.social - Salve Regina University. Author, American Nations, American Character, Union, Republic of Pirates, and others. www.colinwoodard.com and www.nationhoodlab.org

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Colin Strohn Woodard is an American journalist and writer known for his books American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (2011), The Republic of Pirates (2007), and The Lobster Coast (2004), a cultural and environmental history of coastal Maine. He is known for his writing that examines how the historically distinct regional cultures of America shape its current politics, society and health status. .. more

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Medicine 20%

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 14h

Now you know what he really does and doesn’t stand for, seeing as he’s stepping down and has zero chance of ever being elected to statewide office.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 14h

Total lawlessness.

Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 3d

"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."

ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol

Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.

www.charlotteobserver.com

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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 16h

In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...

Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students

Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.

www.bangordailynews.com

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 18h

How'd the Virginia gubernatorial election stack up, in regional and urban/rural terms, to the 2021 and 2017 contests? The answers to your pressing questions here, via @pellcenter.bsky.social's Nationhood Lab and #AmericanNations: www.nationhoodlab.org/the-2025-vir...

The 2025 Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections and the American Nations

This month’s votes followed the usual regional lines, but with shifts toward Democrats even in rural Appalachia

www.nationhoodlab.org

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 18h

Jared Golden on the list, #MEPolitics.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 5d

These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.

Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.

They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.

Henry Cuellar (TX-28) Jimmy Panetta (CA-19)
Don Davis (NC-01) Chris Pappas (NH-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Jared Golden (ME-02) Josh Riley (NY-19)
Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) Pat Ryan (NY-18)
Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) Kim Schrier (WA-08)
Adam Gray (CA-13) Eric Sorensen (IL-17)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Tom Suozzi (NY-03)
Susie Lee (NV-03) Gene Vindman (VA-07)
David Min (CA-47) George Whitesides (CA-27)

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @think.kera.org in Dallas for having me on Think to talk about Nations Apart & the work we're doing at Nationhood Lab. The full interview is now downloadable at @kera.org and, for R.I. friends, broadcasts today at 2p on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social stations. think.kera.org/2025/11/21/t...

The U.S. has never had a common identity - Think

Historian Colin Woodard joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the civics lessons we’re taught about our country are sometimes overridden by regional cultures and how a new national story might bring us ...

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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy!

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tultican @tultican.bsky.social · 2d

Jan Resseger takes a look at the work of Colin Woodard and what it has to say about the place of the public school system in our society. networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content... #EducationMatters

Jan Resseger: As an Institution, Public Education Is the Very Definition of Our Society’s Civic Vision - Network For Public Education

Jan Resseger takes a look at the work of Colin Woodard and what it has to say about the place of the public school system in our society. Reposted with permission. Colin Woodard is the director of the...

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KERA Think @think.kera.org · 3d

The U.S. has never had a common identity - Think

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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 3d

ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol

Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.

www.charlotteobserver.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, they didn’t seem to grind DJT very small, not when he was a real estate developer, not when he encouraged an armed coup against the United States. It grinds some people small and lets others pass on through.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d

Well known and very clearly defined in political science.

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Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · 4d

This story is nuts.

"ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply."

WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social · 4d

#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️

RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern

A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.

www.wpri.com

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d

Coming up next week: why the sun rises in the east.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness.

It’s the result of simple (or perhaps not-so-simple) geometry. https://wapo.st/3K6NwGR

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness.

It’s the result of simple (or perhaps not-so-simple) geometry. https://wapo.st/3K6NwGR

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d

Primarily just that the American Dream narrative is downstream from (predicated by) the American Experiment. There’s no such dream in the authoritarian herrenvolk regime, at least not for most people.

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 4d

For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.

The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.

Hope that clears things up.

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d

With Trump, every accusation is a confession.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Insanity

SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!

Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 4d

Ethnonatonalism, yes, but also pretty fascist.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Harvard Crimson @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social · 4d

In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding, Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, went to financier Jeffrey E. Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean during their honeymoon.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

Summers Visited Epstein’s Island During 2005 Honeymoon | News | The Harvard Crimson

In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding at Elmwood — the Harvard president’s official residence — Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, traded Cambridge’s cold for a warmer escape.

www.thecrimson.com

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 4d

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 4d

New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.

One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4d

I think it’s important for people to see these posts from the president in their natural habitat to give them context because truly what Trump is saying here is that his opposition should be murdered and that speaking, the truth is the equivalent of sedition. This is an incredibly dangerous combo.

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This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP??? President DJT
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Democratic veterans in Congress urge service members to refuse unspecified unlawful orders washingtonexaminer.com/policy/...
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 4d

Wow.

There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 5d

Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆

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Popehat of Serious Proportion @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d

/6 The vast majority of people who serve in the military understand and respect their oath to support and defend the Constitution and acknowledge that means not following manifestly unlawful orders.

www.militarytimes.com/opinion/comm...