Adam H Domby, PhD
@adamhdomby.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Auburn University. Huntington Fellow. All opinions are my own.
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
I kind of wonder if Trump’s random demand to renew nuclear testing was just him getting confused about the option of the senate using a nuclear option on the filibuster?
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I kind of wonder if Trump’s random demand to renew nuclear testing was just him getting confused about the option of the senate using a nuclear option on the filibuster?
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The whimsy and weirdness in these protests is just damned delightful. It dispels the gloom of this terrible moment and laughs in the face of lies about America-hating terrorists’ organizing the demonstrations.
Now vote.
Now vote.
October 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The whimsy and weirdness in these protests is just damned delightful. It dispels the gloom of this terrible moment and laughs in the face of lies about America-hating terrorists’ organizing the demonstrations.
Now vote.
Now vote.
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It has to be said - again and out loud - that it’s Republicans in Congress who’ve unshackled him.
“We are now seeing how a truly unshackled Trump uses his power.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
When the Trump Guardrails Fall
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It has to be said - again and out loud - that it’s Republicans in Congress who’ve unshackled him.
Big protest crowd in New Orleans.
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Big protest crowd in New Orleans.
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Historical 's' for the win.
October 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Historical 's' for the win.
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It's a republic. Let's keep it.
Did you know the original meaning of the Monroe Doctrine could be expressed in two words?
No kings.
Later the doctrine was reinterpreted and amended to define Latin America as the U.S. sphere of influence. But if you read Monroe’s original message, it’s all about “political systems.”
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No kings.
Later the doctrine was reinterpreted and amended to define Latin America as the U.S. sphere of influence. But if you read Monroe’s original message, it’s all about “political systems.”
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October 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's a republic. Let's keep it.
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My first thought at the news was, “yeah this tracks.”
the "protein powder has a zillion percent lead in it" story explains a LOT of the conversations i overhear while waiting for a bench to free up
October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My first thought at the news was, “yeah this tracks.”
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Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hey. Hi. Tom Homan is on camera taking a $50k bribe and no one knows where the money went. If this was any other administration, this would be non-stop on the news. Why are we normalizing this stuff?
Am I the only one who wants to know where the chain break is on that chainsaw? And what the heck is on the bottom of it (is that a Christmas tree stand)? That chain saw is just gonna take off the user’s hand if it even had an engine in it.
We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Am I the only one who wants to know where the chain break is on that chainsaw? And what the heck is on the bottom of it (is that a Christmas tree stand)? That chain saw is just gonna take off the user’s hand if it even had an engine in it.
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“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
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Tip for anyone discussing the Roberts court:
Taney sounds like “Tawney.”
Taney sounds like “Tawney.”
October 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tip for anyone discussing the Roberts court:
Taney sounds like “Tawney.”
Taney sounds like “Tawney.”
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1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.
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LSU Press is getting started early with the annual holiday sale. You can receive 40% off North Carolina's Free People of Color, 1715-1885 and many other titles using the code SAVE40LSU. lsupress.org/978080717176...
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
LSU Press is getting started early with the annual holiday sale. You can receive 40% off North Carolina's Free People of Color, 1715-1885 and many other titles using the code SAVE40LSU. lsupress.org/978080717176...
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Freed Palestinian prisoners are barred by Israel from celebrating the release, or speaking to the media about their imprisonment, on threat of arrest and re-imprisonment or even death. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Locked up for 24 years’: release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees sparks joy and sorrow
Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Freed Palestinian prisoners are barred by Israel from celebrating the release, or speaking to the media about their imprisonment, on threat of arrest and re-imprisonment or even death. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
If you want to understand the Supreme Court this article may do the best job of explaining the shadow docket and how the court is undermining the law. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.
Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.
www.motherjones.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If you want to understand the Supreme Court this article may do the best job of explaining the shadow docket and how the court is undermining the law. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Someday Stephen Miller will be the villain in many a historical drama set in the Trump administration. I used to say Bond villains aren’t realistic. However, Miller and Musk showed up and I changed my tune.
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Someday Stephen Miller will be the villain in many a historical drama set in the Trump administration. I used to say Bond villains aren’t realistic. However, Miller and Musk showed up and I changed my tune.
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20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.
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Hey Military Historians, esp Grad students! The SMH is announcing its 2026 Summer Seminar in Military history, hosted by the Adams Center at VMI. This is a fabulous opportunity to learn the field outside your specialty, to network, and enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains. www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...
Summer Seminar | The Society for Military History
www.smh-hq.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hey Military Historians, esp Grad students! The SMH is announcing its 2026 Summer Seminar in Military history, hosted by the Adams Center at VMI. This is a fabulous opportunity to learn the field outside your specialty, to network, and enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains. www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...
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IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."
October 4, 2025 at 1:53 AM
IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."
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The SC allowing Trump to refuse to spend Congressionally appropriated funds makes budget negotiations impossible. This is breakdown of constitutional order stuff. There is no political way out of the shutdown if Trump can violate any agreement. And he has said he will. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The Supreme Court’s newest decision could make it impossible to end the shutdown
How do you negotiate with a man who can break his promises at any time?
www.yahoo.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The SC allowing Trump to refuse to spend Congressionally appropriated funds makes budget negotiations impossible. This is breakdown of constitutional order stuff. There is no political way out of the shutdown if Trump can violate any agreement. And he has said he will. www.yahoo.com/news/article...