Nathaniel C. Green
@nathanielcgreen.bsky.social
History professor at Northern Virginia Community College. Author, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, by Kansas Press.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
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Not “Three-Fifths of a Person”: What the Three-Fifths Clause Meant at Ratification - Commonplace
Denials of Black humanity, free and enslaved, coexisted with explicit acknowledgment that enslaved Black people, though legally deemed “property,” were people.
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My piece is up on Commonplace!
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
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Mamdani cheating at politics by being a normal human being who has been to a child’s birthday party before
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Mamdani cheating at politics by being a normal human being who has been to a child’s birthday party before
Timeline cleanse: a politician who is actually a decent human being
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Timeline cleanse: a politician who is actually a decent human being
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
Notice that it's "apologize," not "resign." Not "this is impeachable and unacceptable."
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Notice that it's "apologize," not "resign." Not "this is impeachable and unacceptable."
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
Cowards, the whole lot of them. Spineless cowards
Seriously how hard is it to just live your life and not do stuff that might get you indicted for child sex abuse
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February 6, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Seriously how hard is it to just live your life and not do stuff that might get you indicted for child sex abuse
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Childhood was a political project, centuries of activism carving out time and space for young people to grow and learn. It's an unfinished project, and the right wing wants it ended when it's barely even begun.
The Right has spent years trying to push a return to child labor and attacking age of consent laws. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they’re exposing us to mountains of the most horrendous stuff imaginable while also normalizing it.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
So much of what’s happening is the destruction of childhood.
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Childhood was a political project, centuries of activism carving out time and space for young people to grow and learn. It's an unfinished project, and the right wing wants it ended when it's barely even begun.
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Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
You know what you do about this? You get to the polls and vote, that's what
i think people should consider the extent to which bannon, a known bullshit artist, knows that you will see this and panic. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
You know what you do about this? You get to the polls and vote, that's what
As a heterosexual man, I can tell you it is actually very easy to not be "obsessed with girls." As a professor, I can tell you it is very easy to write letters of recommendations for students that make no mention of their appearance.
February 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
As a heterosexual man, I can tell you it is actually very easy to not be "obsessed with girls." As a professor, I can tell you it is very easy to write letters of recommendations for students that make no mention of their appearance.
I know it may not seem like it, but I maintain that most horrific creeps are still capable of feeling shame, or at least the pain of being banished from associations with valued peers. Imperative that they communicate that this shit is not okay
it is the responsibility of every man who interacts with him (and his ilk) to tell and show him that this isn't at all how men behave but it sure is how creeps, abusers, rapists behave. he unmistakably needs to be made to feel like a creep no one wants to have anything to do with.
This is the Yale professor's explanation for why he described the physical attractiveness of a student in an email to Epstein. He explicitly says he regrets nothing about their association.
Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
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Again, I'm so happy Yale hired David Brooks to restore trust.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I know it may not seem like it, but I maintain that most horrific creeps are still capable of feeling shame, or at least the pain of being banished from associations with valued peers. Imperative that they communicate that this shit is not okay
We really are in the heyday of the "say whatever dumb shit you want with utter confidence and see how many people believe you" era.
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We really are in the heyday of the "say whatever dumb shit you want with utter confidence and see how many people believe you" era.
For whatever it's worth, I do not consider any of these things "achievements."
excerpt from the keynote speech at the annual Rape Traffickers Convention
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
For whatever it's worth, I do not consider any of these things "achievements."
Meanwhile, at Trump's latest medical check-up
February 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Meanwhile, at Trump's latest medical check-up
The basis for Christian Nationalism, for MAGA conservatism, and for fascism, is misogyny. It is a basic belief that girls and women are first and foremost things for men to control.
It is vile and it is evil.
It is vile and it is evil.
This is what "Christian Nationalists" stand for.
February 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The basis for Christian Nationalism, for MAGA conservatism, and for fascism, is misogyny. It is a basic belief that girls and women are first and foremost things for men to control.
It is vile and it is evil.
It is vile and it is evil.
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It’s actually really easy to not be in the Epstein files, some of us do it every day
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
It’s actually really easy to not be in the Epstein files, some of us do it every day
This is a very cool assignment.💾
I’m teaching a 1 credit class “America at 250: The Revolution” and the final paper asks students to pick one of the grievances in the declaration and assemble primary sources to tell a story of how the issue has played out since in US history.
Fair to say the students are fired up.
Fair to say the students are fired up.
February 4, 2026 at 2:40 AM
This is a very cool assignment.💾
Really something that every one of the so-called tech geniuses that I can think of that were celebrated by this country throughout my youth and well into adulthood were the most despicable creeps the entire time
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 4, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Really something that every one of the so-called tech geniuses that I can think of that were celebrated by this country throughout my youth and well into adulthood were the most despicable creeps the entire time
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Truly I have a right to be so much crazier and more embittered than I am.
February 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Truly I have a right to be so much crazier and more embittered than I am.
There's a lot that I appreciate about this piece. I tried to offer my own historical analysis of the folly of moderation, or "compromise," in this piece for Time Magazine
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time.com/7326230/poli...
February 3, 2026 at 7:16 PM
There's a lot that I appreciate about this piece. I tried to offer my own historical analysis of the folly of moderation, or "compromise," in this piece for Time Magazine
time.com/7326230/poli...
time.com/7326230/poli...
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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…
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February 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Please circulate and share this important resource: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
"When you say no to Trump, you win"
If @raygunsite.com made that into a shirt I'd buy a dozen of them
If @raygunsite.com made that into a shirt I'd buy a dozen of them
One way to look at this is when you say no to trump you win and the other is a whole lot of people were happy to say yes before even trying to say no, so
They're cooked.
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 AM
"When you say no to Trump, you win"
If @raygunsite.com made that into a shirt I'd buy a dozen of them
If @raygunsite.com made that into a shirt I'd buy a dozen of them
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You are allowed to peacefully protest against the government. The government cannot really impose any serious burden on you for being one of hundreds of thousands of people peacefully protesting against it. But you can impose a serious burden on yourself, and fellow protesters, by worrying too much.
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
You are allowed to peacefully protest against the government. The government cannot really impose any serious burden on you for being one of hundreds of thousands of people peacefully protesting against it. But you can impose a serious burden on yourself, and fellow protesters, by worrying too much.
Unless you're a journalist they're mentioning because you might report them, or someone they abused, yes, being mentioned in the Epstein files is absolutely a sign of wrongdoing
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Unless you're a journalist they're mentioning because you might report them, or someone they abused, yes, being mentioned in the Epstein files is absolutely a sign of wrongdoing
Melania Trump exists, but she does not really live.
February 1, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Melania Trump exists, but she does not really live.
This is a crucial point. Essential to understand what victories look like in this context.
So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
This is a crucial point. Essential to understand what victories look like in this context.