Damien Veatch
@damienveatch.bsky.social
Former school teacher, current lawyer. I will read all your posts about American history, WW2 history, musical theater, or prestige tv.
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TRUTH.
For example, finding an eye-witness account of the Burr-Hamilton duel that seemingly no one else has found…
I didn’t move for hours.
Made it into my dissertation.
Into my first book.
And into the Hamilton musical.
Research, man.
Nothing like putting the pieces together for the first time.
For example, finding an eye-witness account of the Burr-Hamilton duel that seemingly no one else has found…
I didn’t move for hours.
Made it into my dissertation.
Into my first book.
And into the Hamilton musical.
Research, man.
Nothing like putting the pieces together for the first time.
I don't have a specific story at the top of my head, but the experience of picking up a loose piece of paper and realizing when you get to the end of the page that you now know something about the past that literally no other living person knows?
Unbeatable.
Unbeatable.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
TRUTH.
For example, finding an eye-witness account of the Burr-Hamilton duel that seemingly no one else has found…
I didn’t move for hours.
Made it into my dissertation.
Into my first book.
And into the Hamilton musical.
Research, man.
Nothing like putting the pieces together for the first time.
For example, finding an eye-witness account of the Burr-Hamilton duel that seemingly no one else has found…
I didn’t move for hours.
Made it into my dissertation.
Into my first book.
And into the Hamilton musical.
Research, man.
Nothing like putting the pieces together for the first time.
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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How small and insecure do you have to be to name something after yourself? We’ll discuss tonight on Next with Kyle Clark
Exclusive: The Navy will build a new “Trump-class” battleship, Trump is set to announce. on.wsj.com/459nA4M
Exclusive | New Class of Warship to Be Named After President Trump
The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
How small and insecure do you have to be to name something after yourself? We’ll discuss tonight on Next with Kyle Clark
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I think everything in this thread is spot on, but the thing that most non-specialists miss is that individual historians are also the ones who decide there's even something to investigate! Based on their deep reading and expertise, they frame new questions to create new knowledge we didn't have!
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I think everything in this thread is spot on, but the thing that most non-specialists miss is that individual historians are also the ones who decide there's even something to investigate! Based on their deep reading and expertise, they frame new questions to create new knowledge we didn't have!
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This video will inspire you and break your heart and remind you why we humans have a chance - this is famous Ukrainian ‘Schedryk’ - you might know it as Carol of the Bells - performed live at one of DTEK thermal power situations ruined by Russian attacks
P.s. it will make you cry.
P.s. it will make you cry.
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This video will inspire you and break your heart and remind you why we humans have a chance - this is famous Ukrainian ‘Schedryk’ - you might know it as Carol of the Bells - performed live at one of DTEK thermal power situations ruined by Russian attacks
P.s. it will make you cry.
P.s. it will make you cry.
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The small, mean world our leaders are building isn’t inevitable. It’s a choice to see immigration as a source of threat rather than possibility. That was part of the story of the lottery that I love, that the admin is trying now to kill.
uncpress.org/978146967304...
uncpress.org/978146967304...
Dreamland
In a world of border walls and obstacles to migration, a lottery where winners can gain permanent residency in the United States sounds too good to be true. ...
uncpress.org
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The small, mean world our leaders are building isn’t inevitable. It’s a choice to see immigration as a source of threat rather than possibility. That was part of the story of the lottery that I love, that the admin is trying now to kill.
uncpress.org/978146967304...
uncpress.org/978146967304...
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I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm not even going to repost a screengrab of his post about Rob Reiner but man it really needs to be said every single day: Trump truly is the biggest piece of shit in the world, a man of absolutely no good qualities and seemingly limitless bad ones. Support for him is just so damning.
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The White House is promising to announce a new healthcare plan "very soon." We've heard that one before...
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The White House is promising to announce a new healthcare plan "very soon." We've heard that one before...
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Just posted a new video on my campaign site about the state of the race in the Fifth District--which has clarified in the past week--and what I have to offer that's different.
Why Me?
I discuss the state of the Fifth District race, why I’m running, and what I offer that other candidates aren’t offering.
tracinskiforcongress.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just posted a new video on my campaign site about the state of the race in the Fifth District--which has clarified in the past week--and what I have to offer that's different.
So the answer to Doocy's question is that this isn't a war about oil or drugs, it's an immigration war.
This is astonishing. Trump just admitted that he is waging war on Venezuela because some of their citizens have migrated to America.
This is astonishing. Trump just admitted that he is waging war on Venezuela because some of their citizens have migrated to America.
DOOCY: Is the campaign against Venezuela still just about drugs, or it also now about oil?
TRUMP: Well, it's about a lot of things. But one of things it's about is the fact they've allowed millions of people to come into our country from their prisons
TRUMP: Well, it's about a lot of things. But one of things it's about is the fact they've allowed millions of people to come into our country from their prisons
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
So the answer to Doocy's question is that this isn't a war about oil or drugs, it's an immigration war.
This is astonishing. Trump just admitted that he is waging war on Venezuela because some of their citizens have migrated to America.
This is astonishing. Trump just admitted that he is waging war on Venezuela because some of their citizens have migrated to America.
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"Europe is framed almost exclusively in terms of demographic decline and political malaise, rather than as a region whose stability underpins U.S. strategic posture." This is what you get when American culture determines foreign policy.
New National Security Strategy Is Heavy on Rhetoric, Light on Detail
Without explaining how national means can be used to achieve desired ends, the strategy is just empty rhetoric.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:30 AM
"Europe is framed almost exclusively in terms of demographic decline and political malaise, rather than as a region whose stability underpins U.S. strategic posture." This is what you get when American culture determines foreign policy.
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What? China has about 3x (4x now?) as much windpower installed and is now deploying solar and wind far faster than coal -- because they are cheaper
Trump: "China has very few wind farms. You know why? Because they're smart. You know what they do have? A lot of coal ... we don't approve windmills."
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
What? China has about 3x (4x now?) as much windpower installed and is now deploying solar and wind far faster than coal -- because they are cheaper
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Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
“Supreme Court reform is now the sine qua non of any reformist program in the United States, any program to re-implant/re-secure civic democracy in the United States”
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
-- @joshtpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/court...
Court Reform: Breaking the Corrupt Rule of the Six GOPers Is Everything
I’ve become something of a broken record on this. But repetition sometimes...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Josh Marshall is absolutely right about this as a matter of constitutional restoration BUT ALSO
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
You can't do ANY of the "kitchen table" agenda EITHER without abolishing the power of the six corrupt GOP justices. They'll kill any good Dem policy (eg student loan forgiveness) just to watch it die.
This 100%
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This 100%
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Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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Hegseth announced his new rules restricting reporters’ access to the Pentagon two weeks after the double strike.
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Hegseth announced his new rules restricting reporters’ access to the Pentagon two weeks after the double strike.
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Pete Hegseth on Sept 3 talking about the strike on boats where 2 survivors were later killed in a second strike: “I watched it live.”
December 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Wow. Mark Kelly’s Devastating Takedown of Trump.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Wow. Mark Kelly’s Devastating Takedown of Trump.
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This path leads to chaos.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This path leads to chaos.
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The fact that Polis didn't immediately rule this out is incredibly alarming.
If he actually caves to Trump's demand, he could be impeached.
If he actually caves to Trump's demand, he could be impeached.
NEW: Colorado's election clerks are increasingly upset that Gov Jared Polis (D) hasn't ruled out releasing Tina Peters to the Trump administration.
On a call today, a bipartisan group of elected clerks said Polis hasn't agreed to meet with them about their concerns.
On a call today, a bipartisan group of elected clerks said Polis hasn't agreed to meet with them about their concerns.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The fact that Polis didn't immediately rule this out is incredibly alarming.
If he actually caves to Trump's demand, he could be impeached.
If he actually caves to Trump's demand, he could be impeached.
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Imagine if news programs invited on relatively unknown subject matter experts and we learned something from them, instead of listening to the same professional talking heads talk about everything under the sun for a living.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Imagine if news programs invited on relatively unknown subject matter experts and we learned something from them, instead of listening to the same professional talking heads talk about everything under the sun for a living.
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Well “I Wool Survive” wasn’t inspired by Gloria Straightnor
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Well “I Wool Survive” wasn’t inspired by Gloria Straightnor