Aaron Cowan
@aaronbcowan.bsky.social
Professor of US History at Slippery Rock University. Co-director of Hill District Digital History Project (hillhistory.org).
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Abraham Lincoln's Aug 1855 letter to his friend Joshua Speed is famous - mostly, for his pointed comments about the dissolution of the 2d party system and the hypocrisy of pro-slavery and anti-immigrant sentiment in the US.
But it's worth reading for another reason his well...
But it's worth reading for another reason his well...
December 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Abraham Lincoln's Aug 1855 letter to his friend Joshua Speed is famous - mostly, for his pointed comments about the dissolution of the 2d party system and the hypocrisy of pro-slavery and anti-immigrant sentiment in the US.
But it's worth reading for another reason his well...
But it's worth reading for another reason his well...
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
Kevin Kruse out here quoting the Coup is everything I needed today
I was grippin' my palm around some shitty rum
Tryin' to find Psalm number 151
To forget what I'm owed, as I clutch the commode
And read "put down the bottle and come get the gun"
Tryin' to find Psalm number 151
To forget what I'm owed, as I clutch the commode
And read "put down the bottle and come get the gun"
Coup - My Favorite Mutiny
YouTube video by Drew Gleacher
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October 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Kevin Kruse out here quoting the Coup is everything I needed today
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guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS
June 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS
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Is AI a good thing?
May 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Is AI a good thing?
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I am 100% serious when I say that Harvard's response to this rambling bullshit should simply be this classic:
May 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I am 100% serious when I say that Harvard's response to this rambling bullshit should simply be this classic:
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Charlie Kirk's Christian America, Part Two - Guests Jemar Tisby, Caleb Campbell, Aaron Cowan, George Marsden, and Mark Noll open.substack.com/pub/warrenth... @jemartisby.bsky.social @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social @aaronbcowan.bsky.social
Charlie Kirk's Christian America, Part Two
With this episode of the Telling Jefferson Lies podcast, I complete the fact-check of Charlie Kirk's video
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May 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Charlie Kirk's Christian America, Part Two - Guests Jemar Tisby, Caleb Campbell, Aaron Cowan, George Marsden, and Mark Noll open.substack.com/pub/warrenth... @jemartisby.bsky.social @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social @aaronbcowan.bsky.social
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So here’s the thing. Do what he says. Look at “the details of it, the signings of it.” Meaning the Citizenship Clause.
You will see that it is not just about slavery. You will see Reconstruction Republicans saying again and again than the children of foreign nationals are birthright citizens.
You will see that it is not just about slavery. You will see Reconstruction Republicans saying again and again than the children of foreign nationals are birthright citizens.
Trump on birthright citizenship: "It's all about slavery and if you look at it that way, we should win that case."
April 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
So here’s the thing. Do what he says. Look at “the details of it, the signings of it.” Meaning the Citizenship Clause.
You will see that it is not just about slavery. You will see Reconstruction Republicans saying again and again than the children of foreign nationals are birthright citizens.
You will see that it is not just about slavery. You will see Reconstruction Republicans saying again and again than the children of foreign nationals are birthright citizens.
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I mean we’re all living in Fyre Festival 2
Fyre Festival 2 has been "postponed," according to the event organizers
Fyre Festival 2 is postponed, no new date set
Fyre Festival 2 has been "postponed," according to the organizers.
abcnews.go.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I mean we’re all living in Fyre Festival 2
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the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
If you think you can't make a political issue out of "people shouldn't be grabbed off the street and put in a foreign gulag forever," maybe consider getting out of politics/punditry. And these aren't technical slogans: they appear in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution (twice).
April 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?
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May I introduce you to the financial panic of 1873? 1893? 1907?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
Trump: "You know, our country was the strongest, believe it or not, from 1870 to 1913. You know why? It was all tariff based. We had no income tax." (This is nonsense.)
April 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
May I introduce you to the financial panic of 1873? 1893? 1907?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
The counter-revolution that ended Reconstruction?
The introduction of Jim Crow segregation?
The "Mississippi Plan" of 1890?
The Populist revolt?
The first nationwide strike on the railroads in 1877? Pullmans strike? Homestead?
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March 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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somehow ”trump is god emperor and if he wills it it will occur” is a belief that is shared across the political spectrum
November 19, 2024 at 4:43 AM
somehow ”trump is god emperor and if he wills it it will occur” is a belief that is shared across the political spectrum