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Christopher Brick
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Historian of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Faculty of Honors #GWU | Editorial Credits @erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu | Washingtonian (by way of Queens) | I sued the FBI once
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easteuromutt.bsky.social
Today the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee slashed an additional $4million from the National Archives's already meager budget for FY26.
Clip of proposed legislation submitted by House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee slashes an additional $4million from NARA's already meager budget
July 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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mkn.bsky.social
Yep. I am.
iamgregordeee.blacksky.app SKEETER Without A Pause @iamgregordeee.blacksky.app · Jun 29
You may be old, but are you this old?
June 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt said this on November 1, 1928, in Yonkers, New York (see attached excerpt), five days before the election in which he won the governorship of that great state, and the man who, four years later he would trounce, won the presidency.

FDR was proud to be called a Socialist.
When I was back there in the Legislature in 1911, that was the first time in a generation that the Democrats had control of the Legislature and of the Governorship too, and we young people up there, for it was a very young Senate and Assembly in those days-there was Al Smith, the Assemblyman, and Bob Wagner, the young Senator, and Jim Foley, and a whole lot of others, most of us in our late twenties and early thirties—we put in the inception at that time of the great program of social reform, and we were called, away back there, by the same term that was applied to the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, in New York a week ago last Monday by Mr. Hoover himself, the man who does not believe in the ability of the crowd think, or to build. Yes, Mr. Hoover called Governor Smith a man who was trying to put across measures of Socialism. Away back there in 1911 l was called a Socialist, and all of us young Democrats in the Legislature were called Socialists and radicals, and you know, we laughed at it at the time. But as time has gone by we have worn that term of intended oppobrium with pride. Yes, in the final analysis the great issue in both the National and State campaigns revolves around that fundamental belief of my friend Mr. Hoover in the incapacity of the mass of average citizens either to think or to build. In the national election the great Governor of the State of New York is the most splendid living example of the opposite fact. And in this State election, too, the same point is raised, for the Republican leadership of this State is based on that same belief that Mr. Hoover holds. I deny, and the Democratic Party denies, that the average man and woman in this State, who make up its electorate, are incapable of thought or of constructive ability. I know that the electorate does think, that it does originate, and that it does build, and it is on that fundamental belief that I base my campaign for the Governorship. It is the same belief which has brought to us the great program of the past few years; the same belief that must carry us forward during the coming years to an even greater progress. -- excerpt from a speech by gubernatorial candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt, November 1, 1928, Phillipsburg Hall, Yonkers, New York. Full text at http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/_resources/images/msf/msf00298
June 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
xtopherbrick.bsky.social
Lunch at the Woman’s National Democratic Club.

Eleanor Roosevelt portraiture abounds 😍
A portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt.
June 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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lizcovart.bsky.social
Too often, LGBTQ+ lives are left out of the stories about the American Revolutionary Era.

We change that in Ep. 414 with John McCurdy. Join us.

👉 www.benfranklinsworld.com/414

#PrideMonth #EarlyAmericanHistory #Skystorians
June 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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wendylrouse.bsky.social
"Secretary Order 3431 . . . poses a threat to the interpretation of American history at NPS sites. The directive demands that the NPS revise educational materials, exhibits, and programs to avoid what it calls “ideological bias.” 🏳️‍🌈 🗃️ 🍎 🗺️

www.oah.org/2025/06/18/s...
OAH | Statement in Response to Secretary Order 3431 and Censorship of History in the National Park ServiceOAH | Statement in Response to Secretary Order 3431 and Censorship of History in the National ...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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jayrosen.bsky.social
If they haven't seen it, my academic frends will enjoy...
June 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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wutangforchildren.bsky.social
Joan Jett in Toronto 🔥🤘
June 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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jamellebouie.net
that's right
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 4
In defiance of President Trump’s announcement last Friday that he was firing her, Kim Sajet — the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery — has continued to report for work.
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work
The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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shoe.bsky.social
ICE officer names and faces should be public knowledge.
May 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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carlygoodman.bsky.social
The non-weapons/carceral federal govt should be 10x bigger. 100x bigger.
May 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org
Don’t mess with Abe Lincoln in #LordLaser’s town #USDA. This is not fucking North Korea.
May 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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wajali.bsky.social
Even if they were unhealthy, it wouldn't matter. They are glorious.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/w...
How Healthy Are Mangoes?
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
so much grading
a young boy wearing a purple northwestern basketball jersey is crying .
ALT: a young boy wearing a purple northwestern basketball jersey is crying .
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May 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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drkyliesmith.bsky.social
Proud to have this new article out as part of the @nursingclio.bsky.social response to RFKs policies. This is the first piece from a much larger project I’m just starting but more importantly, wellness camps are bad.

nursingclio.org/2025/05/08/r...
RFK’s ideas about “wellness farms” for young people are eugenic and unconstitutional
Before he became Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted an idea about sending young people with substance abuse and other mental health issues to “we…
nursingclio.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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vanhollen.senate.gov
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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soapachu.bsky.social
It's not relevant whether Abrego Garcia has committed thousands of crimes. Disappearing him off to an El Salvadorean maximum security prison *without due process* is wholly illegal totalitarian bullshit. Everyone who has been sent there by this administration should be brought back, not just him.
April 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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marydudziak.bsky.social
I did this. Takes maybe one minute. Via American Historical Association.
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URGENT: Save the NEH
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April 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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claireadida.bsky.social
@ucsandiego.bsky.social should follow the Tufts Fletcher faculty recommendation that universities join forces to file a class action suit against this administration.

reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Universities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court [Updated]
The Trump administration has been detaining and trying to deport immigrant and foreign students for their First-Amendment protected speech. That
reason.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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levostregc.bsky.social
Nobodye good doth evir attack the fundinge of libraryes
April 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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economist.com
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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wynkenhimself.bsky.social
I cannot overstate how important both IMLS (Institute for Museum and Library Services) NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) are for studying and sharing our vast cultural heritage. Just furious and devastated. See you all at the protests. And much love to my IMLS and NEH friends!
March 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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adhaque.bsky.social
"It is a grave threat to the mission of American universities if international scholars and students fear removal from the United States based on little more than their expression of views disfavored by people holding public office."
March 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
xtopherbrick.bsky.social
Collective security.
mwyarbrough.bsky.social Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · Mar 30
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads: "BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"
March 31, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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adhaque.bsky.social
PSA:

It would be really cool if universities abroad would admit students unlawfully deported from the U.S. for their political speech, so they can complete their studies in a free country.

Hopefully it won't come to that, but it's not looking good.
March 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM