Nancy MacLean
@nancymaclean.bsky.social
Cassandra. Author Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America & Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan (new ed. just out). Professor of History and Public Policy @ Duke. Views my own.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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We are living in the age of the pedopetrotechbroligarch
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 AM
We are living in the age of the pedopetrotechbroligarch
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Net Zero Billionaires 2030 includes Amazon
In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
www.politico.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Net Zero Billionaires 2030 includes Amazon
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The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
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Don't buy anything from Amazon
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Don't buy anything from Amazon
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amazon is gonna spend roughly the GDP of Qatar on data centers this year lol
oh god it's huge
*AMAZON SEES 2026 CAPEX ABOUT $200B, EST. $146.11B
*AMAZON SEES 2026 CAPEX ABOUT $200B, EST. $146.11B
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
amazon is gonna spend roughly the GDP of Qatar on data centers this year lol
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"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.
variety.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
"Those who were laid off include Caroline O’Donovan, the Post’s beat reporter covering Amazon"
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Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
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Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Amazon saw its corporate income taxes shrink by more than HALF last year, even as its profits climbed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, Amazon saw its corporate income taxes shrink by more than HALF last year, even as its profits climbed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
But instead of investing the savings into their workforce, Amazon just announced thousands of layoffs and plans to spend $200B on AI.
Textbook corporate greed.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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@jamellebouie11.bsky.social e.net so honored that my favorite columnist gave my book “Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan" a shout out in your terrific piece today on the lineage behind Trump's dividing of the American people into "real" Americans and those he can hurt
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February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
@jamellebouie11.bsky.social e.net so honored that my favorite columnist gave my book “Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan" a shout out in your terrific piece today on the lineage behind Trump's dividing of the American people into "real" Americans and those he can hurt
Ah, brilliant college students taking on #ICE in a red state where it doesn't go, even though there are more than ten time as many undocumented folks in Texas (and FL) than in blue Minnesota. What a vital resource!
ICYMI, Rice University students have developed a free online map to track ICE activity throughout the country.
Find it here: www.icemap.dev.
Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Find it here: www.icemap.dev.
Gift link to @houstonchronicle.com story about it:
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Rice students create nationwide ICE tracker to monitor immigration enforcement
The students had been teaching weekly children's classes as volunteers. One day, the kids stopped showing up.
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Ah, brilliant college students taking on #ICE in a red state where it doesn't go, even though there are more than ten time as many undocumented folks in Texas (and FL) than in blue Minnesota. What a vital resource!
If you’re not boycotting anything owned by the despicable, Jeff Bezos, above all Amazon, you’re not paying attention. He is such a Quisling as well as an awful employer.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
At ‘Melania’ Premiere, the President Sees ‘Glamour’ and Others See Graft
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 AM
If you’re not boycotting anything owned by the despicable, Jeff Bezos, above all Amazon, you’re not paying attention. He is such a Quisling as well as an awful employer.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
Remember when Republicans were the states’ rights party?
Minnesota's state FBI-like bureau is suing Noem. It says before pre-emptively declaring the killing righteous and abandoning the crime scene, feds took exclusive custody of evidence, including "apparently seized cellphones."
MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.
MN asserts a sovereign right to investigate crimes within its borders.
#1 in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:26-cv-00628) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against All Defendants (filing fee $ 405, receipt number AMNDC-12575332) filed by Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Filer requests summons issued....
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January 25, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Remember when Republicans were the states’ rights party?
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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This is Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is Alex Pretti.
OMG, Bill Kristol saying this.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM
OMG, Bill Kristol saying this.
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FRANKLIN, TN pastor Kevin Riggs changes his profile pic to “ABOLISH ICE” and challenges other Evanglical pastors to do the same.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:11 AM
FRANKLIN, TN pastor Kevin Riggs changes his profile pic to “ABOLISH ICE” and challenges other Evanglical pastors to do the same.
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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First They murdered a poet, now a VA nurse.
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 AM
First They murdered a poet, now a VA nurse.