Nicole Hemmer
@pastpunditry.bsky.social
Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
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"It seems to me that America is constantly reinventing what ``America'' means... I think it's really closer to the truth to say that America has assimilated as much as her immigrants have. It's made for a delightful diversity, and it's made us a stronger and a more vital nation." Reagan, 1984
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"It seems to me that America is constantly reinventing what ``America'' means... I think it's really closer to the truth to say that America has assimilated as much as her immigrants have. It's made for a delightful diversity, and it's made us a stronger and a more vital nation." Reagan, 1984
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I haven't been able to stop thinking about @pastpunditry.bsky.social's comments last week about the further splintering and radicalization of the m@ga movement and what may be coming down the line. It's chilling but it's a clarity that I find helpful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I haven't been able to stop thinking about @pastpunditry.bsky.social's comments last week about the further splintering and radicalization of the m@ga movement and what may be coming down the line. It's chilling but it's a clarity that I find helpful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
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Republicans are trying to project unity on dismissing Trump-Epstein, and some media is trying to help, but as @pastpunditry.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain, some Trump voters really do care about Epstein—not a majority, but not zero either—creating real splits in the MAGA coalition.
Trump Press Sec’s Epstein Spin Implodes as New Info Rattles Him Deeply
As Karoline Leavitt struggles to explain away Trump’s growing panic over new Jeffrey Epstein revelations, a sharp observer of the right explains why MAGA is cracking up over the scandal—and what to ex...
newrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Republicans are trying to project unity on dismissing Trump-Epstein, and some media is trying to help, but as @pastpunditry.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social explain, some Trump voters really do care about Epstein—not a majority, but not zero either—creating real splits in the MAGA coalition.
Had a great conversation with @gregsargent.bsky.social about the latest Epstein emails and their implications for the current MAGA civil war.
Really unnerving point from Nicole Hemmer, historian of the right: Trump's Epstein fiasco could drive MAGA to push him to go even fuller authoritarian, because the whole project is now in such serious doubt. She's so good on MAGA's future.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Had a great conversation with @gregsargent.bsky.social about the latest Epstein emails and their implications for the current MAGA civil war.
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New Epstein emails "seem to show Trump understood who Epstein was, how he and Maxwell were acting, and the kinds of crimes they were committing. He was adjacent to, if not involved in, those crimes."
On the pod Nicole Hemmer is brilliant on bigger Epstein-MAGA story:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
On the pod Nicole Hemmer is brilliant on bigger Epstein-MAGA story:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Trump Press Sec’s Epstein Spin Implodes as New Info Rattles Him Deeply
As Karoline Leavitt struggles to explain away Trump’s growing panic over new Jeffrey Epstein revelations, a sharp observer of the right explains why MAGA is cracking up over the scandal—and what to ex...
newrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New Epstein emails "seem to show Trump understood who Epstein was, how he and Maxwell were acting, and the kinds of crimes they were committing. He was adjacent to, if not involved in, those crimes."
On the pod Nicole Hemmer is brilliant on bigger Epstein-MAGA story:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
On the pod Nicole Hemmer is brilliant on bigger Epstein-MAGA story:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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Excellent commentary on power and the "right" and the Epstein files over on The Daily Blast from @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @pastpunditry.bsky.social (wherever you get your podcasts).
(Even if Greg still has that terrible guitar lead-in.)
(Even if Greg still has that terrible guitar lead-in.)
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Excellent commentary on power and the "right" and the Epstein files over on The Daily Blast from @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social with @gregsargent.bsky.social and @pastpunditry.bsky.social (wherever you get your podcasts).
(Even if Greg still has that terrible guitar lead-in.)
(Even if Greg still has that terrible guitar lead-in.)
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NOW AVAILABLE! The recording of the first (and probably only) edition of TGS Live: The Worst Wing, featuring professional president-knowers Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Kevin Schultz. What a way to mark a year since The Day That Shall Not Be Named.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NOW AVAILABLE! The recording of the first (and probably only) edition of TGS Live: The Worst Wing, featuring professional president-knowers Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Kevin Schultz. What a way to mark a year since The Day That Shall Not Be Named.
our only dick cheney episode is also the only dick cheney episode you need podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
our only dick cheney episode is also the only dick cheney episode you need podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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THIS THURSDAY ON TGS: it’s the live show recording you’ve all been clamoring for! I invented a sadistic game to make Prof. Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Prof. Kevin Schultz discuss rubbing Vaseline on presidents. There is a winner but really we all lose in the end. 😌
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
THIS THURSDAY ON TGS: it’s the live show recording you’ve all been clamoring for! I invented a sadistic game to make Prof. Nicole Hemmer @pastpunditry.bsky.social and Prof. Kevin Schultz discuss rubbing Vaseline on presidents. There is a winner but really we all lose in the end. 😌
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New #RaceClass episode is out. We chat abt last week’s amazing #Smithsonian #teach-in organized by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social @natedimeo.bsky.social @jodyavirgan.com @thisdaypod.com & #TheMemoryPalace.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New #RaceClass episode is out. We chat abt last week’s amazing #Smithsonian #teach-in organized by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social @pastpunditry.bsky.social @natedimeo.bsky.social @jodyavirgan.com @thisdaypod.com & #TheMemoryPalace.
on.soundcloud.com/u8xuwuudobZL...
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Awesome thread. Great work, everyone!
sharing some photos from yesterday’s incredible teach-in in dc. such a privilege to organize with @natedimeo.bsky.social, @jodyavirgan.com, and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. Pictured: early morning brilliance from @jpygold.bsky.social, @joshuablevin.bsky.social & @elyssafeder.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Awesome thread. Great work, everyone!
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dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
John Dickerson To Depart CBS News In First Major Talent Exit Under New Paramount Owners
John Dickerson, co-anchor of CBS Evening News who has been with the network since 2009, said that he is exiting at the end of this year.
deadline.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
dickerson is one of the best broadcast journalists in the game, and someone who would clearly be a real asset to a new leader interested in strengthening the network's journalism. but, of course, we know weiss isn't actually interested in journalism as such.
sharing some photos from yesterday’s incredible teach-in in dc. such a privilege to organize with @natedimeo.bsky.social, @jodyavirgan.com, and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. Pictured: early morning brilliance from @jpygold.bsky.social, @joshuablevin.bsky.social & @elyssafeder.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
sharing some photos from yesterday’s incredible teach-in in dc. such a privilege to organize with @natedimeo.bsky.social, @jodyavirgan.com, and @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. Pictured: early morning brilliance from @jpygold.bsky.social, @joshuablevin.bsky.social & @elyssafeder.bsky.social
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“…the work to strengthen American democracy cannot succeed unless it is rooted in a real understanding of the country’s contentious past – its joys and its sorrows, its benefits and its harms, its brilliant promise and its unrealized dreams.”
In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“…the work to strengthen American democracy cannot succeed unless it is rooted in a real understanding of the country’s contentious past – its joys and its sorrows, its benefits and its harms, its brilliant promise and its unrealized dreams.”
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Got to hear part of this creative event -- and grateful for it!
In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Got to hear part of this creative event -- and grateful for it!
For live updates and some great video of today’s teach-in in defense of history and museums on the National Mall, follow @thisdaypod.com on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thisdaypod?i...
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October 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For live updates and some great video of today’s teach-in in defense of history and museums on the National Mall, follow @thisdaypod.com on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thisdaypod?i...
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How this all isn't front page material every day, in every newspaper, blows my mind
It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How this all isn't front page material every day, in every newspaper, blows my mind
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i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
i think i would honestly find this whole discourse more tolerable if people simply said what they were actually saying, which is that they think the Democratic Party is too associated with femininity (and secondarily, with black people) and that they want to correct this
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In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
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If you're in DC on Sunday, please stop by the teach-in on American history-- "In an authoritarian regime, one of the first things that is taken from the public is honest and credible information..."
In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you're in DC on Sunday, please stop by the teach-in on American history-- "In an authoritarian regime, one of the first things that is taken from the public is honest and credible information..."
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Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
October 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.
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It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
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Tomorrow we will unveil the first of 13 historical markers along the Wyandot Removal Trail. Our project has been 4 years in the making, and we are thrilled to take this first step where it all began in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tomorrow we will unveil the first of 13 historical markers along the Wyandot Removal Trail. Our project has been 4 years in the making, and we are thrilled to take this first step where it all began in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
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NEW: Letitia James asks the court to dismiss the indictment against her because Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed US attorney and has "no authority to litigate this case on behalf of the United States." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW: Letitia James asks the court to dismiss the indictment against her because Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed US attorney and has "no authority to litigate this case on behalf of the United States." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...