Paul Erickson
@mrsidetable.bsky.social
Minnesota, Chicago, Austin. NY, RI, Ann Arbor. Old books, gingham, Saabs, side tables. All opinions my own. RT ≠ endorsement.
Director of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.
Director of the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan.
Poor widdle Joshy looks confused.
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Poor widdle Joshy looks confused.
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YES! OT WINNER! HELL YEAH MICHIGAN HOCKEY!
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 AM
YES! OT WINNER! HELL YEAH MICHIGAN HOCKEY!
Don't take investment advice from mouth-breather nepo babies.
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Don't take investment advice from mouth-breather nepo babies.
Big week for Gophers hoops!!
Minnesota women upset #10 Iowa on the road, their first ranked road win since 2009, first road win vs Top 10 team since 2003
February 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Big week for Gophers hoops!!
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Folks:
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
Please circulate and share this important resource: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
The Early Republic Tracker
The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…
thepanorama.shear.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Folks:
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
Isaac Chotiner's rhetorical style should be studied for centuries to come.
February 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Isaac Chotiner's rhetorical style should be studied for centuries to come.
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Or they could just interview Bari Weiss’ wife, Nellie Bowles, about her relationship with Epstein, including why they were introduced by Masha Drokova, a Russian PR specialist who received a medal from Vladimir Putin.
🤔🤔🤔
www.msn.com/en-in/entert...
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www.msn.com/en-in/entert...
MSN
www.msn.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Or they could just interview Bari Weiss’ wife, Nellie Bowles, about her relationship with Epstein, including why they were introduced by Masha Drokova, a Russian PR specialist who received a medal from Vladimir Putin.
🤔🤔🤔
www.msn.com/en-in/entert...
🤔🤔🤔
www.msn.com/en-in/entert...
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Making the rounds on FB:
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Making the rounds on FB:
My neighborhood lake!
"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport
January 26, 2026 at 6:53 PM
My neighborhood lake!
It was all just such a colossal waste of time. Which is exactly what they wanted.
Every administration, every faculty senate, every board of trustees who forced their institutions to bend the knee over this shit should immediately be fired.
Their presence dishonors the profession and the institutions they supposedly serve.
Their presence dishonors the profession and the institutions they supposedly serve.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
January 26, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It was all just such a colossal waste of time. Which is exactly what they wanted.
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Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The fact that every right winger with influence screams "who is paying for all of this" tells you exactly how awash in cash they all are, and how much they rely on that to keep their movement afloat.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Never forget that the reason they are so convinced you’re all getting paid is that they are all getting paid.
The main difference being that Kyle Rittenhouse actually killed someone, instead of trying to help someone.
Kyle’s mother drove him across state lines so he could murder Black people
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 AM
The main difference being that Kyle Rittenhouse actually killed someone, instead of trying to help someone.
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Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.
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It was always a sham.
January 24, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It was always a sham.
Could it possibly be the case that the NRA and its lackeys in the Federalist Society have not been arguing in good faith all this time?
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Could it possibly be the case that the NRA and its lackeys in the Federalist Society have not been arguing in good faith all this time?
Hey @amyklobuchar.com, are you going to do anything about the murder of another one of your constituents this morning by federal agents, or will you be busy at another Wayzata hockey game? Great to see your studies at the Charles Schumer School of Leadership are going so well. #ICEOutofMN
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Hey @amyklobuchar.com, are you going to do anything about the murder of another one of your constituents this morning by federal agents, or will you be busy at another Wayzata hockey game? Great to see your studies at the Charles Schumer School of Leadership are going so well. #ICEOutofMN
THIS
Establishing the run against authoritarian rule, as @edsbs.bsky.social says, requires the little things, the acts of resistance and kindness and community that eventually add up to something much larger and transformative.
I wrote about it for BadFaithTimes.com.
badfaithtimes.com/we-must-esta...
I wrote about it for BadFaithTimes.com.
badfaithtimes.com/we-must-esta...
We Must Establish The Run Against Authoritarianism
It's the little stuff that add up to victory over the bad guys
badfaithtimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:19 PM
THIS
This is just insane, both for the difference in moral character between the detained women and the ICE agents and for the stunning lack of training on the part of the agents. It is so enraging that people this stupid are causing so much damage.
this is some fox's book of martyrs shit. jesus christ.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
January 24, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is just insane, both for the difference in moral character between the detained women and the ICE agents and for the stunning lack of training on the part of the agents. It is so enraging that people this stupid are causing so much damage.
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Timothy Snyder said Minneapolis was specifically chosen for unnecessary violence because it is a successful, well run, diverse city that exemplifies democracy. Those have to be destroyed first by authoritarians.
We’re with you Minneapolis! Thank you to everyone working to prevent fascism.
We’re with you Minneapolis! Thank you to everyone working to prevent fascism.
January 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Timothy Snyder said Minneapolis was specifically chosen for unnecessary violence because it is a successful, well run, diverse city that exemplifies democracy. Those have to be destroyed first by authoritarians.
We’re with you Minneapolis! Thank you to everyone working to prevent fascism.
We’re with you Minneapolis! Thank you to everyone working to prevent fascism.
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
What can't that doddering old fool Chuck Schumer (or his craven staff) figure out that this is the message? Why does Hakeem Jeffries want to sit around and talk about body cameras?
“ICE might not break into my house and try to take one of my family members, because we’re all white. But I’m not gonna not care, just because it’s not gonna happen to me. That’s irresponsible, that’s disrespectful, and it’s sinful, honestly.”
17yo has a better statement than most D congresspeople.
17yo has a better statement than most D congresspeople.
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 PM
What can't that doddering old fool Chuck Schumer (or his craven staff) figure out that this is the message? Why does Hakeem Jeffries want to sit around and talk about body cameras?
This has been the play all along. Minneapolis is a test run to see how much manpower they will need to cancel the elections.
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This has been the play all along. Minneapolis is a test run to see how much manpower they will need to cancel the elections.
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Let’s see, Venezuela take over, and wanting to take Greenland and at home he’s storming states with shock troops. Clearly we have an idiot in office that will kill us all.
January 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Let’s see, Venezuela take over, and wanting to take Greenland and at home he’s storming states with shock troops. Clearly we have an idiot in office that will kill us all.