Michael E. Carter
@deckofcarterhist.bsky.social
Americanist Military Historian & Genocide Scholar.
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
Kean University History Adjunct.
Expat Twitterstorian. Skystorian.
Cancer Survivor. He/Him.
https://linktr.ee/deckofcarterhistory
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Shot, smoke, and snowballs.
History echoes.
History echoes.
This is horrific but expected. These thugs will simply murder more people until forced not to.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 AM
This is horrific but expected. These thugs will simply murder more people until forced not to.
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The Wall Street Journal: "The American City That Found Itself at War With the U.S. Government"
The fatal shooting of a VA nurse by federal agents marked a new and alarming phase in the battle for Minneapolis. How a city found itself at war with the U.S. government.
The American City That Found Itself at War With the U.S. Government
An escalating showdown between federal and local authorities is playing out on the streets of Minneapolis, making even some Trump supporters uneasy.
on.wsj.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:22 AM
The Wall Street Journal: "The American City That Found Itself at War With the U.S. Government"
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The ending of CASINO ROYALE fits my definition of pure cinema.
The perfect end to a perfect film. #HATM
The perfect end to a perfect film. #HATM
a close up of a man in a suit and tie with the words kinemaster on the bottom
Alt: The final shot of CASINO ROYALE
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:21 AM
The ending of CASINO ROYALE fits my definition of pure cinema.
The perfect end to a perfect film. #HATM
The perfect end to a perfect film. #HATM
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That is an instant classic. Thanks everybody for coming out tonight. We have a really incredible film coming next Sunday so stay tuned tomorrow to find out what it is. #HATM
January 26, 2026 at 3:20 AM
That is an instant classic. Thanks everybody for coming out tonight. We have a really incredible film coming next Sunday so stay tuned tomorrow to find out what it is. #HATM
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They sort of deal with it in Die Another Day, where Bond spends the title sequence in North Korean captivity, and it clearly does some damage, though Brosnan's back to old tricks pretty quick (though so is Craig here). #CasinoRoyale #HATM
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 AM
They sort of deal with it in Die Another Day, where Bond spends the title sequence in North Korean captivity, and it clearly does some damage, though Brosnan's back to old tricks pretty quick (though so is Craig here). #CasinoRoyale #HATM
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It also set the Guinness Book of World Records for car flips in a movie - the Aston Martin flipped 7 times. The 2024 film The Fall Guy broke that record with 8 and a half. #hatm
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 AM
It also set the Guinness Book of World Records for car flips in a movie - the Aston Martin flipped 7 times. The 2024 film The Fall Guy broke that record with 8 and a half. #hatm
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Do we know who the next Bond is going to be? Can’t remember if they announced. #HATM #CasinoRoyale
January 26, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Do we know who the next Bond is going to be? Can’t remember if they announced. #HATM #CasinoRoyale
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Today was terrible and I almost forgot about #HATM but now it should be better.
And welcome to Historians At The Movies! Tonight we FINALLY visit with James Bond with CASINO ROYALE on Netflix at 8pm eastern. #HATM 1/
This week Historians At The Movies talks about the history of and behind the world’s most stylish secret agent. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, January 25 at 8pm eastern for CASINO ROYALE.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Today was terrible and I almost forgot about #HATM but now it should be better.
Imagine being so incompotence as FBI Director, you need to kick it over to the dog killer to handle the cover up.
(Also, this is not an isolated incident. Last year, during the National Guard deployments, Hegseth also cowtowed to Noem on the issue. It's kind of alarming.)
(Also, this is not an isolated incident. Last year, during the National Guard deployments, Hegseth also cowtowed to Noem on the issue. It's kind of alarming.)
BARTIROMO: But how was he threatening Border Patrol? How was he using a gun to threaten? He was filming it
KASH PATEL: That's something I'll let DHS because they are investigating that case
(Notable that even Bartiromo seems to be bothered by this!)
KASH PATEL: That's something I'll let DHS because they are investigating that case
(Notable that even Bartiromo seems to be bothered by this!)
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Imagine being so incompotence as FBI Director, you need to kick it over to the dog killer to handle the cover up.
(Also, this is not an isolated incident. Last year, during the National Guard deployments, Hegseth also cowtowed to Noem on the issue. It's kind of alarming.)
(Also, this is not an isolated incident. Last year, during the National Guard deployments, Hegseth also cowtowed to Noem on the issue. It's kind of alarming.)
John Cassell, Cassell's Illustrated History of England (Vol. 5) 1865.
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 AM
John Cassell, Cassell's Illustrated History of England (Vol. 5) 1865.
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Bostonians commemorated the Boston Massacre annually for a dozen years from 1771-1783 or until independence from the government responsible was achieved.
Hugo Lowell told MSNOW that the Trump administration expects that the murder of Alex Pretti will "blow over and go away." They believe that Americans will forget about it in a week or so.
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Bostonians commemorated the Boston Massacre annually for a dozen years from 1771-1783 or until independence from the government responsible was achieved.
The fact that numerous federal officials, including White House staff, Cabinet members, and the President, declared these people "domestic terrorists" before their blood was cold is where this became a generalized revolt.
If everything is political, and it is, that is where Trump lost this fight.
If everything is political, and it is, that is where Trump lost this fight.
The deputy White House chief of staff, Stephen Miller, called Pretti a “domestic terrorist” and an “assassin.” In fact, Pretti was a registered nurse working in intensive care at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.
This is who he really was.
This is who he really was.
January 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The fact that numerous federal officials, including White House staff, Cabinet members, and the President, declared these people "domestic terrorists" before their blood was cold is where this became a generalized revolt.
If everything is political, and it is, that is where Trump lost this fight.
If everything is political, and it is, that is where Trump lost this fight.
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Seen in Los Angeles
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Seen in Los Angeles
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
(Credit: Zurita Carpio)
Broken clock. The only way this de-esclates is ICE leaves.
Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Broken clock. The only way this de-esclates is ICE leaves.
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This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This administration is cooked. Literally no one is scared of them.
They lost Cruz.
Don't give them power they don't possess.
Don't give them power they don't possess.
EXCLUSIVE: In secret recordings, Sen. Ted Cruz trashes Trump, Vance
"You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
"You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."
Exclusive: In secret recordings, Cruz trashes Trump, Vance
The comments to donors last year are some of the harshest criticisms of Trump and Vance by a fellow Republican.
www.axios.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:14 PM
They lost Cruz.
Don't give them power they don't possess.
Don't give them power they don't possess.
We are less than a year out from a reckoning.
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
We are less than a year out from a reckoning.
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A revised radiocarbon chronology of the monumental 18,000 y/o Upper #Paleolithic #mammoth bone structures of Mezhyrich in central #Ukraine suggests, it may have been used used for up to 429 years:
🏺 www.sci.news/archaeology/...
🏺 www.sci.news/archaeology/...
18,000-Year-Old Circular Dwellings Made of Mammoth Bones Unearthed in Ukraine | Sci.News
The Upper Paleolithic site of Mezhyrich, located in Cherkasy oblast, central Ukraine, is home to four remarkable mammoth bone structures.
www.sci.news
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
A revised radiocarbon chronology of the monumental 18,000 y/o Upper #Paleolithic #mammoth bone structures of Mezhyrich in central #Ukraine suggests, it may have been used used for up to 429 years:
🏺 www.sci.news/archaeology/...
🏺 www.sci.news/archaeology/...
Time to drown in what makes sense.
Come Out Ye Black And Tans (Cover) Colm R. McGuinness
YouTube video by Colm R. McGuinness
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January 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Time to drown in what makes sense.
"He was a good man."
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
"He was a good man."
I am not going to threaten a US Ambassador but someone should.
Waltz: "Denmark has ignored Greenland from a defense standpoint and they have ignored the Greenlandic native iniut people ... if you get a cancer diagnosis in Greenland right now, it's darn near a death sentence. Denmark has not invested in the way it should've over the years."
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I am not going to threaten a US Ambassador but someone should.