Richard E Frankel
@refrankel.bsky.social
Professor of German History comparing antisemitism in Germany and the US, late 19th, early 20th century. And yes, it’s painfully relevant to the 21st.
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Richard E Frankel
@refrankel.bsky.social
· Oct 14
Just a quick re-introduction for new followers: I’m a German historian who writes about antisemitism from a comparative and global perspective. My most recent book provides a new look at anti-Jewish prejudice in Germany and the United States from the late 19th to the mid 20th century.
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Political Profile: Gregory Bovino https://theonion.com/political-profile-gregory-bovino/
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Political Profile: Gregory Bovino https://theonion.com/political-profile-gregory-bovino/
You can find more examples of how to peacefully protest in ways that Nazis are ok with by purchasing my latest one-quarter-page, one-sided, triple-spaced pamphlet, “HOW TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST IN WAYS THAT NAZIS ARE OK WITH!”
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: "You can peacefully protest, but not like that"
January 15, 2026 at 9:13 PM
You can find more examples of how to peacefully protest in ways that Nazis are ok with by purchasing my latest one-quarter-page, one-sided, triple-spaced pamphlet, “HOW TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST IN WAYS THAT NAZIS ARE OK WITH!”
In addition to finding the absolute worst human beings for his administration, Donnie has also located the most horrible, out-of-touch people in the history of horrible, out-of-touch people. Have these people ever met—or, god forbid, spoken to—anyone who makes less than a million dollars a year?
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
In addition to finding the absolute worst human beings for his administration, Donnie has also located the most horrible, out-of-touch people in the history of horrible, out-of-touch people. Have these people ever met—or, god forbid, spoken to—anyone who makes less than a million dollars a year?
People who are not from Somalia, DOJ reach $556 million Medicare Advantage fraud settlement, the largest of its kind
Kaiser Permanente, DOJ reach $556 million Medicare Advantage fraud settlement, the largest of its kind www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/k...
Kaiser Permanente, DOJ reach $556 million Medicare Advantage fraud settlement, the largest of its kind
Kaiser Permanente and the DOJ reached a $556 million Medicare Advantage fraud settlement, the largest of its kind.
www.statnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
People who are not from Somalia, DOJ reach $556 million Medicare Advantage fraud settlement, the largest of its kind
The two U.S. officials have reportedly been identified as John Barron and Ronald Rumpf.
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The two U.S. officials have reportedly been identified as John Barron and Ronald Rumpf.
Hello, is this the White House? It is? Great! I’m trying to reach the president so I can tell him about an example of some really serious, vile antisemitism I found that I’m sure he’s gonna want to combat immediately.
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Hello, is this the White House? It is? Great! I’m trying to reach the president so I can tell him about an example of some really serious, vile antisemitism I found that I’m sure he’s gonna want to combat immediately.
Powerful images of brave resistance to tyranny.
Protesters clashed with federal agents for another night outside the Whipple Federal Building, which holds ICE detainees. Agents fired less-lethal munitions and deployed chemical irritants at the crowd.
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
📷️: Jeff Wheeler
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Powerful images of brave resistance to tyranny.
You know who else wanted to install more public bathrooms? That’s right. Stalin.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
January 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
You know who else wanted to install more public bathrooms? That’s right. Stalin.
“Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
—Donald Trump, hateful rhetoric, December 3, 2025
—Donald Trump, hateful rhetoric, December 3, 2025
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
“Ilhan Omar should be thrown the hell out of our country, and most of those people -- they have destroyed Minnesota. It's a hellhole right now. Those Somalians should be out of here. They have destroyed out country ... go back to your own country."
—Donald Trump, hateful rhetoric, December 3, 2025
—Donald Trump, hateful rhetoric, December 3, 2025
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Yes, that does say it all.
January 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Yes, that does say it all.
“First and final warning” before this stormtrooper thug decides on a death sentence for this person and then executes the sentence. And in Trump’s Amerikan Reich, he should face no punishment.
Minneapolis - Border Patrol stops a protester following them, and tells the car it’s their “first and final warning” to quit.
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“First and final warning” before this stormtrooper thug decides on a death sentence for this person and then executes the sentence. And in Trump’s Amerikan Reich, he should face no punishment.
Josef Stalin: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Josef Stalin: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
Benito Mussolini: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Benito Mussolini: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
Adolf Hitler: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Adolf Hitler: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
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Application deadline for our fully-funded PhD position has been extended to 1 February 2026 - especially geographer friends, please share!
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From Empire to Ecology: Environmental, Colonial and Industrial Legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal | Courses | University of Liverpool
This interdisciplinary PhD project investigates the environmental, industrial and colonial legacies of the Manchester Ship Canal, one of the great engineering feats of the Victorian era. While histor...
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January 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Application deadline for our fully-funded PhD position has been extended to 1 February 2026 - especially geographer friends, please share!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/envi...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/envi...
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BREAKING: A federal judge rules John Sarcone, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, has been serving unlawfully for months. The decision makes him the fifth Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney deemed illegitimate by the federal courts during the president’s second term.
Federal judge disqualifies 5th Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney
Read more here.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge rules John Sarcone, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, has been serving unlawfully for months. The decision makes him the fifth Trump-appointed acting U.S. attorney deemed illegitimate by the federal courts during the president’s second term.
Plato was woke.
Texas A&M philosophy professor ordered to remove Plato reading or be reassigned
Professor Peterson said the discussion about love and biological sexes from Plato’s Symposium is what the administration red-flagged.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Plato was woke.
They’ve already withdrawn from reality, so I guess this is just a logical next step.
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
They’ve already withdrawn from reality, so I guess this is just a logical next step.
Nancy Mace, Grand Imperial Cyclops of the Women’s Ku Klux Klan, South Carolina Klavern Appearing in Congress Without Her Hood and Sheets
NANCY MACE: Should Somalians in Minnesota be required to speech English if they're citizens?
BALLOU: I think that question is really inappropriate
MACE: Can you name one significant contribution to Minnesota from a Somali immigrant who can't speak English?
BALLOU: I think that question is really inappropriate
MACE: Can you name one significant contribution to Minnesota from a Somali immigrant who can't speak English?
January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Nancy Mace, Grand Imperial Cyclops of the Women’s Ku Klux Klan, South Carolina Klavern Appearing in Congress Without Her Hood and Sheets
BREAKING: RFK Jr. Makes Woody Allen’s 1973 Prophecy Real
Sleeper (1973) Clips - Healthy Food and Tobacco
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January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
BREAKING: RFK Jr. Makes Woody Allen’s 1973 Prophecy Real
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Apple Photos Reminds Man He Was Nude In Capitol Building 5 Years Ago
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Apple Photos Reminds Man He Was Nude In Capitol Building 5 Years Ago
What if you just add a little Hitler mustache?
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
What if you just add a little Hitler mustache?
Only 67 years ago. Still recent enough to be reversed. Never forget: progress isn’t automatically permanent. It must be defended and expanded if it’s to survive.
On this day in 1959, Richard and Mildred Loving were convicted of interracial marriage in Virginia, given a one-year suspended sentence, and banished from the state.
Jan. 6, 1959 | Lovings Convicted of Interracial Marriage and Banished From Virginia
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Only 67 years ago. Still recent enough to be reversed. Never forget: progress isn’t automatically permanent. It must be defended and expanded if it’s to survive.
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Super excited to announce our first episode of 2026: German military chaplains and the Holocaust with Doris Bergen.
It's a great, wide-ranging conversation.
It's a great, wide-ranging conversation.
We are BACK with our first episode of 2026!
I talk with the amazing Doris Bergen about the role of German military chaplains in supporting the Nazi state and their complicity in its crimes.
Check it out!
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I talk with the amazing Doris Bergen about the role of German military chaplains in supporting the Nazi state and their complicity in its crimes.
Check it out!
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
Ep. 69- Wehrmacht Chaplains and the Holocaust with Doris Bergen - The Holocaust History Podcast
How could one be a man of God in Nazi Germany? And, especially, how can one minister to the Wehrmacht, itself an instrument of the Nazi state while professing to adhere to Christian morality?&nb...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Super excited to announce our first episode of 2026: German military chaplains and the Holocaust with Doris Bergen.
It's a great, wide-ranging conversation.
It's a great, wide-ranging conversation.