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Christopher McKnight Nichols

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Historian, Hayes Chair @OhioState Mershon Ctr Carnegie Fellow 6 Books: Ideology in US Foreign Relations, Rethinking American Grand Strategy, Promise & Peril. Isolationism, Internationalism, Globalization. ⚾️

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thrilled that Ideology in U.S. Foreign Relations: New Histories, co-edited with David Milne, @columbiaup.bsky.social, has been awarded the International Studies Association's 2023 Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations. cup.columbia.edu/book/ideolog...

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Brett Morris @brettmorr.is · 19h

I worked as an academic in Europe five years ago. I always heard folks say: “yes things are strange now, but the US will always be a powerhouse in scientific research and higher education.”

That didn’t age well.

Science in the US will never recover if this continues. 🧪

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Outside of Portland's ICE facility last night, Kenny from South Park got married to a unicorn.

The betrothed Portland couple said they decided to get hitched on site to bring some joy and fun to a dark time.

"People can be fun loving people and still protest."

www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 15h

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm!

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting ... there must be more to the story for sure!

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 1d

I'd have to guess some relationship to missionaries, among other connections-eh @econroykrutz.bsky.social?

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! Totally. I can also imagine them calling for their special compact funds and it just rings and rings

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 2d

yes and yes!

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 2d

"President Trump continued to describe Portland as a city on fire Friday even as residents enjoyed the first fall rain and the lone demonstrator at the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement building was dressed as a pink Care Bear."

Sometimes there is a good sentence or two in the NYT.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 2d

From #AHAPerspectives in 2020: "Is there a way to teach...history without either 'vilifying' individuals or glossing over the thornier parts of their legacies?" asked Alex Pinelli. "Absolutely. My students proved it...during our lesson on Columbus." 🗃️

Middle Schoolers Take on Columbus – AHA

Teacher Alex Pinelli shares how he teaches about Christopher Columbus in a private Christian middle school.

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, this is great.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 2d

I used to do that! You know, Portland is far from perfect and there's plenty of issues, but pretty much no one out there actually thinks it is under siege, on fire, out of buildings, no longer with functioning stores, etc. Even DHS knows it.

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 2d

So true. I knew some of those Moms in Portland and they sure were real...so many there had never protested before, they were hardly left wing radicals!

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 2d

Fair enough as a general trend and set of facts but with THIS Administration's emphasis on America First I think the deal with Qatar, and right now, post-plane, after the Iranian attacks and counters, really stands out.

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 2d

States are continuing to operate programs serving the neediest people during the shutdown. But if federal dollars run out, states can only keep programs going for so long, and worry that if they have to dip into their own coffers, they won't be reimbursed. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/10/r...

‘This shutdown feels different.’ States might not get repaid when government reopens. • Ohio Capital Journal

States are continuing to operate programs servingthe neediest people during the shutdown. But if federal dollars run out, states can only keep programs going for so long, and some worry that if they…

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 2d

Juno is a clam dunk champion 🏀

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 2d

I love this #Portland

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 2d

So let me get this straight...the Trump Administration has signed on to have Qatar build an airbase in the middle of the United States but continues to threaten to pull aid, even hedging to not support actual allied NATO countries if attacked, + off/on withheld weapons, support from Ukraine?

Axios @axios.com · 2d

NEW: Qatar will build an air force facility at Idaho's Mountain Home Airbase, the U.S. and Qatar jointly announced today.

Qatar to build air force facility on U.S. base in Idaho

Laura Loomer and other MAGA figures expressed shock and outrage, but the deal was long in the making.

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3d

Yup?!?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3d

Ha!

a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and smiling .

ALT: a man is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and smiling .

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3d

The History Department at The Ohio State University is searching for an assistant professor of modern Japanese history, check it out, share, apply! #OhioState #ModernJapan #history 🗃️ jobs.chronicle.com/job/37884726...

Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese History - Columbus, Ohio job with The Ohio State University, Department of History | 37884726

The Department of History at The Ohio State University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of modern Japanese history.

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3d

If it’s that easy to hide a war from the DHS Sec and thenUS government then…

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

Noem claims Portland hid their war zone from her.

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3d

Talking about billionaires in the 1910s and today ... on @cbsnews.com @shgape.bsky.social @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefe...

Rockefeller became the first billionaire over a century ago. Here's what to know about America's wealthiest today.

Newspapers announced John D. Rockefeller as the first U.S. billionaire 109 years ago. Today there are more than 900 American billionaires.

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