Terry Bouton
@terrybouton.bsky.social
Historian of the American Revolution and Creation of the US Constitution. Author of Taming Democracy.
Forthcoming Book: Madison's Mistake: The Rise and Fall of American Monarchism.
Democracy Dies in Doomerism. Don't be a Doomer.
Forthcoming Book: Madison's Mistake: The Rise and Fall of American Monarchism.
Democracy Dies in Doomerism. Don't be a Doomer.
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Terry Bouton
@terrybouton.bsky.social
· Aug 6
It’s finally real. I have a publication date! The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging comes out Jan 6, 2026. Five years inside conspiracy culture—what draws people in, what it costs to leave. Pre-orders are up: noellecook.com/book
An amazing book (as @noellecook.com's proud husband, I've read it several times, so I know!). It's a timely, fascinating, head-scratching, heartbreaking, funny, sobering, empathetic, and intimate look at the epidemic of conspiracism sweeping the nation and the world. A wild and entertaining ride!
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I’ve had a number of people ask where they can see #TheConspiracists.
Public libraries across the U.S. now carry the film, so it’s worth checking with your local library.
Public libraries across the U.S. now carry the film, so it’s worth checking with your local library.
The book draws from four years of research and lived relationships; the film offers a visual counterpart to that work. Used together, they give readers and viewers a clearer sense of how belonging, belief, and extremism intersect, useful for book clubs, classrooms, and discussion groups.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I’ve had a number of people ask where they can see #TheConspiracists.
Public libraries across the U.S. now carry the film, so it’s worth checking with your local library.
Public libraries across the U.S. now carry the film, so it’s worth checking with your local library.
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m.youtube.com/watch?v=GJZa...
Made this film with @p75investigates.bsky.social and Liz Smith! #protestrights #defendourjuries
Made this film with @p75investigates.bsky.social and Liz Smith! #protestrights #defendourjuries
Requiem For Protest II
YouTube video by Page75 Investigates
m.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
m.youtube.com/watch?v=GJZa...
Made this film with @p75investigates.bsky.social and Liz Smith! #protestrights #defendourjuries
Made this film with @p75investigates.bsky.social and Liz Smith! #protestrights #defendourjuries
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An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
An academic disliked an Oxford Very Short Introduction (145 pages) in his field so much that he wrote a 200 page book review attacking it. www.pierre-legrand.com/ewExternalFi...
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The book draws from four years of research and lived relationships; the film offers a visual counterpart to that work. Used together, they give readers and viewers a clearer sense of how belonging, belief, and extremism intersect, useful for book clubs, classrooms, and discussion groups.
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The book draws from four years of research and lived relationships; the film offers a visual counterpart to that work. Used together, they give readers and viewers a clearer sense of how belonging, belief, and extremism intersect, useful for book clubs, classrooms, and discussion groups.
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Look, if my book isn’t gonna make the NYT Bestseller list, you could at least help me earn the distinction of outselling American Canto: uncpress.org/978146969352...
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Look, if my book isn’t gonna make the NYT Bestseller list, you could at least help me earn the distinction of outselling American Canto: uncpress.org/978146969352...
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If you're near Pasadena come to this event. Im very excited to be attending
vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
@noellecook.com and @rothschildmd.bsky.social will be speaking at the event. Come get a book signed & hear them talk.
vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
@noellecook.com and @rothschildmd.bsky.social will be speaking at the event. Come get a book signed & hear them talk.
Noelle Cook, in conversation with Mike Rothschild, discusses & signs The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging
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vromansbookstore.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
If you're near Pasadena come to this event. Im very excited to be attending
vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
@noellecook.com and @rothschildmd.bsky.social will be speaking at the event. Come get a book signed & hear them talk.
vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
@noellecook.com and @rothschildmd.bsky.social will be speaking at the event. Come get a book signed & hear them talk.
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Exactly .
bsky.app/profile/earl...
bsky.app/profile/earl...
The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?
How are we back here again?
In The New Republic, historian Holly Brewer compares the Court's decision to Godden v. Hales, a 1686 case affirming that James II was above the law – which was only repudiated when James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. newrepublic.com/article/1833...
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Exactly .
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bsky.app/profile/earl...
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
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If you’re in the LA area, join me and @rothschildmd.bsky.social at Vroman’s Bookstore on January 6 for a conversation about my book The Conspiracists and the cultural forces shaping conspiracy belief today.
7pm | Book signing to follow
7pm | Book signing to follow
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If you’re in the LA area, join me and @rothschildmd.bsky.social at Vroman’s Bookstore on January 6 for a conversation about my book The Conspiracists and the cultural forces shaping conspiracy belief today.
7pm | Book signing to follow
7pm | Book signing to follow
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Frank Sinatra almost got into a fist fight with Bing Crosby on the set of High Society to defend the dignity of Louis Armstrong, who was added to the production due to Sinatra’s advocacy. It’s not hard to find PSAs for tolerance that Sinatra filmed!
December 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Frank Sinatra almost got into a fist fight with Bing Crosby on the set of High Society to defend the dignity of Louis Armstrong, who was added to the production due to Sinatra’s advocacy. It’s not hard to find PSAs for tolerance that Sinatra filmed!
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So nice to have @noellecook.com's book out in the world! It's a helpful contribution to understanding white women's involvement not just in Jan 6th but also in radicalization more broadly. I was lucky to see this project as it was first coalescing, and I'm excited for other people to see it now, too
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So nice to have @noellecook.com's book out in the world! It's a helpful contribution to understanding white women's involvement not just in Jan 6th but also in radicalization more broadly. I was lucky to see this project as it was first coalescing, and I'm excited for other people to see it now, too
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Leaving MAGA will be joining The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle tonight at 11:40 EST.
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Leaving MAGA will be joining The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle tonight at 11:40 EST.
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Watching @leavingmaga.org build his nonprofit has been a real source of hope for me. His integrity and dedication have created a community that’s growing for all the right reasons. Happy to see his work getting national attention on The 11th Hour tonight. Congrats, Rich.
Leaving MAGA will be joining The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle tonight at 11:40 EST.
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Watching @leavingmaga.org build his nonprofit has been a real source of hope for me. His integrity and dedication have created a community that’s growing for all the right reasons. Happy to see his work getting national attention on The 11th Hour tonight. Congrats, Rich.
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Grateful for this thoughtful review from Library Journal on The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging.
"This look at a little-understood community may help people whose loved ones have gone down the proverbial rabbit hole." 📚 #NewBook
www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-c...
"This look at a little-understood community may help people whose loved ones have gone down the proverbial rabbit hole." 📚 #NewBook
www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-c...
The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging
www.libraryjournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Grateful for this thoughtful review from Library Journal on The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging.
"This look at a little-understood community may help people whose loved ones have gone down the proverbial rabbit hole." 📚 #NewBook
www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-c...
"This look at a little-understood community may help people whose loved ones have gone down the proverbial rabbit hole." 📚 #NewBook
www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-c...
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So the same MAGA propagandists who cheer Trump's summary execution of people on small boats in the Caribbean, on grounds that this supposedly prevents drugs from entering the homeland, will also cheer this pardon because ...
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
So the same MAGA propagandists who cheer Trump's summary execution of people on small boats in the Caribbean, on grounds that this supposedly prevents drugs from entering the homeland, will also cheer this pardon because ...
???
???
Had a long conversation at Thanksgiving with a Trump voter who wished the Democrats had held out to protect health insurance subsidies because their premiums are nearly going to triple. Not happy about inflation either. Interesting conversation.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Had a long conversation at Thanksgiving with a Trump voter who wished the Democrats had held out to protect health insurance subsidies because their premiums are nearly going to triple. Not happy about inflation either. Interesting conversation.
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If you don't have access to the Boston Globe, here's another story about the horrible and illegal deportatuon of a college student who has been in the US since she was 8.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you don't have access to the Boston Globe, here's another story about the horrible and illegal deportatuon of a college student who has been in the US since she was 8.
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
abcnews.go.com/US/19-year-c...
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Good morning. Please enjoy this Thanksgiving composition by a burgeoning young writer.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Good morning. Please enjoy this Thanksgiving composition by a burgeoning young writer.
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Publishing in February from @sunypress.bsky.social , a co-edited volume with the wonderful Lisa DiBartolomeo. It contains 25 chapters from an outstanding group of authors, and each one is a certified banger. 🙂✊
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
The Campus Crisis Toolkit
sunypress.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Publishing in February from @sunypress.bsky.social , a co-edited volume with the wonderful Lisa DiBartolomeo. It contains 25 chapters from an outstanding group of authors, and each one is a certified banger. 🙂✊
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
Writing to be thankful for.
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Writing to be thankful for.
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Debbie Harry & Kermit The Frog - Rainbow Connection
YouTube video by Rich Mullinax
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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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it's that time of year again
November 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
it's that time of year again