Ann S C
@amshort.bsky.social
Emeritus professor of US History; dog lover.
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⦁ Created watch list of professors while preaching free speech
⦁ Captured internet with viral videos playing liberals for laughs and sound clips calling George Floyd a "scumbag" and the Civil Rights Act a "huge mistake"
⦁ Made tens of millions in dark money to boost Trump to victory
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⦁ Captured internet with viral videos playing liberals for laughs and sound clips calling George Floyd a "scumbag" and the Civil Rights Act a "huge mistake"
⦁ Made tens of millions in dark money to boost Trump to victory
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How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics
The 31-year-old activist and provocateur build a modern political organization for the social media age, through the arts of online discourse and discord.
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September 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
⦁ Created watch list of professors while preaching free speech
⦁ Captured internet with viral videos playing liberals for laughs and sound clips calling George Floyd a "scumbag" and the Civil Rights Act a "huge mistake"
⦁ Made tens of millions in dark money to boost Trump to victory
wapo.st/3IjwuEC
⦁ Captured internet with viral videos playing liberals for laughs and sound clips calling George Floyd a "scumbag" and the Civil Rights Act a "huge mistake"
⦁ Made tens of millions in dark money to boost Trump to victory
wapo.st/3IjwuEC
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The South has quickly emerged as a battleground between big tech and working people.
Companies are pouring billions into data centers, but Southerners are fighting to block them.
The outcomes could greatly affect residents’ economic security and the region’s water supply.
Thread.
Companies are pouring billions into data centers, but Southerners are fighting to block them.
The outcomes could greatly affect residents’ economic security and the region’s water supply.
Thread.
September 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The South has quickly emerged as a battleground between big tech and working people.
Companies are pouring billions into data centers, but Southerners are fighting to block them.
The outcomes could greatly affect residents’ economic security and the region’s water supply.
Thread.
Companies are pouring billions into data centers, but Southerners are fighting to block them.
The outcomes could greatly affect residents’ economic security and the region’s water supply.
Thread.
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BREAKING: 2 schools in Boulder placed on lockdown after police receive call about man with gun near high school
2 schools in Boulder placed on lockdown after police receive call about man with gun near high school
It was not immediately clear why Fairview High School and Southern Hills Middle School were placed on lockdown Thursday morning.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: 2 schools in Boulder placed on lockdown after police receive call about man with gun near high school
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Update: Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.
Trump wants a new U.S. census to exclude people here illegally. It'd be unprecedented
Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.
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August 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Update: Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the "whole number of persons in each state" in a key set of census results.
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BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.
Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
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May 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, five people with knowledge of the effort told NBC News.
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I hate that the thanks for donating to a Democratic candidate is having my phone number sold on a list to a hundred other campaigns, all of whom send me passive-aggressive texts asking for my donation, often weirdly attempting a guilt trip, as though I knew them. I really don’t like that.
May 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I hate that the thanks for donating to a Democratic candidate is having my phone number sold on a list to a hundred other campaigns, all of whom send me passive-aggressive texts asking for my donation, often weirdly attempting a guilt trip, as though I knew them. I really don’t like that.
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ursula von der leyen tells zeit newspaper: “the west as we knew it no longer exists.”
"europe is still a peace project. we don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules. we don't invade our neighbors, and we don't punish them."
"europe is still a peace project. we don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules. we don't invade our neighbors, and we don't punish them."
April 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
ursula von der leyen tells zeit newspaper: “the west as we knew it no longer exists.”
"europe is still a peace project. we don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules. we don't invade our neighbors, and we don't punish them."
"europe is still a peace project. we don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules. we don't invade our neighbors, and we don't punish them."
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The Guardian reports that people at the SSA, the agency that manages benefits for nearly 70 million Americans, worry that it’s in a “death spiral” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says
Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse
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April 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Guardian reports that people at the SSA, the agency that manages benefits for nearly 70 million Americans, worry that it’s in a “death spiral” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
March 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.
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The fact that the world’s richest man works at the behest of the executive and can buy out the legislature is massively outside the scope of what the framers could have imagined
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges
Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.
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March 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The fact that the world’s richest man works at the behest of the executive and can buy out the legislature is massively outside the scope of what the framers could have imagined
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
there’s is simply no constitutional measure that can guard against something like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
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Hunting mushrooms in a snowy forest, with special guest: my dog
February 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hunting mushrooms in a snowy forest, with special guest: my dog
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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February 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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So Trump hurt America's relationship with Canada and made markets wobble all to "get" Canada to do things Canada had announced back in December in coordination with the Biden administration, do I have that right?
February 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So Trump hurt America's relationship with Canada and made markets wobble all to "get" Canada to do things Canada had announced back in December in coordination with the Biden administration, do I have that right?
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
February 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"...a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
FDR 1938
FDR 1938
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
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January 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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It's ridiculous. The GOP relentlessly repeats falsehoods, the historians and political scientists say that's how propaganda works, and the Dem response is to be mad that somebody with 300 followers named ACABussygalore isn't fully aligned with a carefully-crafted press release no one read.
By a longshot, the most common mistake people who are into politics make - from seven-figure strategists to randos offering Takes online - is overestimating how much attention normal people pay to politics, how much they know, and how deeply they think about it.
*Vastly* overestimating.
*Vastly* overestimating.
Saw a "Democratic strategist" say "we have to earn people's trust back." Just mind-boggling that so many don't understand how this works.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
Did voters in 2024 say "I trust the Republican Party"? No. They were mad at those in power. Democrats have to get them mad at Republicans. It's not complicated.
January 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's ridiculous. The GOP relentlessly repeats falsehoods, the historians and political scientists say that's how propaganda works, and the Dem response is to be mad that somebody with 300 followers named ACABussygalore isn't fully aligned with a carefully-crafted press release no one read.
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"Edgar Da Silva Moura, a 31-year-old computer technician, was on the flight, after seven months in detention in the United States.
"On the plane they didn't give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn't even let us go to the bathroom," he told AFP." uk.news.yahoo.com/brazil-slams...
"On the plane they didn't give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn't even let us go to the bathroom," he told AFP." uk.news.yahoo.com/brazil-slams...
Brazil slams US after dozens of deportees arrive handcuffed
Brazil's government expressed outrage on Saturday after dozens of immigrants deported from the United States arrived by plane in handcuffs, calling it a "flagrant disregard" for their rights.Justice M...
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January 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Edgar Da Silva Moura, a 31-year-old computer technician, was on the flight, after seven months in detention in the United States.
"On the plane they didn't give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn't even let us go to the bathroom," he told AFP." uk.news.yahoo.com/brazil-slams...
"On the plane they didn't give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn't even let us go to the bathroom," he told AFP." uk.news.yahoo.com/brazil-slams...
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Corruption, cynicism, capitulation, and, ultimately, collaboration.
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Welcome to Vichy America
After the Fall
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January 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Corruption, cynicism, capitulation, and, ultimately, collaboration.
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.