Paul A. Lombardo
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She brought it up for the same reason that the Musker and his overlord did. Ill heath, bad economy, high taxes, etc. are all blamed on immigration, people they want to deport now, or any people not of "racehorse" quality--to their way of thinking the source of poverty, disease, and crime.
I seriously have no idea why she brought this up: Dr. Evelyn Griffin tells #AHIP: "We have another issue – that elephant in the room that I'll mention is immigration.
We have had years of illegal immigration, undocumented people coming in from higher endemicity countries."
We have had years of illegal immigration, undocumented people coming in from higher endemicity countries."
December 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
She brought it up for the same reason that the Musker and his overlord did. Ill heath, bad economy, high taxes, etc. are all blamed on immigration, people they want to deport now, or any people not of "racehorse" quality--to their way of thinking the source of poverty, disease, and crime.
Hall's comments were quoted verbatim in an openly white supremacist volume of the era: The Rising Tide of Color against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard. This book was parodied by Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. Stoddard and his ilk wrote the script you are hearing repeated today.
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hall's comments were quoted verbatim in an openly white supremacist volume of the era: The Rising Tide of Color against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard. This book was parodied by Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. Stoddard and his ilk wrote the script you are hearing repeated today.
There is a unity of message coming out of this administration. It echoes, sometimes verbatim, the messages of early 20th Century eugenics. Here is an example from a 1919 article by Prescott Hall, a leader of the immigration restriction movement, describing immigrants as a public health threat.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There is a unity of message coming out of this administration. It echoes, sometimes verbatim, the messages of early 20th Century eugenics. Here is an example from a 1919 article by Prescott Hall, a leader of the immigration restriction movement, describing immigrants as a public health threat.
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When giving my campus tour of Cal, I like to introduce people to the Neo-Assyrian styled Valley Life Sciences building that was once the largest academic building in the world. And then I let the know this was the home of the University of California Dept. of Eugenics, the world's leading center.
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
When giving my campus tour of Cal, I like to introduce people to the Neo-Assyrian styled Valley Life Sciences building that was once the largest academic building in the world. And then I let the know this was the home of the University of California Dept. of Eugenics, the world's leading center.
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To simplify: We don't call historical geocentrism (earth at the center of the universe) pseudoscience. That's just where science was at the time. People who believe in geocentrism *now* however are pushing pseudoscience.
1. Historically, eugenics was not a pseudoscience. It was *science* Almost every scientist, social scientist, academic, etc. believed in the validity of eugenics. You would have to search far & wide to find a scientist that didn't believe in some form of it. They taught it in college!
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
To simplify: We don't call historical geocentrism (earth at the center of the universe) pseudoscience. That's just where science was at the time. People who believe in geocentrism *now* however are pushing pseudoscience.
Italy and Germany, for those who may have forgotten, were run by Mussolini and Hitler, who both had strong ideas about immigration, race, and the role of women.
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Italy and Germany, for those who may have forgotten, were run by Mussolini and Hitler, who both had strong ideas about immigration, race, and the role of women.
perhaps the Musker is just reading old newspapers, say from 1934?
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
perhaps the Musker is just reading old newspapers, say from 1934?
For a detailed explanation of the origins of the "race suicide" rhetoric and its connection to US eugenics, see:
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
For a detailed explanation of the origins of the "race suicide" rhetoric and its connection to US eugenics, see:
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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Republicans need to stop talking about bathrooms and junior high volleyball teams and start focusing on issues people actually care about
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Republicans need to stop talking about bathrooms and junior high volleyball teams and start focusing on issues people actually care about
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#13 Reflections on Buck v. Bell: An Interview with Dr. Paul Lombardo - Relitigated Podcast
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Paul Lombardo, Regents’ Professor and Bobby Lee Cook Professor of Law at Georgia State University. He is a historian and legal scholar who has written on eugenics, m...
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July 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Norm! RIP.
(I once, about 20 years ago, sat next to George Wendt at a diner near LAX. He was just eating his dinner like anyone. Not much of a story, but I always really liked him as an actor, and Cheers is a touchstone for my generation.)
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(I once, about 20 years ago, sat next to George Wendt at a diner near LAX. He was just eating his dinner like anyone. Not much of a story, but I always really liked him as an actor, and Cheers is a touchstone for my generation.)
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George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, has died - The Boston Globe
Wendt played Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray,” and “Elf.”
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May 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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My latest, just out:
“The Craze for Legal Proceedings”: Another Look at Schloendorff v. New York Hospital
Paul A. Lombardo
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“The Craze for Legal Proceedings”: Another Look at Schloendorff v. New York Hospital
Paul A. Lombardo
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April 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My latest, just out:
“The Craze for Legal Proceedings”: Another Look at Schloendorff v. New York Hospital
Paul A. Lombardo
scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/healthmatrix...
“The Craze for Legal Proceedings”: Another Look at Schloendorff v. New York Hospital
Paul A. Lombardo
scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/healthmatrix...
Apes, Men, and Morons: Eugenics, Evolution, and the Scopes Centennial
The “Monkey Trial” Centennial provides an opportunity to examine the widespread misunderstanding about how ideas of evolution and eugenics were implicated in the famous Scopes controversy. baskeptics.org/upcomingskep...
The “Monkey Trial” Centennial provides an opportunity to examine the widespread misunderstanding about how ideas of evolution and eugenics were implicated in the famous Scopes controversy. baskeptics.org/upcomingskep...
UPCOMING SKEPTALKS – Bay Area Skeptics
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April 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Apes, Men, and Morons: Eugenics, Evolution, and the Scopes Centennial
The “Monkey Trial” Centennial provides an opportunity to examine the widespread misunderstanding about how ideas of evolution and eugenics were implicated in the famous Scopes controversy. baskeptics.org/upcomingskep...
The “Monkey Trial” Centennial provides an opportunity to examine the widespread misunderstanding about how ideas of evolution and eugenics were implicated in the famous Scopes controversy. baskeptics.org/upcomingskep...