Carolyn Gallaher
@cgallaher.bsky.social
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Research US militias, Christian Right, Northern Ireland, & #DC metro. Write 4 Political Research Associates/Public Eye, Greater Greater Washington, and Streetsense DC.
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academic grumpy cat
Research US militias, Christian Right, Northern Ireland, & #DC metro. Write 4 Political Research Associates/Public Eye, Greater Greater Washington, and Streetsense DC.
Love ocean creatures 🐳🦈🐙
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Building a Green Wall
Building a Green Wall - Irish America’s Resurgence Post-Brexit; Brexit deepened tensions in Northern Ireland and created rifts between Ireland and the UK. Drawing on interviews in Washington, Belfast,...
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It's been a miserable 2025, but I'm going to take a moment to celebrate a legitimately good thing that happened. My friend and colleague, Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, and I published a book! 1/
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I don’t have a new book to promote, but four of my former students have their first books coming out this academic year and, people, you are going to hear about them.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I don’t have a new book to promote, but four of my former students have their first books coming out this academic year and, people, you are going to hear about them.
American University peeps: Please sign our compact demanding AU's administration refuse to sign trump's compact. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni signatures welcome! Let's build a wall of support that AU can't deny!
American University faculty, staff, students & alumni: please sign our chapter statement asking AU to refuse to sign the trump compact & proactively plan how to effectively respond to govt. pressure to sign. The compact isn't dead & new iterations are likely coming down the pike. La lucha continua!
American University AAUP Chapter Petition: Reject the Trump Compact
Note: This statement was endorsed by the AU AAUP Chapter on Nov 21, 2025. We publish it here as an open letter and invite the American University community to sign; to do so, go here. On October 1s…
americanuniversityaaup.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
American University peeps: Please sign our compact demanding AU's administration refuse to sign trump's compact. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni signatures welcome! Let's build a wall of support that AU can't deny!
This is stomach turning. Imagine being an 11 year old child whose father did this to his mother. Your sense of safety would collapse overnight and it won't easily be rebuilt.
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is stomach turning. Imagine being an 11 year old child whose father did this to his mother. Your sense of safety would collapse overnight and it won't easily be rebuilt.
Thought provoking to say the least. Definitely worth a read if you live in MoCo where almost every land use decision gets treated like an Armageddon moment. Plus, I wasn't expecting a shout out to a Marxist Political Scientist whkse work I've read and enjoyed!
Opinion: The problem at public meetings isn't who shows up, but the roles that the people at public meetings are expected to play
What are planning hearings actually for?
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November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thought provoking to say the least. Definitely worth a read if you live in MoCo where almost every land use decision gets treated like an Armageddon moment. Plus, I wasn't expecting a shout out to a Marxist Political Scientist whkse work I've read and enjoyed!
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
Did I wake up in an alternate universe???
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Did I wake up in an alternate universe???
It's been a miserable 2025, but I'm going to take a moment to celebrate a legitimately good thing that happened. My friend and colleague, Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, and I published a book! 1/
Building a Green Wall
Building a Green Wall - Irish America’s Resurgence Post-Brexit; Brexit deepened tensions in Northern Ireland and created rifts between Ireland and the UK. Drawing on interviews in Washington, Belfast,...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's been a miserable 2025, but I'm going to take a moment to celebrate a legitimately good thing that happened. My friend and colleague, Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, and I published a book! 1/
All hail Silver Spring!
There are so many wonderful things about the Silver Spring Thanksgiving parade, but the very best part is all the confused but enthusiastic toddlers dancing in folk costumes that weigh more than they do. America, baby!
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
All hail Silver Spring!
This one wins the interwebs today!
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This one wins the interwebs today!
The General Assembly should consider limiting the fees public institutions can charge for FOIA requests. It's unreasonable that an Assembly member had to cover $4,500 fee out of pocket for a request, or that @vpm.org was quoted 34k for their request. Fees shouldn't undermine the spirit of the law.
Virginia lawmakers and University of Virginia faculty are raising alarm bells about ongoing patterns of secrecy and lack of transparency surrounding former UVA President Jim Ryan's resignation in June.
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...
Questions remain in dispute over Jim Ryan's exit at UVA
"It's a public university. This information should be available."
www.vpm.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The General Assembly should consider limiting the fees public institutions can charge for FOIA requests. It's unreasonable that an Assembly member had to cover $4,500 fee out of pocket for a request, or that @vpm.org was quoted 34k for their request. Fees shouldn't undermine the spirit of the law.
They walked it back but damage is done. Every year I show this video abt WWII death tallies to my students. It's staggering--70 million people died. That's what Nazis brought the word. Now that most soldiers have died WWII revisionism is in full swing. We need to hold the line against these ghouls
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They walked it back but damage is done. Every year I show this video abt WWII death tallies to my students. It's staggering--70 million people died. That's what Nazis brought the word. Now that most soldiers have died WWII revisionism is in full swing. We need to hold the line against these ghouls
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Let that sink in: One person could make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in America combined. Educators deserve better. via @rbreich.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Let that sink in: One person could make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in America combined. Educators deserve better. via @rbreich.bsky.social
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
I wasn't expecting David Ignatius to write such a sterile essay weighing MSB's 'pros & cons' as if the murder & dismemberment of his former @washingtonpost.com colleague Jamal Khashoggi was just a standard entry in the con category. They used a bonesaw to carve him up. How do you ever get past that?
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I wasn't expecting David Ignatius to write such a sterile essay weighing MSB's 'pros & cons' as if the murder & dismemberment of his former @washingtonpost.com colleague Jamal Khashoggi was just a standard entry in the con category. They used a bonesaw to carve him up. How do you ever get past that?
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Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile.
Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open.
Cretin behavior.
@washingtonpost.com has a story today abt Saudi prince MSB coming to visit trump. MSB has been credibly accused of ordering the assassination & dismemberment of wapo editorialist Jamal Khashoggi. As of today, the editorial board has said nothing abt this, leaving the outrage to a lone columnist.
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
@washingtonpost.com has a story today abt Saudi prince MSB coming to visit trump. MSB has been credibly accused of ordering the assassination & dismemberment of wapo editorialist Jamal Khashoggi. As of today, the editorial board has said nothing abt this, leaving the outrage to a lone columnist.
Im glad MTG is on a tear abt this. But I also find it hard to stomach the idea that anyone took trump seriously on this stuff. This is the guy who likes to grab them by the p*ssy & was credibly charged with rape. At some point people like Massie and MTG need to own up to who trump is and always was
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Im glad MTG is on a tear abt this. But I also find it hard to stomach the idea that anyone took trump seriously on this stuff. This is the guy who likes to grab them by the p*ssy & was credibly charged with rape. At some point people like Massie and MTG need to own up to who trump is and always was
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Says something about the DC Press that People Magazine has done more about this story than any of their rags.
…and then the rest of the White House press corps pushed back against the president’s gratuitous insult aimed at one of their colleagues?
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Oh wait! There’s no sign that anything like that happened!
Because access beats out solidarity, every day of the week.
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Says something about the DC Press that People Magazine has done more about this story than any of their rags.
The man who went to a disaster zone wearing seventies swinger threads is out at FEMA.
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The man who went to a disaster zone wearing seventies swinger threads is out at FEMA.
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A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
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The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
This is the tawdry academic version of Ginger Roger's having to do everything Fred Astair did backwards and in heels.
Big props to our anonymous female economist for being too tired for that drink, because I'm sure it was tempting to go for the drink and accidentally spill it all over his smug face
Big props to our anonymous female economist for being too tired for that drink, because I'm sure it was tempting to go for the drink and accidentally spill it all over his smug face
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This is the tawdry academic version of Ginger Roger's having to do everything Fred Astair did backwards and in heels.
Big props to our anonymous female economist for being too tired for that drink, because I'm sure it was tempting to go for the drink and accidentally spill it all over his smug face
Big props to our anonymous female economist for being too tired for that drink, because I'm sure it was tempting to go for the drink and accidentally spill it all over his smug face
Good to remeber Heritage Foundation spent a good deal of its cultural capital complaining about the way James Madison's Montpelier talks about slavery. In particular they didnt like an agreement to give the descendents of Montpelier's enslaved population more say on how the museum presented slavery.
"Open Nazism isn’t an ideological deviation. Fuentes is the logical heir to the antisemitic 'great replacement' conspiracy theory Carlson spent years popularizing at Fox." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-heritage...
The Heritage Foundation, Groypers, and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Fuentes is the fly born of Heritage’s maggot.
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November 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Good to remeber Heritage Foundation spent a good deal of its cultural capital complaining about the way James Madison's Montpelier talks about slavery. In particular they didnt like an agreement to give the descendents of Montpelier's enslaved population more say on how the museum presented slavery.
As a person who grew up in the Bible belt (in the hometown of an infamous televangelist no less), i can't tell you how strange but wonderful it is to see clergy standing up for the poor & downtrodden. In my hometown the preachers were always standing up to judge the poor, queer folk, & uppity women.
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
As a person who grew up in the Bible belt (in the hometown of an infamous televangelist no less), i can't tell you how strange but wonderful it is to see clergy standing up for the poor & downtrodden. In my hometown the preachers were always standing up to judge the poor, queer folk, & uppity women.
Faculty power is a beautiful thing to see 🥰
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Faculty power is a beautiful thing to see 🥰
This whole sorry episode also makes crystal clear that so called best practices on how university Boards of Trustees are constituted and operate need to be completely overhauled.
The AAUP - UVa has accused the Board of Visitors of limiting faculty seats on the presidential search committee.
The committee “is dominated by current and former members of the Board of Visitors and administrators...none of those members were selected by the faculty.”
@aaupvirginia.bsky.social
The committee “is dominated by current and former members of the Board of Visitors and administrators...none of those members were selected by the faculty.”
@aaupvirginia.bsky.social
Spanberger Calls on UVA to Pause President Search
Virginia’s Democratic governor-elect has called on the University of Virginia to wait to hire a new leader until she appoints new board members in January.
www.insidehighered.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This whole sorry episode also makes crystal clear that so called best practices on how university Boards of Trustees are constituted and operate need to be completely overhauled.