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Mary Stuckey

@marystuckey.bsky.social

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Rhetorician, political scientist, lover of good wine and national parks. I study the presidency and vote the down ballot.

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · 16d

Colleagues: my department is hiring! Please share far and wide …

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Assistant or Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · Aug 16

Good morning! Here's a flyer for Remembering Jefferson--use the code at the UP Kansas web site and get 30% off and free shipping. Just in time for the semisesquicentennial!

a flyer for the book Remembering Jefferson, including text about the book's content, praise from reviewers, and a code for a discount and free shipping from the University Press of Kansas.

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Kara N. Slade @karanslade.bsky.social · Aug 15

I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s always exciting when a book appears for the first time

Box of three copies of the book Used, Abused, and Sidelined: Debating the Declaration

Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · Aug 14

Y’all, I showed up 74 times. Worth looking for yourself….

Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · Aug 14

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · Aug 14

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Margaret Fosmoe @mfosmoe.bsky.social · Jul 22

Notre Dame has posted a faculty opening for an individual to lead the university's program in Journalism, Ethics & Democracy.
Deadline to apply is October 15.

Details here:
apply.interfolio.com/170389

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · Jul 15

Super happy with the cover for the new book. Always a pleasure to work with the University Press of Kansas

Image of book cover for Remembering Jefferson. Four images of his face washed in different colors

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · May 1

Also they have good copyeditors, which some of us authors really need.

Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · May 1

David is a terrific editor, and Kansas is a great press yo work with. Highly recommend.

David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · May 1

I'm looking to acquire books that address religion and politics in the US, especially if they mix scholarship and journalism along the lines of Katherine Stewart, Matthew Taylor, and Talia Lavin. If you have an idea for a book, drop me a DM or send me an email. kansaspress.ku.edu/submission-g...

Submission Guidelines - University Press of Kansas

Book Proposal Guidelines Book Proposal Guidelines — Scholarly Books Book Proposal Guidelines — General-Interest (Trade) Books Acquisitions Editors Joyce

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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · May 1

Submission Guidelines - University Press of Kansas

Book Proposal Guidelines Book Proposal Guidelines — Scholarly Books Book Proposal Guidelines — General-Interest (Trade) Books Acquisitions Editors Joyce

kansaspress.ku.edu

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · Apr 30

The Mississippi Free Press is looking for new Voices writers. Submit opinion columns to the MFP at [email protected].

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · Apr 9

#OnThisDay, 9 Apr 1939, Marian Anderson sings to thousands for free in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Millions more tuned in on the radio.

Read more here: carvehername.org.uk/...

Newsreel of the time: youtu.be/XF9Quk0QhSE

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️

Marian Anderson sings in Washington: 9 April 1939

On 9 April 1939, Marian Anderson stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC and sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee". Learn why she sang there.

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · Apr 8

Currently reading:
"Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance"
Nick Estes
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · Apr 7

Trump Administration Continues to Undermine the National Park Service 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Trump Administration Continues to Undermine the National Park Service

There is now a very real risk that the NPS will become an arm of the Trump propaganda machine.

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · Apr 6

Cloud, Dana L. Reality bites: Rhetoric and the circulation of truth claims in US political culture. OSU Press, 2018.

Montgomery, Martin. "Post-truth politics? Authenticity, populism and the electoral discourses of Donald Trump." Journal of Language and Politics 16, no. 4 (2017): 619-639.

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Patty Ingham @patriciaingham.bsky.social · Apr 4

The National Humanities Alliance is preparing a lawsuit. Please report your grant details here:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Notify NHA about grant terminations!

We are collecting information about current grants that have been canceled since March 31st, 2025. If you are looking to share a story about the impact of NEH funding on your work please use this for...

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Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social · Apr 2

We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Apr 2

Friendly reminder:

Due process is how we can be sure the people Miller and his henchmen are removing are legally subject to removal in the first place.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · Mar 26

@smotus.bsky.social brings good analysis and context to Signalgate. you should read it! open.substack.com/pub/smotus/p...

What Trump values in his appointees

Trump will defend people who appear strong and loyal to him; it's a weakness

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Mar 19

Again, the idea that the targeting of people who express (or allegedly express) views that run contrary to the administration will stop at immigrants is naive.
Wrote about it today: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q

Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · Mar 19

SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says

Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Mar 19

Email sent to FDA staff informs that agency leadership canceled the agency's LexisNexis subscription, even though staff need this tool to research legal and regulatory information as part of their jobs.

I'm reproducing the text of the email here:

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · Mar 19

At some point the press needs to stop adopting right-wing framing that this is a "DEI purge" and call it what it is — white supremacist violence against our collective past.

www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...

Jackie Robinson’s Army career wiped from military website in DEI purge

Robinson trained as an officer and was assigned to a tank regiment during World War II.

www.nbcnews.com

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Mar 19

(1) If it’s a statutory challenge: convince Congress to pass a law.

(2) If it’s a constitutional challenge: try to amend the Constitution.

(3) If that fails: rally voters to elect politicians to do (1) and/or (2).

(4) If that also fails: question whether he is wildly popular.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Mar 17

Mike Flynn, who pushed for Trump to declare martial law and seize dictatorial power after losing reelection in 2020, is now on the board of West Point.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 17

Leavitt: "We want to restore the Department of Justice to an institution that focuses on fighting law and order."

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · Mar 17

Also likely most archivists would refer you to NARA public affairs right now, but maybe try Tim Naftali who used to run the RMN Library

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Mary Stuckey @marystuckey.bsky.social · Mar 17

I’ve written on both….

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · Mar 16

Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.

By @arthurallen202.bsky.social

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Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News

Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...

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Raymond Norman @raymondnorman.bsky.social · Mar 10

Growing judicial voices challenge Trump’s erosion of constitutional norms

www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/p...

Growing judicial voices challenge Trump’s erosion of constitutional norms | CNN Politics

Federal judges hearing Trump administration litigation have increasingly gone beyond the case at hand to reflect on potential threats to democracy or offer dramatic assertions about the state of Ameri...

www.cnn.com

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