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Manisha Sinha

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Past President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, author most recently of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic, Draper Chair at UConn

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Manisha Sinha is an Indian-born American historian, and the James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition (2016) and The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 (2024). .. more

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · Apr 11

Historian here posting for no reason at all.

U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:

"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 6h

Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.

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The Five 8 @thefive8.bsky.social · 7h

The Civil War historian Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social joins Lisa Graves & Greg Olear to discuss the state of democracy in the Trump USA.

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Historian Manisha Sinha: This is the Fall of the Third American Republic

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 8h

The history of abolition is so important in these dark days of the republic. They succeeded when enslavers controlled the entire federal government, the Supreme Court, the Electoral College and Congress through the three fifths clause. Join me tonight! www.gilderlehrman.org/itv-registra...

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks Greg it’s good to be able to talk about what’s happening in these dismal times!

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9h

This remains the most important piece i’ve written about the goals and ideological principles of the second Trump administration www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 11h

Our guest last night was @profmsinha.bsky.social. Watch the full episode here:
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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 22h

Looking forward!

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Christian K. Anderson @profgamecock.bsky.social · 1d

@profmsinha.bsky.social will deliver the 2025 Richard T. Greener Lecture, “The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic.”

Wednesday, October 15, 5:00 p.m. in the South Caroliniana Library at the @sc.edu

Sponsored by the Museum of Education and the History Center

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

With so many examples of media cowardice on a national level, I'm gratified to report in this article that Chicago's local journalists are aggressively exposing the Trump regime's cruelty and lies.

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d

They seem intent on inciting one like their neo Confederate predecessors.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

👂LISTEN — (U.S. Navy veteran) country Singer Zach Bryan’s lyrics about ICE that triggered the White House

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d

It’s like southern slaveholders invading the north with their slave catchers and federal
Marshals in the 1850s

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 2d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d

Was always a myth and a cudgel to use against higher education.

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Rep. Dave Min @congressmin.bsky.social · 2d

It's been two weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected and Mike Johnson has still refused to seat her, unlike in past cases where he swore in new members within 24 hours.

There cannot be one set of rules for Rs and another for Ds.

Also, release the damn Epstein files already.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously folks ICE is making fake 911 calls to Chicago PD according to the hellsite. They are the biggest perpetrators of lawless and criminal violence in the country today.

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d

According!

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 2d

We keep hearing about the Hatch Act.
What is it — and why does it matter for American democracy?
Here’s a clear, nonpartisan primer from the Congressional Research Service: drive.google.com/file/d/1HqkM...

Want to file a report of a Hatch Act Violation? Go to osc.gov/Services/pag...

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2d

I guess we’re at the “desegregation was bad” op-Ed’s in NYT stage of MAGA’s campaign to create Jim Crow II.

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2d

This oped is actually pretty bad. Caldwell claims that “the military of the 2020s has been as overburdened by the imperatives of progressivism as schools were by the duties of racial integration in the 1970s” and that Hegseth “outlined a nuanced vision of the military’s purpose” in his speech.

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

www.nytimes.com

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2d

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 2d

And now @acls1919.bsky.social speaks out. Just. Say. No. To Trump's compact on higher ed. It's extortion plain and simple. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

www.acls.org

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 2d

Historian here, this was a long interview on how Trump is criminalizing political dissent, politicizing the armed forces and civil service, asserting unchecked executive power, as a path to create the dystopian world of Project 2025. A couple of sentences made it to the final clip!

UConn History Dept @uconnhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Check out @profmsinha.bsky.social ‬⁩ on the CBC this week! Link here:

history.uconn.edu/2025/10/06/p...

Prof. Manisha Sinha Interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Department of History

Prof. Manisha Sinha was recently interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Topics of discussion include President Trump and Project 2025. Open p ...

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UConn History Dept @uconnhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Check out @profmsinha.bsky.social ‬⁩ on the CBC this week! Link here:

history.uconn.edu/2025/10/06/p...

Prof. Manisha Sinha Interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Department of History

Prof. Manisha Sinha was recently interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Topics of discussion include President Trump and Project 2025. Open p ...

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 3d

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

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John Fabian Witt @johnfabianwitt.bsky.social · 3d

Political violence, post-pandemic one-party rule, vast economic inequality, and immigration backlash? The 2020s are the 1920s all over again--and that may show us a way out. Adapted from my book, to be published next week. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

www.nytimes.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 3d

BREAKING: We just won in court — again.

A federal judge BLOCKED Donald Trump’s unlawful attempt to DEPLOY 300 OF OUR NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO PORTLAND.

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